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Labor/Employment


A Superior Court judge in San Francisco has granted both sides more time to settle an Instacart delivery drivers’ case due to ...


Environmental & Energy


Los Angeles Park Alliance argues that the project would unlawfully take almost two acres of park land, disrupt park programmin...


Labor/Employment


The plaintiff claims that she was forced to work off the clock without compensation, not given adequate rest breaks, and not r...


Law Practice


The former partner at Covington & Burling LLP has joined the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art as general counsel and chief st...


Litigation & Arbitration


The trial in Los Angeles has been pushed back to Aug. 6 and Girardi’s defense counsel has been granted additional time to revi...


Judges and Judiciary


Gov. Gavin Newsom elevated three commissioners to judge in Sacramento, Riverside and Los Angeles counties and nominated a Los ...


Contracts


Andy Bechtolsheim traded option contracts in the accounts of a close relative and associate after learning that technology com...


Entertainment & Sports


Aaron S. Dyer issued a statement calling a raid on Combs’ properties “a gross overuse of military-level force.”


Civil Litigation


The plaintiffs allege that the firm intentionally withheld terms of loan and participation agreements that would have protecte...


Labor/Employment


The Child Protective Services interns, who are part of a master’s degree program through USC’s School of Social Work which aim...


Labor/Employment


The plaintiffs alleged failure to pay minimum wage and timely pay of final wages. The company acknowledged no wrongdoing.


Torts/Personal Injury


LA utility liable for $11M in motorcycle collision

Mar. 26, 2024
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

The jury found the motorcyclist negligent but not a substantial factor in causing his harm. The utility is considering appeal.


Labor/Employment


The court clarified that a search doesn’t have to be physically intrusive to be compensable as hours worked.


Environmental & Energy


AG sues Prologis over Carson warehouse fire pollution

Mar. 26, 2024
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

Thousands of cases have been filed claiming Prologis knew about hazardous substances stored at the warehouse it owned.


Securities


The theory involves an investor using confidential information about one company to trade in the securities of another company...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


The complaint, filed in federal court in New Jersey, accuses Apple of engaging in monopolistic behavior in contravention of th...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


“The brief included only a handful of accurate citations, almost all of which were of little use to this Court because they we...


Real Estate/Development


Sheppard Mullin, Elder Law Center offer free estate planning

Mar. 26, 2024
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

The two-part clinic aims to empower participants through education on estate planning documents and the risks of Medi-Cal rec...


Health Care & Hospital Law


The initiative, proposed by the California Apartment Association, aims to save taxpayers millions by preventing health care pr...


State Bar & Bar Associations


In addition to requesting a $125 flat license fee increase in next year's legislative bar bill, the State Bar Board of Trustee...


Tax, Criminal


The indictment alleges that Grimes engaged in a scheme to withdraw $16 million from his business accounts to avoid levies by t...


Consumer Law


The case involving Blow Pops Minis is one of many in Los Angeles County Superior Court that claim food and beverage companies ...


Government


Attorneys attack government’s claim that former special counsel Paul Kiesel should be shielded.


Civil Litigation


The city’s complaint alleged that the car manufacturers failed to use engine immobilizers, which is not required under federal...


Constitutional Law


U.S. District Judge David O. Carter addressed what he termed the “presumption” that service providers who could not provide do...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


Epic Games, the maker of the popular video game Fortnite, has three weeks to file its proposed injunction. 


Litigation & Arbitration, Consumer Law


Michelin argued there was no duty to warn because there was no evidence that its tires became unsafe at any age.


Administrative/Regulatory


Cities that rely on a single person to hear Building Code violation appeals could be in breach of the law, plaintiffs’ attorne...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Attorney pardoned by Trump regains bar license

Mar. 22, 2024
By Craig Anderson

David M. Tamman was convicted in 2013 of lying to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to help cover up the scheme, whi...


Intellectual Property


The company’s attorneys filed for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction, but the judge denied the applicati...