Arbitrator Michael Solner likes watching good attorneys ply their craft.
State Bar & Bar Associations, Business Law
Lawyer's lawyer knows the challenges of building a business
By Jack Needham
2024 Association of Business Trial Lawyers Northern California President Ragesh K. Tangri shares his insights on tech-related ...
Labor/Employment, Banking
Bank inflated foreign exchange fees, whistleblower claims
By Wisdom Howell
A former Bank of the West worker claims the bank and its parent company, Bank of Montreal, retaliated against him after he air...
Technology, Government
Lawsuit filed against new state laws restricting parody, AI deepfakes
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A lawsuit seeking injunctions was filed less than an hour after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two laws to ban parody or deceptive v...
Intellectual Property
Bay Area trademark battle over airport names heats up
By Sunidhi Sridhar
The Oakland Port Commission unanimously voted this year to transform Oakland International Airport into San Francisco Bay Oakl...
Class Action
YouTube star's game show denied contestants food and water, suit claims
By Skyler Romero
Amazon promotes the yet-to-be-released show as "the world's largest live gameshow" with the "biggest single prize in the histo...
Willkie secures $5.25M judgment in business investment dispute
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The February 2022 investment was structured as a promissory note with personal guarantees.
Judges and Judiciary
Senate confirms LA County Judge Michelle Court to federal bench
By Craig Anderson
She was appointed to the superior court in 2012 by Gov. Jerry Brown and has worked as supervising judge of the civil division ...
International Law, Government
Newsom signs bills on stolen art, use of AI in entertainment
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The stolen art bill was inspired by family of man who gave Nazis a painting in exchange for an exit visa.
Real Estate/Development, Government
MV Realty is accused of engaging in a predatory scheme targeted at vulnerable homeowners looking for financial help.
The dispute concerns whether the FDIC, as receiver for the defunct bank, has the right to all its documents, including those t...
Entertainment & Sports, Antitrust & Trade Reg., 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit revives swimmers' antitrust action against World Aquatics
By Craig Anderson
"While FINA never imposed sanctions on any athletes for participating in non-FINA events, plaintiffs point to ample evidence t...
The company had an affirmative duty to the customers who were stabbed by a man who entered a Los Angeles store and grabbed a k...
One Workplace is accused of forcing its employees to attend meetings off the clock, in a lawsuit filed in Santa Clara County.
Civil Procedure, Civil Litigation
US honey producers stung by dismissal of all RICO claims against importers
By Laurinda Keys
The claims of a conspiracy by importers, certifiers and packers of foreign honey failed the particularity requirement for frau...
Environmental & Energy
Sites Reservoir project puts new laws to the test
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Donald B. Mooney, representing the Friends of the River, told appellate justices that new laws speeding up environmental revie...
Families of Pepperdine students killed walking near 'Dead Man's Curve' file lawsuit
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The complaints detail 217 reported auto collisions on the short stretch of highway between 2012 and 2023.
Los Angeles fertility clinic accused of discarding couple's embryos
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
RPMG "literally treated their embryos like trash," said plaintiffs' attorney Adam Wolf.
The doctor, already facing criminal charges in relation to his alleged sexual assault of patients, is being sued by one of hi...
Government, Civil Litigation
Bill lets several counties use remote court reporting, other states ahead
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Like many other states, California has been grappling with a shortage of skilled court reporters. Even a $30 million annual ap...
Court ruling highlights California's 'schizophrenic' approach to oil regulation
By Skyler Romero
Experts say a recent ruling in Los Angeles invalidating a local ban on oil drilling highlights the tension between city- and s...
Beverly Hills faces second lawsuit over rejected apartment development
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
The latest lawsuit accuses Beverly Hills of imposing illegal requirements on the property developer to avoid deciding on the p...
Community News
3 Los Angeles trial lawyers join exclusive Inner Circle of Advocates
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The Inner Circle's mission is to promote the highest standards of courtroom competence and facilitate knowledge exchange among...
Criminal, California Supreme Court
Justices on both sides write opinions in rare rehearing of affirmed death penalty
By Craig Anderson
The vote to affirm a death penalty conviction for a 1996 first degree murder and sodomy marked an 'extraordinary' split on the...
A Los Angeles lawyer is helping U.S. Olympic gymnast Jordan Chiles appeal the loss of her 2024 bronze medal following a conten...
LAUSD agrees to pay $24M to former students molested by teacher
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
"LAUSD received many complaints about this perpetrator's interactions with girls, and instead of firing him, they 'passed the ...
Slideshow, Community News
WLALA welcomes new leaders and celebrates high achievers
By Ricardo Pineda
The Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles hosted its 2024 awards installation and gala at the Millenium Biltmore Hotel in D...
Civil Rights
50 years on, Mark Rosenbaum remains the 'radical lawyer' he dreamed of being
By David Houston
Over 40 years, Rosenbaum litigated some of the ACLU of Southern California's biggest cases, arguing four times before the U.S....
On Thursday, the Orange County Bar Association Masters Division honored attorney and mediator Michelle A. Reinglass and attorn...
Community News
Northern District federal bar, judges reenact Brown v Board of Education
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Judges and attorneys played the roles of important legal figures and parties involved in Brown v. Board at a reenactment traci...