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Civil Litigation


Toyota Motor Sales USA, Inc. must pay $15.8 million to a Southern California dealer who said the company retaliated against hi...


Civil Litigation


In a new lawsuit filed by the Center for Environmental Health, Whole Foods is accused of not disclosing the amount of arsenic ...


Civil Litigation


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


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


Amy F. Solomon has joined Judicate West as a neutral in Los Angeles.


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


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


The U.S. Department of Justice may favor city governments that participate in immigration enforcement when doling out communit...


Environmental & Energy


Trump administration sued over condors

Jul. 12, 2019
By Steven Crighton

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


A San Diego police officer must face trial for shooting and killing an apparently unarmed man in 2015, a 9th U.S. Circuit Cour...


The most difficult aspect of the case in Ventura County Superior Court was proving the existence of a contract between the two...


Jeffrey A. Chester has moved from Morrison Foerster to Greenberg Traurig LLP in as a shareholder and global head of energy pr...


Nonprofit law group Public Justice’s founder, Arthur Bryant, is leaving after 35 years to join longtime friend Ben Bailey to h...


Government


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


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


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


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


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


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


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 federal anti-competition lawsuit filed by now-defunct ride-hailing services app.


Two anti-abortion activists accused of assisting in the release of videos allegedly showing Planned Parenthood staff discussin...


Labor/Employment


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


A bill to codify the status of so-called gig workers passed a key Senate committee on Wednesday.


Securities, Civil Litigation


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


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

Jul. 11, 2019
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


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


Supporters of an online privacy law passed last year have been warning for months that it could be severely undermined by seve...


Civil Litigation


Former Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck will be in federal court next week to answer questions regarding his promotion of...