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U.S. Supreme Court


US Supreme Court agrees to hear new gun rights case

Jun. 30, 2023
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

Jun. 30, 2023
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 ...


Civil Rights


Hindu group claims state seeks to mask caste link

Jun. 30, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan

“Reading his description of the enforcement action the California Civil Rights Department filed in Santa Clara County Superior...


Immigration


Sheppard Mullin aids Afghans resettling in the US

Jun. 30, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

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


At McKesson, Laura O’Donnell formed a COVID-19 executive response team to ensure the company was prepared and proactive in tac...


Civil Litigation


Since 2021, the union representing 4,500 attorneys has been battling several state departments who have tried to force staff a...


Obituaries


Arnold H. Gold, 1932 – 2023

Jun. 30, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Probate specialist wrote and lectured widely


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

Jun. 30, 2023
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

Judge Lillian Vega Jacobs “was immediately cooperative with the court and commission and deeply regrets the incident,” said he...


Technology


OpenAI accused of illegal information gathering

Jun. 30, 2023
By Sunidhi Sridhar

“Using stolen and misappropriated personal information at scale, defendants have created powerful and wildly profitable AI and...


Data Privacy


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

Jun. 30, 2023
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...


Attorney for John C. Eastman, facing disbarment for actions after the 2020 elections, objects to prosecution presenting TV new...


Civil Litigation


“It will be a Wild West for admissions as this gets sorted out,” said Mitchell Chang, a UCLA professor of education.


Closing arguments were disorganized at the end of the hearing to decide if the FTC can pause the Microsoft-Activision merger.


Mediator Monique Ngo-Bonnici works the facts and the law to find different angles.


Technology


Microsoft, Activision CEOs testify against FTC

Jun. 29, 2023
By Jonathan Lo

Closing arguments scheduled Thursday in FTC’s attempt to halt merger.


Government


Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders announced the deal on Monday night. On Tuesday, Newsom signed SB 101, the State Budg...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


“Advertisements for firearms are not statements about the Second Amendment,” said Deputy Attorney General Gabrielle D. Boutin.


State Bar & Bar Associations


Marla A. Brown is accused by the State Bar of misrepresenting herself as an LAPD union attorney and responded to tweets from t...


Judges and Judiciary


Justice Marsha Slough announces plan to retire

Jun. 29, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

“Her legacy of excellence, fairness, and commitment to justice has made a lasting impact on the lives of Californians and will...


Real Estate/Development



Labor/Employment


The initiative passed by voters says drivers for companies like Uber and Lyft are contractors.


Litigation & Arbitration, Health Care & Hospital Law, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


The plaintiffs accused Gilead of forging a deal with Teva, which had challenged many of Gilead’s vulnerable patents, to delay ...


Civil Litigation


After settling multiple lawsuits for $8.9 billion Johnson & Johnson is defending itself in San Francisco against a single ...


Intellectual Property


Umberg Zipser partner Mark A. Finkelstein highlighted to the court a question on the jury verdict form that was unanimously in...


Environmental & Energy


Budget deal gives Newsom some of his CEQA changes

Jun. 28, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan

SB 149 would extend rules requiring that court challenges of the environmental impact report for certain projects “shall be re...


Civil Rights


Attorneys at Kotchen & Low LLP represented a plaintiff class that said Cognizant discriminates against non-Indian candidat...


California Supreme Court


Santa Monica, despite being just 13.6% Latino, has a majority of Latinos on the city council. Theodore J. Boutrous Jr. of Gibs...