Judges and Judiciary
Newsom has struggled to replace departing judges
By Malcolm Maclachlan
According to figures compiled by the Daily Journal, at least 87 California judges and justices have retired this year through ...
Litigation & Arbitration
It a good year for PAGA plaintiffs, but the fight continues
By Craig Anderson
Most state and federal judges who have decided cases since Viking River have stayed the representative PAGA claims while sendi...
Environmental & Energy
Cummins engine maker to pay $1.675B to settle Clean Air claims
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said it was “the largest civil penalty we have ever secured under the Clean Air Act and ...
Law Practice
Kelly, Trotter & Franzen to mark 30th anniversary
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
“We’ve made it very clear to the junior partners that this firm has a bright future, and they are going to be the future of th...
Labor/Employment, Class Action
Executive search consultants can sue over pay
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The plaintiff’s attorneys wanted to amend the complaint to add a fifth cause of action, claiming their client was misclassifie...
Real Estate/Development
Downtown LA development alleges construction defects
By Craig Anderson
The Circa project consists of two, 35 story towers across the street from the Crypto.com Arena and L.A. Live. It has 648 apart...
“The court agreed with our argument that later promises – even oral promises – can be binding, even if the original written ag...
“The [California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act] does not regulate commercial speech: it regulates data capitalism,” wrote Ju...
Labor/Employment
State sues Ralphs over job candidate criminality checks
By Devon Belcher
The California Civil Rights Department said Ralphs is the target of the first lawsuit under a 2018 law, the Fair Chance Act, w...
Litigation & Arbitration, Data Privacy
Orrick tentatively resolves litigation over data breach
By Sunidhi Sridhar
In February and March, Orrick suffered a security breach in which the personal data of more than 450,000 people was accessed. ...
Real Estate/Development, Judges and Judiciary
Democratic politicians increasingly hostile to judges over homeless cases
By Craig Anderson
On homelessness, the gap between Democratic elected officials across California and judges appointed by Democratic presidents ...
Real Estate/Development
New LA skid row receiver to sell 12 properties
By Skyler Romero
Kevin Singer of Receivership Specialists in Los Angeles was authorized by a judge to pay the broker $15,000 per property for r...
Litigation & Arbitration
Uber accused of ignoring court order on sex assault litigation discovery
By Jonathan Lo
“Uber has historically taken a cramped view of what evidence is potentially relevant in a sexual assault case,” plaintiffs’ co...
Civil Rights
Several plaintiffs allege abuse by Antioch police officers
By Wisdom Howell
“In those text threads, officers bragged about using excessive force and beating arrest subjects so severely that the officers...
Real Estate/Development
LA to settle $3M in invoices as it gets new Skid Row Trust receiver
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
The agreement relieves the previous receiver of his obligation to pay outstanding vendor invoices of $3.35 million and to coll...
Constitutional Law
State to appeal injunction on more concealed carry limits
By Sunidhi Sridhar
“If allowed to stand, this decision would endanger communities by allowing guns in places where families and children gather. ...
Intellectual Property
Fiji Water claims San Diego coffee shop infringed trademark
By Devon Belcher
“In an effort to piggyback on the fame and goodwill of the FIJI brand, defendants have commenced using the Fiji trademark for ...
Judges and Judiciary, Criminal
US judge rejects plea deal for fentanyl dealers in Tenderloin
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
As part of this new “Fast Track” program, street-level fentanyl dealers get leniency, usually time served and a three-year sta...
Criminal
Are multiple resentencing laws overburdening appeal courts?
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“Here, by reason of the Legislature’s constant tinkering with sentencing rules, we are asked to reverse/remand for a fourth se...
Entertainment & Sports, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Nirvana cover baby’s civil child abuse suit revived
By Craig Anderson
“Because each republication of child pornography may constitute a new personal injury, [Spencer] Elden’s complaint alleging r...
This is the bankrupt bank’s third attempt to get its money and the first in civil court. It first filed for relief in bankrupt...
Labor/Employment
Yelp settles class action over 1-way sales calls for $15M
By Wisdom Howell
The plaintiffs’ attorneys claim that the settlement agreement is one of the five largest in a phone call class action lawsuit ...
Intellectual Property
Fan’s ‘Lord of the Rings’ sequel must be destroyed
By Sunidhi Sridhar
“The estate hopes that the award of a permanent injunction and attorney’s fees will be sufficient to dissuade others who may h...
Government
William Wynder, co-founder of Aleshire & Wynder, set to retire
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Intellectual Property
'Beauty and the Beast' infringed copyright, but not by much, jury finds
By Jonathan Lo
"Walt Disney Pictures appreciates the jury's careful attention to this complex case and is gratified that the jury properly re...
Edward Weiss' general counsel experience is a strong suit, lawyers say.
Legal Education, Law Practice
Politics roiled law firms and law schools in 2023
By John Roemer
“Legal institutions are always easy boogeymen,” observed Adam D. Winkler, a UCLA School of Law professor with a political scie...
Labor/Employment
Nursing facility director wins $11.1M for wrongful termination and retaliation
By Devon Belcher
Bohm Law Group Inc. founding principal Lawrance A. Bohm represented the winning plaintiff, Kathleen Armstrong, whom the nursin...
Plaintiff siblings Areej Al-Sadhan and Abdulrahman Al-Sadhan claimed that Twitter cooperated with the Saudi government because...
U.S. Supreme Court
Cities from Anchorage to San Francisco want anti-camping case reversed
By Craig Anderson
Theane D. Evangelis, a partner with Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, represents Grants Pass, Oregon in its attempt to get the ...