Litigation & Arbitration
Is Santa Monica’s opposition to zero bail a harbinger?
By Skyler Romero
“When young mothers with young children do not feel comfortable walking down the street, going to a park or going shopping, t...
“They fear that things will get worse for them, because of the subjectivity, the loopholes and how they could be interpreted,”...
Technology, Litigation & Arbitration
Lawsuit claims Caltech duped cyber boot camp users
By Wisdom Howell
“This case alleges that Caltech and its for-profit partner Simplilearn falsely advertise a ‘Caltech Cybersecurity Bootcamp’ th...
The case before Chief U.S. District Judge Richard Seeborg has the same set of facts and experts as a recent International Trad...
Litigation & Arbitration
Yukevich Cavanaugh defeats $48M unloading injury suit
By Skyler Romero
Lead defense attorney Thomas Borncamp During argued in the three-week trial in Kern County that there wasn’t any evidence indi...
Judges and Judiciary
Judge who ruled on sale of LA Clippers joins ADR Services
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Judge Michael I. Levanas retired from the Los Angeles County Superior Court on Oct. 13.
Government
LA sued again over how it charges ratepayers for services
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
The city is accused not only of charging too much and charging disproportionately, but using the revenues “for a purpose diffe...
Insurance
High court to decide time limit for bringing insurance suits
By Skyler Romero
“When a plaintiff files an action against the plaintiff’s insurer for injunctive relief under the Unfair Competition Law, whic...
Technology
Ex-security chief says SonicWall fired him for noting vulnerability
By Wisdom Howell
The plaintiff, a 20-year employee, claims that he was fired on Aug. 2 after he opposed the company’s plan to release a flawed ...
Zoom represents that its subscriptions can be canceled via online web portal or email, but routinely fails to honor users’ can...
Judges and Judiciary
Lassen County judge facing disciplinary action may retire
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Litigation & Arbitration
30 vape manufacturers hit with unfair competition claims
By Sunidhi Sridhar
None of the defendants’ vaping devices have received premarket authorization from the FDA. In many instances, they have not ev...
The proposed order states that If the city fails to abide by the settlement, it will be subject to monetary penalties and may ...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Ticket price antitrust case against Live Nation is stayed
By Sunidhi Sridhar
The judge paused proceedings pursuant to the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling that a district court must stay a case if a pa...
Litigation & Arbitration
Coinbase is locked in litigation with users, mostly unseen
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“The number of lawsuits you see is a fraction of the number of cases there are against Coinbase. There’s an unknown number in ...
Technology, Data Privacy
Meta seeks to end claim it misled users on location setting
By Jonathan Lo
Meta denied any wrongdoing and argued that the plaintiffs dropped their charge of invasion of privacy because the court ruled ...
Wednesday's celebration was held in New York and livestreamed to The Lot at Formosa in West Hollywood.
Litigation & Arbitration
No punitive damages for failure to fix sink leak, judge rules
By Skyler Romero
“Failing to check the leak may be a conscious disregard for the safety of others, but is not so vile, loathsome, miserable tha...
Law Practice
Veteran IP litigator Claude Stern joins JAMS in Silicon Valley
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Stern said he was drawn into alternative dispute resolution after teaching at Stanford and seeing the polarization on campus.
Litigation & Arbitration, Health Care & Hospital Law
Investors sue COVID testmaker and CEO over ‘misspent’ funds
By Wisdom Howell
The COVID-19 test kit developer generated $37.6 million in income between 2021 and 2022 but was left with no money by Aug. 1, ...
Following three consecutive days of defense evidence from the three-week jury trial arguing human error, rather than mechanica...
California hospital system sued over data breach
Constitutional Law
Judge reverses state’s 30-year ban on assault weapons
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Preparation is the most important aspect, neutral Russell Hom says
Los Angeles, Nevada, San Bernardino, San Diego, Ventura and Yolo counties each got one; Orange County got 2.
Judges and Judiciary
Senator Butler gets seat on Senate Judiciary Committee, easing concerns over judge confirmations
By Sunidhi Sridhar
“There is no question that this will now allow us to proceed with appointments to our federal courts. The White House has to m...
Litigation & Arbitration
Plaintiffs’ attorney grills Tesla expert over research methods
By Devon Belcher
Tesla says the Autopilot can’t do what the plaintiffs say it did in a 2019 fatal crash, while the plaintiffs said the system h...
Judges and Judiciary
Retired Riverside County judge joins Judicate West
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Judge John G. Evans served on the Superior Court for 15 years, hearing matters involving employment, construction defects, neg...
Litigation & Arbitration
Zoom agrees to pay $150M to settle investor lawsuit
By Jonathan Lo
The class’ attorneys are requesting 18.75%, or over $28 million, in attorney fees. They said in the motion for approval that h...
Data Privacy
Investor claims against Meta over data sharing are restored
By Sunidhi Sridhar
In a published opinion, the appellate panel held that the lower court erred in dismissing shareholders’ claims of falsity when...