Law Practice, Environmental & Energy
4 energy infrastructure partners join Sheppard Mullin
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
“We continue to see increasing demand from clients who need assistance with renewable energy project agreements and regulatory...
Health Care & Hospital Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit denies qualified immunity to jail medical staff
By Jonathan Lo
The judges found that a reasonable jury could conclude, taking into account the facts most favorable to the detainee, that th...
Judges and Judiciary, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Biden’s circuit nominee from Washington has varied background
By Christer Schmidt
District Judge Salvador Mendoza Jr. has been on the Eastern District of Washington court since June 2014, following his nomina...
Technology, Labor/Employment, Government
Newsom denies interfering as agency suing Activision loses 2 attorneys
By Ricardo Pineda
Lawyers representing the two attorneys have not given further explanation about why they both left the Activision lawsuit earl...
Technology, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Lawmakers want to ignore voters, gig companies say
By Wisdom Howell
“The voters rejected AB 5 because it ‘threatened to take away the flexible work opportunities of hundreds of thousands of Cali...
Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports, Contracts
Song writer’s suit against Post Malone can proceed
By Federico Lo Giudice
Tyler Armes is credited as a collaborator on a demo of the hit “Circles” created during a jam session, but not the album version.
Technology, Government, Data Privacy, Civil Litigation
Who protects privacy better? Government or tech companies?
By Malcolm Maclachlan
In February, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee passed the Open App Markets Act, aimed at Apple and Google. It would prevent ...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
6 businesses to pay $1.83B for sham aluminum sales
By Federico Lo Giudice
The scheme involved exporting aluminum disguised as pallets to avoid $1.8 billion in customs duties and then fraudulently sell...
Government, Ediscovery
LA DWP’s first inspector general role to pose challenges
By Ricardo Pineda
“I am not walking into the role without a preconceived notion of what the problems are, but with tactical calibrated recommend...
Entertainment & Sports, Contracts
Judge cites errors by all parties in Suicidal Tendencies royalties litigation
By Christer Schmidt
Errors that Superior Court Judge Stuart M. Rice mentioned in his ruling included: using a family law form for a contempt motio...
Technology, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Judge hears challenge to Facebook fact checking proceedures
By Jonathan Lo
Former network TV journalist John Stossel sued after the platform labeled some of his interviews as “missing context” and “par...
Government, California Supreme Court
State high court upholds death penalty despite shackling
By Jonathan Lo
“The only potential error identified was defendant’s shackling, for which he failed to establish prejudice. Therefore, there i...
Land Use, Government
Protected zones would allow cities to clear homeless
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A bill in Sacramento attempts to allow governments to remove people camping in certain areas by declaring them protected zones.
Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation
5 counties reach deal with PG&E over fire
By Wisdom Howell
District attorneys from the five counties defended their decision to jettison criminal complaints in favor of a global civil s...
Litigation & Arbitration
Beyond Meat settles with shareholders over stock dip
By Federico Lo Giudice
Under the terms of the settlement, under which Beyond Meat admitted no wrongdoing, three named plaintiffs would receive $2,000...
Technology, Labor/Employment
Plaintiff says Amazon discriminates against straight, white males
By Ricardo Pineda
An Alameda County attorney argues the online selling giant has preferred personal characteristics other than straight white me...
Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation
DAs sue San Diego law firm over disability rights lawsuits
By Ricardo Pineda
Potter Handy LLP is accused of targeting and exploiting small, vulnerable business owners, violating the Americans with Disabi...
Proper representation is a critical focus at Limonjyan Law Group
Judges and Judiciary, Government
LA County wants US judge to exit litigation on homelessness
By Federico Lo Giudice
Los Angeles County’s outside counsel, Skip Miller, found a way to ask U.S. District Judge David O. Carter to give up the case,...
Labor/Employment, Government
Conservative group can't have state employee union records
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Superior Court Judge Shelleyanne W.L. Chang agreed with attorneys from the state that the records were protected under collect...
Entertainment & Sports, Data Privacy
Executive stole data, blocked accounts, Lacrosse group says
By Ricardo Pineda
According to the federal lawsuit filed by Mark Stamelos and Justin Clark of Ford Harrison, the defendants “improperly copied, ...
“Our continued certification demonstrates our pledge to challenge ourselves to the rigorous and meaningful assessment required...
Government
Bill aims to bar civil courts from recognizing other states’ anti-abortion laws
By Malcolm Maclachlan
AB 1666 would prohibit the application of an out-of-state abortion law, as well as any “civil judgment received through an adj...
Judges and Judiciary, California Supreme Court, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Panel declines to decide special circumstances dispute
By Christer Schmidt
A 2nd District Court of Appeal acknowledged a possible state Supreme Court request, to decide whether judges have the power to...
Civil Litigation, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Tuna price fixing litigation can sue as a class, 9th Circuit rules
By Jonathan Lo
U.S. District Court Judge Janis L. Sammartino of the Southern District Court of California was right to analyze conflicting ev...
Lawyers say ADR Services mediator Robert Coviello has a knack for getting straight to the point.
Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Aetna, Gilead argue over US or state venue for antitrust claims
By Jonathan Lo
U.S. District Judge Edward M. Chen said there were two important questions to answer: whether there ought to be an estoppel ag...
Judges and Judiciary, Health Care & Hospital Law, Government
New version of CARE Court bill to be public today
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Two senators introduced SB 1338 last month after Gov. Gavin Newsom announced his Community Assistance Recovery and Empowerment...
Austen Parrish is currently dean at Maurer School of Law at Indiana University
Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation
Logging Mendocino County redwoods will endanger threatened species, lawsuit says
By Federico Lo Giudice
“Cal Fire blatantly ignored state and local laws to approve this destructive logging project, so we’re hopeful the court will ...