Law Practice, Appellate Practice
San Fernando Valley firms merge, operate as Lagerlof LLP
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The 42-lawyer law firm will provide estate planning, corporate and tax, public agency, elder law, litigation, private fiduciar...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Legal Education
Final non-exam bar licensure plan not expected until 2023
By Skyler Romero
The Blue Ribbon Commission on the Future of the Bar Exam has discussed “a reduction of the subject matters covered on the exam...
Securities, Civil Litigation
IPO ‘errors’ bring class action against MINISO, others
By Sunidhi Sridhar
“The registration statement was negligently prepared and, as a result, contained untrue statements of material facts or omitte...
Nixon Peabody partner Richard J. Frey, who represents the California Business and Industrial Alliance, argues that the law vio...
Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation
Netflix shareholder lawsuits over rosy prospects continues
By Wisdom Howell
The company’s alleged attempts to quell the fears of its investors and downplay the true magnitude of its losses in the beginn...
Securities
Purported internal documents cache leads to Uber securities suit
By Jonathan Lo
The more than 124,000 files purport to tell the story of how the company, under co-founder and former chief executive officer ...
Labor/Employment, Government
DOJ settles retaliation lawsuit by upgraded work rating, week’s pay
By Skyler Romero
Nicola T. Hanna, who was the U.S. attorney for the Central District of California at the time the accusations were made, said:...
Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation
PacifiCorp accused of causing McKinney Fire
By Federico Lo Giudice
“To date, four people have lost their lives in a fire that was entirely avoidable,” said plaintiffs’ lawyer Gerald Singleton.
Civil Litigation
$5M award for 92-year-old woman abused in nursing home
By Federico Lo Giudice
Arcelia Martinez was admitted to the facility in San Gabriel because her family couldn’t care for her after she developed Park...
Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports
Artist says infringement was ‘appropriation’ to fight racism
By Federico Lo Giudice
Conceptual artist Ryder Ripps asked a federal judge to dismiss a copyright infringement lawsuit against him, arguing that his ...
Civil Litigation
Ukiah church wins reversal of fines and contempt order
By Ricardo Pineda
“I’m not sure why the court did not award us costs, but we’ll take the win,” wrote Robert Tyler of Tyler & Bursch LLP, who...
Health Care & Hospital Law, Data Privacy
Meta accused of sharing health site users’ data for ads
By Christer Schmidt
Meta Pixel is used primarily to advertise, quietly watching users’ web browsing to more effectively sell products to them afte...
Technology, Data Privacy
Class privacy violation claims follow Twitter’s $150M FTC settlement
By Wisdom Howell
Twitter’s alleged misuse of consumer data has been at the forefront of regulators’ minds for over a decade.
Government
Defiant in victory, Gascón vows to press on with ‘reform’
By Craig Anderson
The district attorney said he needs to do a better job communicating to county residents who are “legitimately scared.”
Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation
500 former JetBlue flight attendants settle labor lawsuit for $3.6M
By Ricardo Pineda
Once one of the few non-unionized flight attendants groups in the airline industry, the plaintiffs said they were being paid l...
Law Practice, Appellate Practice
Former acting US attorney in Nevada joins Wilson Sonsini in Los Angeles
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Christopher Chiou was a member of a nationwide task force charged with investigating ways in which the Department of Justice c...
San Bernardino drug court commissioner saved many lives, attorneys say
Intellectual Property
Holding company for Bell Labs patents sues several companies
By Federico Lo Giudice
Bell Semiconductor alleges the tech companies are infringing on their patents when making video cards, video game consoles, sm...
Environmental & Energy
Deal permanently closes dormant oil wells in national monument
By Jonathan Lo
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management agreed to ensure that the wells in the Caliente Mountains at the western boundary of the mo...
Judges and Judiciary, Discipline
“There is no evidence, let alone clear and convincing evidence that [Superior Court Judge Michael] Murray acted in bad faith,”...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Lawmakers appear to nix State Bar sandbox plan — for now
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Sen. Tom Umberg “and I met with the State Bar earlier this month to try and address their concerns with the bill, while still ...
Judges and Judiciary, California Courts of Appeal
Court of Appeal justice will retire at end of October
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
“I cannot think of a more rewarding and fulfilling career than my years as a deputy district attorney, a civil trial attorney,...
Civil Litigation
$30.5M settlement with Apple workers over bag searches is OK’d
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Attorneys for the plaintiffs said their clients would not be able to leave the premises of their workplace for several minutes...
“The First Amendment protects not only the right of free speech, but also ‘the right of the people peaceably to assemble,’” wr...
Data Privacy
Robinhood agrees to pay $19.5M to settle data breach claims
By Wisdom Howell
The deal will be submitted to U.S. Magistrate Judge Susan van Keulen on Aug. 23 for approval
Appeals specialist was master of criminal law
Securities, Labor/Employment
New regional director of SEC in San Francisco named
By Christer Schmidt
Monique C. Winkler has been acting in the role since March and was associate regional director for enforcement since 2019.
Government
Attempt to recall LA DA short of valid signatures, county clerk says
By Craig Anderson
The Recall DA George Gascon campaign put out a statement calling the recall’s apparent failure to qualify for the ballot “hear...
Judges and Judiciary
Judge hikes fees for attorneys of ex-San Diego prosecutor
By Ricardo Pineda
Superior Court Judge Kevin Enright said the city must pay plaintiffs’ attorneys $1.75 million. He dismissed a 2.0 multiplier s...
The founder of Kenneth M. Sigelman & Associates is an attorney and a licensed physician.