“I am eager to assist the residents of Lahaina in rebuilding their lives after this horrific disaster,” Mike Arias, founder an...
Litigation & Arbitration
Feinstein’s daughter accuses trustees of elder abuse
By Wisdom Howell
Katherine Feinstein, who says she has a limited power of attorney for the 90-year-old senator, accuses the three co-trustees o...
Litigation & Arbitration
Proposed class of women inmates claims rampant sex abuse
By Jonathan Lo
“This isn’t a case of a few bad apples, we need systemic change that ensures survivors are released and receive care and that ...
Litigation & Arbitration
Suits filed by California lawyers over Maui fire pile up
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Gerald Singleton filed complaints for five individuals, and said he expects to get 1,000 cases, but decided against a class ac...
“This is a great result and victory for Smokey,” the Motown singer’s attorney, Sasha Frid, said.
Litigation & Arbitration
Quinn Emanuel sues LA county for fees to represent ex-sheriff
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Quinn Emmanuel says it had a valid contract as outside counsel for former Sheriff Alex Villanueva, who was fighting the county...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Constitutional Law
Gun show promoter appeals ban citing Supreme Court
By Craig Anderson
The dispute concerns three different laws passed by the state Legislature banning sales of firearms and ammunition at Del Mar ...
Joseph J. Huprich is the 26th attorney to join Gordon Rees’ employment practice group on the West Coast this year.
Judges and Judiciary, Criminal
Orange County judge’s attorneys may oppose murder trial in LA
By Skyler Romero
A jury of Ferguson’s peers would most likely be made up of citizens of Orange County, which Ferguson served for 40 years, his ...
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar vows to continue disbarment proceedings against Eastman despite Georgia indictment
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“The Fulton County criminal case against respondent could take years to resolve,” State Bar Supervising Attorney Duncan Carlin...
Technology, Litigation & Arbitration
Trump seeks to lift stay on suit against Facebook claiming suppression
By Jonathan Lo
Trump’s attorneys wanted the stay lifted to file a second amended complaint, writing, “a wealth of new evidence directly suppo...
Data taken by hackers included names, addresses, dates of birth and Social Security numbers, information which allows the cybe...
For weeks, DA Thien Ho has tried to force the city to move people camped in the area.
Law Practice
Retired Los Angeles County judge joins ADR Services
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Judge H. Chester “Chet” Horn Jr. served for more than 20 years on the Superior Court and presided over many noteworthy cases i...
Civil Rights
Biden’s student admission guidelines could bring more lawsuits
By Devon Belcher
A letter released on Monday by the U.S. Departments of Education and Justice shared guidance on how universities could lawfull...
Law Practice, Government
Recanted statements can’t be used to imprison someone
By Craig Anderson
The ruling is expected to affect future cases, in which reluctant women often refuse to testify against their partners while p...
Intellectual Property
Lawsuit that claimed ‘Stranger Things’ copying is dropped
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Jeffrey Kennedy, the owner of Irish Rover Entertainment, sued Netflix in 2020, claiming copyright infringement of four screenp...
The team of lawyers, who came to the firm from Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, have extensive experience defending ...
Litigation & Arbitration
Judge revives Uber worker claim arbitrator said was time-barred
By Wisdom Howell
The plaintiff’s attorneys contend that her termination for “poor performance” in March 2019 created a new statutory time clock...
Civil Litigation
Cellphone snaps make Maui litigation easier, as first suits filed
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Alexander “Trey” Robertson IV of Robertson & Associates LLP and Robert Curtis of Foley Bezek Behle & Curtis LLP repres...
Environmental & Energy
Climate change ruling is symbolic, environmentalists say
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Bill Tarantino, a partner in the ESG practice at Morrison Foerster LLP, said Judge Kathy Seeley’s decision was “a remarkable r...
Litigation & Arbitration
Southern California lawyers file lawsuit over Maui wildfire
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
The class complaint filed Sunday in Hawaii's First Circuit Court names as defendants Maui Electric Company; Hawaiian Electric ...
Technology
Microchip startup CEO pleads guilty to fraud on Qualcomm
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Executives at Abreezio told Qualcomm that their technology was developed by a Canadian graduate student. They did not disclose...
Technology, Litigation & Arbitration
Activision drops suit against YouTube music critic
By Sunidhi Sridhar
According to the complaint, Activision Blizzard uploaded a video to its TikTok page using an audio recording by the music crit...
Litigation & Arbitration
Palos Verdes fails to bifurcate case from menacing surfers’
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
The outcome of the case could expand liability for municipalities for conduct within their jurisdiction.
Litigation & Arbitration
FTC defends attempt to block Illumina merger
By Craig Anderson
The legal dispute is the latest battle between the FTC — led by Chair Lina M. Khan, an appointee of President Joe Biden — and ...
Education Law
Harvard Law professors’ brief says state can’t punish professor for testimony
By Devon Belcher
A contract between the state Department of Education and a research center prohibits researchers from testifying against the g...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Bar prosecutors oppose pause in John Eastman’s discipline trial
By Devon Belcher
“Respondent has not been charged with a crime, he has not received a target letter, and none of the Trump indictment’s allegat...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Apple to pay $310M over iPhone battery issues
By Craig Anderson
The class action, filed in 2018, is based on allegations that Apple issued software updates that slowed down the performance o...
Litigation & Arbitration
Ticketmaster can't arbitrate ticket hike claims, US judge says
By Sunidhi Sridhar
While the judge accepted that Live Nation and Ticketmaster’s arbitration clauses unmistakably delegate issues of enforceabilit...