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Judges and Judiciary


Orange County Judge Jeffrey M. Ferguson has not been on the bench since his wife, Sheryl, was fatally shot in the chest in fro...


Civil Litigation


The plaintiff's complaint, which claims the drug complicated his disease, comes nearly a month after Pfizer pulled the drug fr...


Neutral Kim Hubbard's mission has been to empower elders


Law Practice


The Dodgers' victory parade will close several streets in downtown Los Angeles, impacting access to courthouses.


Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Huntington Beach City Attorney Michael E. Gates said he would ask the full 9th Circuit to review the decision en banc. "It mis...


Intellectual Property


Although U.S. District Judge George H. Wu only ruled on the two claims CoStar challenged, he agreed with only one of the defen...


Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation


Plaintiff Gabriel Rueda raised a "triable issue of material fact" relating to an alleged finder's fee agreement he is seeking ...


Labor/Employment


Live Nation targeted with PAGA lawsuit

Oct. 31, 2024
By Wisdom Howell

The lawsuit, filed in San Francisco, claims the company failed to compensate employees for time spent submitted to COVID-19 sc...


Government


IBM sues San Francisco seeking tax refund

Oct. 31, 2024
By Wisdom Howell

Attorneys for the company claim that San Francisco overcharged it for two separate taxes and should have refunded the money fo...


Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg., 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Google's request for a stay to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals must be granted by Halloween to avoid sweeping changes in...


Civil Litigation


Judge Stephen I. Goorvitch appeared inclined to order the approval of a Sun Valley housing project that plaintiffs claimed was...



Sonoma judge censured for passionate school spirit

Oct. 31, 2024
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Sonoma County Judge James G. Bertoli was a leader of a movement against changing the name of his high school, rather than just...


Grimes represented Rodney King, whose beating by police led to the 1992 riots. The attorney avoided IRS levies by using cashie...


Antitrust & Trade Reg., Alternative Dispute Resolution, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Compelled arbitration loses again at 9th Circuit

Oct. 30, 2024
By Craig Anderson

Live Nation Entertainment Inc. worked with a new ADR firm to handle mass claims, but a 9th Circuit panel rejected it, ruling t...


Government, Entertainment & Sports


Gov. Newsom's proposed film tax credit changes have been met with a mixed response by entertainment attorneys. They say that w...


Civil Litigation


Yukevich Cavanaugh called witness experts to testify that this decedent's mesothelioma was caused by intrinsic factors includi...


Class Action


The judge's restructured lease is temporary as UCLA continues to negotiate a long-term deal with disabled and homeless veteran...


In an interview a week before the Nov. 5 election, Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price cited her work addressing rac...


Government, Civil Litigation


The federal government's complaint claims Garrett J. Gentry was carelessly operating an excavator on terrain that was too rock...


Securities


Former Ontrak CEO's bid for new trial denied

Oct. 29, 2024
By Devon Belcher

A jury this year found Terren Peizer used undisclosed insider information regarding the likely termination of his company's bi...


Judges and Judiciary, Class Action, California Supreme Court


Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero, writing for a unanimous court, expressed concern that litigants could use postponed bias moti...


Education Law, Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The state requires that to receive the funds, a school must be nonsectarian, prompting a lawsuit by Orthodox Jewish parents.


Labor/Employment


Judge Christopher Lui, declining to approve sanctions against the plaintiff, said issues over definitions were best left for n...



Former federal prosecutor joins Cleary Gottlieb

Oct. 29, 2024
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Matthew Yelovich was previously deputy chief of the Criminal Division at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District ...


Judges and Judiciary


In a phone interview Friday, Judge Morris Jacobson called DA Pamela Price's statement "a desperate effort to avoid a recall el...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


At Friday's hearing, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Randolph M. Hammock dismissed arguments by Google that granting t...


Attorneys have given more than $330,000 directly to Nathan Hochman's campaign challenging LA's incumbent DA George Gascón. Tha...


Judge Christopher C. Hite said that potential budget cuts, in addition to those already imposed in 2024, would call for "creat...


Civil Litigation


Aspects of California's new lemon law remain unclear

Oct. 28, 2024
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

One attorney the Daily Journal spoke to says he is adopting a "wait and see" approach to hiring new associates as AB 1755's ef...


Intellectual Property, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Open Artificial Intelligence says it applied for a trademark first and is asking the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to over...