Law Office Management, Community News
Jenner & Block moves to new office in Los Angeles
By Nicole Tyau
The new office is on the 33rd floor of City National Plaza in downtown Los Angeles, home to other major law firms including Jo...
Tax, Civil Litigation
Senior community seeks tax relief due to damage by COVID
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Attorney Marty H. Dakessian of Los Angeles stated in a complaint Friday that Sacramento County improperly ignored state tax la...
Government, Civil Litigation
Lawyer says AG falsely blames virus for discovery delays
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“The fact that most courts have conducted very few, if any, civil trials in the last year and a half and very few live hearing...
Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation
LA officials respond to officers’ vaccine mandate suit
By Blaise Scemama
The city should provide religious exemptions and a medical exemption for those with natural COVID antibodies gained after reco...
Legal Education, Civil Litigation
Stanford professors seek end to Chinese researcher spy prosecutions
By Winston Cho
The China Initiative has “deviated significantly from its claimed mission,” and is fostering a hostile work environment for Ch...
Real Estate/Development, California Courts of Appeal
Panel OKs law to build apartments near single-family homes
By Craig Anderson
The appellate panel reversed San Mateo County Superior Court Judge George A. Miram, who rejected a writ petition and concluded...
Bonjour, Thorman, Burns & Dahm combines criminal defense and personal injury.
Civil Litigation
$13M jury award for child molested by teen at fitness center
By Gina Kim
Spencer R. Lucas and Nadine N. Khedry of Panish Shea & Boyle LLP sued EOS Fitness Center in Riverside, saying its attendan...
Litigation & Arbitration
Injunctive relief is to stop future misdeeds to benefit public, not a class, split 9th Circuit panel says
By Henrik Nilsson
“Administering an injunction of this sort, on this scale, is patently incompatible with the procedural simplicity envisioned b...
Law Practice, Law Office Management
Former Newsom aide to head Pillsbury’s appeals practice
By Kamila Knaudt
Daniel H. Bromberg, who was a founding member of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP's appellate practice, joined Pillsb...
Government, Criminal
DAs may push own law after zero bail bill is withdrawn
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“I think most DAs recognize bail is a regressive measure. But this bill was fatally flawed in our view. As we’ve noted, it had...
Immigration, Government
Judge inclined to toss H-1B priority for high-earning workers
By Jessica Mach
The Department of Homeland Security issued the regulation under President Donald Trump, and there should be weight placed on t...
Technology, Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Apple not monopolistic but some rules illegal, judge rules
By Winston Cho
The decision is a major blow to one of Apple’s core businesses in a $100 billion market.
Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation
Mining company must pay Pomona $48M over tainted water
By Henrik Nilsson
According to the lawsuit, the issue started in 1927 when SQMNA shipped fertilizer used for citrus orchards to Pomona. The fert...
Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Lawsuit says Lemon Law firm poached attorneys, staff, trade secrets
By Blaise Scemama
Shortly after a meeting, Consumer Law Experts began to grow its practice dramatically as it hired at least eight former Legal ...
Government
Attorneys donate most to Newsom and recall challenger Elder
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Gov. Gavin Newsom and Republican challenger Larry Elder gained the support of very different parts of the legal community with...
Labor/Employment, Government
Employer wage theft criminal bill heads to governor
By Malcolm Maclachlan
If signed, AB 1003 would make it a category of grand theft, a potential felony punishable by up to three years in prison. In o...
Labor/Employment, California Supreme Court
Jury instructions wrong in contractor liability cases, justice says
By Craig Anderson
Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar wrote that Qualcomm owed no duty to the plaintiff in a decision that faults the instruction...
Technology, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Flaws seen in suit saying Google forces YouTube on phone makers
By Winston Cho
U.S. District Judge Haywood S. Gilliam Jr. in Oakland questioned whether Rumble has an antitrust case against Google because i...
Health Care & Hospital Law, Criminal
Theranos chief's fraud trial delayed by juror COVID scare
By Winston Cho, Craig Anderson
During an emergency hearing over whether to push back the second day of trial, U.S. District Judge Edward Davila informed pros...
Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation
No urgent halt to Sacramento River Valley groundwater pumping
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Senior U.S. District Judge William B. Shubb said the plaintiffs failed to establish that “irreparable harm … was likely,” if h...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Government
Bar fees bill passes Assembly with requirement for updated discipline report
By Malcolm Maclachlan
This year’s bill directs the state auditor to complete another report on the bar’s discipline program by next April 15, allowi...
Technology, Law Practice, Civil Litigation
Plaintiffs’ attorneys seek $30M in fees for App Store litigation
By Blaise Scemama
The plaintiffs’ attorneys invested 20,576 hours and over $10 million in attorney fees in the litigation, according to the moti...
Labor/Employment, Government, Civil Litigation
15-year prosecutor sues LA DA, claims retaliation, discrimination
By Kamila Knaudt
The lawsuit by Deputy District Attorney Jon Hatami, filed Tuesday, is the third against Los Angeles County District Attorney G...
Criminal
Orange County DA uses school anti-DUI program to prove second-degree murder
By Blaise Scemama
Senior Deputy District Attorney Dan Feldman in Orange County used the defendant’s experience learning about the dangers of dri...
Government, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Costa Mesa can regulate sober living homes, 9th Circuit rules
By Henrik Nilsson
“The case is important because it affirms the authority of local governments to thoughtfully regulate sober living homes for t...
Technology, Securities, Criminal, Corporate
Holmes portrayed as idealistic visionary or liar in trial opening
By Craig Anderson
The wide-ranging opening statement by Williams & Connolly LLP partner Lance A. Wade also blamed the co-defendant in the ca...
Judges and Judiciary, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Biden nominates 3 Californians to 9th Circuit
By Craig Anderson
“If confirmed, this slate of nominees will bring historic personal and professional diversity to California’s federal bench. O...
Civil Litigation
MindGeek must face claims it violated trafficking, porn laws
By Gina Kim
U.S. District Judge Cormac J. Carney of the Central District of California ruled that Section 230 only protects service provid...