Christopher Kamon wired $2.255 million to The Bahamas from domestic accounts during the past several months, and he finalized ...
Technology, Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation
Musk sends another letter, more lawsuits follow
By Wisdom Howell
Counsel for the plaintiffs in the new lawsuits -- Shannon Liss-Riordan, of Lichten & Liss-Riordan PC in Boston -- detailed...
Judges and Judiciary, Civil Litigation
Google and developers ask judge again to OK $90M settlement
By Jonathan Lo
His do-over occurred because U.S. District Judge James Donato reserved judgment pending submission of a supplemental plan that...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Legal Education, California Supreme Court
Bar board to send 5 provisional license options to high court
By Christer Schmidt
The board decided against sunsetting the program entirely, and hopes to continue to work with people still in the program rega...
Government
School district to pay $15.75 million for student's asthma attack death
By Skyler Romero
The school district also agreed to partner with medical experts to provide teachers and staff with asthma training, to adopt t...
Plaintiff Vanessa Luna alleged GreenBox’s founder and CEO Fredi Nisan “used contract negotiations with Ms. Luna to coerce her ...
Law Practice, Appellate Practice
Successful defense of Kevin Spacey was a case study in trial preparation
By David Houston
Hundreds of hours of preparation had convinced actor Kevin Spacey’s attorneys in a sexual assault trial that they already knew...
Litigation & Arbitration, Entertainment & Sports
Doctor asks lawyer to play rest of deposition at NCAA trial
By Sunidhi Sridhar
“Can we play the rest of it?” Dr. Lily Dara, an assistant professor of medicine at USC, asked Shrader & Associates LLP fou...
Litigation & Arbitration
DAs to appeal dismissal of Potter Handy case
By Wisdom Howell
The prosecutors say a judge erred in finding the law firm’s filing of Americans with Disabilities Act lawsuits against small b...
Judges and Judiciary
LA County Superior names new chief executive
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
David Slayton will join the court from the National Center for State Courts in Texas. He will replace Sherri Carter, who retir...
An attorney representing Thomas V. Girardi’s celebrity wife accused the Girardi Keese bankruptcy trustee of intentionally with...
Law Practice, Appellate Practice
Litigator joins Goldberg Segalla in Los Angeles
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
James T. Spratt will be a member of the Transportation and Civil Litigation and Trial practice groups.
Litigation & Arbitration, Environmental & Energy
$50M Amplify oil spill deal OK’d, more litigation coming
By Skyler Romero
As stipulated by the settlement, defendant Amplify Energy Corp. will pay $34 million to a class of fishing industry plaintiffs...
Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation
Broncos linebacker sues NFL, ESPN over slip and fall at Sofi Stadium
By Sunidhi Sridhar
While involved in a tackle after a punt during overtime of the Oct. 17 game, linebacker Aaron Patrick said he suffered a seaso...
Law Practice, Appellate Practice
California’s AlvaradoSmith to join Frost Brown Todd
By Christer Schmidt
The deal is also expected to give AlvaradoSmith, a minority-owned firm working with various businesses in California, more res...
Law Practice, Health Care & Hospital Law, Appellate Practice
Davis Wright Tremaine adds 2 San Francisco health care partners
By Christer Schmidt
Leslie C. Murphy and John C. J. Barnes, who were partners at King & Spalding, each have 20 years of experience in health c...
Health Care & Hospital Law, Government
California gets $265M from Walmart’s $3.1B opioid deal
By Wisdom Howell
Tuesday’s announcement comes two weeks after an $8 billion damages trial between Walgreens and the City and County of San Fran...
Government
Ban on gas powered vehicles would hurt minorities, suit says
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“The California Air Resources Board’s prohibition on the sale of new internal combustion engine vehicles in 2035 results in di...
U.S. Supreme Court, Class Action, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
No high court review of Starkist class certification
By Craig Anderson
The ruling rejected Latham & Watkins partner Gregory G. Garre’s argument that 28% of the class members were not injured.
Labor/Employment, Health Care & Hospital Law, Government
Los Angeles County didn't follow rules on pre-employment psych evaluations
By Skyler Romero
Superior Court Judge Barbara M. Scheper’s Nov. 4 ruling on summary adjudication rested on what she found to be the county’s fa...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Qualcomm asks judge to dismiss multidistrict antitrust case
By Jonathan Lo
The company is accused of having monopoly power in premium LTE chips and CDMA, the protocol used in 2G and 3G networks.
Law Practice, Appellate Practice
Former trial lawyer joins Signature Resolution
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Arnie R. Levinson specialized in bad faith insurance cases for 35 years.
Law Practice, Intellectual Property, Appellate Practice
4 partners join Orrick’s IP litigation team in Los Angeles
By Christer Schmidt
David Gindler, Gary Frischling, Lauren Drake and John Lu were previously at Milbank and Irell & Manella. They are known fo...
QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN, LLP
BERMAN TABACCO
GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP
GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP
MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON LLP