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Antitrust & Trade Reg.


The response seeks dismissal of a lawsuit the Pac-12 filed in the Northern District of California arguing that a penalty again...


Judges and Judiciary


Gov. Gavin Newsom nominated Justice Brian M. Hoffstadt to lead the 2nd District Court of Appeal, Division 5. He also nominated...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


In the multidistrict lawsuit that was initiated in 2015, StarKist Co. and several related companies were accused of fixing the...


Civil Rights


Advocates on both sides of the legal and political divide have accused each other of flipping Title IX on its head when it com...


Intellectual Property, Health Care & Hospital Law


Lorik Papyan admitted obtaining HIV medications from patients in the Los Angeles area and repackaging them with over-the-count...


Civil Litigation


Attorneys for man in Sonoma County say their client suffered serious complications after assuming the affected carrots.


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Heard's insurer had not breached its duty to defend the actress in her defama...


Civil Litigation


Jury awards $292M in false advertising case

Nov. 26, 2024
By Jack Needham

A jury in San Francisco found that cancer test maker Natera made false and misleading claims about rival Guardant's product.


Environmental & Energy


The groups argue that the project will undermine the state's climate goals and grow the county's polluting oil and gas industr...


Scott Edelman of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher was honored at the event in Beverly Hills.


Government, Class Action


Attorneys representing the VA in a dispute with homeless veterans have pointed to department officials' testimony before a con...


Criminal, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Alyssa D. Bell, who represents Mark Ridley-Thomas, told a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel that her client was trying t...


Banking, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


A trade secrets complaint accuses the executives of taking the business to their new employer, BMO Wealth Management.


U.S. Supreme Court, Securities, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The one-sentence opinion was unsigned and quickly followed oral arguments in the case on Nov. 6, in which justices voiced skep...


Civil Litigation


LASC to begin mandatory eService Dec. 2

Nov. 25, 2024
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

Civil, family law, probate and Mental Health-LPS cases will eventually be required to utilize eService as well, with full impl...


Labor/Employment


A complaint filed this month by 11 workers asked the California Supreme Court to direct the board to issue final decisions in ...


Environmental & Energy


San Fernando Valley residents sued the department in 2021, accusing it of allowing the station to leak gas over a period of ye...


Constitutional Law


District Attorney Michael A. Hestrin filed a supplemental briefing after Attorney General Rob Bonta agreed with the State Publ...


Judges and Judiciary


Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's key concession was giving up on trying to confirm President Joe Biden's four federal ap...


Securities


Plaintiffs claim the company and executives misled the public over its compliance with antitrust laws. It comes two months af...


Civil Litigation


LASC boosts incentives for court reporters

Nov. 22, 2024
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

The measures were announced two months after the court shifted its policy on electronic recordings in an attempt to deal with ...


"Phillips 66 will continue its cooperation with the U.S. Attorney's office and is prepared to present its case in these matter...


Judges and Judiciary


Judge Charles A. Smiley, appointed to the Alameda County Superior Court in 2012, was nominated by Newsom to be a justice of th...


CriticalPoint has sued two companies founded by former employees, claiming they continue to use its confidential data to make ...


Intellectual Property


The dispute focused on compounded ophthalmic medications.


A federal judge in Los Angeles ordered the VA to construct 100 modular housing units this winter for homeless veterans. The VA...


Alexis Loeb was deputy chief of the U.S. Justice Department's Capitol Siege Section, overseeing the coordination of the federa...


Class Action


City Attorney David Chiu had claimed that the decision to appoint a guardian to represent one of the lead plaintiffs made both...


Walmart called the verdict "outrageous," and said it "simply does not reflect the straightforward and uncontested facts of thi...


Judges and Judiciary


Senate Democrats are hurrying to confirm judges by the end of the year, before Republicans take control of the chamber in the ...