The organic food market was accused in a lawsuit of selling kale chips contaminated with harmful minerals. The maker of the ch...
Drone operator pleads guilty in LA firefighting aircraft collision
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
A Culver City man faces penalties after his drone struck and grounded a crucial firefighting aircraft during January's devasta...
Consumer Law
Half-empty cereal box claim kept alive, but endangered by notice error
By Devon Belcher
A consumer's lawsuit over a cereal box containing up to 47% air has survived a dismissal motion, but the plaintiff must correc...
Securities
Lucid executives face derivative suit over 'fantastical' production claims
By Wisdom Howell
Attorneys representing Lucid shareholders claim that an Aug. 8 ruling from U.S. District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín in a se...
Criminal
Orange County judge to be tried on home turf in wife's murder
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
An Orange County judge accused of his wife's murder will be tried in his home court, the Los Angeles County judge who will pre...
Labor/Employment
Judge seeks justification for 33% fee request in Peet's Coffee settlement
By James Twomey
An Alameda County judge said she is disinclined to award 33% of an $800,000 settlement fund as attorney fees in a wages and ho...
Mediators and four major provider organizations have united to waive their fees for pro bono services, in an effort to assist ...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Mormon church can use tithes for investments, 9th Circuit rules
By John Roemer
In a ruling watched by many religious organizations, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals en banc panel said the Church of Jesu...
Government
LA talks on settled lawsuit don't obviate Brown Act, lawsuit says
By Skyler Romero
L.A. City Council and officials were accused of using discussions on a settled lawsuit about homeless encampments as a ruse to...
Intellectual Property, Contracts
Actor sues Paramount over 'Top Gun: Maverick' photo use
By Devon Belcher
Actor Barry Tubb, who starred in the original Top Gun (1986), is suing Paramount Pictures, alleging the studio used a group ph...
Technology, Intellectual Property
Authors v Anthropic: Judge gets tutorial on AI training in copyright battle
By Wisdom Howell
Attorneys for Anthropic PBC and authors presented a tutorial on the AI model Claude to a federal judge in San Francisco, focus...
Attorneys who have lost their homes in the L.A. County fires have no specific latitude for lapses in representing their client...
Immigration
Orange County DA urges crackdown on visas issued to Chileans
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer is calling on the federal government to tighten restrictions on the Electronic Sy...
Civil Procedure
Challenges to DEI policies have trouble establishing standing
By Malcolm Maclachlan
While a wave of litigation followed the Supreme Court's landmark ruling against affirmative action, recent legal challenges to...
Retired Judge Geoffrey Goodman enhances Judicate West's expertise in criminal prosecution, civil litigation, and judicial over...
Consumer Law
Amazon settles for $600K over mercury-laced skin cream sales
By James Twomey
California Attorney General Rob Bonta has reached a $600,000 settlement with Amazon over the sale of skin-lightening creams co...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Trump's DOJ surprises some with suit to block HPE-Juniper tech merger
By John Roemer
Federal prosecutors challenged Hewlett Packard's $14B Juniper acquisition, signaling continued aggressive antitrust enforcemen...
Neutral Robert Schnider employs an empathetic approach to dispute resolution, lawyers say.
Labor/Employment
Alaska Air faces class action over alleged wage violations
By James Twomey
A complaint against Alaska Air claims the airline systematically underpays flight crew by failing to compensate for time spent...
Consumer Protection Law
Lawsuit claims Hallmark's Harry Potter mugs are poisonous
By James Twomey
The complaint says the mugs contain lead that leaches onto the skin when consumers handle the mugs.
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Disbarment recommended for attorney who filed suit in LADWP water bill scandal
By Devon Belcher
Michael J. Libman, the only attorney in the Los Angeles water billing litigation scandal ordered to disgorge his fees, was rec...
Southern California DAs urge Newsom to expand price gouging protections
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
District Attorneys from four Southern California counties are calling on Gov. Gavin Newsom to extend emergency price gouging p...
If confirmed as U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. could roll back liability protections and expa...
Data Privacy, Class Action, Civil Litigation
Class action accuses Amazon of unlawful data collection
By Craig Anderson
A new class action accuses Amazon of secretly tracking and selling California residents' sensitive location data through its a...
Torts/Personal Injury, Civil Litigation
Uber accused of hiding assault reports in multidistrict sexual assault cases
By Wisdom Howell
Uber is accused of hiding violent incident reports in a lawsuit by 1,500 women claiming sexual assault by drivers. The plainti...
Administrative/Regulatory
New LA County presiding judge pledges innovation, transparency
By Skyler Romero
In his first address to Los Angeles County judges and staff, the new presiding judge focused on enhancing community outreach a...
Criminal, Administrative/Regulatory
State Bar moves to suspend Andrew Do's law license
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The State Bar of California is set to suspend Andrew Hoang Do's law license following his guilty plea to federal bribery consp...
Judges and Judiciary
Judge Ursula Jones Dickson named Alameda County DA
By James Twomey
Judge Ursula Jones Dickson was selected as Alameda County's new DA after Pamela Price's recall. Dickson, a former prosecutor, ...
Civil Litigation
Judge chides San Francisco city attorney for overzealous discovery
By James Twomey
A judge chided the San Francisco City Attorney's team for excessive discovery in a flood damage lawsuit, setting a trial date ...
Judge Ursula Jones Dickson was appointed to a two-year term to replace the DA ousted by voters last year.