Construction boutique Hunt Ortmann attorneys fight for clients and make each other look good.
The three-week trial between competing health care apparel companies continued after an attorney as a juror admitted his bias ...
Law Practice, Appellate Practice
Selman Breitman to close, dividing staff between 2 firms
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Litigators will join Hawkins Parnell & Young. Insurance practice will form new firm.
Technology, Labor/Employment
Twitter’s litigation danger uncertain, labor lawyers issue warnings
By Wisdom Howell
First suits filed against Twitter layoffs, while Musk’s full strategy remains unclear.
Environmental & Energy
LA oil well opponents rethink strategy after writ mandate denial
By Skyler Romero
“It was really a focus on getting the fire chief to undertake what we thought was an obligation under the law,” said Byron J. ...
Technology, Intellectual Property, Class Action
Microsoft and Github violated open-source licensing, lawsuit alleges
By Jonathan Lo
The case is the first class action in the nation challenging the training and output of AI programs and could clarify the long...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Changing State Bar’s structure or staff in the cards, state Senator says
By Craig Anderson
“I was surprised that, historically, there had not been a method, practice or system in place to correlate complaints as to a ...
Law Practice, Appellate Practice
Attorney and human rights advocate Amal Clooney will headline Monday evening’s 25th annual awards gala of the Association of C...
ADR Services neutral wants protagonists to understand each other and get along.
Judge Carmen R. Luege draws out people’s stories, in criminal or family law
Entertainment & Sports, Ediscovery, Civil Litigation
NCAA brain injury trial delayed an hour over exhibit arguments
By Sunidhi Sridhar
The collegiate athletic association is accused by the widow of a former USC linebacker of having data linking football to chro...
Government, Environmental & Energy
Activists can intervene to stop oil trucks on Santa Barbara County roads
By Skyler Romero
Exxon Mobil has accused the board of supervisors of violating the takings and commerce clauses of the U.S. and California Cons...
Health Care & Hospital Law, Government, Civil Litigation
Walgreens faces $8B opioid claim in San Francisco, after $10B national settlement
By Wisdom Howell
The national settlement will have no bearing on San Francisco’s attempt to recoup $8 billion from the pharmacy chain after a j...
Technology, Judges and Judiciary
Fight between courts and stenographers over technology intensifies
By Malcolm Maclachlan
54 county courts said in a joint statement there should be a “statutory framework” for “taking advantage of emerging technolog...
Technology, Class Action
Apple and MacBook consumers seek OK for $50M settlement
By Jonathan Lo
This amounts to 10% to 30% of a possible $178 million to $569 million in recovery estimated by plaintiffs’ experts for the lit...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
State Bar received 205 complaints about Girardi over 40 years
By Craig Anderson
The agency released the files in response to a lawsuit filed by the Los Angeles Times. The newspaper’s lawyer said the bar mus...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Legal Education
Future of bar commission suggests creation of new exam
By Christer Schmidt
The Blue Ribbon Commission on the Future of the California Bar Exam provisionally recommended that the new exam include seven ...
Land Use, Judges and Judiciary, Government
LA judge granted more than protesters asked, reversing panel says
By Skyler Romero
“The trial court had discretion to tailor relief to redress harm to respondents,” the panel ruled. “It did not, however, have ...
Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation
Neurosurgeon explains brain injury disease in NCAA trial
By Sunidhi Sridhar
The NCAA is facing a lawsuit brought by Alana Gee, who was married to former USC linebacker Matthew Gee until his death four y...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Pageants can exclude transgender women, 9th Circuit rules
By Jonathan Lo
Ruling in a challenge to the policy of Miss United States of America, a divided panel said pageants are artistic expression.
Labor/Employment, Judges and Judiciary
Judicial Council begins mediator program for retired judges
By Wisdom Howell
Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye said the new civil mediation program will rely on judges listed in the Temporary Assigned...
Torts/Personal Injury, Labor/Employment
Tyson & Mendes beats $10M premises claim, praises opponents
By Skyler Romero
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Mark E. Windham granted summary judgment accepting the defense’s reliance on Privette ...
Civil Litigation
US judge has harsh assessment of former Girardi Keese lawyers
By Craig Anderson
“In short, it is difficult to believe Griffin and Lira were unaware that Girardi was running a Ponzi scheme with client money,...
Health Care & Hospital Law, Government
Doctors challenge California’s COVID misinformation law
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Five physicians suing the state over a law that says they could lose their license over giving patients’ “COVID-19 misinformat...
Government
LA County supervisors OK nearly $48M in sheriff settlements
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
A representative for Sheriff Alex Villanueva, who is in a tight race for reelection next Tuesday, did not respond to a request...
Labor/Employment
More briefs needed to decide on combined labor law cases against Farm Fresh
By Skyler Romero
“On balance, the coordination factors appear to support coordination, but petitioners need to provide supplemental bridging co...
Law Practice, Land Use, Environmental & Energy
Nossaman’s Environment & Land Use team welcomes a former EPA chief counsel
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
“Tim’s comprehensive, yet nuanced experience in the environmental field on both the public and private side will add immediate...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Legal Education
State Bar commission to try again to finalize non-exam licensure pathway proposal
By Christer Schmidt
The commission has been working for months to determine the feasibility of a non-exam pathway, after several low bar exam pass...
Jim Pappas, former chief judge of the 9th Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel, tries to reach the best decision in the most cos...
