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Defense team saves Norwalk school district $30M

May 18, 2022
By Ricardo Pineda

“While the award against the district was just over 1% of what his lawyers asked the jury to award, there are no winners in th...


Judges and Judiciary


The four Los Angeles women — three of them public defenders — have joined forces as The Defenders of Justice to run for open s...


Judges and Judiciary, California Courts of Appeal


The commission confirmed Justice Maria E. Stratton as presiding justice of the 2nd District Court of Appeal, and Martin N. Buc...


Judges and Judiciary, Government


In a cloture vote, Alameda County Superior Court Judge Trina L. Thompson was approved 51-46 for a Northern District of Califor...


California Courts of Appeal


The 1st, 3rd and 4th District Courts of Appeal have also announced dates for the return of in-person appearances, while allowi...


Technology, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


“The White House told Facebook to censor him, to deplatform him,” said Kennedy’s co-counsel, Jed Rubenfeld, who represented Ch...


Technology, Criminal


The crucial piece of evidence that led to the killer was fingernail scrapings on the victim’s body, and the crime lab was able...


Judges and Judiciary, Covid Court Ops, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Sandra S. Ikuta, writing for the three-judge panel, opined that the defendant’s Sixth ...


Hill has extensive experience working with private companies on venture financings and other strategic transactions


Torts/Personal Injury, Government, Environmental & Energy


“I placed Edison on notice on behalf of my clients, and I expect there to be litigation on the Coastal Fire against Edison,” s...


Law Practice, Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation, Appellate Practice


Potter Handy reveals how it selects ADA cases

May 17, 2022
By Ricardo Pineda

“Not all or our clients are testers. … When our firm believes that the client does not have a standing, we do not pursue the c...


Government, Environmental & Energy


“Poseidon is trying to capitalize and make 50 million gallons of water per day and then sell that to ratepayers. They’re tryin...


Government, Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation


“It took seven years of extensive litigation, but with the hard work of federal District Court Judge Philip S. Gutierrez, who ...


Huntington Beach revises its charter around every 10 years. Changing the city attorney role from elected to appointed has been...


Labor/Employment, Constitutional Law


“The lack of any effort to limit the remedial scheme to those who suffered such discrimination is fatal to the scheme,” wrote ...


Government, Environmental & Energy


The lawsuit, filed on Friday, stems from a March 9 announcement by the EPA that the California waiver – eliminated under Presi...


Government, Environmental & Energy


"The city's environmental review process was extremely comprehensive and included input from experts as well as the public. B...


Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation


The sides agree that in November 2015, a man employed by Big N Deep Agricultural Development Inc. was operating a bulldozer th...


Labor/Employment, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Lifeguards take their union dues case to 9th Circuit

May 17, 2022
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The case is one of many that seek to build on Janus v. AFSCME 2018 DJDAR 6308, a U.S. Supreme Court decision that found nonmem...


Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation, Banking


The jury also ruled PNC Bank willfully infringed the four patents, which leaves open the possibility that damages could be tre...


Government, Environmental & Energy


Yet another trial opens between Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, a regional water wholesaler, and San Diego...



Keeping the Balance

May 16, 2022

Trial defense boutique Yukevich Cavanaugh isn’t afraid to take cases to court.


Judges and Judiciary


San Diego Superior Court is returning to the historic courthouse known as the Whaley House. It’s a place where some believe gh...


Civil Rights, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Michael B. Reynolds of Snell Wilmer LLP filed a memorandum in his San Diego federal court case, asking U.S. District Judge Lar...


Judges and Judiciary, Government, Administrative/Regulatory


The proposed revision increases the original price tag for the state judicial branch by $200 million in total and adds nearly ...


Law Practice, Appellate Practice


John Quinn, who will turn 71 next month, will remain as the firm’s chairman and downplayed the change, saying it formalizes an...


Technology, Litigation & Arbitration, Banking


“We may well see an uptick in crypto-related litigation, just as we might see securities class actions arising from the drop i...


Government, Civil Rights


The complaint says the defendants were unhappy with the Legislature’s decision to remove Israel and Palestine from the Ethnic ...


U.S. Supreme Court, Technology


The Texas law would force social media companies to publish Holocaust denials, ISIS propaganda, or posts encouraging children ...


US judge in LA uses motion hearings to test his thinking.