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Transportation, Civil Litigation


A federal judge granted a Bird Rides Inc. motion Tuesday to dismiss a class action complaint alleging the scooter company viol...


Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary


The Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles and the National Association of Women Judges are hosting a joint conference this ...


Law Practice


Fenwick adds Mountain View, Santa Monica partners

Oct. 16, 2019
By Blaise Scemama

Einat Meisel joins Fenwick’s Mountain View office from O’Melveny & Myers LLP and Joshua D. Geffon, formerly of Stradling Y...


Civil Litigation, Criminal


A Sacramento federal judge opened an evidentiary hearing Tuesday to determine how and why the state corrections department mis...


Civil Litigation


Juul Labs Inc., through its massively popular e-cigarette vaping device, has singlehandedly revived the nicotine epidemic amon...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


An appellate panel seemed skeptical about claims a CHP officer’s renewed investigation makes him liable under double jeopardy.


While so-called cryptocurrencies are widely understood as a means for unscrupulous people to buy and sell contraband online wi...


A jury ordered Alki David, owner of Hologram USA Inc., to pay $4.35 million in punitive damages Tuesday, marking the end of a ...


Immigration, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


US House will argue in border wall funding fight

Oct. 16, 2019
By Brian Cardile

The U.S. House of Representatives has been allocated time to argue next month before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in ...


Government, Alternative Dispute Resolution


Newsom signs law on disclosure of arbitrator diversity

Oct. 15, 2019
By Malcolm Maclachlan

SB 707 was not the most talked about arbitration bill in Sacramento this year. But it may yet prove to be the most influential.


Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The dueling motions follow a Sept. 24 en banc hearing in the federal appeals court, during which the band’s attorney argued a ...


Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment


An appeals court ruling against a class of workers claiming a Hollywood hotel impropriety calculated the premium payments of t...


Government


Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed into law several bills related to customer data privacy protections that augment the California C...


Judges and Judiciary, Government


Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday vetoed a bill that would have allowed state judges to retire early, at age 60, and defer their def...


Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment, Government


A Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory said facility management retaliated against him after he reported safety concerns.


Government, Criminal


Los Angeles County is charging probationers more money in fines and fees than they are legally required to pay, while also coe...


Civil Litigation


The Public Watchdogs is asking the federal court to consider a piece of evidence from a settlement reached between another ove...


Victims of childhood sexual assault will have longer to file civil suits, under a bill Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Sunday. AB 218...


Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports


The punitive damages deliberations for the sexual harassment trial against the Hologram USA Inc. CEO will likely resume next W...


Labor/Employment


Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signatures will have broad impact on the state’s labor and employment.


Civil Litigation, Government


Governor signs 15 new gun control laws

Oct. 14, 2019
By Malcolm Maclachlan

AB 61 allows coworkers, employers and teachers use an ex parte court process to obtain a gun-violence restraining order.


Special Coverage, Judges and Judiciary, Government


The Saddleridge Fire burning in Sylmar has prompted closures of at least two Los Angeles area courthouses.


Entertainment & Sports


Katy Perry, her songwriters and other defendants have moved to reverse a jury’s verdict of $2.78 million for copyright infring...


State Bar & Bar Associations


The nonprofit organization hopes to strengthen efforts it already has underway in the areas of diversity, access to justice an...


Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment


Uber hit with new employee classification action

Oct. 14, 2019
By Meghann Cuniff

The complaint was filed by an UberEATS driver, claiming the company wrongly classifies drivers as independent contractors desp...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Officials said it’s time to provide support for attorneys practicing in the “booming” industry.


Law Practice, Labor/Employment


DLA Piper corporate partner Louis P.A. Lehot has been ousted from the firm, a week after a colleague accused him of sexually a...


Law Practice, State Bar & Bar Associations


In signing the fee bill, Gov. Gavin Newsom doesn’t commit to moving the bar into the state budget.


Government, Environmental & Energy, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The secretary of Energy improperly, indeterminably shelved Obama-era efficiency standards finalized just before President Trum...


U.S. Supreme Court, Labor/Employment


A 2nd District of Court of Appeal ruling that 2018's Dynamex decision should apply retroactively to wage and hour orders could...