Government, Administrative/Regulatory
LA has 90 days to prepare more mental health beds
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
U.S. District Judge David O. Carter said he wanted a more robust oversight mechanism, with the appointment of a special master...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Microsoft can’t pause gamer suit over Activision purchase
By Wisdom Howell
Counsel for Microsoft called into question the validity of the plaintiffs’ desire to enjoin the purchase in the initial motion...
Judges and Judiciary, Government
7 counties are allocated first $2.8M in Care Court funds
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Glenn, Orange, Riverside, San Diego, San Francisco, Stanislaus, and Tuolumne counties will be the first to try, sharing $2.8 m...
Criminal, Consumer Law
Boeing arraignment a win for air crash clients, LA lawyer says
By Skyler Romero
Kevin R. Boyle of Panish Shea Boyle Ravipudi LLP said his clients live in other countries and had felt a sense of hopelessness...
Bankruptcy
Another setback for cannabis companies suing in federal court
By Malcolm Maclachlan
These companies have access to state courts in jurisdictions that have legalized cannabis. But this hasn’t stopped attorneys f...
Communications Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Keker argues for creators to keep Section 230 of communications act
By Skyler Romero
The brief backs Google in a case from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals concerning whether the tech giant is entitled to t...
The head of Tesla and Twitter told jurors he uses Twitter to communicate with retail investors quite frequently and thinks it ...
Environmental & Energy
PG&E sued by Placer, El Dorado counties over Mosquito Fire
By Wisdom Howell
The case was filed by Placer and El Dorado counties, saying that last year’s 2022 Mosquito Fire, which damaged 78 structures a...
$255 million class settlement with Juul Labs gets preliminary approval
By Sunidhi Sridhar
The lawsuits claim the company was a major driving force behind the underage vaping epidemic.
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar board outlines budget challenges for 2023
By Devon Belcher
Before its submission to the Legislature at the end of February, the Board of Trustees described the challenges that go into t...
David Abbott is skilled at gathering information and writing detailed analysis, attorneys say.
U.S. Supreme Court
Dobbs draft opinion leak becomes Supreme Court cold case
By Craig Anderson
The report by Marshal Gail Curley stated that investigators interviewed 97 court employees, some more than once, and that all ...
Judges and Judiciary
Legislator who highlighted judge shortages tries once again
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“We’re very pleased to have the continued support of Sen. [Richard] Roth in putting forth that bill seeking to get additional ...
Entertainment & Sports, Criminal
Criminal charges might or might not help plaintiffs who sued Baldwin
By Skyler Romero
“It’s not automatic — the judge would have to make a decision — but evidence of a judgment, conviction of a felony, can be use...
Civil Litigation
Ex-bio pharmaceutical executive gets $4.85M in whistleblower case
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Skye Bioscience Inc. was found liable for retaliating against Wendy Cunning, the company’s former vice president of business o...
Labor/Employment, Health Care & Hospital Law
Kaiser workers call lawsuit revenge for solidarity strike
By Jonathan Lo
Kaiser is seeking to bring the dispute into arbitration and said SEIU inappropriately refused to participate in that process.
Weekly Appellate Report, Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary
Retired Court of Appeal justice joins Judicate West in San Diego
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Cynthia G. Aaron sat on the 4th District Court of Appeal for 20 years. She has also been a U.S. magistrate judge and public de...
Labor/Employment, Class Action
4,000-worker class certified in Boston Market lawsuit
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
“Plaintiff’s theory of recovery as to the meal periods is that defendant failed to provide employees fully compliant meal brea...
Technology, Data Privacy
Meta’s analytic tools under fire in user tracking case
By Wisdom Howell
Thursday’s proceedings in Santa Clara County dovetailed with the company filing an amicus curiae brief to the U.S. Supreme Cou...
Technology, Securities
Attorneys joust over whether Musk tweet was fraud
By Jonathan Lo
What Elon Musk did could not be fraud, Alexander B. Spiro of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP stated, because in real...
Real Estate/Development
Top LA real estate agent accused of squeezing colleague out
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Stefanie Pollack accuses Dennis Chernov of breach of contract, fraud and unjust enrichment, and seeks $650,000 in damages. Pol...
The lead counsel for Activision, Kevin P. Muck, said the decision could have broad applications to other companies. “The funda...
Civil Litigation
Jury hears business, personal disputes of Trellis Law founders
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Nicole A. Clark, also a labor and employment attorney, is suing engineer Andrew Thaler for allegedly interfering with investor...
Founder of intellectual property law firm fostered a culture of excellence and respect
Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation
Preliminary hearing starts for PG&E over Zogg Fire charges
By Wisdom Howell
“We accept CAL FIRE’s determination that a tree falling into our power line caused the 2020 Zogg Fire,” Lynsey Paulo, director...
Bankruptcy
Erika Girardi attorney seeks to disqualify trustee’s counsel
By Craig Anderson
Trustees for the bankruptcy estates of Tom Girardi and his defunct firm have hired special counsels to pursue assets they beli...
Education Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Full circuit to hear dispute over Christian high school club
By Craig Anderson
The San Jose Unified School District stripped the club of its official status after concluding the club violated its anti-disc...
Law Practice, Civil Litigation, Appellate Practice
Business dispute over legal platform Trellis Law goes to trial
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Its president, Nicole A. Clark, is accusing her former partner, engineer Andrew Thaler, of willfully sabotaging her relationsh...
Intellectual Property
As AI technology proliferates, so do the IP lawsuits
By Skyler Romero
Attorneys with the Joseph Saveri Law Firm recently filed a complaint on behalf of artists who say their work was used to train...
Consumer Law, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Dairy suppliers accuse each other of monopolistic actions
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Dairy supply chain software startup Milk Moovement filed a counterclaim antitrust lawsuit against industry giant Dairy LLC, ac...
