Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation
Judge aims to deny LA firefighters injunction on vaccine
By Blaise Scemama
Weighing the potential harms of the vaccine mandate, Judge Mary Strobel said even if all 789 unvaccinated fire department empl...
Insurance, Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech, Civil Litigation
Judge shoots down Medicaid amendment altering senior dental care
By Jonathan Lo
The issue in contention is a decision by the state of California to change some of Medi-Cal's dental policies, including but n...
Business, entertainment attorney killed by falling tree
Civil Litigation, Administrative/Regulatory
Pork regulations don’t adequately protect pigs, lawsuit says
By Malcolm Maclachlan
After Iowa pork producers sued to block enforcement of Proposition 12 on constitutional grounds, supporters of the law have su...
Technology, Mergers & Acquisitions, Antitrust & Trade Reg., Administrative/Regulatory
FTC sues to halt Nvidia’s $40B merger with UK chip supplier
By Blaise Scemama
The proposed vertical deal between Nvidia and Arm would give one of the largest chip companies control over the computing tech...
Law Practice, California Supreme Court
DA’s jury selection notes not protected work product
By Kamila Knaudt
Santa Clara County Deputy District Attorney Jeff H. Rubin, who represented the district attorneys association, said Thursday t...
Judges and Judiciary, Government, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Votes on 9th Circuit, district court allow all nominees to advance
By Craig Anderson
The four California district court nominees who were approved by the committee passed by narrow margins, usually with U.S. Sen...
Criminal
Not guilty plea entered in police shooting case caught on camera
By Skyler Romero
District Attorney Chesa Boudin said the charges represented the second homicide prosecution against an on-duty officer in San ...
Corporate, Civil Litigation
Women on boards quota law is voluntary, state official testifies
By Gina Kim
Despite the wording of the statute that lists requirements for certain numbers of women on boards, and references to penalties...
Entertainment & Sports, Antitrust & Trade Reg., 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Panel affirms dismissal of Oakland’s antitrust case against NFL
By Craig Anderson
The city’s lawsuit argued the league and the Raiders acted as a cartel by creating artificial scarcity in the number of NFL te...
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...
Government, California Courts of Appeal
Jan 6 set for consideration of recent Court of Appeal nominees
By Skyler Romero
Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Laurie Earl was nominated only Monday by Gov. Gavin Newsom for the vacant seat on the 3...
Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Bankruptcy
Girardi can’t discharge over $200M in debt, bankruptcy court rules
By Blaise Scemama
Suspended attorney Thomas V. Girardi’s default in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy opens all his assets to creditors.
State Bar & Bar Associations, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
State Bar seizes company operated by non-attorneys
By Kamila Knaudt
National Family Solutions operated offices in Goleta, Santa Barbara and Los Angeles and offered legal services to self-represe...
Intellectual Property, Government
Winston & Strawn patent office nominee says eligibility law not set
By Craig Anderson
Also Wednesday, U.S. Magistrate Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley, a Biden nominee for a Northern District of California vacancy, ...
Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation
Jury awards $8M in Illumina patent case against Chinese company
By Craig Anderson
Due to the jury’s finding of willful infringement in the DNA sequencing infringement case, Illumina could pursue treble damages.
Law Practice, Government, Criminal
AG discusses retail mob burglaries, hate crimes
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Attorney General Rob Bonta addressed a wide range of topics at the Sacramento Press Club Wednesday, including oral arguments i...
Corporate, Civil Litigation
Judicial Watch opens case on legality of corporate board quotas
By Gina Kim
The law required corporations to have at least one female director on their boards by the end of 2019. By the end of this year...
ArentFox Schiff will consist of more than 600 legal professionals focusing on finance and corporate litigation for clients in ...
Labor/Employment
State board asks court order for UFW communications with laborers
By Jonathan Lo
The Agricultural Labor Relations Board asked a Monterey County court to enforce its subpoena of communications between the Uni...
Civil Litigation, Bankruptcy
Plaintiffs accuse J&J of ‘Texas Two-step’ in bankruptcy case
By Blaise Scemama
“It’s obviously a bankruptcy filed in bad faith. J&J is worth over $400 billion, … yet they are using the bankruptcy court...
Judges and Judiciary, California Courts of Appeal
Nominee to 3rd District appeal court known for her triage mastery
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Judge Laurie Earl could help 3rd District catch up, lawyers say
Law Practice, Constitutional Law
Media outlets object to LA court’s reason for editing remote program
By Skyler Romero
“We have this outpouring of support from news publishers, journalists and First Amendment scholars who have come out in force ...
Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation
DAs’ suit against housework company must be bifurcated
By Kamila Knaudt
“Should plaintiff ultimately prevail on the merits, plaintiff will be entitled to final injunctive relief. Moreover, if the co...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Criminal
Who’s next to face charges in LA water billing litigation?
By Blaise Scemama
“The bottom line is, the kickbacks and bribes are obviously horrible for the image of the city and not to mention that someone...
Civil Rights, Civil Litigation
Attorneys seek fee hike after new deal in Tinder ageism suit
By Gina Kim
A new $5.2 million settlement was reached in September between the class members and Tinder, an amount plaintiffs’ counsel P. ...
Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Attorneys awarded $56M for work in chicken antitrust litigation
By Jonathan Lo
Attorneys from Pearson, Simon & Warshaw LLP of Sherman Oaks and Lockridge Grindal Nauen PLLP of Minneapolis “invested mass...
Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
State high-capacity magazine law doesn’t violate 2nd amendment, panel says
By Craig Anderson
The outcome was not a surprise as the 9th Circuit en banc panel’s outnumbered conservatives filed dissents aimed at the U.S. S...
Law Practice, Government, Criminal
NY lawyer pleads guilty to bribery in LA water bill case
By Blaise Scemama
Paul O. Paradis, of the New York law firm Paradis Law Group, admitted to additional bribery schemes involving high-level Depar...
Corporate, Civil Rights
Some women on corporate boards disagree with quotas
By Gina Kim
Several lawsuits in the Eastern District of California and the Los Angeles County Superior Court are challenging state laws th...