Technology, Government, Contracts
Case that tested limits of False Claims Act settles
By Jonathan Lo
Aerojet RocketDyne Holdings was accused by one of its former cybersecurity directors of misinterpreting its compliance with ce...
Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation
Aerospace company must pay $65.9M for water contamination
By Sunidhi Sridhar
In 2007, Whittaker Corporation agreed to a multi-million dollar settlement that required the company to fund a groundwater tre...
Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Judge admonished over bias and bad temperament
By Federico Lo Giudice
Orange County Superior Court Judge Derek W. Hunt was cited over four cases.
Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
A lawyer for Orange County Judge Michael Murray told a panel of special masters that the judge’s disregard of an altered polic...
Sacramento attorney fought for death penalty, then against
Data Privacy, Civil Rights
Leak of gun owner data complicates fight over research
By Ricardo Pineda
Gun owner plaintiffs sued to block Attorney General Rob Bonta’s release of their data to a anti-gun research group. Then their...
Government
Governor signs bill to pay charity for AG’s unlawful demand for donor information
By Skyler Romero
The payment represents the culmination of a years-long legal battle between Americans for Prosperity and the California attorn...
Labor/Employment
Sales personnel say Apple must pay overtime and travel time
By Jonathan Lo
“This is a cut-and-dried failure to pay lawful and adequate compensation. Apple solutions consultants were required to work 40...
Health Care & Hospital Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Mandate to warn of drug price hikes should be reversed, industry tells 9th Circuit
By Craig Anderson
Under the law, drugmakers must provide various notice, reporting, and justification obligations on the manufacturer of a presc...
Labor/Employment
Defense wins summary judgment against claim client didn’t pay workers’ comp deductibles
By Federico Lo Giudice
“Our client bought and paid for guaranteed cost coverage and should have never been sued. We thank the court for its diligence...
Real Estate/Development, Land Use, Government
Lifetime of preparation led lawyer to help Black family regain beach property
By Federico Lo Giudice
“This is more than a symbolic gesture for the Bruces. . . . It’s also important for the rest of us,” said George C. Fatheree I...
Intellectual Property, Contracts
$175M trademark infringement award upheld
By Skyler Romero
“What we were able to prove by the end of the case through very extensive expert testimony, as well as lay testimony, in the p...
Government, Civil Rights
Does Bruen doom California’s attempt to regulate firearms?
By Craig Anderson
While already passed laws are further called into question, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two new laws last week prohibiting the ma...
Government, Constitutional Law
Lawmakers grapple with legal issues of abortion travel
By Malcolm Maclachlan
According to sources speaking on background, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration told lawmakers he did not want state money to ...
Labor/Employment
Tesla faces new mass action and do-over trial on discrimination complaints
By Wisdom Howell
“There’s no doubt in my mind that what we’ve talked about in this complaint happens there all the time. And whether the upper ...
Judges and Judiciary, Government
Newsom nominates justice to 3rd District; 7 to superior courts
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Judge Stacy E. Boulware Eurie has sat on the Sacramento County Superior Court since 2007.
Labor/Employment, Government
2 suits say Cal State system allows race, sex discrimination
By Christer Schmidt
The lawsuits follow a May 2022 report by the California State University’s employee union that found a substantial pay gap bet...
Entertainment & Sports, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
International swimming dispute brings dueling summary judgment motions
By Christer Schmidt
The motion filed by the Fédération Internationale De Natation (FINA) in the Northern District of California said that it canno...
Santa Clara County judge sees role as opportunity to empower and enrich community.
Retired federal magistrate Nandor Vadas tries to help parties get beyond the stress and emotions brought on by their dispute.
Law Practice, Appellate Practice
Prosecutor who led LA utility investigation joins Wilson Sonsini
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Melissa Mills' investigation into corruption at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power led to convictions of senior off...
Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation
LA group sues over alleged discharge into Santa Monica Bay water sources
By Federico Lo Giudice
The complaint alleges that the industrial processes undertaken at Hughes Bros. Aircrafters in South Gate are pollutant sources...
Military Law, Criminal
4 ex-Navy officers convicted of taking bribes from Singapore defense contractor
By Christer Schmidt
The case is noteworthy for the accusation that a U.S. government Defense Criminal Investigative Service special agent attempte...
Health Care & Hospital Law, California Supreme Court
State high court says res judicata claim preclusion argument won’t stop lawsuit
By Skyler Romero
“The court’s decision here really should put to rest arguments by related parties that they should be able to take advantage o...
Labor/Employment
Challenge to salary background checks dismissed with leave to amend
By Wisdom Howell
“We specifically told applicants, ‘Don’t tell us this information.’ The reason we asked for the W2 was to verify plaintiff’s d...
U.S. Supreme Court, Environmental & Energy
‘Seismic opinion’ against EPA curbs administrative power
By Craig Anderson
“A decision of such magnitude and consequence rests with Congress itself, or an agency acting pursuant to a clear delegation f...
Environmental & Energy
California power plant deal: Fast-tracking and fossil fuel backups
By Doug Sherwin
Government, Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation
Jury awards $65 M to Santa Clarita water agency over pollution
By Federico Lo Giudice
“Judgment is entered ... for negligence and public nuisance in the amount of $7 million in past damages and $68.3 million in r...
Law Practice, Appellate Practice
Withers expands office footprint in LA, San Diego, San Francisco
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
“We’ve been extremely fortunate to attract some of the best attorneys in the field in recent years to help grow our capabiliti...