Litigator who won historic cases was committed to equality, rule of law
Constitutional Law
Care court is not conservatorship, Alameda County judge explains
By Wisdom Howell
After the program was initially challenged by organizations such as Disability Rights California as "unconstitutional," the pu...
The uncertainty over when and how those raids might play out prompted employers to reach out to their lawyers for advice on ho...
New consumer attorneys leader wants to return honor, integrity and civility to plaintiffs' bar
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Geoffrey Wells, incumbent president of the Consumer Attorneys of California says the civil justice system is the only way to h...
Contracts
Farm family's financial woes may mean trouble for Central Valley
By Malcolm Maclachlan
In a complaint filed this week, U.S. Bank National Association claimed several family members and associated trusts breached t...
Litigation & Arbitration, Corporate
$164M Riverside jury verdict for apparel supplier driven out of business
By Devon Belcher
Following a two-month trial in Riverside County Superior Court, Bird Marella Rhow Lincenberg Drooks & Nessim LLP partners ...
Civil Litigation
Disputes over shuttered abortion clinic won't be consolidated
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
DuPont Clinic claims landlord Douglas Emmett and the city of Beverly Hills caved to anti-abortion protesters following the U.S...
Community News
Local students excel at Blank Rome's annual adopt-a-center business competition
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Robert Hamilton's career trying cases now helps him resolve disputes, lawyers say.
Construction
Trial to determine who controls graffiti covered LA skyscrapers
By Skyler Romero
Attorneys for Lendlease Construction Inc. argued in opening remarks that Mickey Cheng and Edward Chen, executives for Los Ange...
Intellectual Property
Judge issues injunction against Oakland airport name change
By Wisdom Howell
While the name change wasn't intentionally deceptive, it would likely cause harm to San Francisco International Airport's bran...
Class Action
VA wins stay on 100 urgent shelters but not future housing obligations
By Devon Belcher
The 9th Circuit stayed an order for 100 immediate shelters for veterans in West LA while a district judge denied a stay of oth...
The NLRB noted that an employer may hold meetings with workers to express its views on unionization if the meeting is voluntar...
U.S. Supreme Court, Securities, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Justices skeptical of Nvidia's argument in crypto sales boost case
By Craig Anderson
Nvidia's company leaders couldn't track revenues from cryptocurrency mining because the data didn't exist, Neal K. Katyal, a p...
Appeals Court upholds dismissal of taxpayer lawsuit over San Diego's 101 Ash Street
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Lawyers orchestra expected to deliver a spirited performance in Santa Monica
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The ensemble, composed of attorneys, judges, law students, and legal staff, will showcase their musical prowess under the dire...
Sophia Park, 17, among those who passed the July California State Bar, beat her brother to the feat by a few months. Peter C. ...
Environmental & Energy
Pipeline company to pay $72.5M to state, others for Refugio spill
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The Lands Commission and Aspen American Insurance Co. sued Plains in 2018, claiming the company did not adequately maintain th...
Alameda County Superior Court announced the establishment of its CARE Court a month before the state's Dec. 1 deadline. Sonoma...
Civil Litigation
UC Regents seek to relate cases filed by Jewish, pro-Palestine students
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Attorneys for the UC Regents claim the two cases involve a "common nucleus of facts." Plaintiffs' attorney Mohammad K. Tajsar ...
The proposed rules could "provide regulators with unprecedented visibility into the data and AI governance practices of regula...
Government, Constitutional Law
Ban on social media firms contacting kids without consent faces challenge
By Craig Anderson
"The restrictions imposed by California Senate Bill 976 violate bedrock principles of constitutional law and precedent from ac...
Raymond O. Aghaian is a former assistant U.S. attorney in the Central District of California in the Cyber and Intellectual Pro...
Education Law
University to pay $750K to students blocked from campus during COVID
By Devon Belcher
The class of students claimed the school breached its contract by refusing refunds after it prevented them from attending on-s...
Class Action
Plaintiffs: VA request to pause urgent shelters order violates its purpose
By Devon Belcher
Veterans' counsel opposed the VA's request for stay of an order that it immediately build 100 temporary shelters, saying the g...
Bankruptcy
Oakland diocese's abuse settlement offer 'dead on arrival'
By Wisdom Howell
An attorney for creditors claims the diocese's offer aims to "force" victims to release third party claims and become real est...
Longtime Deputy District Attorney Steven I. Katz joined the office in 1990 and has led the Parole, Writs and Appeals and Publi...
San Mateo County court names Texas judge and administrator as executive officer
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Presiding Judge-elect Stephanie G. Garratt said Chad L. Peace has the experience to navigate current budget cuts.
The plaintiff claims his personal details were compromised because of a Nov. 1 data breach, HACLA's second reported data breac...