Plaintiffs' attorney Shannon Liss-Riordan's response to 34 objections filed against her settlement with Uber Technologies Inc....
U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul Grewal, soon to leave the bench to join Facebook's legal department, recused himself Monday from a ...
Two California law schools are named defendants in a federal antitrust lawsuit brought against 11 law schools nationwide and b...
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP has sued a developer over a December 2014 arson, which sent window-shattering heat wav...
Companies that supply hazardous materials could face tort liability if they do not provide explicit warnings to customers, the...
A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the California lawyers involved.
The Federal Trade Commission announced a settlement Friday with Lunada Biomedical Inc. for using deceptive marketing and adver...
California Supreme Court
State Supreme Court to review attorney fee awards in class actions
By Kevin Lee
It has been nearly four decades since the state Supreme Court established that attorney fee awards in class actions should be ...
Corporate
WilmerHale's L.A. office looks to Silicon Beach, grows IP practice
By Amanda Schallert
With starting a corporate practice this month and adding intellectual property litigators over the past year, the Los Angeles ...
Jessica S. Kantor was most recently vice president of business and legal affairs at Legendary Entertainment. ...
Entertainment & Sports
Film distributor faces string of lawsuits for contract breach
By Steven Crighton
A complaint filed by a Hispanic film production company is the latest in a string of recent lawsuits against Our Alchemy LLC, ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit rules parents can intervene in suit on disability education centers
By America Hernandez
The court unanimously ruled that despite a months' long delay in filing, parents of disabled children had the right to interve...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Another State Bar employee alleges firing was whistleblower retaliation
By Lyle Moran
A former chief assistant general counsel has filed a formal government claim against the agency alleging that his termination ...
A potentially blockbuster gender discrimination and retaliation lawsuit leveled against Broadcom Corp. by their former in-hous...
Superior Court Judge Riverside County (Blythe) ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Men earn right to sue U.S. government after contracting Valley Fever
By Phil Johnson
Two men who contracted Valley Fever during their time in Taft Correctional Institution won the right Friday to sue the U.S. af...
A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California.
San Bernardino Judge Teresa Bennett joined the bench due to a desire to control cases' outcomes.
Litigation
San Francisco federal judge denies berry researcher's TRO request
By Phil Johnson
A federal judge denied a request for a temporary restraining order brought by a pair of researchers seeking access to an elite...
Mediator David Miller ensures discussions stay productive
California Supreme Court
Medical group cannot be sued under state elder abuse law, high court rules
By Kevin Lee
Medical professionals who provide outpatient services cannot face civil elder abuse claims, the state Supreme Court ruled. ...
The recent article, "Bar proposes revised practical skills requirements" (May 18), caught my attention. By Bret N. Christensen...
The City of Los Angeles and its police chief are the defendants in a federal lawsuit filed Thursday, which claims the Los Ange...
Amid an audit investigation by two federal agencies, Marvell Technology Group Ltd. appointed veteran tech legal head Mitchell ...
Litigation
Former accountant sues Inglewood for covering up financial problems
By America Hernandez
A former accountant for the city of Inglewood sued the municipality Thursday, claiming she was fired for opposing allegedly il...
Judges and Judiciary
Judge leaves bench for new mental health position
By Justin Kloczko
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Peter Espinoza is leaving the court to become director of the county's Office of Diversion an...
The focus of an Obama administration directive that federal anti-sex discrimination laws apply to transgender people has been ...
Intellectual Property
Google co-founder defends Java usage in copyright infringement trial
By Tim O'connor
Larry Page portrayed Google on Thursday as an innovator, seeking to create a better operating system for smartphones by using ...
A weekly report of the State Bar's disciplinary actions.