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Civil Litigation


Global settlement resolves mobile park lawsuit

Nov. 21, 2019
By Justin Kloczko

Attorneys from Kabateck LLP and Fields Law achieved a $56.4 million settlement for 350 residents of a Long Beach mobile home p...


Some experts say law schools could do more to prepare aspiring attorneys to enter the profession possessing a basic familiarit...


Civil Litigation, Environmental & Energy


These policies are making it harder for low-income Californians to rent or buy homes, preventing them from building wealth and...


Chicken of the Sea executive Shue Wing Chan said he routinely assured Bumble Bee CEO Christoper Lischewski he was adhering to ...


Civil Litigation, Judges and Judiciary


A writ petition with the 2nd District Court of Appeal seeks to force Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge William F. Highbe...


Labor/Employment


Munger Bros. LLC will pay $3.5 million to settle U.S. Labor Department allegations the company employed foreign visa-holders r...


Civil Litigation


Plaintiffs’ attorneys are hoping the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s recent finding of asbestos in Johnson & Johnson ...


Judges and Judiciary, California Courts of Appeal


Gov. Gavin Newsom nominated San Francisco County Superior Court Judge Teri L. Jackson to the 1st District Court of Appeal on T...


California Supreme Court


Chief Justice says she sometimes takes one for the team

Nov. 20, 2019
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Tani Cantil-Sakauye spoke with government students at her alma mater, C.K. McClatchy High School on Tuesday.


Civil Litigation, Law Practice


Days after he caused a stir by calling out a legislative ally of the Consumer Attorneys of California at the group’s annual co...


Labor/Employment


The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will no longer use its EEO-1 employer information report to collect pay data ...


Criminal, Corporate


An attorney representing Christopher Lischewski challenged Monday a former Bumble Bee Foods LLC marketing executive's characte...


Civil Litigation


State utility regulators to weigh in on Southern California Edison Co.’s inverse condemnation liability in Woolsey lawsuits


Civil Litigation


If Alki David is not allowed to argue in his own defense in an ongoing sexual harassment trial then no one will, the billiona...


State Bar & Bar Associations


The pass rate on July's California bar exam was 23% higher than a year ago, but the State Bar said the much-improved result wa...


Civil Litigation


A lawsuit filed Monday by the state of California against electronic cigarette maker Juul Labs Inc. claims the company’s viral...


Civil Litigation


The Consumer Attorneys of California, at its annual convention over the weekend, celebrated a successful year of getting bills...


Civil Litigation


As the trial date for a lawsuit by property owners in Sonoma and Napa county property owners over a 2017 fire that killed 22 p...


Real Estate/Development, Civil Litigation


“This victory shows that the cannabis industry can bring and win cases before California courts and juries, just like any othe...


Judges and Judiciary


Noticeably absent from a long-awaited Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday for two of President Donald Trump's first C...


Two prosecutors accused by defense attorneys of improperly using a jail informant to ensure a death penalty for confessed mass...


Law Practice, Government


In an appearance that could set the tone for next year’s initiative campaign, attorney Nicholas C. Rowley went into Assemblyma...


Christopher Lischewski, the one-time Bumble Bee Foods CEO on trial for directing a price-fixing conspiracy across three major...


Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports


A superior court judge barred Alki David from representing himself Friday, citing the self-appointed anti-#MeToo crusader's ab...


Civil Litigation


A new opioid-related lawsuit is part of battle by Robins Kaplan LLP to steer claims from the sprawling Ohio multi-district lit...


U.S. Supreme Court, Intellectual Property


A finding of Google’s liability could see a damage claim well into the billions of dollars, a sum that would highlight a drast...


Law Practice


Constangy, Brooks, Smith and Prophete LLP announced veteran cybersecurity attorney Ronald N. Sarian has joined the firm as sen...


Education Law, Appellate Practice


The Los Angeles County Superior Court appellate division reversed a judgment for Southwestern Law School against a former stud...


Civil Litigation


Abortion foes unbowed by $2.2M verdict over taping

Nov. 18, 2019
By Craig Anderson

SAN FRANCISCO -- Anti-abortion activists found liable for damaging Planned Parenthood and its affiliates in a scheme to secret...


Law Practice


Beyond possible workplace bills, Micha Star Liberty said the Consumer Attorneys of California will look for ways to improve ci...