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Environmental & Energy


The transit agency is accused of making changes to its Environmental Impact Report in a manner which deprived the public of th...



The Department of Corrections has not complied with a 2017 order to come up with a staffing plan. The fines are designed to co...


Government, Class Action


A federal act requiring the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to decide all questions of law and fact relating to benefits str...


Environmental & Energy


The case related to plans approved by the city of Paramount which would have allowed a local refinery to dramatically increase...


Data Privacy, Civil Litigation


Judge narrows data privacy case against Coinbase

May 30, 2024
By Sunidhi Sridhar

The decision came after Coinbase won a major Supreme Court decision that trial proceedings must be paused if a party is appeal...


Criminal, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


One judge on the panel disagreed in a pointed concurrence.



Fresno Diocese says it will seek bankruptcy protection

May 30, 2024
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Fresno would be the fifth diocese to declare bankruptcy in the past 15 months



Former Theranos prosecutor joins Cooley

May 30, 2024
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

John Bostic will help clients navigate government and internal investigations, regulatory enforcement actions and prosecutions...



Disbarred attorney pleads guilty in bitcoin Ponzi scheme

May 30, 2024
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

David L. Kagel has a long history of disciplinary issues since he was admitted to the California Bar.


Labor/Employment


A lawsuit filed in Los Angeles claims that the former employee was included in a round of layoffs in retaliation for requestin...


Class Action


CVS faces dual lawsuits over labor, pay practices

May 29, 2024
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

One of the complaints alleges that employees were expected to do "housekeeping" tasks off the clock, including sending faxes.


Civil Litigation


The plaintiff's attorneys made the case "a story about revealing corporate greed and power-hungry executives trying to make th...


Litigation & Arbitration, Intellectual Property


Jason G. Sheasby, a partner at Irell & Manella LLP, led the Netlist team


Civil Litigation


Attorneys for the car manufacturers are attempting to sever hundreds of insurer plaintiffs in a case accusing them of producin...


Experts say that a growing number of judges and attorneys are also questioning the doctrine. Many prominent critics come from ...


U.S. Supreme Court, Litigation & Arbitration, Environmental & Energy


The California attorney general's office argues that the oil companies knew for decades that reliance on fossil fuels would ca...


Real Estate/Development, Civil Litigation


The lawsuit was dismissed by U.S. District Judge Vince G. Chhabria, who said the allegations were unrelated to those made by P...


Judges and Judiciary


Superior Court Judge Gregory J. Kreis lost his bid for reelection in the March 5 primary. His lawyer suggested the case was an...


Community News


The awards were handed out Thursday night at a gala in downtown Los Angeles.


Judges and Judiciary, Discipline


The judge in question was presiding over a murder trial when she improperly initiated an ex parte communication with a prosecu...


Civil Litigation


The targeting of publishers would "impose an unprecedented duty to verify the factual accuracy of every book" and would threat...


U.S. Supreme Court, Civil Rights, Administrative/Regulatory


Reports of the use of facial recognition data by police departments, in breach of local rules, could lead to a national reckon...


Criminal


LA attorney secures acquittal in Honolulu bribery case

May 28, 2024
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

The case was prosecuted by a team from the U.S. attorney's office in San Diego.


Litigation & Arbitration


A lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court seeks to skirt a federal law that shields online platforms from actions b...


Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


The agreement, which is not yet approved by the court, could mark the end of the NCAA's lucrative amateur framework as thousan...


U.S. Attorney E. Martin Estrada has issued a call for defense attorneys to help identify cases suitable for post-conviction re...


Civil Litigation


The firm is accused of sharing a draft complaint with opposing counsel and making inappropriate attacks on the plaintiff.


Judges and Judiciary, Discipline


Judge Daniel J. Healy's misconduct was made even more egregious because he was once before admonished for similar behavior in ...


Insurance, California Supreme Court, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The ruling follows a pattern of all but one state court across the nation.