California Supreme Court
Supreme Court will continue video arguments until November 2021
By Craig Anderson
The state Supreme Court will continue holding virtual oral arguments for the remainder of this year and does not plan to trave...
Signature Resolution neutral Roy L. Paul says litigants want to be heard and understood.
Alternative Dispute Resolution
JAMS unveils online case management portal
By Kamila Knaudt
JAMS this week launched an encrypted online case management platform that will allow attorneys and neutrals to access case inf...
Government, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
LA County supervisors to pay $1.35M for misusing public funds on campaigns
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Under the terms of the settlement, the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association and the state will each receive $600,000. The remai...
Law Practice
Phoenix’s Fennemore Craig merges with Fresno’s Dowling Aaron
By Kamila Knaudt
Fennemore Craig PC, a 135 year old firm with offices throughout the Mountain West, and Dowling Aaron Inc., a full service firm...
Civil Litigation
LA County fails 3rd time to stop church’s indoor services
By Nick Kipley
“The only order the county could argue the church was violating was a county health order, so contempt was not an appropriate ...
Abdallah Osseily was already facing federal charges for bank and immigration fraud. Federal prosecutors Thursday filed papers ...
Civil Litigation, Banking, Administrative/Regulatory
State prosecutors sue FDIC over rule allowing lenders to avoid state interest-rate caps
By Gina Kim
Xavier Becerra joined by seven attorneys general in Administrative Procedure Act complaint against the Federal Deposit Insuran...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Criminal
Judge removes OC DA from rape prosecution for seeking dismissal of charges
By Winston Cho
Orange County Superior Court Judge Gregory Jones ordered District Attorney Todd Spitzer’s prosecutors to turn over evidence to...
Criminal, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Circuit panel grants one, tosses another habeas petition by convicted murderer
By Tyler Pialet
Martin James Kipp’s argument that his Orange County conviction was a result of erroneous evidence admitted at trial was found ...
Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation
Hospital workers sue national health care company over Covid infections
By Blaise Scemama
Filed in the Riverside County Superior court the lawsuit accuses the country’s largest for-profit health care chain and its h...
Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation
Uber and Lyft get new deadline for AB 5 compliance
By Jessica Mach
A Court of Appeal decision to extend the deadline for Uber and Lyft to comply with California's gig worker law -- but only if ...
Criminal, California Supreme Court
AG asks state high court to eliminate bail in many cases pending an appeal
By Craig Anderson
The attorney general, who initially defended the bail amount, subsequently switched sides and argued to the state Supreme Cour...
Government, Civil Litigation
Virginia Company Funds lawsuit against LA mayor, claims utility shutoff order is unconstitutional
By Nick Kipley
LA's mayor said if police reported and verified repeated occurrences of large gatherings at a property, they were authorized t...
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.