Securities, Government, Education Law
SEC charges education company with bond fraud
By Winston Cho
The defendants were aware of various issues concerning the company’s finances they neglected to disclose, including being unab...
Government
Delaying TRO request, judge urges negotiation on homeless-to-hotels plan
By Meghann Cuniff
Attorneys are to reconvene via telephone Tuesday in a lawsuit brought by Los Angeles County against the City of Norwalk.
U.S. Supreme Court, Intellectual Property
US Supreme Court finds states can’t copyright laws
By Steven Crighton
The court found the protections cited by the plaintiff in a case involving a publication of Georgia’s legal codes only extend ...
The lawyer involved in the scheme, only identified as CW1, or cooperating witness 1, received his license to practice law in 2...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Legal Education
State high court orders California’s first online bar exam
By Henrik Nilsson
As a trial, the court also directed that the first-year law students exam, the so-called “baby bar,” should be conducted onlin...
Criminal
Several judges, district attorneys and sheriffs have pushed back against early releases or zero bail, saying some inmates are ...
Civil Litigation
Nursing homes and other businesses seek tort immunity for coronavirus deaths or injuries
By Nick Kipley
“It would ensure businesses deemed essential are protected and shielded from frivolous lawsuits in connection with the critica...
Late last month, TorkLaw founder Reza Torkzadeh spoke with Tom Feher, trial lawyer and founder of Feher Law, who reached out t...
Government, Constitutional Law
California's background checks for ammunition purchases violates 2nd Amendment, judge says
By Gina Kim
Southern District judge Roger T. Benitez has blocked the state’s order mandating background checks for gun purchases, accordin...
Criminal
Qualified immunity won't protect against excessive force used by police dog, a panel rules
By Blaise Scemama
Well established law says allowing a police dog to bite a fleeing suspect after he has surrendered is unconstitutional, and th...
Government
Bell Gardens sues hotel participating in Gov.’s Project Roomkey
By Meghann Cuniff
The complaint accuses a hotel of breaching a city lease that allows it to operate as a hotel and restaurant by allowing Los An...
Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation
Federal Circuit affirms patent award on prenatal test but denies injunction
By Craig Anderson
A federal appellate panel affirmed a $26.7 million award for a San Diego-based health care company Friday against Roche Holdin...
Labor/Employment
Lawyers helping small businesses navigating CARES Act funding requirements
By Jessica Mach
Confusion around who qualifies for funding and how to get application materials together have prevented many small business ow...
Labor/Employment, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
US magistrate judge indicates Uber must face antitrust suit
By Winston Cho
Despite Lyft’s presence in the market, U.S. Magistrate Judge Joseph Spero found Friday Uber has enough drivers and riders to p...
Law Practice, Government
Law firms may be able to apply for paycheck protection loans
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The Small Business Administration reversed course in the new financial aid package, allowing firms to list partner salaries wh...
Government, Civil Litigation
Restaurants, groomers shuttered by LA mayor file mass action
By Gina Kim
Restaurants, pet groomers and other retailers shut down by pandemic challenge sanctions issued by Mayor Eric Garcetti and Gov....
Law Practice
Boies losing 15 partners to King & Spalding after bidding war
By Craig Anderson
King & Spalding LLP won a bidding war and is hiring 15 California-based partners from Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, m...
Intellectual Property
U.S. judge mulls reopening Samsung exploding cell battery case
By Winston Cho
The dispute concerns whether it’s too late for plaintiffs’ attorneys to resume the class action lawsuit after both sides agree...
Government
Governor sued over virus relief for immigrants in the US illegally
By Winston Cho
The lawsuit claims federal and state law bar unemployment insurance provided to people in the country illegally and allowing n...
U.S. Supreme Court, Intellectual Property
US high court settles trademark profits award question
By Jessica Mach
While a trademark defendant’s mental state “is a highly important consideration in determining whether an award of profits is ...
Labor/Employment, California Courts of Appeal
Appellate panel reverses award in gender discrimination suit against UCLA
By Craig Anderson
A state appellate court panel on Thursday reversed a $13 million jury award against UCLA in a lawsuit by a female director of ...
State Bar & Bar Associations
8 financial institutions join bar’s program offering higher trust account interest
By Henrik Nilsson
Lawyers handling client funds that are too small or held too briefly to earn interest must participate in the program but they...
Los Angeles County on Thursday sued the City of Norwalk for trying to block Gov. Gavin Newsom's Project Roomkey plan.
One of the first antitrust class actions to has been filed in the Central District against bank behemoths over their illicit a...
Bankruptcy
Suggestions states and cities can file for bankruptcy bring up constitutional questions
By Justin Kloczko
The legal disputes involve the question: If a state cannot make good on its financial obligations, should that loss be paid by...
The attorney general’s brief further argued that the judicial comity doctrine permits one district to decline judgment on an i...
Government
Governor protects federal stimulus checks against debt collections
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The order explicitly bars three kinds of debt from protection: child support, spousal support and victim restitution payments....
Constitutional Law
Lodi church sues governor after police disrupt service
By Carter Stoddard
“Civil rights are not suspended by a virus. Fundamental and unalienable rights are, by their very nature, ‘essential,’” said t...
Law Practice, Health Care & Hospital Law
Food and drug regulatory specialists help turn vodka into sanitizer
By Nick Kipley
Structuring contracts, obtaining emergency authorization and immunity from regulations are some of the tasks attorneys are doi...
Criminal
Monterey County remote rape kits raise issues of admissible evidence
By Blaise Scemama
Earlier this month, Monterey County conducted the first at-home sexual assault examination and evidence collection, when a wom...