Labor/Employment, Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation
San Jose State faces class action over trainer accused of abuse
By Ricardo Pineda
Scott Shaw was charged March 11 with touching inappropriately four female athletes, but the FBI and the plaintiffs lawyers say...
Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation
Lawsuit seeks a halt to drilling in San Joaquin Valley
By Federico Lo Giudice
The Temblor legless lizard is jeopardized by oil and gas drilling in a shrinking habitat, the Center for Biological Diversity ...
Consumer Law, Civil Litigation
Consumer laws should apply to bail contracts, 2 class actions say
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“Both cases seek to represent a statewide class of any person in California who cosigned a bail bond from All-Pro or Aladdin B...
Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary
Juror pay is biggest barrier to diversity, work group finds
By Wisdom Howell
Specifically, the Ad-Hoc Workgroup on Post Pandemic Initiatives found that increasing juror per diems would create access to t...
“The goal of my opponents and detractors from the start has been to take advantage of the limits on my ability to run the offi...
Technology, Government, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
DOJ says Google’s legal advice requests are bogus
By Craig Anderson
Legal experts say the showdown, set in motion by the government’s sanctions motion, is a rare claim that pits routine — and re...
Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation
Roblox fights claims it predatorily profits from kid gamers
By Jonathan Lo
At a hearing for Roblox’s motion to dismiss on Wednesday in San Francisco, U.S. District Judge William H. Orrick focused on th...
Technology, Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation
Federal judge to OK consent decree in Activision case
By Ricardo Pineda
Last September, the EEOC and the gaming giant agreed to a consent decree that requires the company to establish an $18 million...
Law Practice, Government
Lawmakers want to ease declaring abusers ‘vexatious litigants’
By Malcolm Maclachlan
AB 2391, passed by the Assembly Judiciary Committee, seeks to build on existing laws protecting parties against vexatious liti...
California Supreme Court
Appellate Justice Patricia Guerrero confirmed to state high court
By Craig Anderson
4th District Court of Appeal Justice Patricia Guerrero, the daughter of Mexican immigrants, will be sworn in next week by Gov....
Labor/Employment, Government
Confidentiality clauses threaten Labor Department’s ability to do job, it says
By Jonathan Lo
“The department considers confidentiality agreements a direct threat to its ability to effectively enforce the country’s worke...
Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation
Monsanto asks high court to reverse $87M Roundup award
By Federico Lo Giudice
Monsanto, facing thousands of lawsuits over Roundup, has argued that there is no scientific evidence that the weedkiller cause...
Judges and Judiciary
Judge confirmed to federal trial court in San Diego
By Craig Anderson
Ruth Bermudez Montenegro has been a magistrate judge since 2018. She previously was an Imperial County Superior Court judge.
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Stormy Daniels must pay Trump’s legal fees, 9th Circuit says
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
“The district court correctly held that the fees, costs, and sanctions order issued on Dec. 11, 2018 was a final judgment that...
Law Practice, Immigration
2 immigration attorneys launch law firm in Los Angeles
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Stephen Blaker and Jaclyn Granet met while working at Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp in New York.
Real Estate/Development, Civil Litigation, Banking
Wells Fargo enaged in ‘modern-day redlining’, suit says
By Federico Lo Giudice
“Data released under the federal Home Mortgage Disclosure Act shows unequivocally that Wells Fargo rejects a disproportionate ...
Law Practice, Intellectual Property
BakerHostetler adds 20-person intellectual property team
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The move is part of a growth initiative BakerHostetler has in California. The firm has added over 75 attorneys to its Californ...
Judges and Judiciary, California Supreme Court
Study of 3rd District delays by Judicial Council hasn’t started
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The Supreme Court recommended the study in response to a petition by Jon B. Eisenberg, a retired appellate attorney who has be...
Technology, Labor/Employment
Google steers Black employees to dead-end jobs, class action alleges
By Federico Lo Giudice
The lawsuit was filed around the same time another group of Google employees settled claims that they were fired or discipline...
U.S. Supreme Court, Technology, Intellectual Property
Supreme Court won’t hear Intel challenge patent ruling
By Craig Anderson
The decision is a victory for Lowenstein & Weatherwax LLP, a Los Angeles firm that represents VLSI Technology LLC, the pat...
Government
14 NorCal DA races are contested, some incumbents retire
By Christer Schmidt
In Alameda County, where DA Nancy E. O’Malley is retiring, all three candidates on the ballot are Black, for the first time.
Government
Pasadena wins $400K in fees for Rose Bowl name rights case
By Ricardo Pineda
Kent Raygor of Sheppard Mullin represented the city in the lawsuit that was filed last year after the Rose Bowl football game ...
Law Practice
Head of SEC trial unit in Los Angeles moves to Ropes & Gray
By Craig Anderson
Amy Jane Longo has worked in the SEC’s Los Angeles office for nearly nine years.
Torts/Personal Injury, Law Practice, Civil Litigation
Defense attorneys to help each other fight ‘nuclear’ jury verdicts
By Federico Lo Giudice
A new trial program is to take place this summer in San Diego, sponsored by Tyson & Mendes LLP.
Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation
Remixer loses appeal over ownership of ‘Happier’ song
By Federico Lo Giudice
Circuit Judges Sandra S. Ikuta, Kenneth K. Lee and Danielle J. Forrest issued a unanimous decision Thursday rejecting Russian ...
International Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Kuwaiti Consulate must face harassment case in US court
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision vindicates not only the plaintiff’s “rights as a U.S. citizen working for a for...
Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary
Retired Alameda County Judge Winifred Smith joins ADR Services
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
“The funny thing about retirement is you don’t have to work. You want to work and this will keep me engaged with the law,” Smi...
Government, Civil Litigation, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
LA County can ban flavored tobacco, 9th Circuit rules
By Craig Anderson
9th Circuit Judge Lawrence VanDyke, writing for the majority, said, “Properly understood, the [Family Smoking Prevention and T...
Intellectual Property, Education Law, Civil Litigation
Chapman professor draws praise for suing to out cheaters
By Jonathan Lo
“No. 1, students have cheated and he wants to reduce the cheating that goes on rampant in college campuses around the United ...
Criminal, California Supreme Court
This was the first published opinion by a court of appeal on the issue, and clarifies the limits of Penal Code section 1001.95...