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California Attorney General Rob Bonta joined the case in April along with eight other states.


On appeal, the regents argued that suspending student enrollment exceeded the trial court’s jurisdiction and ran afoul of stat...


Manning Gross + Massenburg LLP attorneys persuaded a jury to find their oil refinery cleanup company client liable for only $2...


Civil Rights


To follow the required script for interaction with parents who may ask about their children’s gender preferences teachers are ...


Class Action


The lawsuit alleges that hourly, nonexempt employees of Robert Half were regularly asked to work outside of their scheduled ho...


Health Care & Hospital Law


“The plaintiff organizations and individuals bring this action to stop the defendant government agencies and officials from ru...


Civil Litigation


The lawsuit contended that Riverside County Sheriff’s Sergeant Dan Ponder used excessive force to violate Najera-Aguirre’s Fou...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-NY, moved for a cloture vote on Anthony D. Johnstone on Thursday.


State Bar & Bar Associations


LA County Bar lauds outstanding attorneys, court staff

Apr. 28, 2023
By Antoine Abou-Diwan


Android users accused the company of taking advantage of their cellular data plan allowance to send app data back to its serve...


Technology


Masimo had alleged Apple stole 12 trade secrets, which were then used to develop the Apple Watch. Without notifying the eight ...


Litigation & Arbitration


Attorneys for co-defendants had alleged prosecutorial misconduct by the U.S. Department of Justice.


Litigation & Arbitration


SB 581 passed the Senate Judiciary Committee on a 10-0 bipartisan vote Tuesday. The measure, dubbed the Third Party Litigation...



Theranos prosecutor joins Jones Day in Silicon Valley

Apr. 27, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

During 17 years in the U.S. attorney’s office, Jeff Schenk worked on a number of high-profile criminal cases, including his re...


Class Action


The O’Melveny & Myers partner filed a 77-page complaint accusing the Florida governor of “a targeted campaign of governmen...


State Bar & Bar Associations


The majority of the 1,416 comments received opposed the recommendations of the Blue Ribbon Commission on the Future of the Bar...


“We are fully activating the tools that Congress gave us,” FTC Chair Lina M. Khan said during event at Berkeley.


During the first bellwether trial over Juul’s electronic cigarettes, both parties’ lawyers thoroughly questioned the first exp...


“I hasten to add that the court is not a policymaking institution. This goes back to my Day One conversation about separation ...


Litigation & Arbitration


“He could not face members of the community and face the victim of nine years of sexual abuse. He did not have the courage to ...



Bay Area firm opens office in Arizona, hires 5 attorneys

Apr. 26, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Van Dermyden Makus, which conducts workplace assessments and investigations, has offices in Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Diego...


Civil Litigation


Judge Richard L. Fruin granted the stay as David Lira, Girardi’s son-in-law and business partner and the last remaining defend...


Criminal


Judge Lawrence P. Riff is considering the plaintiffs’ injunction request and is seeking expert testimony on what the consequen...


Litigation & Arbitration


“The jury verdict alone is not sufficient to deter the improper, frivolous, and bad faith litigation conduct described above,”...


Civil Rights


Several recent lawsuits have centered on alleged mistreatment of members of the so-called Dalit or “untouchable” caste in Sili...


Litigation & Arbitration


“[T]he [direct action plaintiffs] have failed to come forth with ‘specific evidence tending to show that [the defendants were]...


Because of a waiver of liability signed by the student’s parents, the school district has been dismissed as a defendant in a l...


Litigation & Arbitration


The Judicial Council agreed to disband the civil assessment programs that were enforced by 10 trial courts across the state. T...


Legal Education


Of the president’s 30 nominees to the 9th Circuit and California district courts, 25 have attended one of six elite law school...


Cross-examination was handled by Brian L. Stekloff, who sought to portray the Juul e-cigarettes as similar to other competing ...