Judge Carmen R. Luege draws out people’s stories, in criminal or family law
Entertainment & Sports, Ediscovery, Civil Litigation
NCAA brain injury trial delayed an hour over exhibit arguments
By Sunidhi Sridhar
The collegiate athletic association is accused by the widow of a former USC linebacker of having data linking football to chro...
Government, Environmental & Energy
Activists can intervene to stop oil trucks on Santa Barbara County roads
By Skyler Romero
Exxon Mobil has accused the board of supervisors of violating the takings and commerce clauses of the U.S. and California Cons...
Health Care & Hospital Law, Government, Civil Litigation
Walgreens faces $8B opioid claim in San Francisco, after $10B national settlement
By Wisdom Howell
The national settlement will have no bearing on San Francisco’s attempt to recoup $8 billion from the pharmacy chain after a j...
Technology, Judges and Judiciary
Fight between courts and stenographers over technology intensifies
By Malcolm Maclachlan
54 county courts said in a joint statement there should be a “statutory framework” for “taking advantage of emerging technolog...
Technology, Class Action
Apple and MacBook consumers seek OK for $50M settlement
By Jonathan Lo
This amounts to 10% to 30% of a possible $178 million to $569 million in recovery estimated by plaintiffs’ experts for the lit...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
State Bar received 205 complaints about Girardi over 40 years
By Craig Anderson
The agency released the files in response to a lawsuit filed by the Los Angeles Times. The newspaper’s lawyer said the bar mus...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Legal Education
Future of bar commission suggests creation of new exam
By Christer Schmidt
The Blue Ribbon Commission on the Future of the California Bar Exam provisionally recommended that the new exam include seven ...
Land Use, Judges and Judiciary, Government
LA judge granted more than protesters asked, reversing panel says
By Skyler Romero
“The trial court had discretion to tailor relief to redress harm to respondents,” the panel ruled. “It did not, however, have ...
Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation
Neurosurgeon explains brain injury disease in NCAA trial
By Sunidhi Sridhar
The NCAA is facing a lawsuit brought by Alana Gee, who was married to former USC linebacker Matthew Gee until his death four y...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Pageants can exclude transgender women, 9th Circuit rules
By Jonathan Lo
Ruling in a challenge to the policy of Miss United States of America, a divided panel said pageants are artistic expression.
Labor/Employment, Judges and Judiciary
Judicial Council begins mediator program for retired judges
By Wisdom Howell
Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye said the new civil mediation program will rely on judges listed in the Temporary Assigned...
Torts/Personal Injury, Labor/Employment
Tyson & Mendes beats $10M premises claim, praises opponents
By Skyler Romero
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Mark E. Windham granted summary judgment accepting the defense’s reliance on Privette ...
Civil Litigation
US judge has harsh assessment of former Girardi Keese lawyers
By Craig Anderson
“In short, it is difficult to believe Griffin and Lira were unaware that Girardi was running a Ponzi scheme with client money,...
Health Care & Hospital Law, Government
Doctors challenge California’s COVID misinformation law
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Five physicians suing the state over a law that says they could lose their license over giving patients’ “COVID-19 misinformat...
Government
LA County supervisors OK nearly $48M in sheriff settlements
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
A representative for Sheriff Alex Villanueva, who is in a tight race for reelection next Tuesday, did not respond to a request...
Labor/Employment
More briefs needed to decide on combined labor law cases against Farm Fresh
By Skyler Romero
“On balance, the coordination factors appear to support coordination, but petitioners need to provide supplemental bridging co...
Law Practice, Land Use, Environmental & Energy
Nossaman’s Environment & Land Use team welcomes a former EPA chief counsel
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
“Tim’s comprehensive, yet nuanced experience in the environmental field on both the public and private side will add immediate...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Legal Education
State Bar commission to try again to finalize non-exam licensure pathway proposal
By Christer Schmidt
The commission has been working for months to determine the feasibility of a non-exam pathway, after several low bar exam pass...
Jim Pappas, former chief judge of the 9th Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel, tries to reach the best decision in the most cos...
Technology, Civil Litigation
Golf cart litigation on the rise as leisure habits change
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“It is only a short step from the golf course to the courts. … The array of potential defendants includes the driver of vehicl...
Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation
Trial over blind access to Quest labs’ sign-in kiosks begins
By Sunidhi Sridhar
“This case is about how legally blind patients communicate with Quest to receive services at its patient service centers,” Nye...
Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation
Judge may let assault, negligence charges against Baldwin remain in script supervisor's suit
By Skyler Romero
Judge Michael E. Whitaker said Tuesday he would further consider a tentative ruling as to the accusations brought by Carlos A....
Law Practice, Entertainment & Sports
Quinn Emanuel cuts ties with Ye following the artist’s antisemitic remarks
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
New York based Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP said it had ended its work for Ye. “We condemn bigotry and hate speech of...
Technology, Criminal
Former Apple employee confesses to bilking company of $17 million
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Dhirendra Prasad, a buyer for the company for 10 years, took a kickback from Apple’s vendors.
Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation
The lawsuit, filed on Oct. 26 in Ventura County Superior Court, alleges that Ventura County Medical Center, then known as Vent...
Judges and Judiciary, Government
Time running out for Democrats on court battles, judge picks
By Craig Anderson
Time and history are not on the Democrats' side, even if former Chapman University Fowler School of Law professor John C. East...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Health Care & Hospital Law
State Bar won’t create CARE Court committee yet
By Christer Schmidt
“We’re going to keep monitoring it depending on what recommendations come out in January and February,” said executive committ...
Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Ediscovery
Judges’ discrimination suit proceeds amid discovery disputes
By Wisdom Howell
At the heart of the litigation is the claim that retired judges were disparately impacted by the Judicial Council’s 2018 decis...
U.S. Supreme Court, Education Law
California law debated in challenge to race-conscious admissions
By Craig Anderson
Republican-appointed justices, who now have a commanding 6-3 majority on the court, were receptive to arguments by attorneys f...