Administrative/Regulatory
Opinions clarify path for consumer protection cases in federal courts
By Jonathan Lo
Polaris Industries Inc. was sued by people injured while operating vehicles it sold that were allegedly misrepresented as foll...
Judges and Judiciary, Environmental & Energy
U.S. attorney names environmental justice coordinator for Central District
By Sunidhi Sridhar
“Protecting the environment is critical to the work of this office and our Environmental Justice Coordinator will support our ...
“In any given day I can have 50 cases, possibly, mornings and afternoons, plus other matters: motions, probations violations. ...
Zweiback Fiset & Zalduendo founder fights cases like a tennis match
Native Americans, Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Appellate Practice
Late Indian law expert didn’t misrepresent himself, judge rules
By Federico Lo Giudice
U.S. District Judge Robert S. Huie addressed six motions in a case dealing with an alleged breach of attorney-client contract ...
Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation
Monster seeks punitives, injunctive relief after $293M Lanham Act verdict.
By Federico Lo Giudice
A federal jury in Riverside ruled in Monster Energy’s favor on false advertising and trade secrets claims over its claims abou...
Labor/Employment
Amazon biased against Asians, whites, Pacific Islanders, suit says
By Federico Lo Giudice
The proposed class action says Amazon’s Delivery Service Partners program offers extra $10,000 contracts to Black, Latino and ...
AB 759, signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, moves district attorney and sheriff elections to presidential years. So those who won fou...
Government, Civil Litigation
LA water bill case continues, with those who say they were left out
By Skyler Romero
The water bill class members appeared Friday to present their cases for appeal against special master Barbara Barkovich’s fina...
“These funds will be used to satisfy the vast majority of outstanding fire victim claims held by certain federal agencies that...
Government, Civil Litigation
Jury is out on ex-FBI agent accused of taking bribes
By Sunidhi Sridhar
“The defendant exploited his position as an FBI agent for his own personal profit and that’s what the evidence has shown,” Ass...
Civil Litigation
Erika Girardi appeals decision to auction her earrings
By Skyler Romero
“The trustee’s claim was and is time-barred by every imaginable statute of limitations as well as California’s applicable stat...
Data Privacy, Civil Litigation
Uber data breach trial closings focus on whether secrecy was justified
By Jonathan Lo
“With the benefit of six years of hindsight, the government can try all it wants to second guess the decisions that Joe Sulliv...
Stephen McAvoy allows attorneys to conduct mini-directs to make their case in mediations
Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports
‘Top Gun: Maverick’ facts not copyrightable, studio counters
By Ricardo Pineda
The plots and sequence of the two works — one being the 1986 investigative report by the late Ehud Yonay and the other the Tom...
Labor/Employment, Contracts
PGA accuses LIV of ‘inducing contract breaches’
By Federico Lo Giudice
The counterclaim is a response to a lawsuit by players Talor Gooch, Hudson Swafford and Matt Jones, who had enough points on t...
Civil Litigation
Businessman accused of trying to hire a hitman to kill his lawyer
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Arthur Raffy Aslanian didn’t want to pay his lawyer’s fee, according to a federal indictment. Aslanian and one of his employee...
Civil Litigation
Girardi Keese had no fiduciary duty to case referring lawyers
By Skyler Romero
“I concluded that there could not be a breach of fiduciary duty between the plaintiff attorneys and Girardi Keese because ther...
Judges and Judiciary
San Diego attorney sworn in as US magistrate for Southern District
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Lupe Rodriguez Jr. has practiced criminal defense and civil law.
Government, Civil Litigation
FBI search of safety deposit boxes was proper, judge rules
By Wisdom Howell
Robert E. Johnson, senior attorney for the Institute for Justice and the class of plaintiffs, announced Thursday their intenti...
U.S. Supreme Court
Contentious docket, new justice await start of Supreme Court’s fall term
By Craig Anderson
On Monday, the justices will review a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision that determined that wetlands in Idaho should...
Government, Civil Litigation
Ex-FBI agent queried on escorts, judge chides prosecutor
By Sunidhi Sridhar
“There are pretty strict policies about FBI agents getting involved with prostitutes, isn’t that right?” Assistant U.S. Attorn...
Labor/Employment, Data Privacy, Contracts
NDA was crucial to protecting Uber’s hacked data, witness says
By Jonathan Lo
Matthew Henley worked for defendant Joseph Sullivan for 20 years. Sullivan is accused of concealing a 2016 breach from federal...
Government, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Civil Litigation
FBI agent denies being bribed, says Ducati bike was ‘surprise’
By Sunidhi Sridhar
FBI agent accused of taking monthly bribes to search DOJ database for mentions of false attorney testifies that he was just ga...
Securities, Entertainment & Sports
Pasadena Video game maker conducted Ponzi scheme, SEC says
By Federico Lo Giudice
“When raising that money, defendants represented that proceeds from the sale of Pebblekick’s notes would be used to finance th...
Environmental & Energy
Old platforms contributed to pipeline spill, environmental group says
By Federico Lo Giudice
The platform owner, Amplify Energy Corp., and the U.S. Coast Guard have blamed the spill on ships that allegedly tore the ocea...
Judges and Judiciary, Government
Law will allow state’s judges to retire early, keep benefits
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Meeting with reporters last fall, Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye warned of a coming "wave of retirements in 2022." That ...
Law Practice, Civil Litigation, Appellate Practice
Law firm gets court costs from man they say is lying about disability
By Skyler Romero
"I have no problem with website accessibility lawsuits. . . . I just think it has to be brought forth by a suitable plaintiff,...
Judges and Judiciary, Government, California Supreme Court
Chief Justice to lead Public Policy Institute of California
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Public Policy Institute of California began in 1994 with a $70 million endowment from Hewlett-Packard Co. The San Francisco-ba...
Technology, Data Privacy
Tesla and Rivian clash over ‘classified’ documents
By Wisdom Howell
The trade secrets case has been embroiled in discovery disputes with each side filing several motions and replies to conceal a...