Criminal
Prison for Girardi will send message, establish justice, US says
By Devon Belcher
Former attorney Tom Girardi does not remember anything about his month-long jury trial or guilty verdict, his counsel claimed ...
Government, Class Action
Consent decree for closed Dublin prison should go nationwide, attorneys say
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The consent decree announced Friday covers about 500 prisoners once held at Federal Correctional Institution, Dublin. Many hav...
Litigation & Arbitration, Alternative Dispute Resolution
Umberg urges bar to use new ADR oversight powers
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Sen. Tom Umberg, chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said parties "should have an opportunity to know who" their decision...
Judges and Judiciary
Judge agrees with 'implicit bias' and 'microaggression' accusations by appeal justices
By Laurinda Keys
The concurrence said Superior Court Judge Randolph M. Hammock "committed a microaggression," that his "unwitting remarks ... i...
Securities
Federal judge tosses indictments against recycling company investors
By Skyler Romero
While the two defendants had tried to promote the Loop Industries stock and keep values afloat, there was no evidence that the...
Harmeet Dhillon has been nominated by President-elect Donald Trump as assistant attorney general for civil rights.
Judges and Judiciary
Biden's nomination of San Diego judge won't proceed
By Craig Anderson
San Diego County Superior Court Judge Rebecca S. Kanter, a longtime federal prosecutor, was nominated to fill the vacancy left...
Government, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Forecast for 2025: 'Go long!' big law!
By David Houston
Coming out of what has been a good year for large law firms despite political and economic uncertainty, industry insiders pred...
Securities
$200M Uber settlement with investors approved, $58M for attorneys
By Devon Belcher
The settlement resolves allegations that Uber concealed essential information in its 2019 public offering filing, including in...
The judge said he had serious concerns about the $7.5 million in fees for the $30 million settlement, noting "there was no rea...
Health Care & Hospital Law
5 hospitals sue health insurer over alleged underpayments
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Attorneys for the hospitals claim Molina Healthcare's payments were not "reasonable and customary," the standard applied when ...
Class Action
Class action joins other construction defect cases against Lennar Homes
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The new complaint is one of 10 construction defect cases filed against the Miami-based homebuilder in Sacramento Superior Cour...
No sanction for attorney accused by Girardi's Secret Service acquaintance
By Devon Belcher
Despite contentions from the former agent, Lorenzo Robert Savage III, that McLane Bednarski & Litt LLP partner David S. Mc...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
State calls judge's orders on prisoner mental health care 'impossible'
By Craig Anderson
California's prisons department asked a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel to reverse a judge's $170 million in civil con...
Criminal
Central District's post-plea CASA diversion program is expanded
By Laurinda Keys
Each participant in the Conviction and Sentence Alternatives program is required to attend therapy, treatment and court sessio...
Environmental & Energy
CEQA lawsuit seeks to block huge Lake Tahoe development
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The complaint seeks to force Placer County to set aside its latest approval. It also requests preliminary and permanent injunc...
Civil Litigation
Shutdown of tiny home maker brings multiple lawsuits
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The complaints state that the company's founders knew they would never be able to deliver homes for resale to the plaintiffs w...
Most experts agree that a light regulatory touch in internet businesses that was envisioned by the Clinton administration and ...
The complaint, filed in the Northern District of California, accused Nexstar of re-installing targeted advertising tracker coo...
Torts/Personal Injury, Judges and Judiciary
Gen Z jurors are driving big verdicts. And defense lawyers are swiping left
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Gen Z's "desire to do social good" and mistrust of large corporations makes them likely to rule in favor of plaintiffs in case...
Government, Constitutional Law
Both sides claim victory in San Francisco homeless ruling
By Craig Anderson
U.S. Magistrate Judge Donna M. Ryu in Oakland dismissed most claims in a lawsuit against the city but left others intact in a ...
David A. Warrington is a partner at Dhillon Law Group.
Civil Litigation
Ex-school worker sues for 5-year custody awaiting 'not guilty' verdict
By Devon Belcher
Kaedian LLP partner Katherine C. McBroom and Los Angeles attorney Ian M. Wallach filed a federal civil complaint against those...
Judges and Judiciary
Lawmaker renews push for tribal judges' protections
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Assemblymember Esmeralda Soria introduced her bills amid rising concerns over the safety of judges across the nation.
President Joe Biden's pardon for his son, Hunter Biden, is just the latest in a number of controversial and downright dubious ...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Yelp seeks injunction in California against Texas state action
By Craig Anderson
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Yelp in state court after the company wrote in 2022 that crisis pregnancy centers provi...
Land Use, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Costa Mesa didn't discriminate against sober living facility
By Skyler Romero
Sober living facility Ohio House failed in its disparate treatment claim targeting Costa Mesa's zoning ordinances.
Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit panel asks if ammo background checks violate Second Amendment
By Craig Anderson
One question in the case is whether the law requiring background checks on all ammunition purchases falls under permissible st...
Civil Litigation
Former worker sues Northrop Grumman claiming wage violations
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
A former Northrop Grumman worker claims the aerospace giant required off-the-clock work and denied its employees proper breaks.
Judges and Judiciary, Government
No precedent for broadness of Biden's pardon of son, attorneys say
By Laurinda Keys
Without a precedent for a presidential pardon spanning 11 years and including crimes that "may have" been committed, a federal...
