Legal Education
Hastings professor hired to encourage more juvenile law attorneys
By Christer Schmidt
UC Hastings College of the Law professor John Myers’ project is meant to survey law schools about their course offerings on ju...
Law Practice, Entertainment & Sports
Firm that represents creators moves to L.A.’s West Adams area
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Donaldson Callif Perez LLP, which represents independent creators in film, television and web-based material with an emphasis ...
Judges and Judiciary, Discipline
Lassen County judge says discipline charges lack context
By Laurinda Keys
Judge Tony R. Mallery says in filing that the Commission on Judicial Performance is embroiled in a local dispute.
Legal Education
Golden Gate offers smaller classes, full tuition for 1st year
By Christer Schmidt
Other resources at the Golden Gate University School of Law are set to be expanded. These include law clinics, double the amou...
Government
Governor signs record 997 new laws, including major overhauls
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Among the coming changes are how the state addresses crime, homelessness, mental health, climate change, abortion and other is...
Family, Civil Litigation
Window for all ages to file child abuse suits closes soon
By Skyler Romero
“The window is about to close, probably forever, for many, many people to bring a civil claim,” Paul T. Llewellyn of Lewis &am...
U.S. Supreme Court, Civil Rights
Supreme Court will hear challenge to platform content immunity
By Craig Anderson
"Anything that narrows the scope of Section 230 will change the internet," said Eric Goldman, a professor at Santa Clara Unive...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Civil Litigation
State Bar asks court to enforce subpoenas in Girardi probe
By Federico Lo Giudice
“The investigation is intended to identify actions by anyone with ties to the State Bar that may constitute malfeasance in how...
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...