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Judges and Judiciary


Two new commissioners appointed to LA court

Sep. 3, 2024
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

The appointments will fill vacancies left open due to Tiffany W. Tai's appointment as a judge and the death of Commissioner Fr...


Rather than reducing the number of claims, defense attorneys argue recent changes to the PAGA law could have the unintended co...


Intellectual Property


Despite securing a win last year in federal court in Santa Ana, MGA Entertainment failed to convince U.S. District Judge James...


Civil Litigation


Security company settles with Target stabbing victims

Sep. 3, 2024
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

Two victims of the November 2022 knife attack had accused a security guard and other store workers of failing to stop the assa...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


"Antitrust cases are inherently risky and, while the plaintiffs believe their claims are sound, recovery is far from certain,"...


Mars also stopped Taste of Nature from displaying at a major trade show in May the products it was licensed to sell, and order...


From securing state and federal funding to negotiating contracts for cutting-edge hydrogen and battery-electric buses, Hanson ...


The settlement over the police accidental killing of a bystander at a Silver Lake market in 2018 is the largest pre-trial payo...


Judges and Judiciary


Judge Eric C. Taylor says showing appreciation to court staff can be the key factor in either gaining or losing the trust of j...


Law Practice, Consumer Law


Two CAALA speakers, a wedding and an anniversary

Aug. 30, 2024
By Diana Bosetti

Juggling personal lives with professional commitments isn't something new for attorneys and friends Gary Dordick and Chris Dol...


"It builds on the Coogan Act, which became the national standard protecting children from financial abuse in the entertainment...


Real Estate/Development, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


"I don't think it's a powerful argument to say landlords didn't have to take the algorithm's suggestions because everyone took...


The case accusing some of the nation's largest banks of artificially inflating bond interest rates has been mired in procedura...


Technology, Tax, Government


Hulu sues Sacramento over user tax on streaming services

Aug. 30, 2024
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The same attorneys from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati sued the City of Lancaster in 2021 over a similar tax. Those plai...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Ibiere Seck, president of the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles credits bar association educational and networking...


Civil Litigation


Nothing in the building permits contains or suggests "a promise that petitioner will be free of future tenant protections enac...


Criminal, California Supreme Court


The decision is the second by the court this year that rejected constitutional challenges to state laws that reject early rele...


Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary


AI could soon predict how your judge will rule

Aug. 30, 2024
By Diana Bosetti

That was the message at the opening session of the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles' annual convention in Las Veg...


Environmental & Energy


The lawsuit challenges federal agencies' approval of the South Fork Sacramento Public Safety and Forest Restoration Project on...


"When towing companies ignore their legal obligations under the SCRA, it can have serious financial consequences for servicem...



A 360-degree View

Aug. 30, 2024

Neutral Charlotte Woolard applies a holistic approach to family disputes, attorneys say.


State Bar & Bar Associations, Government, Alternative Dispute Resolution


Assembly advances bill for bar to regulate ADR companies

Aug. 29, 2024
By Malcolm Maclachlan

SB 940 would create a voluntary certification system for arbitrators and mediators under the State Bar.


Law Office Management, Civil Litigation


Former nonprofit director accused of poaching cases

Aug. 29, 2024
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

Los Angeles Center for Community Law and Action claims it has lost hundreds of thousands of dollars because of its former exec...


Evidence cited in the motion includes text messages between district officials discussing scheduling course approvals on Jewis...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Criminal


"We have worked hard over the last few years to put backstops in place to ensure that this sort of abuse doesn't happen again,...


The Justice Department argued that CDCR failed to adequately explore reasonable accommodations for these officers.


Consumer Law, Class Action, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The 9th Circuit will consider en banc in September whether online platforms can be sued by anyone, anywhere, no matter where t...


Securities, Corporate


Wells Fargo wants shareholder class action dismissed

Aug. 28, 2024
By Sunidhi Sridhar

The bank, accused of bias in mortgage lending, said the shareholders had not shown its board of directors acted in bad faith.


State Bar & Bar Associations, Government


When all additional fees are included, a bar license will cost $553 for active licensees and $161 for an inactive license.


Community News


Bram Alden was most recently chief of the Criminal Appeals section at the U.S. attorney's office for the Central District of C...