EEOC files age and ethnic discrimination suit against tech giant HCL America
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The company is accused of going so far as to tell its recruiter to relax the job qualification requirements to find non-Indian...
New attorney turns personal adversity into professional mission
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
"You can be nobody and beat the odds," said Shant J. Yalenkatian.
Hahn & Hahn LLP has been practicing in Pasadena for more than a century and is now majority woman-owned and home to 20 att...
Entertainment & Sports
Jury rules in favor of Mattel in dispute with Hollywood producer
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Norton Herrick accused Mattel of breach of contract in 2019, alleging that the toy giant stole his idea for an unscripted tele...
Entertainment & Sports, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
NFL 'Sunday Ticket' plaintiffs expected to appeal $4.7B reversal
By Devon Belcher
Jurors had no discretion to rely on experts, ignore instructions, a US judge said, reversing the $4.7 billion verdict that had...
Technology, Data Privacy
Justice Department accuses TikTok of collecting children's data
By Devon Belcher
"This action is necessary to prevent the defendants, who are repeat offenders and operate on a massive scale, from collecting ...
Judges and Judiciary
Senate passes bill to add 21 judges in California
By Sunidhi Sridhar
The unusual unanimous approval of the bill in the Senate sent the proposal for more federal judges to the House of Representat...
Labor/Employment, California Supreme Court
High court win for employers, early PAGA claimants
By Craig Anderson
Justice Goodwin H. Liu, dissenting, argued that the ruling creates the risk of auctioning settlements to the 'lowest bidder.'
Intellectual Property
Apple Watch dispute may be split into patents and secrets
By Devon Belcher
Intellectual property attorneys suggest federal judge may take the unusual step of bifurcating Masimo Corp.'s trade secrets cl...
Law Practice
Gordon Rees partner set to head global defense counsel group
By Laurinda Keys
The International Association of Defense Counsel announced J. Dominic Campodonico has been chosen as president-elect.
LA City Attorney acts against janitorial firms for alleged wage theft
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The companies failed to pay the required minimum and overtime wages, provide meal breaks, and paid sick leave, among other all...
Judges and Judiciary
Senate Judiciary Committee approves Alameda County judge for federal vacancy
By Craig Anderson
If confirmed by the full Senate, Judge Noel Wise would replace U.S. District Judge Edward J. Davila of San Jose.
Proposition 5 would lower the threshold to pass bonds from a two-thirds vote to just 55%. It is backed by Howard Jarvis Taxpay...
Attorneys say mediator Stacie Hausner resolves cases with emotional intelligence and persistence.
Intellectual Property, Contracts
Former CNN anchor may have difficulty proving claims against X Corp.
By Wisdom Howell
The dispute stems from Lemon's $1.5 million verbal agreement with Musk and X Corp. which would have given the platform exclusi...
Retired appellate justice Victoria Chaney joins ADR Services Inc.
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Chaney served for nearly a decade as a judge in the Los Angeles County court's Complex Litigation Division.
Sidley Austin expands California presence with new San Diego office
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
"San Diego's strong nucleus of life sciences and technology companies makes our entry into this market a natural fit for our c...
The requirement will resume Thursday for CARE Court, Civil, Family Law, Juvenile Dependency and Probate cases.
Labor/Employment
Former partner settles employment dispute with Lewis Brisbois
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Robert W. Lofton claimed the firm withheld his pay after he underwent emergency surgery.
Abraham Shafi, founder and former CEO of Get Together Inc. is accused of defrauding investors.
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit rejects bid by Cambodian villagers in forced labor lawsuit
By Craig Anderson
The panel rejected the argument that the new law, Abolish Trafficking Reauthorization Act of 2022, clarified a 2003 anti-traff...
Entertainment & Sports, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Judge appears unlikely to uphold $4.7B NFL verdict
By Devon Belcher
U.S. District Judge Philip S. Gutierrez did not issue a ruling during the hearing, but he did not seem persuaded by the plaint...
Land Use, Government
Newsom takes aim at California's building codes
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The order directs the California Department of Housing and Community Development to work with other state agencies to lower th...
Civil Litigation
Judge tosses attempt to keep Golden Gate University's law school open
By Wisdom Howell
Superior Court Judge Richard B. Ulmer gave the plaintiffs, who want to keep the law school open until 2025, a chance to file a...
Santa Monica pays $3M to settle injury claims relating to zip tie handcuffs
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Officers zip-tied plaintiffs' hands after they were arrested at a Black Lives Matter protest. When an officer removed the zip ...
Labor/Employment
Judge orders class notice to proceed in case targeting Google's confidentiality agreements
By Wisdom Howell
Monday's order from San Francisco County Superior Court Judge Ethan P. Schulman came despite the outcome of two appeal decisio...
Law Practice, Civil Litigation
Judge finds evidence to support attorney misrepresented client relationship
By Skyler Romero
The ruling is the latest development in an ongoing dispute between the Cochran Firm and their former employee Ibiere Seck over...
Land Use
Property company sues Sacramento for failing to police vagrancy
By Malcolm Maclachlan
"The City has allowed a vagrancy problem to persist in the neighborhood," wrote the company's lawyer, David A. Diepenbrock.
Labor/Employment, Government, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit rules it has no jurisdiction in transit funds dispute
By Craig Anderson
The case revolved around a Labor Department announcement in a 2021 letter that it would deny federal mass transit funds to age...
Civil Litigation
Injured woman accuses LA sheriff of outsourcing force to police dogs
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
The department has "virtually eliminated accountability for force incidents where the instrumentality causing the injury was a...