Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation
Plaintiffs' attorneys to fight J&J bankruptcy plan to shield 200K suits
By Blaise Scemama
J&J has agreed to fund a new company in amounts to be determined by a North Carolina bankruptcy judge and will establish a...
Government, Constitutional Law, Civil Litigation
Professor to testify that women on corporate boards make no difference
By Gina Kim
A challenge to Senate Bill 826, which requires public companies to have at least one woman on the board of directors, was file...
Technology, Civil Litigation
Class action against HP over printer cartridges to proceed
By Winston Cho
Despite claims from HP that it disclosed the practice, U.S. Magistrate Judge Susan Van Keulen allowed most of the lawsuit to p...
San Diego mediator Douglas Glass ‘rolls up his sleeves’ with counsel to settle disputes.
Law Practice, Bankruptcy
Girardi Keese trust goes after litigation lenders
By Henrik Nilsson
Trustee Elissa D. Miller of SulmeyerKupetz said she would like to hire class action firm Girard Sharp LLP to look into the mat...
Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation
LA prosecutors sue DA Gascón over hiring, promotions
By Kamila Knaudt
“The lawsuit seeks to stop the sitting district attorney, George Gascón, from filling the civil service ranks with political l...
Criminal, California Courts of Appeal
3rd District speedup too late for some defendants
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Some defendants have served months or years more in prison or jail only to have their sentences reduced or vacated by the 3rd ...
Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation
Cher says Sonny’s widow is withholding royalties from ’60s hits
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Singer and actress Cher filed a suit in federal court accusing Mary Bono of withholding royalties from the hits written and pe...
U.S. Supreme Court, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Lawmakers ask chief justice for answers on US judges' recusal failures
By Blaise Scemama
Many of the judges named in the report serve or served in California.
Civil Rights, Civil Litigation
State AG sides with prison guards union fighting against forced vaccine
By Malcolm Maclachlan
On Thursday, U.S. District Court Judge Jon S. Tigar said he was going to allow the California Correctional Peace Officers Asso...
Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation
Judge to OK $6.3M deal in contaminated neighborhood case
By Winston Cho
U.S. District Judge James Donato said he is “leaning toward approval” of the deal over the objection of Tetra Tech, a radiolog...
Civil Litigation
Judge grants partial class of raided safety deposit box owners
By Kamila Knaudt
Filed in May by the Institute for Justice on behalf of a group of box renters, the lawsuit sought the return of the named plai...
Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation
Snowmobilers challenge closure of Stanislaus National Forest
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The complaint, filed Wednesday by attorney Frank Z. LaForge of Holland & Hart LLP in Reno, cites the National Environmenta...
Real Estate/Development, Land Use
Advocates of denser housing are winning in California
By Craig Anderson
The city of San Mateo on Thursday announced it was surrendering in its legal battle with a dense housing advocacy group over a...
Civil Litigation
AG joins DA and 2 law firms sue ghost gun makers, sellers
By Kamila Knaudt
Due to a provision in the laws that define a firearm as a fully assembled weapon, some ghost gun manufacturers and sellers arg...
Labor/Employment, Entertainment & Sports
Actor files EEOC complaint against ‘Hamilton’
By Gina Kim
Suni Reid, who uses they/them or she/her pronouns, said in the complaint that they were retaliated against when they requested...
The Santa Monica office, which Adrianne E. Marshack joined this week, is an example of the firm seeking opportunities in emerg...
Securities, Criminal, California Courts of Appeal
Victims waited years for 3rd District decision to allow restitution
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Fraud victims in their 70s and 80s wrote repeated letters asking the 3rd District Court of Appeal to decide the case while the...
The objection filed by the Communications Workers of America said the proposed consent decree reached on Sept. 27 is riddled w...
Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation
Cardi B explains went to Paris but not to trial
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Cardi B defends decision to attend Fashion Week in Paris, but not postponed misuse of likeness trial.
Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation
Attorney fee deal ‘a red flag’ for collusion, federal judge says
By Winston Cho
“Sadly, this is another class settlement proposal in which class counsel get vast amounts of cash but the class members get me...
Law Practice, Appellate Practice
Alameda judge confirmed to court of appeal
By Craig Anderson
Alameda County Superior Court Judge Victor A. Rodriguez received unanimous confirmation from the Commission on Judicial Appoin...
Civil Litigation
Parts maker can’t escape litigation over Metrolink crash
By Blaise Scemama
While no California state case discusses the specific issue presented to this case, “This court finds that the preemptive scop...
Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation
$30M deal ends truckers’ misclassification class actions
By Winston Cho
U.S. District Judge R. Gary Klausner, in an order granting preliminary approval, blessed on Friday a $20 million deal and a $9...
Criminal
LA city councilman, USC former dean indicted on corruption charges
By Henrik Nilsson
Mark Ridley-Thomas, 66, allegedly conspired with Marilyn Louise Flynn, 83, who was a dean of the School of Social Work at the ...
Legal Education, Law Practice
Attorney couple donates $30M to McGeorge School of Law
By Henrik Nilsson
Husband and wife Robert T. Eglet and Tracy A. Eglet, law partners based in Las Vegas, committed $20 million for scholarships t...
Constitutional Law, Civil Litigation
Law against protests at vaccine sites unconstitutional, suit says
By Winston Cho
The complaint filed in federal court in San Jose argued that the law essentially bars all types of constitutionally protected ...
Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation
AG to investigate oil spill, marine businesses file class actions
By Gina Kim
Powerhouse plaintiffs’ firms Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein and Robertson & Associates LLP in Westlake Village tea...
Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation
Unions, states, counties are COVID mandate battlegrounds
By Craig Anderson
Students who didn’t want to get COVID-19 vaccinations faced a stiff hurdle, especially after U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Co...
Civil Litigation
$27.4M verdict for man who said talc sold by J&J caused cancer
By Blaise Scemama
Lead plaintiff’s counsel Danny R. Kraft Jr., a New York based associate attorney of Weitz & Luxenberg PC, said he was happ...