Over the past month, almost every county in the state has voted to wait to enforce a key piece of legislation designed to supp...
Litigation & Arbitration
Google may be unable to compel arbitration in wiretapping case, judge says
By Jonathan Lo
Google’s attorneys, who are from Perkins Coie LLP, asserted that absent members of the class agreed to arbitrate their claims ...
Government
Congressional candidate wants 'counterterrorism attorney' ballot designation
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“Real Party is a private attorney working for a Los Angeles limited liability law partnership, which provides a broad range of...
Torts/Personal Injury
$17.5M verdict reached over disabled man’s death
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
“Following Decedent’s injuries, [Driver] Juarez refused to offer any assistance to Decedent, leaving Decedent’s family members...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Criminal
Lawyer threatens to sue over San Mateo County’s privatized public defender
By Wisdom Howell
The county has an agreement with the San Mateo County Bar Association’s Private Defender Program where private attorneys repre...
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar defends effort to disbar Girardi’s son-in-law
By Devon Belcher
“The Rules of Procedure of the State Bar of California, Rule 5.225(D), permit the State Bar to file an application after it ha...
Real Estate/Development
California joins litigation against Florida real estate company accused of scam
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
MV Reality signed at least 1,443 Homeowner Benefit Agreements with California residents and recorded illegal liens on most of ...
Civil Rights
Federal judge warns VA to settle case over homeless veterans
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
“I think this is the most important legal victory for veterans in our nation’s history,” Mark Rosenbaum of Public Counsel said.
Civil Rights
Activision agrees to pay $50M to settle state civil rights claims
By Craig Anderson
“California remains deeply committed to promoting and enforcing the civil rights of women in the workplace,” said Kevin Kish o...
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar to seek protective order if liability case moves forward
By Devon Belcher
Attorneys for the State Bar said they anticipate a protective order to be necessary during the discovery process of a class ac...
“I recognize it’s rare to deny enforcement of an SEC subpoena but … the SEC has to be reasonable. The SEC has crossed the line...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Trial lawyer sues San Diego bar association over rumors of sexual harassment
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The lawsuit attorney John H. Gomez filed in San Diego County Superior Court mentions some big names in the Southern California...
Civil Litigation
Jewelers target Brink’s worker over undervalued shipment
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
A judge allowed plaintiffs to file claims against a Brink’s employee, saying she concealed facts when telling them what amount...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
State asks 9th Circuit to revive law on children’s online data
By Craig Anderson
The state is appealing a September ruling by U.S. District Judge Beth Labson Freeman of San Jose, granting a preliminary injun...
Intellectual Property
Photographer wins $6.3M for unauthorized use of pictures
By Wisdom Howell
“The jury’s verdict … holds broader societal significance for all creatives by affirming the gravity with which the law will t...
Health Care & Hospital Law
Cheese company accused of illegal medical leave policy
By Wisdom Howell
Attorneys for the plaintiffs, Michael Kent and Emily Pincin, partners at Kent Pincin in Redondo Beach, said in an interview Th...
Neutral Charles Margines wants disputing litigants to know he's heard them.
Civil Litigation
Panel: Suppressed memory extends statute of limitations
By Laurinda Keys
On appeal, the plaintiff contended the delayed discovery rule “postponed accrual of her claims until 2020, when she joined a s...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit vacates EPA's OK of pesticide used for citrus crops
By Craig Anderson
Environmental organizations and groups representing farmworkers sued, arguing that the EPA’s registration of streptomycin sulf...
Environmental & Energy
Justices question CPUC’s right to change its decisions
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A coalition of environmental groups challenged the California Public Utilities Commission’s 2022 decision to reduce the rates ...
Litigation & Arbitration
$61M verdict against 2 drivers responsible for the death of Torrance high school baseball player
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The plaintiffs’ attorneys were Robert Clayton of Taylor & Ring and Lawrence Marks of Mardirossian Akaragian LLP.
Intellectual Property
Rearden rests facial motion capture copyright case against Disney
By Jonathan Lo
Rearden accused Disney and other movie makers of partnering with another company, Digital Domain 3.0 (DD3), which a court foun...
Community News
Chief Justice will lead dedication of new Imperial County courthouse
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Judges and Judiciary
San Diego County judge censured over 155 absences in 2 years
By Laurinda Keys
Judge Howard H. Shore, who has never been challenged in an election since his elevation to the Superior Court in 2000, stipula...
Civil Litigation
Southwestern mulls mediator’s proposal in tenants’ lawsuit
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
The parties filed the ex parte application without prior notice because they all agreed to a continuance, and they do not want...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Attempt to suspend Girardi’s son-in-law is unconstitutional, counsel argues
By Devon Belcher
David R. Lira, who has been fighting with State Bar prosecutors since September in an effort to pause a proceeding that could ...
Intellectual Property
Judge scolds defense for filing ‘piecemeal’ demurrers
By Wisdom Howell
San Francisco Judge Richard B. Ulmer took the defendant’s “amended demurrers’ off calendar in a lawsuit over alleged infringem...
Law Practice, Entertainment & Sports
Sam Fernandez, longtime Dodgers general counsel, joins JAMS
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
“I’ve been a Dodger fan since I picked the Dodgers in the ‘63 World Series. I not only got to meet Sandy Koufax, I got to work...
Labor/Employment
State and gig companies defend Proposition 22 against union
By Craig Anderson
“In our constitutional system, the electorate has broad power to enact legislation by initiative on virtually any subject, inc...
Civil Litigation
Jewelers, Brink’s head to trial over robbery at truck stop
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
“Nobody in their wild imagination thought Brink’s would leave the jewelry and nothing between the jewelry and the thieves but ...