Government
Legislation targeting online markets and scooter rentals face vote
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The Senate Judiciary Committee passed bills to hold online marketplaces to the same product liability standards as physical st...
Government
Bills have one last chance today to get out of Senate Appropriations Committee
By Malcolm Maclachlan
One by one, bills with high costs were sent to the committee’s suspense file on Wednesday, to be taken up at a make-or-break f...
Insurance, Civil Litigation
UK business interruption test case eyed by American litigators
By Blaise Scemama
The UK Financial Conduct Authority — a non-governmental financial regulatory agency — asked the Court of Appeals of England an...
Park joined O'Melveny from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, where she practiced for nearly 20 years.
Real Estate/Development, Civil Litigation
3 firms sue over $120M San Diego lease-to-own land deal
By Gina Kim
Three powerhouse plaintiff firms are teaming up to help the City of San Diego get out of what they call the "worst land deal e...
Securities, Civil Litigation
Giant online brokerage sued over alleged trading glitch
By Winston Cho
The complaint alleged E*Trade did not account for the possibility of negative oil futures on its platform and stuck investors ...
Civil Litigation
Class action alleges Lime scooters have caused injuries nationwide
By Justin Kloczko
The negligence lawsuit, filed Wednesday by Arias Sanguinetti Wang & Torrijos LLP and McGee Lerer & Associates, said wh...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Legal Education
While firms appear to be bouncing back, law graduates still face uncertainty
By Henrik Nilsson
In June, the legal sector added 7,500 jobs, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. But most graduates won't be able to ent...
Daly, who prosecuted some of Northern California's most dangerous criminals and was one of the first DAs in the state to intro...
Labor/Employment
Employee records policies lag behind new timeline law
By Jessica Mach
Employment attorneys say the disparity prevents complainants from recognizing serial perpetrators while also blocking employer...
Law Practice
Law firms join national effort to let employees off to vote
By Kamila Knaudt
With the U.S. general election just 76 days away, law firms and companies throughout the nation are announcing voter friendly ...
Government
Bill to forgive $15M in outstanding court fees for juvenile delinquents
By Malcolm Maclachlan
SB 1290, despite a potential $15 million price tag, passed the Assembly Appropriations Committee on Tuesday after days of legi...
The Anti-Defamation League named Jeffrey I. Abrams as regional director of the Los Angeles office on Tuesday. He succeeds Aman...
Criminal
DAs take action to notify victims, survivors when state releases dangerous prisoners
By Malcolm Maclachlan
On Tuesday, San Diego District Attorney Summer Stephan announced her office has set up a team to find and notify victims when ...
Civil Litigation
‘Star Trek’ actress’ son countersues her ex-manager over property and assets
By Henrik Nilsson
The countersuit, filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Aug. 10, also alleged that the manager moved into Nichelle Nich...
California Courts of Appeal
Appellate Justice Laurie Zelon to retire this month
By Arin Mikailian
She cited health issues as the reason for retiring and added she will work remotely through her last day on Aug. 31.
Civil Litigation
Federal judge schedules trial on fight against school closures
By Gina Kim
Parents fighting to send their children back to school given chance to argue their case with permanent injunction, merits benc...
Immigration, Government
Lawyers must ensure ICE isn’t lying about virus in lockup
By Winston Cho
After catching the lawyers in a series of allegedly inadvertent inaccuracies over COVID-19 testing procedures at Mesa Verde, a...
Law Practice
Some California firms are beating lower expectations, with one partially restoring salary cuts
By Craig Anderson
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP on Tuesday trimmed by half its 12% salary reduction for associates, most staff att...
Siemens Medical Solutions scored a victory in a false advertising lawsuit relating to Graves' disease-detecting blood tests fi...
Real Estate/Development, Government
Lawmakers move bill to extend tenant protections by 7 months
By Tyler Pialet
Assembly Bill 1436, authored by Assemblymember David Chiu, D-San Francisco, passed the Senate Judiciary Committee 6-0, less th...
Conversations about a third way to classify California workers that departs from the "employee" and "independent contractor" b...
Criminal, Civil Litigation
Murderer seeking release citing virus has been denied evaluation, lawyers say
By Tyler Pialet
Prison officials were ordered on Friday by a 1st District Court of Appeal panel to transfer Ivan Von Staich from his shared ce...
Government, Civil Litigation, Administrative/Regulatory
FTC ramps up investigations into companies selling virus cures
By Malcolm Maclachlan
On Friday, the agency sent warning letters to 20 companies, including one in San Diego. Each informs the company or clinic the...
Education Law, Civil Litigation
DOJ case against Yale might be bad sign for Proposition 16
By Henrik Nilsson
The Department of Justice sent a letter to Yale University on Thursday, saying that the school discriminated against Asian-Ame...
Civil Litigation, Bankruptcy
Judge stays some discovery in lawyer’s bankruptcy, citing federal probe
By Justin Kloczko
An Arizona bankruptcy judge has stayed certain discovery proceedings of an attorney tied to a federal probe of the city of Los...
Health Care & Hospital Law, California Supreme Court
State high court hands victory to nursing homes for damages in neglect lawsuit
By Craig Anderson
In a legal victory for nursing homes, the state Supreme Court on Monday slashed the damages award to the daughter of a man, no...
Immigration, Criminal
‘Deliberate indifference’ to virus at immigrant lockup, judge says
By Winston Cho
Fifty-six of 104 total people detained at Mesa Verde now have the virus, according to a lawyer representing a class of detaine...
Insurance, Civil Litigation
Relevance of rare plaintiff victory in virus litigation is disputed
By Blaise Scemama
Most judges who have ruled have found in favor of insurers who say the term "physical loss or damage" means an actual alterati...
Government, Civil Litigation
9th Circuit reverses ruling on wireless carrier surcharge
By Craig Anderson
Reversing a district judge, a 9th U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Friday ruled a state law requiring a surcharge on prepaid wir...