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Litigation & Arbitration


Roger E. Naghash in Irvine asked an appellate court to reverse an award of sanctions against him and his client for demanding ...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Bar prosecutors wrote in a court filing that because there is already a federal criminal case pending against David Lira and o...


Intellectual Property


OpenAI sues another AI company over similar name

Aug. 8, 2023
By Sunidhi Sridhar

OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT, claimed Open Artificial Intelligence Inc. has caused confusion in the marketplace by leading people ...



Judge won’t seal accusation firm overbilled

Aug. 8, 2023
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

Collins + Collins LLP says the overbilling claim by former managing partner Samuel Muir is old, unproven, irrelevant and preju...


Criminal, Civil Litigation


The plaintiff’s counsel argued the insight of his expert witness was instrumental in convincing the criminal jury his confessi...


Civil Rights


Otis Bruce says he was fired after almost 33 years for racing concerns about the treatment of a newly hired Black attorney.


State Bar & Bar Associations


“That, in our mind, raised the stakes on Dr. Eastman continuing to participate and testify in the State Bar proceedings for fe...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Leonard Steiner, the attorney for Morris Getzels, gave a long list of categories of people who could work as private neutrals ...


Litigation & Arbitration


Yintao Yu “did not sign the purported agreement to arbitrate and even a casual inspection of the document fails to support its...


U.S. Supreme Court, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


In Hawaii, the manufacture, sale, transport and possession of the butterfly knives are barred by a 1993 state law. California ...


Class Action


Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP senior counsel Pavithra Rajesh wrote in the complaint that Live Nation did not disclose to inv...


Tax


Judge upholds Santa Monica’s 5.6% ‘mansion tax’

Aug. 7, 2023
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

Measure GS was approved by 53% of the voters in November 2022. It added a third tier to the city’s transfer tax structure effe...


Criminal


“There is no California case law that imposes a specific duty to school districts to warn, train or educate students as to the...


Civil Rights


The Bay Area Air Quality Management District said the accusations were false and misleading.


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


“That’s a pretty serious allegation, but the majority leaves itself open by not providing an explanation for why this policy i...



Judge accused of killing wife lived very online life

Aug. 4, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Orange County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey M. Ferguson is accused of shooting his wife to death hours after posting an endeari...


Judges and Judiciary, Criminal


The Anaheim Police Department said in a news release that homicide detectives arrested Superior Court Judge Jeffrey M. Ferguso...


Tracy Mayor Nancy Young called for an emergency city council meeting Monday to review whether City Attorney Bijal M. Patel did...


Law Practice


The business litigation boutique Connor, Fletcher & Hedenkamp LLP tied up with the 220-attorney full service firm.


Health Care & Hospital Law


The San Diego doctor sued for wrongful termination and retaliation that occurred after he pointed out the funds had been misus...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


“Of course Congress can regulate various aspects of what the Supreme Court does,” Justice Elena Kagan told the 9th Circuit Ju...


Education Law


The Riverside County school district already clashed with Gov. Gavin Newsom this year over a ban on teaching about gay rights ...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Joseph L. Dunn's attorneys argue that the bar admitted in pleadings before a review panel that the current disciplinary procee...


The temporary restraining order U.S. District Judge Troy L. Nunley issued on Thursday has become an annual tradition in the st...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


The grocery chains argued that no court has ever enjoined a merger when individuals have challenged it months before its plann...



Supreme Court limits local authority to ban fracking

Aug. 4, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The unanimous state Supreme Court found that the state, as directed by the Legislature and governor, had “fully occupied” the ...


Labor/Employment


The plaintiff, a Silicon Valley Bank employee, says she was induced by misleading statements to hold onto her stock that was w...


Immigration


The government claimed in the two months the new rule has been in effect, it has reduced illegal immigration, encouraged the u...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


The grocery chains argued in filings that no court has ever enjoined a merger when individuals have challenged it months befor...


The U.S. Supreme Court appears to watch closely dissents issued by Judge Sandra Ikuta, a conservative member of the 9th Circuit.