“I have always thought highly of Stradling’s culture and commitment to its clients and since I have maintained relationships w...
Dovel & Luner represent a potential class of consumers who purchased Jeeter products with allegedly inaccurate labels that...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Tire marking not illegal search, 2-1 circuit panel rules
By Wisdom Howell
“No matter how well meaning, modest, or long-standing the intrusion into personal effects, the Fourth Amendment commands that ...
Criminal
Avenatti calls 18-year prison recommendation ''vindictive, personal'
By Sunidhi Sridhar
In his response to the government’s opposition to his sentencing memorandum, in which he wrote that three years in prison and ...
Civil Litigation
After 3 defense wins to modify complaint, plaintiffs get a victory
By Skyler Romero
In May, the helmet manufacturers won a motion to remove punitive damages from the first amended complaint, as well as language...
Obituaries
Quinn Emanuel arbitration expert, praised for expertise and inclusiveness, dies at 76
By David Houston
Fred Bennett, an expert in arbitration who headed the alternative dispute resolution practice at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & ...
Juvenile court Judge Robert Totten worries about the ‘pull of the streets’
Judges and Judiciary, Government
LA County registrar must justify limits on DA recall campaign’s signature review
By David Houston
In a lawsuit, the committee to recall District Attorney George Gascón challenged the conclusion by Dean C. Logan, the registra...
Law Practice, Appellate Practice
IP litigator who represented Google in Oracle fight joins Cooley
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Christa Anderson moved from Keker, Van Nest & Peters, where she had practiced since the mid-1990s.
Civil Litigation
County sues McKinsey over marketing advice to Purdue Pharma
By Wisdom Howell
McKinsey had stated in a 2021 motion to dismiss that the lawsuits by municipalities such as Contra Costa County were barred by...
State Bar & Bar Associations, California Supreme Court
Supreme Court strengthens State Bar’s new client account rules
By Christer Schmidt
Attorneys or their law firm will be required to report whether they are responsible for managing a client trust account, and a...
Intellectual Property
Vizio encourages streamers to violate patents, suit claims
By Federico Lo Giudice
DivX LLC is a San Diego video technology company behind three codecs for compressing video for local playback and streaming. T...
Labor/Employment, California Courts of Appeal
Appeals panel calls for review of employee time rounding
By Skyler Romero
The 6th District Court of Appeal agreed with the plaintiff’s argument that federal regulations, such as those allowing roundin...
Environmental & Energy
Oakland, San Francisco get climate change suit back in state court
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Oil companies say the case belongs in federal court as the issues are global.
Tech ties aren’t driving support for changes to bar, Stanford group says
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“The Closing the Justice Gap Working Group … and the California Paraprofessional Program Working Group are no longer operation...
"This is where my mind is, where my heart is," Los Angeles County Superior Court Commissioner Gabriela H. Shapiro said of Indi...
Real Estate/Development, Land Use, Government
Developers cite ‘builder’s remedy’ in housing disputes with cities
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A version of the idea goes back at least to the Housing Accountability Act. It states that if cities don’t comply with the sta...
Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation
Last-minute attorney dispute before testimony in NCAA trial
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Despite taking extra days to hammer out which evidence would be admissible, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP partner Davi...
Technology, Labor/Employment
$118M Google equal pay settlement nears final approval
By Wisdom Howell
That decision will mark the end of a three-year mediation process that began in March 2019 and consisted of “months of negotia...
Judges and Judiciary, Administrative/Regulatory
2 named to bar examiners committee and 3 to judicial ethics panel
By Christer Schmidt
Ashley Silva-Guzman, who practices at Abramson Labor Group, will begin her first four-year term on the bar examiners committee...
Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary, Appellate Practice
Baker’s lawyer hopes high court will bolster free exercise case
By Skyler Romero
Paul M. Jonna, along with Charles S. LiMandri and Jeffrey M. Trissell, represented Catharine Miller of Bakersfield before Kern...
Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Ex-Girardi lawyers want fraud case move to California
By Craig Anderson
Attorneys for David R. Lira and Keith D. Griffin say the case should be transferred because it includes other defendants who h...
Health Care & Hospital Law
Kaiser must pay $17M to patient in coma, arbitrator rules
By Federico Lo Giudice
After nine days of arbitration and hearing the testimony of 25 witnesses, arbitrator Thomas D. Weaver sided with the plaintiff...
Government, Administrative/Regulatory
New US ghost gun rules violate Administrative Procedure Act, complaint says
By Jonathan Lo
Scott A. Edelman of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP said, “Two years ago, we filed our lawsuit demanding that ATF take action o...
Tax, Securities
Mattel to pay $3.5M SEC fine over tax misstatements
By Federico Lo Giudice
The SEC said that Mattel “violated numerous professional standards” and overstated its tax expenses, misreporting quarterly lo...
Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports
Cardi B’s album cover didn’t misappropriate likeness, jury finds
By Sunidhi Sridhar
“Mr. Brophy is a stand-up human being. If this chapter can close it will be best for the Brophy family’s ability to put this b...
Co-founders of boutique Tectonic couldn’t imagine hanging a shingle with anyone else.
Judge Manuel Almada asks questions not addressed by either party before making decisions
Entertainment & Sports
Substance abuse, poor health led to player’s death, NCAA contends
By Sunidhi Sridhar
While the NCAA believes that Matthew Gee’s death certificate speaks for itself, his widow, Alana Gee, disagrees. She sent tiss...
Real Estate/Development
Evictions may be on the rise but numbers are hard to find
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Lawmakers may soon find themselves in the same position they did in mid-2020: under pressure to protect renters, but without t...