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State Bar & Bar Associations, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


State Bar legal ethics director Randall Difuntorum’s responsibility as a leader in the professional competence department was ...


Labor/Employment, Entertainment & Sports, Contracts, Class Action


Almost all of the 350 or so players left out of the settlement had signed a Minor League Uniform Player Contract but were not ...


Entertainment & Sports, Communications Law, Class Action


Judge OKs class in $6B NFL TV package litigation

Feb. 10, 2023
By Sunidhi Sridhar

A trial in the litigation that began in 2015 is set for February 2024. If the NFL is found at fault, it could dramatically cha...


Technology, Labor/Employment


Lyft’s legal team asserts that the plaintiffs’ claims that the background check process created negligence liability “is at od...


Government


"We've been contemplating doing this for quite a while and waiting for the right plaintiffs to come along," said Sacramento ba...


Environmental & Energy


With the class successful in both settlements, Amplify Energy and the shipping defendants are now set to face off against each...


Immigration


Ukrainian family says Baldwin dashed immigration hopes

Feb. 10, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

A lawsuit was filed on behalf of Halyna Hutchins’ parents and sister. A lawyer for her husband and son condemned it.


Government, Criminal, Constitutional Law


The community college district accused the defendants of fraudulently using the more than $1 billion of public bond money to r...


Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation


“The major defense is that this was a family business that Mr. Naify owned, and it was a separate property inherited 20 years ...


Judges and Judiciary


A vote on the nomination of Ramsey & Ehrlich LLP white collar defense attorney Ismail J. “Izzy” Ramsey to be the next U.S....


Informal discovery conferences are LA judge’s key tactic


James Stoelker does his homework and doesn’t pound tables when working to resolve disputes.


Intellectual Property


Walmart have proffered an affirmative defense that its client is exempt from the claims against it because it is an online mar...


Judges and Judiciary, Discipline


After forming the nonprofit, Judge Richard A. Vlavianos served as its board chair and chief executive officer and “improperly ...


Health Care & Hospital Law, Government


California’s agreement is the latest for the insurer, which has settled about a dozen similar accusations.


Government, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


Congress favors antitrust enforcement, but what kind?

Feb. 9, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan

“There’s strong feelings against Big Tech, really on both sides of the aisle,” said Vanderbilt Law School professor Rebecca Al...


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


9th Circuit has another COVID coverage query

Feb. 9, 2023
By Craig Anderson

Most court rulings in California and around the country have gone in favor of insurance companies, but the 9th U.S. Circuit Co...


Government, Civil Litigation


“These new lawsuits build on our work to enforce housing element law in Southern California,” said Matthew Gelfand, counsel fo...


International Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The complaint was heavily informed by a 2007 House Foreign Affairs Committee investigation into Yahoo where the company acknow...


Technology, Litigation & Arbitration, Labor/Employment


“Twitter is attempting to use arbitration to keep this case out of court, but does not intend to participate in arbitration wi...


Law Practice, Environmental & Energy, Community News, Appellate Practice


Founded two years ago to assist with disaster recovery amid the dual crises of COVID-19 and devastating wildfires, California ...



That’ll Do

Feb. 8, 2023

LA Judge Larry Fidler recounts highlights of long career as criminal trial court legend.


Labor/Employment


The deal includes a Private Attorney General Act, PAGA, settlement of $300,000 — 75% of which will be distributed to the Calif...


Real Estate/Development


According to the research, new multifamily development will be fueled by two reasons between 2023 and 2025 – a number of state...


Obituaries


William C. Vickery, 1948 - 2023

Feb. 8, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

During his 20-year tenure as administrative director of the Judicial Council, Vickrey collaborated with chief justices, the Ju...


Intellectual Property, Contracts


Bassist Louis “Louiche” Mayorga sued Frontier Records’ founder Lisa Fancher alleging unpaid royalties for the band’s self-titl...


Civil Litigation


The amended master complaint alleged that Gordon Laboratories, along with previously named defendants Prologis Inc., Liberty P...


Securities, Banking


The bank previously settled a consumer lawsuit involving hundreds of thousands of people who took out car loans from the bank ...


Environmental & Energy


“EPA was given an exceedingly generous timeline to comply with the law and issue meaningful regulations on vessel discharge. I...


Labor/Employment, Civil Rights


The Hindu American Foundation Inc. does not represent all Hindu Americans and anyway, the Foundation’s efforts to intercede in...