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Torts/Personal Injury


Anesthesia error leads to $28.7M verdict for LA County man

Feb. 14, 2024
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Sean O'Neill, a partner at The Stalwart Law Group, and William Collins, a partner at the Law Offices of Marshall Silberberg, r...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The parties requested that the courts hold the lawsuits in abeyance because they are engaged in discussions regarding the rule...


Securities


The policy “clearly contemplates the advancement of defense costs for potentially covered claims, subject to recoupment by the...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Judge to rule on Scientology's anti-SLAPP motion

Feb. 14, 2024
By Skyler Romero

The motion claims that the plaintiffs improperly seek liability for the protected speech of non-parties in the case, including...


Insurance


Getaround’s attorneys claim that Broadspire’s “utter failure to provide Getaround with competent third party administration se...


Criminal


GOP lawmakers propose tougher penalties for retail theft

Feb. 14, 2024
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Two Republican lawmakers in California have introduced bills to increase penalties for retail theft, including AB 2391, which ...


Contracts, Civil Litigation


"For example, where's the partnership agreement that there is a partnership?" Rick Richmond of Larson LLP asked jurors in clos...


Intellectual Property


Makers of Squishmallows stuffed toy trade lawsuits

Feb. 13, 2024
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Squishmallows maker accused Build-A-Bear of stealing the idea for its own toy, Skoosherz. Build-A-Bear says similarities are p...


Securities


After the Tesla founder purchased Twitter in April 2022, the SEC opened a probe as to whether Musk buying the social media com...


Labor/Employment, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


"There is nothing in Adolph that is inconsistent with the federal law articulated in Viking River," Senior 9th Circuit Judge W...


Civil Litigation


Former Secret Service head Lorenzo Robert Savage III is asking a federal judge to dismiss an $18.2 million lawsuit involving f...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


“Any stay would be of an indefinite duration,” U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer wrote in his order.


Real Estate/Development


Judge: New housing not OK in Redondo Beach coastal zone

Feb. 13, 2024
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

“Nothing in the Coastal Act authorizes the city to issue a [Coastal Development Permit] that is non-compliant with the [Land U...


Data Privacy


The Court of Appeal ruling comes as state lawmakers are evaluating several news bills to regulate the technology industry.


Criminal


Supporters of the recall effort want DA Pamela Price removed from office because they believe she is too lenient and is not ke...


Tax


A small business’ long fight for tobacco tax refund

Feb. 12, 2024
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Starbuzz International Inc. has been trying to recoup $2.8 million in tobacco taxes for over eight years. Anti-tax groups see ...


Litigation & Arbitration


The recent decrease in filings is likely caused, at least in part, by the drop in cases filed by high-volume plaintiffs, accor...


Civil Litigation


Civil appeals mediation program debuts in 4th District

Feb. 12, 2024
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

“People should have free access to mediating their case rather than going into a high-conflict situation. Instead of litigatio...


U.S. Supreme Court


The dispute involves two different contracts, and Coinbase argues that it is covered by the same user agreement under the Fede...


Wills, Estates & Trusts, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


The lawsuit says attorneys from the firms knew their client was misappropriating money from the trusts he was responsible for ...


“We saw that the Privette doctrine could be a possible defense. It’s a really positive policy for defendants and the Supreme C...


Real Estate/Development, Contracts


Trial in longrunning dispute between brothers nears close

Feb. 12, 2024
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

It may be the oldest running lawsuit in Los Angeles County Superior Court and billions of dollars are at stake.


Class Action


Toyota USA sued for hiking maintenance costs

Feb. 9, 2024
By Devon Belcher

"Consumers have been misled, induced, and defrauded into spending money and thus harmed by defendants' fraudulent misrepresent...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Community Initiatives accused the University of San Francisco’s attorney, Allen Gomes of Anderies & Gomes LLP, of “abusing...


A preliminary annual report shows violent crime in Oakland rose 21%, robbery increased 38%, and vehicle theft increased 45% in...


Immigration


Hmong immigrants win default judgment against Laos

Feb. 9, 2024
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Attorney Herman Franck said the four plaintiffs are involved in a political movement whose goal is to create a “Hmong homeland...


Environmental & Energy


“In a bizarre reversal of the California Takings Clause’s command that ‘private property may be taken or damaged for a public ...


Real Estate/Development, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Judge to decide on pausing housing suit

Feb. 9, 2024
By Sunidhi Sridhar

Accused of enacting unconstitutional ordinances restricting homeless camps, the San Francisco city attorney’s office insisted ...


The endorsements for a reversal of some of the provisions — by San Francisco Mayor London Breed and San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan ...


Civil Litigation


“As an experienced attorney, Mr. Forman should have known better than to make reference to settlement when the opposing party ...