Criminal
Billionaire, law enforcement unions donate to rival LA DA campaigns
By Tyler Pialet
The donations, filed late last week, illuminate a bitter race between two Democratic candidates who have largely criticized on...
Civil Litigation
Verdict reached in asbestos trial plagued by problems
By Craig Anderson
After more than a week of deliberations, an Alameda County Superior Court jury found an insulation company liable for a retire...
While California has taken many steps in recent years to incarcerate fewer people, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed several bills crea...
Legal Education
Pepperdine announces scholarships for historically Black college graduates
By Henrik Nilsson
Admitted law students will receive 50% tuition scholarships, plus five will get full tuition.
Labor/Employment, Government
Governor signs package of bills to aid farmworkers
By Jessica Mach
The passage of Assembly Bill 2043, authored by Assemblymember Robert Rivas, D-Hollister, was viewed as a significant victory b...
Securities, Civil Litigation
Securities lawsuits challenge tech firms’ commitment to diversity
By Winston Cho
The complaints alleged the tech giants have "one of the oldest and most egregious 'Old Boy's Club[s]" in Silicon Valley and fa...
Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation
Postmates must pay $10M in arbitration fees from courier claims
By Jessica Mach
he couriers who filed the arbitration claims were required to sign the company's Fleet Agreement in order to work for the comp...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Judge says he will sanction lawyer, alleges 'gender incivility'
By Blaise Scemama
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mark A. Young said this week plaintiff’s counsel Vince W. Finaldi of Manly Stewart & Fina...
Government, Environmental & Energy
River stewards want to sue state official for inaction in preventing human waste accumulation
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Stewards of the Mokelumne River want to force the department to address a problem that has plagued many areas of the state: ho...
Criminal, Civil Litigation
San Francisco city attorney files civil injunctions against accused drug dealers
By Tyler Pialet
The injunctions will have civil and criminal consequences. Violations will result in up to a $6,000 fine and can also be crimi...
Judges and Judiciary
New head of Judges Association targets budgets, pensions
By Jessica Mach
This means focusing on three things: the budget for the judiciary, changes in pension regulations, and a task force created in...
Government
Governor signs housing and prison bills likely to face litigation
By Malcolm Maclachlan
One of the most likely targets for litigation may be SB 1079, a law designed to prevent large corporations from buying up larg...
State Bar & Bar Associations
New State Bar board faces a string of first-time challenges
By Henrik Nilsson
New Board of Trustees Chair Sean M. SeLegue, a partner at Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, said hiccups are expected and ...
Criminal
Defense asks Kern County judge asked to close death penalty trial to public
By Tyler Pialet
If Superior Court Judge David R. Zulfa grants the defense motion, it would fly in the face of long-standing federal and state ...
Labor/Employment, Alternative Dispute Resolution
Newsom vetoes arbitration extension for state supervisors
By Jessica Mach
Newsom returned Senate Bill 179 on Friday, writing, "Expanding the right to arbitrate to state managers and supervisors will r...
Technology, Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
US court shuts out virtual viewers, suit says
By Winston Cho
The hearing concerned whether U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers should issue a preliminary injunction against Apple, ...
Kern County presiding judge has included attorneys' ideas in her new policy decisions.
Criminal
Contra Costa County DA will no longer prosecute some misdemeanors
By Tyler Pialet
Defendants who would otherwise be prosecuted for these crimes will instead be diverted to community-based behavioral health se...
Judges and Judiciary
Legislative advocate for Judicial Council needs says goodbye
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“I think it’s important that the courts develop a very specific report to the Legislature. I won’t be there to argue for it,” ...
Judges and Judiciary, Criminal
2 accused of arson in LA are among 300 people federal prosecutors have charged in civil disorder cases
By Tyler Pialet
The charges filed by more than 40 U.S. Attorneys range from arson and attempted murder to assaulting law enforcement officers ...
The court added a $100 annual subscription that promises new benefits, more convenience
The court announces its plan to reopen in multiple phases starting Oct. 5.
Technology, Civil Litigation
Alphabet deal is a model, say plaintiffs’ lawyers
By Craig Anderson
The agreement to resolve the shareholder derivative lawsuits was the product of several compromises, said attorneys involved i...
Civil Litigation
Widow gets $15M after special master finds husband’s partners lied about company’s valuation
By Winston Cho
Under a shareholder's agreement, plaintiff Marian Price was entitled to her husband's shares of Oberman, Tivoli & Pickert ...
Real Estate/Development, Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation
The lawsuit alleges Los Angeles-based Commercial Real Estate Exchange Inc., known as CREXi, is attempting to build its own onl...
As Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered a halt to indoor dining services in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, customers have increasingl...
Novian & Novian’s founding partners are now representing their early clients’ grandchildren.
Real Estate/Development, Government
Challenges to governor's extension of bans on commercial evictions may move too slowly to matter
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A successful challenge would likely focus on constitutional hurdles to government interference in contracts.
Constitutional Law, Civil Rights, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Gun owners, sellers can pursue injunction against state assault weapon laws
By Tyler Pialet
In an 11-page order on Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Roger T. Benitez of the Southern District of California held that plaint...
Government, Constitutional Law, Civil Rights
Contempt hearing for LA church postponed, full trial on constitutionality of health orders expected
By Blaise Scemama
The county had sought to stop most of Grace Community Church’s members from attending and to hold Pastor John MacArthur, 81, i...