Civil Litigation
Lyft of failing to protect drivers and riders; Lyft denies it
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
“Violence and harassment are not tolerated on the Lyft platform, and drivers or riders who engage in such behavior or otherwis...
Insurance, Government
Insurer won’t pay county’s $69M wrongful prosecution case settlement
By Federico Lo Giudice
Ironshore Specialty Insurance Co. alleges San Bernardino County entered into the settlement with Colonies Partners without con...
“As in any complex matter, a settlement that would provide a distribution to creditors is more favorable than a protracted lit...
Criminal defense lawyer represented famous and infamous
Intellectual Property
FedArb partners with the SIAC on intellectual property matters
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
“This partnership with FedArb leverages off the strengths of both institutions and deepens SIAC’s ties with the California arb...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Panel agrees on police action, then argues about justification
By Skyler Romero
“Although we properly affirmed the dismissal of Javier Vanegas’ false-arrest claim on qualified immunity, I’m left wondering w...
Real Estate/Development, Judges and Judiciary
Justice got $300K from Girardi for Santa Monica condominium
By Craig Anderson
The pair were romantically involved in June 2015, and Tricia Bigelow – who retired last year from the appellate court has retu...
Health Care & Hospital Law, Government
CARE Act to address mentally ill passes Legislature
By Ricardo Pineda
“This bill also comes with real accountability for local governments that don’t comply with court-ordered treatment plans,” Go...
Technology, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Preemption provision of Children’s Online Protection Rule challenged
By Wisdom Howell
Before a 9th Circuit panel, counsel for the plaintiffs — Jonathan Levine of Pritzker Levine LLP in Emeryville and David S. Gol...
California Supreme Court
Supreme Court agrees to hear challenge to 3 strikes law
By Craig Anderson
The issue has been a major fight in the district attorney’s office, pitting Gascon against line prosecutors, and was a flashp...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Discipline
Lawyer who says judges acted wrongly may face sanction
By Christer Schmidt
Edward C. Chung of Seattle wrote he would boycott the hearing by Senior U.S. Circuit Judge A. Wallace Tashima, citing Washingt...
“Insureds and additional insureds are mandated to cooperate with Travelers with regard to all aspects of its coverage, includi...
Civil Rights, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Anti-SLAPP valid in federal case, split circuit panel says
By Skyler Romero
“It’s a great ruling for activists like Morgan Simon who are working with others to champion change. Having the anti-SLAPP sta...
Civil Litigation, California Courts of Appeal
Salon can sue insurer over COVID closure as an ‘evacuation’
By Ricardo Pineda
“Plaintiff contends the insurance policy’s civil authority endorsement covered its business losses because the public health o...
Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation
Monsanto blames ‘fraudulent’ lab for clearing glyphosate
By Wisdom Howell
The agricultural biotech giant claimed that the chemical at issue, glyphosate, was deemed to not cause cancer in humans and th...
Health Care & Hospital Law
Tylenol ingredient unsafe, federal lawsuit against J&J alleges
By Sunidhi Sridhar
“Many varieties [of Tylenol products] contain titanium dioxide (TiO₂), a heavy metal and artificial colorant that is harmful u...
Judges and Judiciary
Bill to extend remote civil hearings killed by author
By Malcolm Maclachlan
SB 848 would have allowed courts to conduct remote civil proceedings until Jan. 1, 2026. The current rules expire on July 1, 2...
Government, Environmental & Energy
Legal experts discount impact of Biden climate bill on EPA lawsuits
By Craig Anderson
“There’s been a lot of recent talk about whether the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) indirectly overrides West Virginia v. EPA,”...
Intellectual Property
Dispute over origin of Jelly Belly Candy moves to California
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The long-running dispute between the sides has enough strange details to fill up movie comedy: drug-laced candies, an incendia...
Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports
Fortnite animations didn’t infringe on choreographer’s dance moves
By Sunidhi Sridhar
“The plaintiff’s dance is performed by humans in the physical world and the defendant’s emote by animated characters in a virt...
Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation
“Top Gun” lawsuit won’t fly, Paramount responds
By Ricardo Pineda
Molly M. Lens of O’Melveny & Myers LLP said that when the court reads the piece, titled “Top Guns” and published by Califo...
Government, Civil Litigation
School officials ignored girl’s death threats, now they owe her $1M
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
“The bullying traumatized Eleri Olive Irons so much that she suffered PTSD, cut herself and sought refuge in the school nurse’...
Civil Litigation
No evidence Girardi’s wife knew of alleged fraud, judge says
By Federico Lo Giudice
Evan Borges, who represents Erika Girardi, said after the hearing that this was the first time any judge has ruled in her favor.
State Bar & Bar Associations, Discipline
Bar opposes new public disciplinary charges in old cases
By Sunidhi Sridhar
“The State Bar has argued that the harm to the plaintiff members is fleeting on the purported grounds that these confidential ...
Real Estate/Development, Civil Rights
Tenants picketing over eviction is public issue covered by anti-SLAPP
By Skyler Romero
“The Court of Appeal erred in holding that the demonstration outside Geiser’s home did not constitute speech in connection wit...
Land Use, Environmental & Energy
State doesn’t owe oil company for facility it abandoned
By Federico Lo Giudice
“The bottom line is that Venoco created an emergency when it threatened to leave unmanned a facility that required constant mo...
Technology, Civil Litigation
Meta settles case over Cambridge Analytica, sanctions might follow
By Wisdom Howell
The class of plaintiffs agreed to settle claims that the company violated state and federal law by facilitating the data harve...
Civil Rights, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit orders school to reinstate Christian student club
By Craig Anderson
“More than a whiff, a stench of animus against the students’ religious beliefs pervades the Pioneer High School campus,” wrote...
Technology, Civil Litigation
Tesla owners alleged random braking in autopilot feature
By Jonathan Lo
According to the complaint, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has received hundreds of complaints in the las...
Labor/Employment, Judges and Judiciary
Shortage prompts LA court to move stenographers to felony, juvenile matters
By Douglas Saunders Sr.