State Bar & Bar Associations, California Supreme Court
Supreme Court names 2 new State Bar board members
By Devon Belcher
San Francisco criminal defense and corporate litigator appointed to the State Bar Board of Trustees.
Technology, Law Practice, Appellate Practice
Davis Wright Tremaine opens office in Culver City, following streamers
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Seven partners from the firm will staff the new location at 5870 West Jefferson Blvd.
Government, Civil Rights
Lake County settles prosecutor’s religious discrimination suit
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Now resigned, prosecutor Daniel G. Flesch alleged he suffered from religious discrimination, harassment and retaliation during...
Insurance, Government
Gun owner liability insurance bill faces hurdles
By Skyler Romero
“I would expect the various gun rights groups to probably argue that it’s a violation of the Second Amendment — it’s an infrin...
Government, Administrative/Regulatory
Federal firearms agency clashes with state over ghost guns
By Jonathan Lo
California argued the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ policy change does not go far enough and allows gho...
Anthony Pantoni tries to help parties in employment disputes see the positives of mediation.
Technology, Consumer Law, Civil Litigation
Hearings set for claims over Tesla battery and door lock defect
By Wisdom Howell
Lead counsel for the plaintiffs argued in both complaints that the Model S involved in the crash had a defect with its “unique...
Intellectual Property
'Cultural appropriation' claim prompts mistrial in toy dispute
By Sunidhi Sridhar
U.S. District Judge James V. Selna had barred lawyers for the pop group OMG Girlz from bringing up the topic.
Health Care & Hospital Law
$30.9M verdict in elder abuse case against nursing home
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The complaint followed the 2018 death of 87-year-old Sam Rios, Jr. Rios was a military veteran and Chicano Studies professor a...
Weekly Appellate Report, Law Practice, Bankruptcy
Girardi trustee replaces law firm after defending it
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
The substitution filed on Tuesday on behalf of Chapter 7 Trustee Jason M. Rund replaced Boris Treyzon of Abir Cohen Treyzon Sa...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Law Practice, Appellate Practice
License fee hike tops State Bar’s legislative agenda
By Devon Belcher
“The State Bar budget, suffice to say, is not healthy,” Hershkowitz said. “We’ve had one licensing increase in the past 25 yea...
U.S. Supreme Court, Government, Ediscovery
High court will hear sanctions request in water bill litigation
By Malcolm Maclachlan
An appellate court threw out a $2.5 million sanctions award to PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Civil Litigation
Mixed verdict in dispute between Trellis Law founders
By Sunidhi Sridhar
“This is what we have been talking about for quite a while now,” attorney Guy C. Iversen explained to the judge, adding that h...
Los Angeles County Judge Lana Kim doesn’t want to put anyone in jail, but she will when necessary
Regulators and prosecutors are watching closely how company executives respond to data breaches. A team of experts will offer ...
MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON LLP
SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP
A federal jury trial is scheduled for March 14 in Los Angeles for Christopher Kamon, who is accused of draining $8 million fro...
Law Practice, Appellate Practice
Retired appellate justice joins ADR Services Inc. in San Jose
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Franklin D. Elia, the longest-serving justice on the 6th District Court of Appeal, authored nearly 3,400 opinions and particip...
Technology, Judges and Judiciary
In person or virtual? Confusion arises in some courts
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The ubiquitous video conferencing software was a huge help in keeping courts running during the pandemic. But with restriction...
Technology, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
DOJ is trying to ‘pick winners and losers’ in technology sector, Google says
By Craig Anderson
In the latest antitrust broadside against Google, the U.S. Justice Department seeks to break of digital advertising business.
Technology, Litigation & Arbitration
Another Activision shareholder suit tossed
By Skyler Romero
In dismissing the latest iteration of the complaint, U.S. District Judge Percy Anderson found that the plaintiffs had failed t...
Ediscovery, Civil Litigation
Discovery reopened in CJP hearing for Lassen County judge
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Judge Tony R. Mallery asked the special masters to continue a hearing on formal proceedings and defer setting a new hearing da...
Government
San Francisco to appeal injunction on voluntarily homeless
By Wisdom Howell
City Attorney David Chiu said Monday that U.S. District Judge Donna Ryu's Dec. 23 order doesn't make clear what "involuntarily...
“I do not believe they actually represent the shareholders,” the Tesla chief testified.
U.S. Supreme Court, Technology, Judges and Judiciary
US Justices ask solicitor general's opinion on taking up social
By Craig Anderson
The laws pit Texas and Florida state governments, which argue that social media companies censor conservative political speech...
Law Practice, Appellate Practice
Reed Smith opens Costa Mesa office
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Seven attorneys from the transactional and litigation practices will staff the office.
Law Practice, Environmental & Energy, Appellate Practice
Orrick snags renewable energy expert
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Patrick J. Ferguson specializes in regulatory policy issues for clients before the California Public Utilities Commission, Cal...
U.S. Supreme Court, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
High court won’t settle circuit split over client privilege test
By Craig Anderson
The decision leaves standing an opinion by 9th Circuit Judge Kenneth K. Lee, who adopted a “primary purpose” test — in which ...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Law Practice
Redondo Beach councilman denies State Bar allegations
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The State Bar previously accused Zein Obagi Jr. of the Obagi Law Group of not paying clients more than $500,000 in settlement ...