Insurance, Civil Litigation
Insurer owes $44.5M for failure of 33,000-ton metal press
By Christer Schmidt
“The policy holder experts said, ‘This happened suddenly,’ and the insurance company experts said, ‘No, this happened over a l...
Civil Litigation
Judge pares consultant's lawsuit against Endeavor
By Federico Lo Giudice
Talent agency is accused of stealing consultant's marketing ideas that led to the company being sold for $10.3 billion in 2021.
Environmental & Energy
Lawsuit would hinder plan to protect lizard, agency says
By Federico Lo Giudice
An environmental group sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over its plan to conserve Temblor legless lizard
Civil Litigation, Banking
Judge decertifies class claims against mortgage lender
By Federico Lo Giudice
Ocwen Financial is accused of improperly marking up property valuations and charging borrowers those costs.
Government, Civil Litigation
LA County OKs $19.5M payment to man paralyzed when car sped off highway
By Christer Schmidt
“For the rest of his life, my client will depend on someone else for survival,” lead plaintiff’s attorney Daniel Balaban of Ba...
Labor/Employment, Government, Civil Litigation
5 prosecutors in Contra Costa County settle bias suit against DA
By Wisdom Howell
The complaint filed more than two years ago accused D.A. Diana Becton of passing over more qualified women for promotions, per...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Administrative/Regulatory, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Bar to seek review of circuit ruling restitution debt is dischargeable
By Skyler Romero
“This decision is in direct conflict with the decisions of every other federal court that has addressed the dischargeability o...
Technology, Civil Litigation
Will product defect lawsuits tame giants of social media?
By Jonathan Lo
"Carnage is being inflicted on our kids and our young people. There's been a 146% increase in suicide among young people. At t...
Government, Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation
LA water bill case ends with $4.49M fee for last class counsel
By Ricardo Pineda
Brian Kabateck, who has not been paid since Judge Elihu M. Berle appointed him three years ago to ensure the plaintiffs had be...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Legal Education
Sniping and name calling as State Bar presses on with alternative legal services plan
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“Is there a reason this meeting is going forward with the substantive issues that seem to be on the agenda, when it appears th...
Technology, Law Practice, Appellate Practice
San Diego biotech company, Genomatica, hires 1st chief legal officer
By Sunidhi Sridhar
“Shawnte has an impressive track record helping companies in the life sciences and biotechnology industries achieve meaningful...
Sacramento judge wants attorneys to be credible and not waste time in his busy courtroom.
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Eastwood gets $2M for ads, articles linking him to CBD
By Sunidhi Sridhar
The actor’s lawyer, Jordan Susman, said the ruling “sends a message to such offenders that they cannot evade judgment simply b...
Banking
After Pornhub ruling, VISA, MasterCard part with MindGeek
By Federico Lo Giudice
U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney said VISA made a decision to facilitate child pornography of porn ‘tube’ sites.
U.S. Supreme Court, Government, Civil Rights
State civil rights law doesn’t apply to public schools, Supreme Court rules
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Attorneys for the petitioner argued the ruling ignores years of court interpretations of the law and undermines protections fo...
Labor/Employment, Government
PGA fight with LIV goes to San Jose, with California lawyers
By Craig Anderson
John Quinn of Quinn Emanuel and Rachel Brass of Gibson Dunn represent LIV golfers who sued PGA. Elliot Peters of Keker Van Nes...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Securities, Discipline
Disbarred, bankrupt lawyer needn’t repay State Bar client security fund
By Skyler Romero
“The case was actually one that goes back to whether or not debt is dischargeable even when a government entity such as the St...
Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation
Spacey must pay $31M to ‘Cards’ producers, judge says
By Ricardo Pineda
“Even in a close case, the arbitrator’s award must stand,” Judge Mel Recana wrote. “Here, respondents fail to demonstrate that...
Technology, Data Privacy, Civil Litigation
‘Mole’ or ‘scapegoat’? Arguments in Twitter spy trial wrap
By Wisdom Howell
The impassioned battle of competing narratives presented in closing arguments marked the end of the trial against Ahmad Abouam...
Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Judge asked to OK $90M deal in Google Play antitrust litigation
By Jonathan Lo
The settlement class includes all U.S. Android developers who earn $2 million or less annually through the Google Play store, ...
Judges and Judiciary, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Circuit nominee sails through confirmation, with powerful ally
By Craig Anderson
Litigator Roopali H. Desai had the most powerful politician in America — at least for the moment — on her side: U.S. Sen. Kyrs...
Mediator Patrick Walsh’s personable approach gets results, attorneys say.
Technology, Data Privacy
Spy trial nears end with dispute on whether Twitter owns user data
By Wisdom Howell
For two weeks Ahmad Abouammo, a former media partnerships manager at Twitter, stood trial in San Francisco on charges he consp...
Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
A judge signed warrants while visiting Canada. Now no one knows what to do
By Federico Lo Giudice
Jones Day looked at the situation, and told the Orange County Superior Court the matter is complicated and needs more investig...
Judges and Judiciary, California Courts of Appeal
New justices for 2nd, 3rd District Courts of Appeal
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The Commission on Judicial Performance confirmed the appointments of Judge Stacy E. Boulware Eurie to the depleted 3rd Distric...
Legal Education, Civil Litigation
Whatever Hastings’ new name, a lawsuit seems assured
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The law school board will meet again Aug. 10. The agenda includes a “renaming update” during its open session, followed by a c...
Civil Litigation
Can parent company counsel answer for subsidiary in bias lawsuits?
By Sunidhi Sridhar
"In all three cases, counsel who previously had indicated several times that he represented General Dynamics Ordnance & Ta...
Government, Civil Rights
New challenge to state’s Handgun Act quotes Bruen
By Jonathan Lo
“Plainly and simply, California’s requirement that handguns, semiautomatics especially, be equipped with specific technologica...
Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Orange County Judge Michael F. Murray is accused of ignoring exculpatory evidence in a murder case he prosecuted years ago.
Law Practice, Appellate Practice
Former federal prosecutor returns to Munger Tolles in Los Angeles
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Victoria Degtyareva most recently was a member of the U.S. attorney’s Cyber and Intellectual Property Crimes Section.