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Jeffrey H. Reeves, the senior attorney for Costa Mesa-based Theodora Oringher PC representing Microsemi's executives, said the...


Civil Litigation


SeaWorld will pay a class of stockholders $65 million to settle litigation alleging the company’s senior leadership ignored an...


Law Practice, Alternative Dispute Resolution


FedArb brings aboard regulatory expert Ted Ullyot

Feb. 13, 2020
By Carter Stoddard

Federal Arbitration has added Ted Ullyot, the monitoring trustee for T-Mobile's $26 billion merger with Sprint, to its panel o...


Government, Constitutional Law, Civil Litigation


Amici weigh in on Votings Rights Act case

Feb. 13, 2020
By Justin Kloczko

Municipalities, councilmembers, and voting advocates have weighed in via amicus briefs on the appealed Santa Monica voting rig...


Civil Litigation, California Courts of Appeal


Monsanto said it's impossible to comply with state law labeling requirements because the Environmental Protection Agency would...


Criminal


U.S. District Judge Edward J. Davila agreed to narrow the DOJ’s claims against Elizabeth Holmes but only in relation to allege...


Labor/Employment


U.S. District Judge Roger T. Benitez said the Teamsters failed to demonstrate how the preliminary injunction, which bars the s...


Government, Environmental & Energy


AB 2179, from Assemblyman Marc Levine, D-Marin County, would require electric utilities to share information about which homes...


Government, Criminal


As this wave hits the Los Angeles County district attorney race via challenger George Gascon, who has received many progressiv...


Government, Environmental & Energy


Edison pays $900K to US for 2014 fire

Feb. 12, 2020
By Carter Stoddard

Southern California Edison was accused of negligence in what has become known as the “Way Fire.” In its complaint, the federal...


Criminal


Orange County Superior Court judge Gregory W. Jones wants more information from prosecutors and defense attorneys before he ru...


Labor/Employment


"The employer here, DoorDash, faced with having to actually honor its side of the bargain, now blanches at the cost of the fil...


U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer found Freeh’s testimony, claiming the Detroit federal judge who approved the fine did not c...


Entertainment & Sports


Former Dodgers pitcher Michael Bolsinger faulted a recently discovered sign-signaling scheme for prompting a disastrous career...


Health Care & Hospital Law, Government


Drug makers seek to block drug price reporting law

Feb. 12, 2020
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America has filed a motion for summary judgment to block enforcement of SB 17...


Judges and Judiciary


US District Judge James Otero to retire in April

Feb. 12, 2020
By Blaise Scemama

On the bench for 30 years, Otero plans to go into the private sector as a neutral in alternative dispute resolution.


Civil Rights, Civil Litigation


Harmeet Dhillon’s client, the conservative David Horowitz Freedom Center, specifically cited the college’s failure to “take ac...


Corporate, Civil Litigation


Monsanto appeals $87 million Roundup verdict

Feb. 11, 2020
By Winston Cho

The May verdict was the third consecutive loss for Monsanto on accusations its glyphosate-based weed killer can cause non-Hodg...


Labor/Employment


US judge blocks mandatory arbitration ban

Feb. 11, 2020
By Jessica Mach

The law, which was supposed to take effect Jan. 1, bans employers from making mandatory arbitration agreements a precondition ...


Labor/Employment


A federal judge on Monday formally denied Uber and Postmates' motion for a preliminary injunction against Assembly Bill 5, the...


Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation


Plaintiff Kevin L. Halpern, who claims his trade secrets were stolen by Uber Technologies Inc., testified Monday he was unawar...


The Fountain Valley lawyer allegedly sold a .40-caliber pistol and a .45-caliber rifle as well as a quarter-pound of methamphe...


Entertainment & Sports


Attorneys for Robert Farah said the positive result was likely due to steroids in beef he ate the night prior.


Law Practice, Communications Law


Gov. Gavin Newsom was among 150 attorneys and judges who attended the event.


Labor/Employment


“Even though the preliminary injunction is against the State, the only party moving to stay the order is the Teamsters,” accor...


Government, Civil Litigation


Riverside County city on the hook for $25.6 million

Feb. 10, 2020
By Justin Kloczko

A Riverside County Superior Court jury has delivered a $25.6 million verdict against the city of Hemet, finding it was neglige...


Labor/Employment, Entertainment & Sports


In January, multiple bills were introduced to provide exemptions to the law for alarm service workers, freelance journalists, ...


Government, Criminal


According to a Lacey campaign statement released Friday, Lacey dropped out after her campaign discovered that one of the coali...


Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation


It was a frustrating Friday afternoon for Greenberg Gross LLP partner Alan A. Greenberg, who complained his client — plaintiff...


Civil Litigation


Google hit with biometric class action

Feb. 10, 2020
By Winston Cho

Google’s cloud-based photo service failed to secure consumer consent required under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy...