Civil Litigation
Jury gets flight attendants' case claiming pilot's sexual assault and harassment
By Devon Belcher
An attorney for the plaintiffs told the jurors not to be swayed by the defense's attempt to shift blame to the flight attendan...
Environmental & Energy
Environmentalists' attempt to halt Sites Reservoir project is dismissed
By Wisdom Howell
The project is serving as something of a pilot for new laws streamlining the environmental approval process. Plaintiffs had cl...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit en banc panel reverses its first-to-file rule in false claims case
By Craig Anderson
To bring its caselaw into alignment with the U.S. Supreme Court, an en banc 9th Circuit panel overruled its own precedents and...
Entertainment & Sports, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Pac-12 sues Mountain West over 'poaching penalty'
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Mountain West Commissioner Gloria Nevarez said the Pac-12 was challenging a contractual provision that it expressly agreed to ...
One of the leading nonalcoholic beverages on the market, Poppi contains less sugar and artificial flavors than traditional sod...
Judges and Judiciary
OC judge taken into custody after breaching bail in murder case
By Skyler Romero
Judge Jeffrey Ferguson, who was charged with murdering his wife last year, violated his bail by consuming alcohol.
Government
Newsom vetoes some 80 bills, cites increased costs, court clogging
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Gov. Gavin Newsom rejected a bill requiring judges to automatically review bail decisions they had already made and one to fun...
Land Use
How to define low-income Hispanic class concerns judge in zoning permit case
By Devon Belcher
An Orange County health care organization has challenged Santa Ana's zoning ordinances regarding how it regulates non-profit h...
Government, Constitutional Law
Law against sending minors unsolicited social media messages faces hurdle
By Craig Anderson
SB 976, a bill signed into law Friday by Gov. Gavin Newsom, is one of several bills in California to impose requirements on so...
The lawsuit claimed the iPhone maker misled stockholders about the economic impacts of the U.S.-China trade war.
Government, Constitutional Law
Law against sending minors unsolicited social media messages faces hurdle
By Craig Anderson
SB 976, a bill signed into law Friday by Gov. Gavin Newsom, is one of several bills in California to impose requirements on so...
Environmental & Energy, Class Action
Toyota forklift engines cheat emission standards, suit says
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Plaintiffs who use Toyota forklift engines claim the company fabricated important emissions numbers for certification testing ...
Environmental & Energy
California sues ExxonMobil over deceptive recycling claims
By Jack Needham
California is again targeting an oil major for what it describes as deceptive conduct, this time over ExxonMobil's alleged dec...
Parents accuse USC of fraud over $100,000 donation for admission
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
John Wilson's conviction in the bribery scandal known as "Operation Varsity Blues" was mostly reversed. Now he claims USC was ...
Quyen L. Ta headed the trade secrets practice at King & Spalding.
Intellectual Property
Pop group wins $71.4M in trade dress case against MGA's dolls
By Devon Belcher
The jury unanimously found MGA infringed on $17.8 million worth of trade dress claims - the whole profit MGA's attorneys say w...
Judges and Judiciary
Fresno County judge accused of committing 2 sex crimes weeks before retiring
By Laurinda Keys
The grand jury indicted Adolfo Corona, a 20-year Fresno County judge, on charges of committing two sex assault crimes weeks be...
Intellectual Property
3rd MGA v OMG Girlz case goes to jury in dispute over doll likenesses
By Devon Belcher
MGA counsel told jurors the attorney for a defunct girl group "cherrypicked" fans to prove shoppers would be confused about an...
Government, Criminal
Crime rates, office drama take center stage in LA DA election
By Skyler Romero
Incumbent George Gascón and his challenger, former federal prosecutor Nathan Hochman, each point to their legal and public ser...
Technology, Government
First Amendment experts grapple with how to challenge laws against 'deepfakes'
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Several states, including California, have passed laws to regulate content that uses the images and voices of real people, usu...
Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Gun rights groups seek en banc review on 'sensitive places' firearm limits
By Craig Anderson
C.D. "Chuck" Michel, a senior partner at Michel & Associates PC, argued in a motion that a 9th Circuit panel defied a key ...
Securities
Sonoma real estate rivals seek dismissal of investors' complaint
By Sunidhi Sridhar
In their responses to a putative class action investor fraud lawsuit, the former partners gave different replies. One said the...
Peek Travel is accused in a California state court of breaching New York statute by adding fees at check out and failing to pr...
Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Religious groups call fraud suit over church's use of tithes 'enormous threat'
By Craig Anderson
An amicus curiae brief filed by a host of religious denominations said a 9th Circuit panel decision to revive former member J...
Newsom boasted of his success in suing cities that have bucked his earlier housing initiatives.
Criminal
LA divorce lawyer awaiting disbarment now charged criminally over client theft
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Evie Pei Jeang, who specialized in cross-border divorces, is accused of stealing from a client-trust account.
Intellectual Property
MGA seeks mistrial or jury warning in 3rd trial over dolls' likeness claims
By Devon Belcher
For the third time in two years, a jury is hearing counterclaims from members of a defunct female pop group, the OMG Girlz, wh...
Corporate, Civil Rights
Cross talk, squabbling, finger pointing in hearing on witness deposition
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Lead plaintiffs' counsel Dennis S. Ellis, a partner at Ellis George LLP, said he took issue with the fact that his colleague f...
Data Privacy
Arizona residents sue Sephora in California over privacy violations
By Wisdom Howell
The putative class action differs from other cases targeting the use of pixel tracking technology by seeking relief under an A...
LA school district sued over elementary school teacher's years of molestation
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Slater Slater Schulman LLP said it represents more than 100 former students of the teacher, who is now imprisoned.