Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Civil Litigation
Tom Girardi’s son-in-law files claim against bankrupt law firm
By Craig Anderson
Attorney David Lira cited California Labor Code Section 2802, which requires an employer to “indemnify his or her employee for...
The firm announced that Gov. Gavin Newsom’s former chief of staff, Ann O’Leary, will become co-chair of the government controv...
Civil Litigation
Lawsuit claims physical, emotional abuse of female gymnasts
By Gina Kim
Eric V. Traut, one of the plaintiffs’ lawyers, said Monday the complaint was prompted by findings from a four-month USA Gymnas...
Government
Anticipation heats up for name of new attorney general
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Many predict it will be an Asian American, but there are several candidates that have been discussed over the past few weeks.
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Major plaintiffs’ attorneys group strips Girardi of honors
By Henrik Nilsson
The Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles Board of Governors voted March 18 to strip Girardi of his Hall of Fame title...
U.S. Supreme Court, Labor/Employment, Constitutional Law
High court reviews rule giving union organizers access to farms
By Jessica Mach
The rule gives a limited number of organizers access to farm property during nonwork hours for three hours a day, for as many ...
Education Law, Civil Litigation
Judge sides with opponents of school renaming in San Francisco
By Craig Anderson
San Francisco County Superior Court Judge Ethan P. Schulman ordered the school board to rescind its resolution ordering 44 cit...
Government, Criminal
OC DA election contest has already become personal
By Tyler Pialet
Orange County DA Todd Spitzer compared challenger Peter Hardin to Los Angeles County DA George Gascon, but Hardin said he disa...
Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation
Santa Clara lawsuit brings pause in rule to review 18,000 health policies
By Winston Cho
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services department found that allowing the rule to move forward could cause massive ...
Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation
LA school employees say they’re being forced to get COVID vaccine
By Gina Kim
Ordering teachers to get vaccinated usurped the statute’s public policy object, wrote John W. Howard, founder of JW Attorneys,...
California Supreme Court
Chief justice responds to attacks on people of Asian descent
By Blaise Scemama
The suspected gunman, Robert Aaron Long, denied the Atlanta shootings were racially motivated. FBI Director Christopher Wray a...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Banking
Bank says firm breached ethics by sharing client info with its operating officer
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The lawsuit says Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann & Girard APC violated an ethical wall when it shared information about the ba...
Civil Litigation
Poker player can’t hold onto attorneys in defamation suit
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“I plan to have someone confirmed in the next couple of weeks,” poker-player plaintiff Michael Postle told Sacramento Superior...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
ADR Services founder persevered despite difficulties
By Kamila Knaudt
Lucie Barron said she faced skepticism because she was not a lawyer and was a woman when she founded one of California’s now l...
Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Clerical error could add more than $1M to attorney fees
By Craig Anderson
Class counsel in Illumina securities case could see attorney fees increase from $2.125M to $3.46M
Government, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Civil Litigation
LA deputy DA who refused to dismiss felony charges settles for $300K
By Tyler Pialet
Richard Doyle, the former head deputy of the DA’s Compton office, refused orders from Los Angeles County District Attorney Gas...
Law Practice
Jury summons to start in US Central District’s Orange County courthouse
By Gina Kim
The district court stressed that, unlike its eastern and western divisions, the southern division comprises just one county wh...
Government, Data Privacy
Privacy Protection Agency board members named
By Kamila Knaudt
Four of the five board members responsible for implementing the California Privacy Rights Act are attorneys.
Government
Longtime DOJ veteran becomes acting state attorney general
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Chief Deputy Attorney General Matthew Rodriquez has had a long career in California state government.
Judges and Judiciary, Criminal, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit questions whether trial judge considered all factors when throwing out criminal indictment
By Gina Kim
U.S. District Judge Cormac J. Carney, in a revolt against his colleagues of the Central District of California, has been dismi...
Technology, Civil Litigation
US judge OKs $80M attorney fees in Apple throttling case
By Craig Anderson
A number of objectors and Apple argued the attorney fee award was too high.
Technology, Law Practice, Civil Litigation
Quinn Emanuel and Hagens Berman partners to lead Facebook class actions
By Winston Cho
Keller Lenkner LLP and Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP filed a joint lawsuit in December based on the theory that Fa...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Civil Litigation
Memo shows city knew its lawyer was working with opponent on unrelated suit
By Blaise Scemama
Beverly Hills attorney Paul Kiesel, who represented the city in a lawsuit which sought to blame consulting firm Pricewaterhous...
Insurance, California Supreme Court
Title insurance company must file extra fees with state before charging them
By Craig Anderson
The dispute concerns fees charged by title insurance companies to consumers for ancillary services such as overnight document ...
Workers' compensation expert was always ready to give advice.
Labor/Employment, Government, Civil Litigation
LA, San Francisco DAs sue handyman, cleaning service over worker classification
By Gina Kim
Handy Technologies Inc. said the lawsuit fundamentally mistates the rights of the company and the workers who perform cleaning...
Judges and Judiciary, California Supreme Court, California Courts of Appeal
California Supreme Court won’t transfer cases from 3rd District, despite delays
By Malcolm Maclachlan
3rd District Court of Appeal executive officer Andrea K. Wallin-Rohmann said the court delivered opinions at the highest rate ...
Government, Criminal
LA DA says policies are ‘major cultural shift,’ warns opponents
By Tyler Pialet
Since taking office in December, Gascón has faced a flurry of opposition from within his office, on the bench and from law enf...
Technology, Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation
Judge dismisses claims on patents for content monitoring
By Gina Kim
Palo Alto Research Center, owned by Xerox Corp., accused the three companies of infringing on some of its inventions that made...
Judges and Judiciary
Momentum grows for change in funding court construction
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The Legislative Analyst’s Office has suggested moving responsibility for court construction back into the General Fund, as exi...