Civil Litigation
SeaWorld couldn’t have predicted pandemic, federal judge rules
By Gina Kim
U.S. judge Cathy A. Bencivengo of the Southern District of California has tossed a SeaWorld passholder's proposed putative con...
Law Office Management
Litigator joins Milbank in LA, after stint at Irell & Manella
By Kamila Knaudt
Alex G. Romain, who previously was at Irell & Manella LLP, focuses on complex commercial litigation, white collar defense...
Insurance, Entertainment & Sports
Filmmakers sue over Covid-19 exclusion in policy extension
By Blaise Scemama
Chubb National Insurance responded that there is no contractual right to a policy extension on the same terms.
Reimagining his role as a crime preventer as opposed to strictly a crime fighter has allowed his office to reduce its annual c...
Judges and Judiciary
Attorneys concerned about more LA court continuances
By Nick Kipley
Juvenile delinquency suspects who normally go from arrest to hearing within 24 or 48 hours now must wait a week, according to ...
Civil Litigation
Covid-19 suit against LA nursing home sent to state court
By Winston Cho
U.S. District Judge Dale Fischer found there is no immunity from alleged violations of state law based on federal health care ...
Retailers located inside a Torrance shopping center sued Los Angeles County in federal court, claiming the order allowing only...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Criminal
Glendale attorney pleads guilty to campaign finance violations, bank fraud
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The Justice Department said the campaign finance violations had to do with the 2016 presidential race and several other contes...
Criminal
Prosecutors say Avenatti is violating release conditions by using friend’s computer
By Craig Anderson
U.S. District Judge James V. Selna will decide whether to order the defendant back behind bars later this month or, as an alte...
Charles Manson lawyer's career soared, then crumbled.
Judges and Judiciary, Government
New Santa Clara County commissioner handling cases in person despite COVID-19 concerns
By Craig Anderson
Johnson, who was sworn in Aug. 24, fills the vacancy created when Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed then-Commissioner Brooke A. Blec...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
JAMS partners with Shanghai group to mediate cross-border disputes
By Kamila Knaudt
The Sino-U.S. International Commercial Co-Mediation Panel is comprised of 22 mediators from China and the United States.
Government, Criminal
DAs are split on potential results of Proposition 20
By Tyler Pialet
The ballot measure aims to expand the list of felonies and sentence enhancements that are considered violent, including hate c...
Civil Litigation
LA County wins injunction on Grace Community Church services
By Nick Kipley
The judge enjoined the 7,500-member church, its pastor, congregations and employees from participating in any indoor worship s...
Government, Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation
State to appeal ruling against Monsanto Roundup label
By Winston Cho
U.S. District Judge William Shubb in Sacramento found there’s not enough evidence to require the Bayer-owned company to includ...
Government
Governor signs bill allowing wrongful death lawsuit to go forward
By Malcolm Maclachlan
AB 2445 will allow legal guardians of a minor to sue for wrongful death if the child is an orphan. It was passed on an urgency...
Criminal
Federal prosecutors drop pot charges after court approves bar on spending money charging defendants
By Craig Anderson
Hallie M. Hoffman, chief of the criminal division at the Northern District U.S. attorney's office, dismissed the complaint for...
Insurance
Restaurant can’t take business interruption insurance suit back to state court
By Blaise Scemama
Since insurance companies and policyholders are often located in different states, insurers have been able to remove actions t...
Environmental & Energy, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Fight over utility wildfire bailout goes to the 9th Circuit
By Gina Kim
Utility customers have taken their challenge to Assembly Bill 1054’s wildfire fund up to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals...
California Supreme Court
High court turns back challenge to San Francisco’s new tax
By Winston Cho
Laura Dougherty of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayer Association said the California high court wants "another case with other facts"...
Labor/Employment
Cal/OSHA board will consider rule on protections for employees exposed to virus
By Jessica Mach
Cal/OSHA's standards board will consider a recommendation for an emergency rule that would give certain protections to employe...
Judges and Judiciary
Eric Taylor elected next presiding judge of LA County Superior Court
By Blaise Scemama
No announcement was made about the election of the next assistant presiding judge, which usually take place at the same time.
State Bar & Bar Associations, Real Estate/Development
State Bar once again pondering sale of San Francisco building
By Henrik Nilsson
The Legislature in 2014 weighed in on the bar's real estate holdings and the money the bar could save if it moved to a more af...
Criminal, California Courts of Appeal
Appeal panel hesitant to release killer from San Quentin over virus concerns
By Tyler Pialet
1st District Court of Appeal Presiding Justice J. Anthony Kline said he wasn’t convinced he can order the prisons department t...
Criminal
OC sheriff’s deputy charged with felony filing of false report
By Tyler Pialet
The Orange County district attorney accused the deputy of taking a suspect's debit card, putting it in her shirt pocket and gi...
Intellectual Property, Criminal, Civil Litigation
Judge orders radio station owner to jail for failure to cooperate with receiver
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Judge Jesus G. Bernal, of the Central District of California, ordered the defendant to pay $1.25 million for copyright infring...
Two-year terms begin Jan. 1, 2021 for Presiding Judge-elect Erick L. Larsh and Assistant Presiding Judge-elect Maria D. Hernan...
Civil Litigation, Admiralty/Maritime
Cruise plaintiffs try class action in virus litigation
By Gina Kim
The proposed class action accuses Princess of exposing passengers on the Grand Princess while withholding critical information...
Kendall Brill & Kelly secured a bond hearing for Javier De Santiago Perez, an immigrant detainee housed at Adelanto who wa...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit rules against qualified immunity for accused social workers
By Craig Anderson
9th Circuit Judge Mary H. Murguia, writing for panel, issued a split opinion that one of Sampson's attorneys, Duane R. Folke o...