Civil Litigation, Government, Criminal
LA County OKs $53M settlement for 93,000 women strip-searched in jail
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
A class of 93,000 women jail inmates will be compensated for dehumanizing strip searches at a Los Angeles jail in the largest ...
Immigration, Government
Civil rights groups sue Trump administration over asylum rules
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
Civil rights organizations are suing the Trump administration over its new asylum rules, arguing in a federal complaint filed ...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Judge said she will likely approve $49M settlement in antitrust case
By Winston Cho
U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers said her “intention is to approve” a $49 million settlement in the long-running ant...
Civil Litigation
Suit alleges AT&T sold customers’ geolocation data without consent
By Glenn Jeffers
A group of AT&T wireless customers Tuesday filed a class action against the telecom giant claiming the company sold their ...
Labor/Employment, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit asks state high court for guidance on business lawsuit
By Brian Cardile
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday asked California’s high court to consider whether a state law forbidding cont...
Antitrust & Trade Reg., 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Justice Department files brief in Qualcomm’s favor in FTC antitrust case
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a brief in favor of Qualcomm Inc. in an antitrust action brought by the Federal Trade...
In preparation for “accelerated growth,” Wedbush Securities hires finance veteran Andrew Druch as general counsel.
Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment
Domestic workers sue union over fee deductions
By Glenn Jeffers
Providers receiving Medi-Cal benefits to take care of infirm family members have filed a class action in federal court, claimi...
Civil Litigation
Defamation action dismissed over destroyed, manipulated evidence
By Justin Kloczko
A defamation action related to a joint real estate venture gone sour was dismissed Monday because evidence was manipulated and...
Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property
Google sued for patent infringement
By Erin Lee
San Diego-based online advertising company Impact Engine Inc. is suing Google LLC for patent infringement.
Civil Litigation, Health Care & Hospital Law
California is first state to go to trial against J&J over mesh device
By Justin Kloczko
The first case to go to trial involving a state agency suing Johnson & Johnson Inc. for its pelvic mesh products began Mon...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit agrees to resolve statute of limitations question
By Brian Cardile
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals voted Monday to resolve en banc an equitable tolling question that, the just-granted reh...
Civil Litigation, Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
McDermott Will & Emery to face malpractice case after losing patent trial
By Meghann Cuniff
The case involves a 2012 patent trial in Texas for electronic ticketing technology used by major companies.
Civil Litigation
Judge trims federal jury’s Monsanto verdict from $80M to $25M
By Winston Cho
A San Francisco federal judge slashed Monday a jury’s verdict for a Bay Area man who claimed Monsanto’s weed killer caused his...
Labor/Employment, Government
EEOC to collect pay data in effort to address inequity
By Glenn Jeffers
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced Monday it has launched a web-based portal where employers of more t...
Civil Litigation, Law Practice, Government
New law will restore plaintiffs’ ability to get attorney fees in certain cases
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed AB 1821, a narrowly crafted bill designed to restore the ability for plaintiffs to recoup attorne...
Owners of the Honda Acura RDX have filed a proposed class action against the manufacturer alleging it knowingly sold vehicles...
Civil Litigation, Law Practice
San Bernardino County calls interim attorney fees a windfall attempt
By Carter Stoddard
An attorney representing an acquitted land development company in its countersuit against San Bernardino County is requesting ...
Criminal, California Supreme Court
State high court reverses death penalty in double murder case
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
In a rare reversal, the state Supreme Court granted relief in a death penalty appeal after a referee’s finding that a witness ...
Toyota Motor Sales USA, Inc. must pay $15.8 million to a Southern California dealer who said the company retaliated against hi...
Civil Litigation
Lawsuit: Whole Foods not warning consumers of arsenic-contaminated water
By Nicole Tyau
In a new lawsuit filed by the Center for Environmental Health, Whole Foods is accused of not disclosing the amount of arsenic ...
The team, led by Malcolm A. Heinicke, used expert testimony to counter the plaintiff’s allegation See’s left employees staffed...
Insurance, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit parses definition of ‘war’ in insurance case
By Brian Cardile
A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel applied “simple contractual interpretation” Friday to decide “war exclusions” in an ...
Law Practice, Alternative Dispute Resolution
Trial lawyer Amy Solomon joins Judicate West after 33 years with Girardi Keese.
By Gina Kim
Amy F. Solomon has joined Judicate West as a neutral in Los Angeles.
Criminal
Orange County judge delays criminal case over new evidence on recorded calls
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
An Orange County judge issued an additional continuance in a criminal case over prosecutors’ objections in light of new eviden...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit mulls whether neutral’s ownership stake should affect appeal
By Steven Crighton
A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel pondered Friday whether neutrals were revealing enough about their paychecks to assu...
Immigration, Government, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Divided 9th Circuit sides with Trump administration in ‘sanctuary city’ federal funding battle
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
The U.S. Department of Justice may favor city governments that participate in immigration enforcement when doling out communit...
Intent on stopping a logging project they say would destroy prime habitat for endangered California condors, a team of conserv...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit blocks qualified immunity defense in fatal police shooting
By Brian Cardile
A San Diego police officer must face trial for shooting and killing an apparently unarmed man in 2015, a 9th U.S. Circuit Cour...
Civil Litigation
Texts, emails, credibility produced $23.3M verdict in hot sauce trial, winning attorney says
By Carter Stoddard
The most difficult aspect of the case in Ventura County Superior Court was proving the existence of a contract between the two...