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Research and more than two hours in cross-examination of a police detective showed the jury that a false confession had been p...


Government, Civil Rights


A new bill is mobilizing some of the same groups that opposed a vetoed state law banning caste discrimination.


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


A 9th Circuit panel cited a 1997 precedent when affirming the dismissal of the lawsuit against a San Marcos school district. T...


Civil Rights, Civil Litigation


The magistrate judge dismissed most of her original injunction that stopped the city from clearing the streets. She gave the p...


Torts/Personal Injury


Under the terms of the settlement agreement, utility maintenance company Osmoe denies claims that it contributed to the start ...


Civil Litigation


A Los Angeles County judge ruled in June that the landlord of Barrington Plaza in West LA did not intend to permanently exit t...


According to the lawsuit, data collected under California's Racial and Identity Profiling Act shows that while less than 5% of...



YouTube giant CoComelon awarded $6.7M in legal fees

Aug. 8, 2024
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

This comes on the heels of a $23 million jury verdict against Babybus for willful copyright infringement.


Criminal


The first witness in the wire fraud trial, Joseph Ruigomez, testified that Girardi promised him $5 million from a 2013 settlem...


J. Clark Kelso would monitor the use of $100 million in fines against the prisons department.


Civil Litigation


The UC Regents had accused the toy giant of reneging on the promised donation, and instead offering in-kind contributions such...


Land Use, Government, Class Action


"Time's up. It's time to actually do something," Roman M. Silberfeld told U.S. District Judge David O. Carter during opening a...


The school district's attorneys had previously argued that the "retroactive liability" provided for plaintiffs under AB 218 vi...


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


$91.4M Joint Juice verdict may not be dead

Aug. 7, 2024
By Craig Anderson

"We conclude that awarding statutory damages for each violation, particularly when the violation relates to a low-cost product...



Workplace law firm Constangy opens in San Diego

Aug. 7, 2024
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Employment lawyer Guillermo Escobedo leads a team of four attorneys who opened the office.


Some jurors told the federal judge in the $15 million wire fraud case against disbarred lawyer Tom Girardi they might be biase...


Environmental & Energy, Class Action


Insurance companies want to be repaid what they paid to their customers from the settlement fund defendants agreed to set up f...



$21M settlement reached for railyard worker

Aug. 6, 2024
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

A jury awarded the man $58 million in May over the slip-and-fall.


Judge Ethan P. Schulman distinguished the facts of the case from a recent high-profile decision by the California Supreme Cour...


Environmental & Energy


Can a city be held liable for its bad boy surfers?

Aug. 6, 2024
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

Palos Verdes Estate went on trial for failing to police residents who menaced outsiders who came to surf its famous break. The...


U.S. District Judge Josephine L. Staton already ruled that the former consumer lawyer was competent to stand trial.


Law Practice


Baird Brown sued Michelle Pak, his former office manager, in November over an alleged failure to disperse settlement funds to ...


Government, Environmental & Energy


The new system is not specific to the oil and gas industry, but energy lobbyists worked hard to pass the bill.


Government


District Attorney Pamela Price said just 11 "CHP surge" cases had been referred to her office. A CHP representative said that ...


Criminal, California Supreme Court


The court denied a stay and limited remand in both cases, including one involving a man convicted of raping and murdering a wo...



Insurance firm Pasich LLP dissolves

Aug. 5, 2024
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Most of the attorneys joined McGuireWoods.


U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers appeared unlikely to dismiss a class action complaint filed by female prisoners and...


It comes a month after the Governor rescinded a similar offer made to District Attorney Pamela Price.


Government, Environmental & Energy


The oil major announced that it would be relocating its headquarters to Houston, Texas. It joins other high-profile companies ...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


Federal Nvidia antitrust probe seen as likely

Aug. 5, 2024
By Craig Anderson

The reported scrutiny of Nvidia, which has emerged as the dominant AI chipmaker, would not be surprising. The Biden administra...