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...
Zuora Inc. was accused of hiding ahead of its initial public offering that its two flagship software products were incompatibl...
Labor/Employment
Judge approves $1.9M settlement between Cisco and workers
By Wisdom Howell
Cisco denied it violated wage and hour and other labor laws, while the plaintiffs said it did so deliberately.
Criminal
Orange County judge accused of murdering his wife to be tried in LA
By Skyler Romero
"The people contend that schedule bail of $1,000,000 -- without supplemental non-monetary conditions -- is insufficient to pro...
Criminal
County failed to protect child killed by gangs, suit says
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
“If Child Welfare Services and the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office had discharged their mandatory duties, this tragedy could ha...
Law Practice
Music lawyer joins Barnes & Thornburg in Los Angeles
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Brian L. Schall’s clients include entertainment entrepreneurs, concert promoters, chefs, social influencers, fashion designers...
The lawsuit pitted longtime Hollywood lawyer Martin D. Singer for the plaintiff against Beverly Hills attorney Ronald Richards...
Litigation & Arbitration
Judge urged to rule on fees, damages after Monster bought rival
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Vital’s former CEO, fired after the verdict against his company, told U.S. District Judge Jesus G. Bernal that he had been lef...
Insurance
Insurers, policyholders rush to file briefs on COVID coverage question
By Craig Anderson
The question is: “Can the actual or potential presence of the COVID-19 virus on an insured’s premises constitute ‘direct physi...
Litigation & Arbitration
Coinbase locked EU clients out of hacked accounts, suit says
By Wisdom Howell
The complaint, filed in federal court in San Francisco, claims that Coinbase’s wallet and account services “lacked adequate wa...
“Use of the CBP One smartphone app has effectively become the sole mechanism to access the U.S. asylum process at a [Port of E...
LA registrar mostly prevails in case seeking voter records of DA recall attempt
By Skyler Romero
“Los Angeles County’s registrar has resisted transparency and disclosure at every turn,” Eric M. George of Ellis George Cipoll...
Neutral Keith Koeller uses pressure point lists and issue sheets to devise resolutions.
The funds "will be used to address the impacts of the leak, including on local air quality, public health, and customers. The ...
Litigation & Arbitration
Panel upholds San Francisco noncitizen voter program
By Laurinda Keys
“Neither the plain language of the Constitution nor its history prohibits legislation expanding the electorate to noncitizens,...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Ex-bar board chair cleared of misconduct in Girardi discipline case
By Devon Belcher
A State Bar investigation has absolved former Board of Trustees Chair Sean Selegue of wrongdoing in a disciplinary matter agai...
Litigation & Arbitration
Judge tosses libel suit against LA Times by celebrity attorney
By Devon Belcher
Judge Wendy Chang granted the newspaper’s motion to strike in its entirety under the anti-SLAPP statute, finding that the repo...
Law Practice
San Francisco law firm office manager charged with embezzling $1 million
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Government
King & Spalding represents LGBTQ+ veterans in suit over Don't Ask, Don't Tell
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Many of these veterans received discharge paperwork that identifies their actual or perceived sexual orientation. Many also re...
Litigation & Arbitration
Ex-manager says Smokey Robinson owes him $1M
By Sunidhi Sridhar
The singer’s attorney, Miller Barondess partner Alexander Frid, tried to persuade the jury Wednesday that the plaintiff, who i...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Kagan refuses to enjoin App Store payment practice pending antitrust case
By Craig Anderson
Epic Games, maker of many popular video games including Fortnite, claims Apple violates antitrust laws by forcing developers t...
"We received notification from the attorney general that we don't have a conflict, and we need to proceed as the prosecuting a...
Environmentalists and fisher groups challenged the contract, which they called “a sweetheart deal” that would privatize much o...
“I didn’t think I was violating anything. I thought I was actively working with the bar association to solve the payment issue...
Law Practice
1st assistant sworn in as acting US attorney for Southern District
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Andrew R. Haden joined the U.S. Attorney’s Office in 2010.
The band’s former hairdresser said Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley, as well as manager “Doc” McGhee, failed to institute adequat...
Real Estate/Development
Womble bolsters real estate practice in Los Angeles
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Scott D. Mayer was chief real estate officer for Orange County, overseeing the County’s real estate holdings, which encompasse...
Real Estate/Development
LA County must go to trial in lawsuit over homeless
By Sunidhi Sridhar
"While we're understandably disappointed by the 9th Circuit's ruling on our appeal, the county is prepared to continue litigat...