Law Practice
Some lawmakers want to ban caste without using the word caste
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Sen. Aisha Wahab, D-Hayward, began by downplaying the bill’s most contentious aspect: the belief that it specifically targets ...
Litigation & Arbitration
JAMS halts Twitter labor arbitration over fee demand, plaintiffs say
By Jonathan Lo
Former employees alleged that after months of insisting on arbitration, Twitter told JAMS that the company wants all arbitrati...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
17 judges criticize circuit colleagues over homeless ruling
By Craig Anderson
“With this decision, our Circuit’s jurisprudence now effectively guarantees a personal federal constitutional ‘right’ for indi...
Civil Litigation
Edison, Bobcat Fire plaintiffs disagree on executives’ deposition
By Skyler Romero
Individual plaintiffs filed the lawsuit against Edison in November 2020, two months after the Bobcat Fire burned approximately...
The path to trial was paved by an April decision from U.S. District Judge Michael Kaplan who allowed the plaintiff to pursue h...
At the heart of the litigation is Meta’s pixel technology, a piece of code that other companies attach to their URL as an adve...
Health Care & Hospital Law
Healthcare providers pay $68M over Medicaid fraud
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
“Health care systems and providers are on notice that the False Claims Act provides us with a powerful tool to ensure that tax...
Demurrer on foul odor case denied because it’s a master complaint
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
“This is a master complaint; requiring the same level of specificity that would be required in an individual complaint would d...
Government
State missed deadlines for privacy law rules, judge says
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The judge found the state agency missed a July 1, 2022 deadline to produce regulations for much of the law — and that this sho...
“In defending the charges, Medtronic makes arguments that have broad implications for antitrust enforcement in the health care...
On Monday, a group of civil rights groups represented by the Lawyers for Civil Rights filed a complaint with the U.S. Departme...
Berkeley Law dean says video about ‘unstated affirmative action’ was out of context
By Devon Belcher
“What I mean by unstated affirmative action is: What if the college or university doesn’t tell anybody, doesn’t make any publi...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Eastman's lawyer accuses State Bar prosecutor of ambush
By Skyler Romero
The dispute began on Thursday when State Bar Prosecutor Duncan C. Carling asked Stanford University political science professo...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Gilead and Teva cleared of antitrust charges over delayed HIV drug
By Jonathan Lo
The case, in which the plaintiffs sought $3.9 billion in damages, was the first time in which a jury has found that a reverse ...
Elderly lawyer says attorney who embezzled should be permanently disbarred
By Devon Belcher
A retired attorney says the lawyer he mentored stole more than $500,000 from him and his wife. She paid restitution and is ser...
"I have accepted a position at the University of San Diego School of Law, where I will teach and continue my justice and innoc...
LA attorney charged in ethics trial says controversial tweets were expression of frustration
By Devon Belcher
"I did post my thoughts and feelings about the things that were going on in the public - and there were a lot of things going ...
U.S. Supreme Court
US Supreme Court agrees to hear new gun rights case
By Craig Anderson
The decision will mark the first time the Supreme Court will decide how its June 2022 decision, New York State Rifle and Pisto...
Health Care & Hospital Law
New Zantac suit filed in state court in Los Angeles
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
More than 77,000 people have sued GlaxoSmithKline in Delaware state court with the same allegation. And some 144 Zantac cases ...
“Reading his description of the enforcement action the California Civil Rights Department filed in Santa Clara County Superior...
A team of lawyers in San Diego has worked with Casa Cornelia Law Center since the fall of Kabul.
Mark D. McPherson said that plaintiffs have not made any allegations in their complaint that the company ever gave advice to P...
Law Practice
Verily hires McKesson’s former chief compliance officer as GC
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
At McKesson, Laura O’Donnell formed a COVID-19 executive response team to ensure the company was prepared and proactive in tac...
Civil Litigation
State’s attorneys will take work from home dispute to arbitration
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Since 2021, the union representing 4,500 attorneys has been battling several state departments who have tried to force staff a...
Probate specialist wrote and lectured widely
Criminal
Testimony on difference between ‘protesters’ and ‘criminals’ marks discipline hearing
By Devon Belcher
Under cross examination by defense attorney Christopher Brizzolara, a commanding LAPD officer in 2020 said videos showing arso...
Judges and Judiciary
LA judge admonished for drunken driving conviction
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Judge Lillian Vega Jacobs “was immediately cooperative with the court and commission and deeply regrets the incident,” said he...
“Using stolen and misappropriated personal information at scale, defendants have created powerful and wildly profitable AI and...
Data Privacy
L’Oreal collects data when users try makeup, suit says
By Sunidhi Sridhar
The complaint, filed in Los Angeles on behalf of an Illinois resident, accuses the cosmetics company of violating Illinois’ Bi...
Environmental & Energy
Opinions vary on whether CEQA changes will matter
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s ideas got a hearing this week when the Assembly Natural Resources Committee debated SB 149. The bill conta...