Criminal
DOJ, US probation office disagree on sentence for political rally attacks
By Devon Belcher
The Department of Justice disagrees with the probation office's analysis that reduces the government's proposed 24-month impri...
Government, Civil Litigation
Los Angeles is paying out a staggering amount of liability claims and one lawyer says he knows the solution
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
In October, City Administrative Officer Matthew W. Szabo released a report indicating that the city has exceeded its planned e...
Entertainment & Sports
Marilyn Manson drops defamation suit, pays ex-girlfriend's attorney fees
By Skyler Romero
The rock singer, whose real name is Brian Warner, sued actress Evan Rachel Wood in 2022 over public allegations of abuse made ...
Lawyer angry Court of Appeal won't publish decision over San Diego municipal building
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
"The case has statewide implications because the court rulings allowed local government to evade the debt limit law by agreei...
Judges and Judiciary, Government
More counties open Care Courts as Monday deadline looms
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Most California counties faced a Dec. 1 deadline to roll out their programs. In recent days, superior courts in Alameda, Butte...
Lawsuits are rare under California's 2019 CROWN Act, which bans discrimination against Black employees for wearing "natural" o...
The jury found that the school had been negligent in its supervision of the student on the playground.
Civil Procedure
Ex-Secret Agent seeks sanctions for claim Girardi bribed him
By Devon Belcher
The agent says a costume designer had no cause to include him in a federal lawsuit that primarily targets Erika Girardi, an en...
Superior Court judges from throughout California responded to a Daily Journal request to share their favorite holiday recipes...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Mountain West seeks dismissal of Pac-12 poaching penalty suit
By Craig Anderson
The response seeks dismissal of a lawsuit the Pac-12 filed in the Northern District of California arguing that a penalty again...
Judges and Judiciary
2 justices confirmed to Court of Appeal, 3rd is elevated to presiding justice
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Gov. Gavin Newsom nominated Justice Brian M. Hoffstadt to lead the 2nd District Court of Appeal, Division 5. He also nominated...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
US judge approves final tuna price-fixing case settlements for $220M
By Devon Belcher
In the multidistrict lawsuit that was initiated in 2015, StarKist Co. and several related companies were accused of fixing the...
Civil Rights
Courts to determine Title IX's applicability to transgender athletes
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Advocates on both sides of the legal and political divide have accused each other of flipping Title IX on its head when it com...
Intellectual Property, Health Care & Hospital Law
Man ordered to pay Gilead $31 million for selling counterfeit HIV drugs
By David Houston
Lorik Papyan admitted obtaining HIV medications from patients in the Los Angeles area and repackaging them with over-the-count...
Civil Litigation
Lawsuit filed against Bakersfield carrot producer following E. coli outbreak
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Attorneys for man in Sonoma County say their client suffered serious complications after assuming the affected carrots.
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Circuit panel rules against Amber Heard in insurance dispute
By Skyler Romero
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Heard's insurer had not breached its duty to defend the actress in her defama...
A jury in San Francisco found that cancer test maker Natera made false and misleading claims about rival Guardant's product.
Environmental & Energy
Environmentalists sue to block carbon capture and storage project
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The groups argue that the project will undermine the state's climate goals and grow the county's polluting oil and gas industr...
Slideshow, Community News
Scott Edelman of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher was honored at the event in Beverly Hills.
Government, Class Action
VA budget shortfall testimony cited in LA housing dispute
By Devon Belcher
Attorneys representing the VA in a dispute with homeless veterans have pointed to department officials' testimony before a con...
Criminal, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Former LA politician appeals conviction for soliciting favors for son
By Craig Anderson
Alyssa D. Bell, who represents Mark Ridley-Thomas, told a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel that her client was trying t...
Banking, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Citibank claims former executives solicited its law firm clients
By Wisdom Howell
A trade secrets complaint accuses the executives of taking the business to their new employer, BMO Wealth Management.
U.S. Supreme Court, Securities, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Supreme Court allows securities case against Meta to move ahead
By Craig Anderson
The one-sentence opinion was unsigned and quickly followed oral arguments in the case on Nov. 6, in which justices voiced skep...
Civil, family law, probate and Mental Health-LPS cases will eventually be required to utilize eService as well, with full impl...
Labor/Employment
State workers' comp appeals board criticized for delays
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A complaint filed this month by 11 workers asked the California Supreme Court to direct the board to issue final decisions in ...
Environmental & Energy
LADWP reaches $59M settlement over Sun Valley gas leak
By Skyler Romero
San Fernando Valley residents sued the department in 2021, accusing it of allowing the station to leak gas over a period of ye...
Constitutional Law
Riverside County DA steps in to argue for California's death penalty
By Devon Belcher
District Attorney Michael A. Hestrin filed a supplemental briefing after Attorney General Rob Bonta agreed with the State Publ...
Judges and Judiciary
California federal judge nominees to be confirmed in bipartisan deal
By Craig Anderson
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's key concession was giving up on trying to confirm President Joe Biden's four federal ap...
Plaintiffs claim the company and executives misled the public over its compliance with antitrust laws. It comes two months af...
The measures were announced two months after the court shifted its policy on electronic recordings in an attempt to deal with ...