Torts/Personal Injury, Government, Civil Litigation
Case that couldn’t be won settles for $24M
By Skyler Romero
Finalized in November and approved by the mayor of San Diego last week, the settlement was part of a liability suit split betw...
Constitutional Law, Civil Litigation
California law punishing pharmaceutical companies for pay to delay settlements is blocked for being unconstitutional
By Jonathan Lo
A federal judge in Sacramento has paused implementation of a state law that prevents pharmaceutical companies from paying gene...
Torts/Personal Injury, Bankruptcy
Trustee wants Jones Day out of subsidiary bankruptcy case
By Blaise Scemama
In the latest setback for J&J, New Jersey trustee Andrew Vara filed an objection Wednesday to Jones Day representation of ...
Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Civil Litigation
Girardi son-in-law describes final shouting match
By Craig Anderson
“I said he has committed professional suicide by his handling of these cases, that it wasn’t his money and that everything he ...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility, California Supreme Court, Administrative/Regulatory
Redistricting Commission’s counsel answers petition to remove him
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“Noticeably lacking from the petition is any citation to the legal basis for the relief requested or of this court’s authority...
San Francisco Superior Court Judge Anne-Christine Massullo – on assignment in San Mateo County – sentenced Peterson to life fo...
Real Estate/Development, Civil Litigation
Redondo real estate company resold foreclosed homes, AG says
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Wedgewood LLC ignored tenants’ rights to stay on a property for 90 days after foreclosure, evicted tenants without just cause,...
Corporate, Constitutional Law, Civil Litigation
Judge grills expert on why she says women bring different skills to boards
By Gina Kim
“I didn’t mean to imply that, Your Honor, that men don’t have them, but without women on the boards, oftentimes those issues g...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Civil Litigation
Ex-Girardi Keese lawyers blame boss for missing payments
By Craig Anderson
Despite his decades of experience and $450,000 annual salary, Keith D. Griffin portrayed himself as a well-meaning attorney wh...
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Robert Ito of Norwalk declined to adopt the stipulation, citing a lack of compelling e...
Government, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Criminal
Attorney’s unheeded warnings on LA water bill case now vindicated
By Blaise Scemama
“In some sense, it’s nice to hear that I was right all along, but I remain very troubled by the broken process and the fact th...
“Generally, if people are stuck at home, then they’re stuck, and they don’t want to file a restraining order involving someone...
Securities, Corporate, Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
2 shareholder derivative actions against Google filed
By Gina Kim
“Google is exposed to potentially billions of dollars in liability from these private lawsuits, in addition to major regulator...
Torts/Personal Injury, Civil Litigation
Judge denies compensation for intervenor in $1.3M settlement of mislabeling case
By Jonathan Lo
Alameda County Superior Court Judge Brad Seligman denied the objection, approving the settlement with 31.6% to plaintiffs’ cou...
Labor/Employment, Judges and Judiciary, Immigration
DOJ recognizes immigration judges’ union again
By Craig Anderson
Immigration judges are Justice Department employees, and former Attorney General William Barr successfully argued last year th...
Government, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Criminal
FBI probing $30M no-bid LA water billing contract
By Blaise Scemama
When asked how the no-bid contract was approved, DOJ spokesman Ciaran McEvoy wrote in an email, "The investigation is ongoing."
Through their pro bono efforts, California law firms worked with nonprofits to try to help vulnerable businesses stay afloat.
The previous attempt to recall Gascón missed a September deadline to gather enough signatures to certify an election.
Government, Civil Rights, Civil Litigation
LA city, county want amended homelessness suit tossed
By Gina Kim
“Plaintiffs added a race-based equal protection claim, citing the higher rate at which African-Americans experience homelessne...
Government, Communications Law, Administrative/Regulatory
Redistricting commission counsel accused of conflict
By Malcolm Maclachlan
"There are hundreds of lawyers in the California Political Attorneys Association. Not all of them do partisan work. And this f...
Corporate, Civil Litigation
No summary judgment for trial on law for women on corporate boards
By Gina Kim
“We are in the middle of trial. We have a trial here and it will continue, based on the court’s ruling,” Los Angeles County Su...
Labor/Employment, Constitutional Law, Civil Litigation
LA firefighters denied injunction on vaccine mandate
By Skyler Romero
According to the ruling, the plaintiffs pushed for an opt-out provision where firefighters could decline to receive vaccinatio...
U.S. Supreme Court, Legal Education, Constitutional Law, Civil Litigation, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
High school girl fighting vaccine mandate will seek US Supreme Court relief
By Craig Anderson
A divided 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel denied an injunction to block the district’s mandate, which requires student...
Torts/Personal Injury, International Law, Civil Litigation
Facebook sued for $150B, accused of part in Rohingya genocide
By Jonathan Lo
The complaint was filed in San Mateo County Superior Court and the plaintiffs are seeking compensatory damages for wrongful de...
Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation
Labor suit against dating app nears settlement
By Jonathan Lo
The class is made up of 67 members, all of whom worked for dating app Coffee Meets Bagel from May 2015 to May 2019 and were cl...
Labor/Employment, Government, Criminal, Civil Litigation
No trial date yet in union’s suit against LA DA
By Kamila Knaudt
The Association of Deputy District Attorneys says that District Attorney George Gascón is bypassing eligible prosecutors for p...
Corporate, Civil Litigation
‘Bombshell’ testimony on board quota law raises questions
By Gina Kim
“When the code uses the word ‘shall,’ that means it’s mandatory. There are a lot of laws that may not get enforced every time,...
Criminal
Bonta touts arrests, charges in organized Bay Area retail theft case
By Kamila Knaudt
Five defendants pleaded guilty to felony charges, including conspiracy to commit organized retail theft, receiving stolen prop...
Government, California Supreme Court
Governor likely to name Latina to high court, sources say
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“Latinas are 20% of California’s population, and there has never been a Latina appointed to the California Supreme Court,” sai...
Government, Constitutional Law, Civil Litigation
State must pay charities' counsel $600K for unlawful statutes
By Skyler Romero
In achieving the statutes’ removal, the ruling on Thursday held, defense attorneys provided a significant public benefit to 11...