Litigation & Arbitration
$42.4M verdict for pregnant woman in a coma from collision
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
"The issue became, was pleading no-contest equivalent to conviction? We pled it was and won," said plaintiff's attorney Ricard...
Securities, Data Privacy
Stubhub mislead consumers with fee ‘estimates’, suit says
By Sunidhi Sridhar
A report by the Federal Trade Commission found a rise in companies’ use of “dark patterns.” These methods, which include hard-...
Law Practice
Trial lawyer wants more diverse bench – including more former plaintiff attorneys
By Malcolm Maclachlan
"We want to make sure the bench really reflects our community," said Ibiere N. Seck.
Government, Constitutional Law
Chemerinsky tells law students Constitution is in peril
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“I never imagined I would fear for the future of American Democracy,” Chemerinsky told an audience at McGeorge School of Law i...
Data Privacy
Claim: Breach at loanDepot exposed data of 16 million people
By Devon Belcher
A breach in January was the second time in as many years loanDepot’s database was successfully hacked.
Real Estate/Development
Beverly Hills Realtors battle in court over building lease
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Hilton & Hilton said in court documents that they would not have signed the sublease had they known that an exterior sign ...
Immigration
Former Homeland Security chief can be questioned about family separation
By Sunidhi Sridhar
“Given the abundance of evidence produced, in this case and in related litigation, indicating that the actual intent of the Ze...
Judges and Judiciary
Senate advances nominee for seat on Eastern District
By Craig Anderson
Kirk E. Sherriff has led the Fresno and Bakersfield offices of the U.S. attorney’s office since 2015.
Constitutional Law
Gun rights activists appeal ruling for state’s open carry law
By Craig Anderson
Compared to other Second Amendment cases involving California laws, this one has flown under the radar, but it’s another lawsu...
Insurance
Jury rejects $20M claim for Montecito mansion damaged in fire
By Devon Belcher
“We were able to tell a very bulletproof story, and we trusted the jurors to set aside all emotions and knee-jerk reactions, f...
Michael Ludwig applies a genuinely neutral approach to dispute resolution, lawyers say.
Technology, Consumer Protection Law
Claims that fentanyl dealers use Snapchat to sell pills is true, judge says
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
The social media company wanted certain claims struck from a product liability lawsuit filed by families of children who have ...
The issue could eventually lead to court battles similar to the ones that followed California’s efforts to regulate vehicle em...
Law Practice
LA County court and Stanford team up to improve court access
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
“Through this unprecedented partnership, we plan to leverage the talents and expertise of the research team at Stanford Law to...
Technology, Litigation & Arbitration
Google was too late in request for arbitration, US judge rules
By Sunidhi Sridhar
“The motion comes four years into this litigation, after the parties have engaged in substantial motion practice, after comple...
Insurance
Insurance brokerage uses stock offers to skirt noncompete ban, lawsuits claim
By Wisdom Howell
“The shareholders agreement, however, is a sham devised by WS&Co. to circumvent California public policy in favor of ‘open...
Technology
Data scraping service wins dispute with social media giants
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Meta Platforms claimed the Israeli company Bright Data reached its contract by unlawfully gathering information from Facebook ...
Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit likely to OK ban on semi-automatic weapons
By Craig Anderson
9th Circuit Judge Jacqueline H. Nguyen questioned whether the record has been adequately developed about whether an AR-15 is e...
Intellectual Property
Photographer claims tattoo artist Kat Von D 'robbed' his work
By Devon Belcher
Von D argued at trial that her rendition of the image was not an exact replication and instead her own interpretation of a pho...
Judges and Judiciary, Civil Rights
Judge strikes down rule requiring traffic cops to disclose their pronouns in data reporting
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Christopher E. Krueger issued a temporary restraining order on Tuesday preventing the s...
Civil Procedure
LA County's COVID-era eviction notice requirement is struck down
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
The California Apartment Association said Judge Mitchell L. Beckloff's decision was a legal victory for landlords.
Litigation & Arbitration
Landlord attorney testifies that firm lost lawyers, morale sagged because of 'vulgar' Twitter account
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Lawyer for tenant advocates who are accused of libel and invasion of privacy questioned whether other factors prompted lawyers...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Class counsel get $75M in fees for HIV drug antitrust case
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Plaintiffs lawyers argued the fee was warranted because there was no companion criminal case for them to utilize or leverage.
Intellectual Property
Some claims over Microsoft’s AI development are dismissed
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Joseph Saveri Law Firm LLP and Los Angeles attorney Matthew Butterick wrote in the amended complaint that Copilot, an artifici...
Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
FBI illegally searched safe deposit boxes, circuit rules
By Craig Anderson
9th Circuit Judge Milan D. Smith said the government’s explanation that it needed to do an “inventory search” was insufficient...
Class Action
Plaintiff moves to certify class in consumer fraud case against Nestle
By Devon Belcher
Class certification is ideal for claims involving violations to California’s Consumers Legal Remedies Act and Unfair Competiti...
The fund, Kline Hill Partners Fund II LP, claims in a lawsuit that Zachary Abrams, the former CEO of Altierre Corp., struck se...
Litigation & Arbitration
$35M verdict for woman who accused former track coach of sex abuse in the 1990s
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Deposition testimony from former students, parents and employees described widespread, open and obvious abuse of minor girls a...
Judges and Judiciary
Lawmakers try again to require judges to receive training on handling sex assault victims
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A similar effort died last year due to funding issues. Proponents say judges need to better understand how to handle testimon...
Criminal
San Diego man sentenced in federal court for defrauding investors in Ponzi scheme
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
In his letter to U.S. District Judge Cynthia Bashant, who heard the matter, Richard Lee Ramirez said, "I would feel the same a...