Technology, Data Privacy, Civil Litigation
No injunction against Meta in web tracker litigation
By Sunidhi Sridhar
“My decision to deny the pending motion is based on Meta’s evidence that it is doing all it can to minimize the problems raise...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Civil Litigation
Hanson Bridgett says air quality lawyer coached witness
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Attorneys representing Baker Commodities said that the South Coast Air Quality Management District’s inspector looked at his c...
Legal Education, Law Practice, Appellate Practice
MALDEF awards 10 law students scholarships
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The winners will receive between $2,500 and $10,000
Administrative/Regulatory
Chaotic regulatory climate takes toll on weed clients
By John Roemer
A gloomy recent forecast predicted that California’s struggles with legal marijuana could lead to “an extinction event” create...
Civil Litigation
$1B case against parking lot cameras tossed, sanctions sought
By Sunidhi Sridhar
U.S. District Judge Stephen V. Wilson stated in his 22-page order granting full summary judgment that Park Assist, which provi...
The technology provides a host of benefits to lawyers and law firms, and current uses include conducting legal research and co...
Judges and Judiciary
Sacramento judge named for 3rd District, 15 superior court judges appointed
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Gov. Jerry Brown appointed Judge Shama H. Mesiwala to the Sacramento superior court in 2017. She was the first South Asian app...
Government, Civil Litigation
Serial ADA suit filers press on, though courts have applied restraints
By Ricardo Pineda
However, hundreds of lawsuits, many by the same serial plaintiffs, continue to be filed, and most of those don’t make it to co...
Data Privacy
As cybersecurity threats increase, lawyers have practical advice for clients
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Heading into 2023, likely to be another year with more people working virtually, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati cybersec...
He tried cases for clients, big and small, famous, and infamous. This included product liability cases for automakers, and com...
Law Practice, Labor/Employment, Appellate Practice
“Working remotely, in my opinion, has made employees less loyal to their employers, and employees less loyal to one another. T...
Real Estate/Development, Banking
Lawyers help scammed elderly woman avoid foreclosure, win $4M
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
“To go from an ocean-view, four-bedroom, three-bathroom house in Malibu to living in a trailer in Ventura,” said Douglas D. Sh...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Legal Education
New national bar exam for 2026 to focus on skills, test fewer subjects
By Christer Schmidt
The California State Bar’s analysis of what’s needed for a new exam aligns with the National Council of Bar Examiners’ assessm...
Technology, Data Privacy
Meta agrees to pay $725M to end claims over data mining
By Jonathan Lo
If approved, this settlement would be the largest ever settlement of a privacy class action in the nation as well as the large...
Judges and Judiciary
A surprise choice in the next chair of Assembly Judiciary Committee
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Assemblyman Brian Maienschein, D-San Diego, switched his party affiliation to Democrat after winning his first two terms as a ...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Legal Education
Provisional Licensure Program extended 3 more years
By Laurinda Keys
The court adopted the program in 2020 because the State Bar Exam was postponed due to COVID-19. Of 912 participants, 645 have ...
Health Care & Hospital Law, Government
DOJ drops Medicare fraud charges against multiple doctors
By Sunidhi Sridhar
In the motion to dismiss the claims against the defendants, Kendall Brill & Kelly partner Janet I. Levine countered that t...
Government, Environmental & Energy
Siskiyou County sues Oregon power company over wildfire
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The complaint shows plaintiff’s attorneys are adjusting to a 2019 California Supreme Court ruling limiting the state’s inverse...
Government, California Supreme Court
3 high court justices say deputy may have violated Miranda
By Craig Anderson
“The officer knew that continued interrogation violated Miranda and that the statements would not be admissible at trial, but ...
Environmental & Energy
Environmental group made strides in 2022 to end offshore drilling
By Skyler Romero
The Center for Biological Diversity remains committed to the cause of completely ceasing offshore drilling, and has filed mult...
Litigation & Arbitration, Class Action
Women’s soccer counsel argue for fees at 30% of common fund
By Sunidhi Sridhar
The class counsel’s fee request is opposed by former goalkeeper Hope Solo, whose attorney, A.J. de Bartolomeo at Tadler Law LL...
Prolific justice wrote opinion in priest abuse litigation
Litigation & Arbitration
Judge drops sanctions threat when lawyer wants to quit over ‘financial ruin’
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Attorney Gary W. Gorski argued his client suffered a clear “chilling effect,” in that SB 1327 has prompted his co-counsel to t...
Judges and Judiciary
Presiding judge steps away after one of the most trying terms in history
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Los Angeles County Judge Eric C. Taylor is credited for measures taken to keep the nation’s largest trial court system running...
Real Estate/Development, Litigation & Arbitration, Government
State, nonprofit sued or threatened several cities over housing plans in 2022
By Jonathan Lo
According to data from the Department of Housing & Community Development, 319 jurisdictions are past the deadline to have ...
The agency accused CEO and co-founder David Chin and former chief technology officer and co-founder Matthew Moravec of selling...
Jackson Lucky relies on broad experience and a light touch to resolve disputes.
Judges and Judiciary
Biden nominates 3 to fill California district court vacancies
By Craig Anderson
The nominees, who have the usual mix of ethnic and professional backgrounds that the president has sought in his judicial pick...
Law Practice, Civil Litigation, Appellate Practice
Attorney pays out of pocket to end lawyer v lawyer dispute
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Nicholas C. Rowley of Trial Lawyers for Justice said his firm cut a check for $250,000 to “bridge the gap” that was preventing...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Judge tosses claims by fired Wells Fargo executive
By Wisdom Howell
In his order granting Wells Fargo’s motion for summary judgment, Superior Court Judge Jeffrey S. Ross wrote that Wells Fargo h...