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Civil Rights


The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in November forced Citigroup to pay nearly $26 million in fines and “consumer redress...


U.S. Supreme Court


Pratik A. Shah, a partner with Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP who represents unsecured creditors, said a successful go...


“A lawyer shouldn’t assert a claim without being able to allege a factual basis for doing so. The fact that a claim pertains t...


“I think the real question here is: Is this going to lead them … to make meaningful changes to what their process is?” said pl...


Civil Litigation


The plaintiff’s counsel said the defense attorney made an incorrect statement to the prospective jurors regarding the plaintif...


U.S. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler previously ruled that, though the plaintiffs sufficiently claimed they suffered discrimina...


Civil Litigation


The lawsuits, filed on behalf of minors, address problems identified previously in Los Angeles County Superior Court over expe...


Law Practice


“Contrary to plaintiff’s allegations, Buchalter has not engaged in any ‘conspiracy and scheme to defraud the creditors and sha...


Obituaries


Sandra Day O’Connor, 1930 - 2023

Dec. 4, 2023
By David Houston

O’Connor’s appointment to Supreme Court ‘showed a new generation what is possible’


Class Action


According to Michael L. Gabriel, representing himself in a putative class action, Blockas.com demanded that he pay a $5,000 “t...


Law Office Management


Buchalter acquires Trainor Fairbrook

Dec. 4, 2023
By Sunidhi Sridhar

Trainor Fairbrook in Sacramento practiced real estate law, business litigation and trusts and estates.


Judges and Judiciary, Government


New Assembly Judiciary chair commits to funding courts

Dec. 1, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Assemblyman Ash Kalra was a deputy public defender in Santa Clara County for 11 years.


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


FTC Chair Lina M. Khan, an appointee of President Joe Biden, has a mixed record in blocking mergers but has vowed to keep tryi...


Judges and Judiciary


US court in Fresno details plan to cope with vacancy

Dec. 1, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Senior Judge Charles R. Breyer of the Northern District of California began presiding over sentencing and plea changes in Judg...



The Human Element

Dec. 1, 2023

Retired judge David De Alba's compassion helps parties see benefits of a deal, lawyers say


Obituaries


Gideon Kanner 1930 — 2023

Dec. 1, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Eminent domain attorney was a fierce defender of property rights


Tax, Government


Gov. Gavin Newsom, the Legislature and former Democratic Party Chair John Burton petitioned the court in September to take the...


Judges and Judiciary


Heated Senate committee OKs California nominee

Dec. 1, 2023
By Craig Anderson

Alameda County Superior Court Judge Eumi K. Lee was approved 11-10.


Civil Litigation


Claims can proceed against porn company

Dec. 1, 2023
By Sunidhi Sridhar

Aylo Global Entertainment, formerly MindGeek, is accused of being complicit in a sex trafficking venture orchestrated by the n...


Litigation & Arbitration


“This is a most interesting case, given that it blends the National Labor Relations Act with the TLRO and the Compact,” commen...


Technology, Civil Litigation


The putative plaintiffs claim that in order to boost sales, Spectrum and its agents purposely disregarded the federal “do not ...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Civil Litigation


“The judge sanctioned us for not giving a detailed enough explanation as to why we disputed whether the plaintiff was injured,...


Law Office Management


2 Ventura County law firms announce plan to merge

Dec. 1, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

The marriage between Lowthorp Richards LLP and The Hathaway Law Firm is effective Jan. 1.


Technology


“Meta challenges the constitutionality of five structural characteristics of the commission that render the FTC proceedings un...


Contracts


The case had some interesting facts, similar to law school examples. And seeing as there has not been a solid sham doctrine ca...


“Defendants failed to set the rates at the lowest possible interest rates, as their agreements with California required,” stat...


Torts/Personal Injury


Defendant PDQ Arm & Prop LLC and its founder, Seth Kenney, sought to be dismissed from the case, arguing that California l...


Monday’s ruling marks the second time a judge has denied the FAIR Plan Association’s attempt to void the Insurance Commissione...


Torts/Personal Injury, Intellectual Property


Clayeo Arnold PLC received a service mark on the phrase from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in 2021, and says it has use...


Education Law


“To say that we know what action LAUSD is going to take in the face of some unknown public health emergency, I think, is pure ...