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...
Law Practice
Greenberg Traurig nabs energy expert Jeffrey Chester from Morrison & Foerster
By Gina Kim
Jeffrey A. Chester has moved from Morrison Foerster to Greenberg Traurig LLP in as a shareholder and global head of energy pr...
Law Practice
Public Justice founder joins Bailey & Glasser to lead first California office
By Nicole Tyau
Nonprofit law group Public Justice’s founder, Arthur Bryant, is leaving after 35 years to join longtime friend Ben Bailey to h...
Government
Bill to create wildfire mitigation fund headed to the governor’s desk
By Malcolm Maclachlan
When Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed a multibillion-dollar wildfire mitigation fund last month, critics said his goal of passing a ...
Civil Litigation, Judges and Judiciary
Judge rules against retired judges in suit against Judicial Council
By Winston Cho
A San Francisco County Superior Court judge has rejected halting the Judicial Council’s new policies that would disqualify eig...
Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment, Environmental & Energy
Oil industry group sues state over refinery worker safety regulations
By Malcolm Maclachlan
An oil industry trade group has sued the state to block safety regulations for refinery workers, claiming the rules are imperm...
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar to seek public comment on allowing non-lawyers to practice
By Erin Lee
The public will soon have an opportunity to comment on new proposals allowing non-lawyers to provide limited technology-based ...
Insurance, State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar will research malpractice insurance impact
By Erin Lee
The State Bar will pursue further research over the next year on the risk posed by uninsured attorneys, the Board of Trustees ...
Civil Litigation, Judges and Judiciary
Appeals judge fighting sexual misconduct charges sues his own court
By Erin Lee
Justice Jeffrey Johnson is suing his own court over a court-wide email disclosure of confidential allegations during last year...
Law Practice, California Supreme Court
Lawsuit against attorney over revelation of settlement revived
By Ilan Isaacs
The state Supreme Court on Thursday revived a company’s lawsuit against a plaintiff’s attorney who revealed to a legal blog th...
Civil Litigation, Corporate, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Uber seeks dismissal of antitrust suit by single competitor
By Gina Kim
Uber seeks dismissal of federal anti-competition lawsuit filed by now-defunct ride-hailing services app.
Civil Litigation
Two defendants in Planned Parenthood’s civil lawsuit over videos seek dismissal
By Winston Cho
Two anti-abortion activists accused of assisting in the release of videos allegedly showing Planned Parenthood staff discussin...
Labor/Employment
Class action against United Airlines returned from federal to state court
By Glenn Jeffers
A federal judge has remanded a wage and hour class action against United Airlines Inc. back to a state court after ruling the ...
Labor/Employment, Government
With compromises, gig worker bill passes key legislative committee
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A bill to codify the status of so-called gig workers passed a key Senate committee on Wednesday.
Securities, Civil Litigation
Startup incubator shutters as founder faces securities fraud allegations
By Erin Lee
A San Diego startup incubator has shut down as its founder faces accusations he used a dating website to scam a woman out of $...
Government
LA lawyer to challenge US Rep. Adam Schiff in 2020 election
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Los Angeles attorney Eric P. Early announced Wednesday that he will challenge Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Los Angeles, for his seat in...
Civil Litigation, Health Care & Hospital Law
Company sued for embryo mix-up
By Justin Kloczko
A lawsuit filed Wednesday against a Los Angeles-based fertility center alleges the company mixed up a couple’s embryos, touchi...
Criminal, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Yosemite cliff jumper missed mark in appeal of misdemeanor, panel says
By Steven Crighton
A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel has found a wayward BASE jumper missed the mark in an appeal of his misdemeanor char...
Government
Two bills to weaken online privacy law fail in Legislature
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Supporters of an online privacy law passed last year have been warning for months that it could be severely undermined by seve...
Civil Litigation
US judge orders ex-LA police chief, city to face excessive force trial
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
Former Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck will be in federal court next week to answer questions regarding his promotion of...