Constitutional Law, Civil Litigation
Judge blocks FBI from using civil forfeiture in Beverly Hills safety deposit box case
By Gina Kim
In the raid on U.S. Private Vaults on March 22, FBI agents seized property, some of it possibly from people who weren’t target...
Judges and Judiciary
2 new advisory members appointed to Judicial Council
By Blaise Scemama
Starting Sept. 15, Santa Clara County Superior Court Presiding Judge Theodore C. Zayner and Los Angeles Judge Rupert A. Byrdso...
Immigration
Foreign investment rule supported by Trump, Biden administrations is voided
By Winston Cho
The rule, issued under President Donald Trump’s administration, increased the minimum investment to apply for EB-5 visas from ...
Technology, Civil Litigation
No class certification for advertisers who say Facebook charged for fake clicks
By Winston Cho
“Plaintiff has adduced no evidence of classwide exposure to the alleged misrepresentations other than the mere existence of th...
Civil Litigation, Banking, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Do bank loan denials affect property values?
By Craig Anderson
Neal K. Katyal, a partner with Hogan Lovells US LLP, argued the city cannot prove a link, a proximate cause, between the alleg...
Judges and Judiciary, Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation
Britney Spears hearing crashes LA Court listening system
By Blaise Scemama
Although most of the hearing was inaccessible to remote listeners, the website regained functionality at the tail end.
U.S. Supreme Court, Criminal, Constitutional Law
Justices clarify California misdemeanor ‘hot pursuit’ law
By Kamila Knaudt
Justice Elena Kagan’s opinion, though unanimous, was accompanied by several limited concurrences grouping different justices o...
Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation
Federal jury rejects consumer class action against CVS over drug prices
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The plaintiffs sought $121 million in damages, according to a published news report. The jury took just one day to deliver a v...
Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Special counsel wants to question Erika Girardi’s lawyer, accountant
By Henrik Nilsson
The request came in two motions filed by special litigation counsel Ronald N. Richards on Tuesday and Wednesday in the bankrup...
U.S. Supreme Court, Labor/Employment, Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Curb on access to worksites could have wider implications
By Jessica Mach
Under the Fifth and 14th Amendments, such a taking under a California agency regulation is unconstitutional if the property ow...
Government, Environmental & Energy
Activist behind Proposition 65 says labeling law is in danger
By Malcolm Maclachlan
On Sunday, Penny Newman’s attorney submitted a motion to intervene in a lawsuit filed by the California Chamber of Commerce se...
Skilled, influential attorney was ‘institutional glue’ at Dentons and appellate law groups.
Labor/Employment, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit won’t rehear truckers’ challenge to AB 5
By Gina Kim
The California Trucking Association’s lawyers argued that AB 5 is preempted by the Federal Aviation and Administration Authori...
Law Practice, Law Office Management
Amin Talati Wasserman responds to class action surge with LA office
By Kamila Knaudt
The firm's third U.S. office was launched Tuesday with former Call & Jensen APC partners William P. Cole and Matthew R. Orr.
Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation
Judge mulls whether Proposition 22 exempts companies from AB 5
By Winston Cho
U.S. District Judge Phyllis Hamilton found that it remains possible Proposition 22 wipes out all misclassification lawsuits ag...
Technology, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Circuit judges in ISIS video case ask en banc review website immunity
By Blaise Scemama
Before the three-judge panel were three lawsuits alleging that Google, through YouTube, and Twitter and Facebook, through user...
Law Practice, Criminal
Victim’s family says LA prosecutor sides with killer, seeks her dismissal
By Gina Kim
The family of a man killed in a robbery seeks to disqualify a former public defender and special adviser to LA County DA Georg...
Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
A new plagiarism accusation as Avenatti’s trial looms
By Henrik Nilsson
Defense lawyer H. Dean Steward said U.S. prosecutors in Los Angeles lifted portions of a brief U. S. prosecutors in San Franci...
Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit gun magazine debate appears aimed at Supreme Court
By Craig Anderson
The en banc 9th Circuit panel, which was dominated by judges appointed by Democratic presidents, seemed inclined to overturn a...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Criminal
Judge ready to toss civil assault and rights violation claims against former LA DA
By Blaise Scemama
The judge on Tuesday tentatively kept in place a false imprisonment action filed against then-District Attorney Jackie Lacey ...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
LACBA ethics committee guidance planned on changing firms, social media
By Henrik Nilsson
Kirsten Hicks Spira, a partner at Jenner & Block, will become chair of the committee on July 1.
Government, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
AG’s wife seeking his Assembly seat raises conflicts, says opponent
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Assembly candidate Janani Ramachandran stated her opponent Mia Bonta should either return donations from gambling and insuranc...
Litigation & Arbitration, Judges and Judiciary
LA judges can order virtual mandatory settlement conferences as of June 28
By Arin Mikailian
Similar to the in-person program, Resolve Law LA will be staffed by volunteer attorneys from bar associations in the county.
U.S. Supreme Court, Intellectual Property
High court patent review board opinion ‘won’t change much’
By Craig Anderson
The court majority, in an opinion written by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., concluded administrative patent judges were im...
U.S. Supreme Court, Labor/Employment, Entertainment & Sports, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Court ruling may be turning point on NCAA antitrust exemption
By Winston Cho
The high court, in a unanimous opinion by Justice Neil Gorsuch, sided with former college athletes in a decision that question...
Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary
Orange County court starts to dismantle COVID restrictions
By Arin Mikailian
Unvaccinated people have to keep wearing masks. Kostas Kalaitzidis, public information officer for the court, said the court w...
Corporate, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Circuit revives shareholder suit over corporate boards law
By Craig Anderson
The three-judge panel, in an opinion by Judge Sandra S. Ikuta, reversed a district judge's dismissal for lack of standing.
Civil Litigation
Federal judge issues scathing rebuke of MDL fee ‘holdbacks’
By Gina Kim
“What began as a healthy concern about the free rider problem seems to have evolved into an obsession,” wrote U.S. District Ju...
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Constitutional Law, Civil Litigation
Suit seeks to make ‘ghost gun’ makers liable for a Sacramento murder
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“It’s an activist lawsuit filed by people who are trying to change the law,” Cody Wilson, co-founder of Texas-based Ghost Gunn...