9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Los Angeles joins chorus urging reversal of anti-camping ruling
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
“The City of Los Angeles and other local jurisdictions in the Ninth Circuit are trying to solve the humanitarian tragedy facin...
Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Full 9th Circuit agrees to consider gun magazine law
By Craig Anderson
9th Circuit Judge Patrick J. Bumatay, an appointee of President Donald Trump, called the en banc panel’s decision “unprecedent...
The complaint accused Elon Musk of offering substantial compensation packages to every remaining Twitter employee in March, bu...
Judges and Judiciary
Death of Feinstein could upend Biden’s judge nominations
By Craig Anderson
Several Republicans offered public assurances Friday that they would not try to block the appointment of another Democrat to t...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit: Idaho abortion ban not preempted by US law
By Craig Anderson
The U.S. Justice Department sued Idaho, arguing that the state’s law criminalizing abortion, which took effect after the U.S. ...
Real Estate/Development, Education Law
Southwestern Law School sued over apartment building condition
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
The lawsuit filed in Los Angeles by Grant K. Riley of Riley Ersoff LLP says a toddler living in the building was poisoned by l...
Technology
Tesla argues human error in 1st autopilot wrongful death trial
By Devon Belcher
“This case is not about autopilot. What you’re going to hear is that autopilot actually makes the roads safer,” said Tesla’s ...
U.S. Supreme Court
Apple and Epic file dueling Supreme Court petitions
By Craig Anderson
“The Ninth Circuit’s rule effectively immunizes an array of anti-competitive practices from liability,” wrote Epic Games attor...
Judges and Judiciary, Government
US judge OKs LA County’s $1B homeless settlement
By Skyler Romero
“We are extremely pleased that the court has decided today to approve a historic settlement that will add to an already unprec...
Google argued that the class cannot pursue damages because the plaintiffs kept using YouTube’s premium subscription and thus, ...
“Weeks after the work was finalized and turned over, Netflix did a complete about-face and accused the plaintiff of breaching ...
Labor/Employment
EEOC sues Tesla, claims racial abuse at Fremont plant
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
The EEOC says that Black employees were casually and frequently addressed with the n-word and subjected to racial stereotyping...
Litigation & Arbitration
San Francisco archdiocese meets angry abuse victims
By Jonathan Lo
“At this time, the archdiocese has determined that it has neither the financial means nor the practical ability to litigate th...
Neutral Ben Davidian uses life experience to show disputing parties he cares.
Litigation & Arbitration
100s of women sue over sexual assault in state prisons
By Malcolm Maclachlan
New York attorney Adam P. Slater said his firm represents more than 500 women who were sexually abused at four prisons in Cali...
Tax
H&R Block, Google and Meta conspired to monetize taxpayer data, lawsuit alleges
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
A congressional report published in July found that tax preparation companies shared millions of customers’ personal and finan...
Litigation & Arbitration
Sex assault victims sue over Zalkin Law Firm breach
By Devon Belcher
“There are gradations in the sensitivity of data breached in incidents like this,” the plaintiffs’ attorney, Scott E. Cole of ...
Environmental & Energy
ExxonMobile can’t truck crude from offshore platforms
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
U.S. District Judge Dolly M. Gee refused to reverse a Santa Barbara County decision.
Intellectual Property
Stone Brewing’s $56M award against Molson Coors upheld
By Sunidhi Sridhar
“While the goods are not identical, they are certainly very closely related — both being beer, which share the same aisle and ...
The plaintiffs accused the company of knowingly contributing to the opioid crisis by advising pharmaceutical companies on how ...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Summary judgment for Qualcomm in antitrust consumer class action
By Sunidhi Sridhar
“We are pleased that the court has resolved these baseless consumer class actions, which were brought on the heels of the FTC’...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Bonta rushes to get 9th Circuit to halt gun magazine ruling
By Craig Anderson
Without a stay, Deputy Attorney General John D. Echeverria warned, more than a million high capacity magazines could be sold i...
Litigation & Arbitration
Law professor witness for Eastman disagrees on election validity
By Skyler Romero
“I think the research I’ve done on this question provided support for the idea that … you could read the Constitution’s text a...
Health Care & Hospital Law
Discovery reopened in multi-suit hospital fraud case
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Two qui tam plaintiffs claimed three hospitals and an executive paid kickbacks to doctors to steer spinal tap patients to the ...
Technology, Litigation & Arbitration
Roblox will repay mostly minor players $10M in virtual cash
By Jonathan Lo
The company, which denied any wrongdoing, was accused of profiting from minors by encouraging them to buy in-game content with...
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar wants to suspend license of Girardi’s son-in-law
By Devon Belcher
Bar prosecutors argue there is a “reasonable probability” the agency will find enough cause to disbar David Lira, though he ha...
Judges and Judiciary
OC Superior Court judge confirmed to 4th District Court of Appeal
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
“I could not have imagined in my wildest dreams when I started law school 45 years ago across the Bay that I would be standing...
The university says neither the demanded 2% annual raise nor arbitration are mandated by the collective bargaining agreement.
Judges and Judiciary, Government
Governor blasts US judge for his ruling on state’s gun law
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Gavin Newsom has also been critical of federal judges over rulings that limit municipalities’ ability to enforce anti-camping ...
Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary
Retired LA County judge joins ADR Services
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
On the Superior Court, Judge David A. Rosen presided over a wide range of civil and commercial cases, including personal injur...