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...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Judge used wrong standard to OK $310M settlement, 9th Circuit panel rules
By Craig Anderson
Joseph W. Cotchett, a founding partner of Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy LLP who represents the class, downplayed the signific...
Law Practice, Environmental & Energy, Appellate Practice
Sacramento environmental boutique will join Downey Brand
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Thomas Law Group is well-known across the state for its expertise in representing clients in matters of land use law, entitlem...
Law Practice, Appellate Practice
Consumer Watchdog event honors those who fought 47 years to change MICRA
By Laurinda Keys
Some 560 people gathered at the Beverly Wilshire to celebrate those who had worked for passage of AB35, signed by Gov. Gavin N...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Beverly Hills Bar honors 2 at litigation dinner
By David Houston
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge David J. Cowan and Mathew S. Rosengart, a partner at Greenberg Traurig LLP, were honored.
Land Use, Government
Renters’ advocates sue Santa Clara County over zoning
By Skyler Romero
The lawsuit filed by the California Renters Legal Advocacy and Education Fund takes aim at rezoning regulations that the plain...
Law Practice, Appellate Practice
Sanford Heisler Sharp opens Palo Alto office
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
"Sanford Heisler Sharp is the first national plaintiff-side litigation firm that has a practice group specifically dedicated t...
Civil Rights, Civil Litigation
Gun groups challenge California law that mimics Texas abortion law
By Craig Anderson
The lawsuit, filed Monday in the Southern District of California, argues the statute, signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, “singles ou...
Government, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Civil Litigation
Lawyer accused of taking bar for partner pleads 5th in FBI agent's trial
By Sunidhi Sridhar
“I invoke my rights under the Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution,” said Henrik M. Mosesi of Glendale. He reiter...
Insurance, Health Care & Hospital Law
Law doesn’t require motorized wheelchair coverage, judge says
By Wisdom Howell
“The Affordable Care Act does not compel plans to cover everything that might fall under the broad rubric of rehabilitative or...
Technology, Data Privacy
Meta faces string of class actions over data privacy
By Jonathan Lo
A statement from Meta denied the allegations and said, “We have carefully designed our in-app browser to respect users’ privac...
Civil Litigation
State Bar renews probe of prominent lawyers in Armenian Genocide funds case
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Both men denied they misused any of these funds. Brian S. Kabateck is a well-known plaintiffs' lawyer and former president of ...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Education Law
Professor misconduct case remains in complex court
By Federico Lo Giudice
Several women allege that professor David Iyam engaged in sexual misconduct throughout his 17-year tenure at Whittier College.
Government, Civil Litigation
DOJ denies it misled court in seizure of safe deposit box contents
By Skyler Romero
The claims stem from a case involving U.S. Private Vault, a Beverly Hills facility that provided safety deposit boxes to anony...
Civil Litigation
Whistleblower should bring new Twitter spy trial, defense says
By Wisdom Howell
Angela Chuang — a federal public defender and counsel for the defendant, Ahmad Abouammo — argued that a whistleblower’s claims...
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar approves new client trust account rules
By Christer Schmidt
The initial phase of the program, which is expected to be implemented for the 2023 license renewal cycle that begins Dec. 1, w...
Health Care & Hospital Law, Government
Superior courts cast a wary eye at Newsom’s CARE court initiative
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“We anticipate that tens of thousands of Californians, more than the 7,000 to 12,000 estimated, will qualify for this court an...
Constitutional Law
State ban on private prisons violates Supremacy Clause, Circuit rules
By Craig Anderson
California’s law was sponsored by Attorney General Rob Bonta when he was a state legislator and signed into law by Gov. Gavin ...
Government
DOJ rests case against FBI agent after accounting expert testifies
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Defense attorney Steven F. Gruel has mainly tried to tarnish the credibility of the government’s chief witness, Edgar Sargsyan...
Orange County Judge Megan L. Wagner 'pushes the boulder up the hill every day'.
Government, Civil Rights
Case challenging gun magazines law remanded to District
By Craig Anderson
The case will serve as a test of whether California gun laws can survive under the new Supreme Court standard, which focuses o...
Judges and Judiciary, Government
Republicans silent on Northern District nominee
By Craig Anderson
The GOP members on the committee often focus less on district court nominees, and Democrats have decided to prioritize Araceli...
Civil Litigation
Parties told to settle suit over protests at LA mayoral candidate’s mall
By Skyler Romero
Los Angeles Judge Theresa A. Beaudet indicated that she would grant a preliminary injunction against Caruso Management Co., st...
Civil Litigation
Gibson Dunn should pay sanctions from own pocket, opponents say
By Wisdom Howell
Derek W. Loeser of Keller Rohrback LLP and Lesley E. Weaver of Bleichmar, Fonti & Auld say forcing Gibson Dunn to pay as o...
Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation
PG&E sued over almost contained Mosquito Fire
By Skyler Romero
Plaintiffs in the lawsuit filed by Singleton Schreiber LLP include people who lived or owned property in the area of the blaze...
Government, Civil Litigation
FBI agent’s counsel seeks to discredit DOJ witness
By Sunidhi Sridhar
San Francisco attorney Steven F. Gruel tried to use suspended attorney Edgar Sargsyan’s unexpected admission that he never too...
Health Care & Hospital Law, Government
How much power does state AG have over DAs, sheriffs in abortion disputes?
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The abortion issue may clarify how much power Attorney General Rob Bonta and Gov. Gavin Newsom have over elected officials in ...
Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation
Tesla countersues state civil rights department over Fremont plant
By Jonathan Lo
Tesla argued that when the department accused the company of allowing and enabling widespread race discrimination at its Fremo...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Judges and Judiciary
State Bar Court gets new presiding judge, other changes
By Christer Schmidt
Judge Richard Honn was elevated from the Review Panel and took his new office on Aug. 22, for the remaining four years of his ...
Wayne Peterson applies a patient, honest approach to dispute resolution, lawyers say.