Judges and Judiciary
Judge accused of wife's murder released from jail, posts $2M bond
By Laurinda Keys
Orange County Judge Jeffrey M. Ferguson has not been on the bench since his wife, Sheryl, was fatally shot in the chest in fro...
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
State courthouses in downtown Los Angeles closed Friday
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
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 can't challenge the constitutionality of state laws in US court, panel says
By Craig Anderson
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
Federal judge pares back trade secret case against CoStar Group
By Devon Belcher
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
TV networks must face finder's fee claim related to Pacquiao-Mayweather bout
By Skyler Romero
Plaintiff Gabriel Rueda raised a "triable issue of material fact" relating to an alleged finder's fee agreement he is seeking ...
The lawsuit, filed in San Francisco, claims the company failed to compensate employees for time spent submitted to COVID-19 sc...
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
Epic Games objects to stay of Google Play app store opening
By Craig Anderson
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 weighs whether LA acted in bad faith when it denied development
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Judge Stephen I. Goorvitch appeared inclined to order the approval of a Sun Valley housing project that plaintiffs claimed was...
Sonoma County Judge James G. Bertoli was a leader of a movement against changing the name of his high school, rather than just...
Tax
Longtime lawyer Milton Grimes pleads to evading 21 years of taxes
By Laurinda Keys
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
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
Film tax credit proposal unlikely to boost entertainment lawyers' workload
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Gov. Newsom's proposed film tax credit changes have been met with a mixed response by entertainment attorneys. They say that w...
Civil Litigation
Defense defeats $65M claim that asbestos caused mesothelioma
By Laurinda Keys
Yukevich Cavanaugh called witness experts to testify that this decedent's mesothelioma was caused by intrinsic factors includi...
The judge's restructured lease is temporary as UCLA continues to negotiate a long-term deal with disabled and homeless veteran...
Government
Price will make 'every effort' to support smooth transition if recall succeeds
By Wisdom Howell
In an interview a week before the Nov. 5 election, Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price cited her work addressing rac...
Government, Civil Litigation
Engineering company's attorneys rebuff govt attempt to link it to wildfire
By Devon Belcher
The federal government's complaint claims Garrett J. Gentry was carelessly operating an excavator on terrain that was too rock...
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
Judicial bias motions can't be strategically delayed, high court says
By Craig Anderson
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
State can't discriminate against disabled kids in private schools, 9th Circuit rules
By Craig Anderson
The state requires that to receive the funds, a school must be nonsectarian, prompting a lawsuit by Orthodox Jewish parents.
Labor/Employment
Attorneys tussle over meaning of 'digital imaging' in Del Taco case
By Skyler Romero
Judge Christopher Lui, declining to approve sanctions against the plaintiff, said issues over definitions were best left for n...
Matthew Yelovich was previously deputy chief of the Criminal Division at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District ...
Judges and Judiciary
Alameda DA accuses now judge of 'cover-up' over juror misconduct
By Wisdom Howell
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.
Judge allows new expert to inspect Google source code in trade secrets dispute
By Skyler Romero
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
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
OpenAI defends trademark use injunction against rival at circuit hearing
By Craig Anderson
Open Artificial Intelligence says it applied for a trademark first and is asking the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to over...
