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 ...
Musk’s attorneys argued in their motion to dismiss that the investors are unsuccessfully trying to convert Elon Musk’s legal d...
Labor/Employment, Health Care & Hospital Law
Kaiser neonatal nurse who was fired after complaining about staff levels wins $41.49M
By Devon Belcher
Kaiser said it stands by its firing decision, maintained that it was the nurse who endangered patient safety, and vowed to app...
Government
State moves to intervene in La Canada housing development dispute
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The city says it was “substantially compliant” with the housing element law. It pointed to ordinances passed before the develo...
Civil Rights
Panel suggests DAs file criminal claims against firm over disability lawsuits
By Wisdom Howell
Litigation privilege immunizes Potter Handy from DAs lawsuit, panel says, adding that criminal charges would have survived dem...
Civil Rights
US judge could order years of monitoring at Bay Area women’s prison
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Attorneys representing eight plaintiffs who say they suffered sexual assaults and other abuse want a special master to oversee...
Law Practice
Sheppard Mullin adds 6-attorney team in San Diego
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The team moved from Withersworldwide and is led by partners Jenny Hill Bratt and Matthew Owens.
Constitutional Law
Injunction denied for state ban on gun sales to young adults
By Craig Anderson
S Between the Second Amendment enactment in 1791 and 14th Amendment enactment in 1868, “the rights of individuals under 21 yea...
Litigation & Arbitration
The plaintiffs attorneys were Robert Clayton of Taylor & Ring and Lawrence Marks of Mardirossian Akaragian LLP.
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Judge to review whether antitrust laws warrant jury trial in challenge to $6B NFL TV package
By Devon Belcher
Attorneys for the NFL say the plaintiffs’ counsel improperly analyzed the Sports Broadcasting Act and that the league’s networ...
A benefit fund takes advantage of a 2019 law enacted in Delaware that allows for a statutory public benefit limited partnershi...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Google loses antitrust case brought by Epic Games
By Jonathan Lo
Google plans to appeal the verdict, saying it provides more choice to customers than any other major mobile game platform.
Government
Congress candidate sues for ‘MAGA Conservative Republican’ ballot designation
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“The issue of my self-identification as a MAGA Conservative Republican or MAGA Conservative should be left to the voters who w...
Data Privacy
Lloyd’s accuses UC system of failing to protect data
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Lloyd’s of London says the UC Regents didn’t set up protections for their data required by an insurance policy to cover breach...
Civil Litigation
LegalMatch asks judge to dismiss lawsuit by co-founder
By Wisdom Howell
“This demurrer concerns an ambiguous derivative shareholder action against LegalMatch by an individual who avoids referring to...
Labor/Employment, Entertainment & Sports
17 suits say SAG’s COVID policy not in interest of members
By Skyler Romero
Actors lost jobs, offers, agents and auditions due to not wanting to be vaccinated, and accuse the Screen Actors Guild of brea...
Education Law
Stanford Law School to fund 3rd group of Flywheel Fellows
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Flywheel Fund for Career Choice is a nonprofit organization founded by alumni from the law schools at Harvard and Stanford to ...
U.S. Supreme Court, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Justices reject challenge to conversion therapy law
By Craig Anderson
The 9th Circuit decision affirmed a Washington state law in a case nearly identical to an unsuccessful 2014 challenge to a sim...
Bankruptcy
Sacramento diocese will file for bankruptcy, bishop says
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“The diocese faces more than 250 lawsuits alleging sexual abuse by clergy or other church staff. The reorganization process wi...
Law Practice
Former Justice Department cyber lawyer joins Pillsbury
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Mark L. Krotoski was national coordinator of the Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property Program at the Department of Justice.
A Loyola Law School professor said she observed Superior Court Judge Tomson T. Ong for roughly 2 1/2 hours during arraignment ...
Criminal
Orange County judge denies cities' challenge to LA bail policy
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Judge William D. Claster also sustained the Los Angeles County Superior Court's demurrer, concluding the plaintiffs did not as...
Government
Ex-DA Boudin still opposes early recalls, but says he’s moved on
By Devon Belcher
“If you recall somebody months into their first year in office, you haven’t given them a chance. We have four-year terms for d...
In light of his grim assessment of a trial with 9,000 class members, Los Angeles County Judge Elihu Berle encouraged the parti...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Panel skeptical of FBI’s rationale for safety deposit searches
By Craig Anderson
“The government did all of this without any particularized probable cause as to the owners of those safety deposit boxes. This...
State Bar & Bar Associations
17-year-old makes history as state’s youngest lawyer
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“For now, I plan on staying here in Tulare County and learning the ropes of becoming a great prosecutor,” said Peter C. Park.
Judges and Judiciary
Former assistant US attorney sworn as magistrate judge in San Diego
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Valerie E. Torres was a civil lawyer in the Southern District of California for 9 years. She also practiced at Latham & Wa...
Technology
Ex-employees ‘destroyed 1,000s’ of documents, tech company says
By Wisdom Howell
Counsel for Trace3 claimed its forensic experts were unable to recover the trade secrets documents that allegedly contained a ...