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Government


In its complaint, the Geo Group Inc. said SB 1132 violates the supremacy clause of the U.S. Constitution and should be enjoine...


Judges and Judiciary, California Supreme Court


Former chief justice recalls being screamed at by legislators and being given budget lobbying advice by Gov. Jerry Brown.


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


In the 33-page opinion, Judge Ana de Alba invoked the famous "What's in a name?" passage from "Romeo and Juliet," noting that ...


Intellectual Property


The Port of Oakland Port wants to change the name of Oakland International Airport to "San Francisco Bay Oakland International...


Judges and Judiciary


Both nominees will face a tight deadline in getting consideration by the U.S. Senate during the lame duck session after the No...


The settlement with the city of Encinitas marks one of the largest ever reached regarding coastal safety.


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Former plaintiffs' attorney Michael Avenatti's sentence, and the calculation of losses to his clients, were vacated and remand...


The plaintiff claims that women working for Netflix were regularly objectified by other employees, male and female, particular...


Defense attorneys argue that forensic imaging of the non-bellwether plaintiffs' devices needs to be conducted after seven of t...


Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation


A new complaint claims that Cedars Sinai covered up reports of misconduct by gynecologist Dr. Barry J. Brock over four decades.


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


The complaint, filed Monday night in the Southern District of New York, follows a similar civil antitrust lawsuit against Visa...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Would-be attorneys can take an experimental test next month and possibly earn points that would help them pass the State Bar e...


Civil Litigation


Allegations leveled against former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Josh Klinghoffer, accused of running over a 47-year-old man...


As part of the plea agreement, Do must forfeit assets connected to the scheme, including his daughter's Tustin property, and p...


Insurance


One of the best-known insurance pools, the National Catholic Risk Retention Group, is proactively working to prevent future se...


The absence of jury instructions that following the advice of lawyers or professionals is a defense against fraud made the tri...


California Courts of Appeal, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The Orange County beach town is opposing laws requiring more high-density housing in single-family neighborhoods in both feder...


Civil Litigation


Trial over student's playground brain injury begins

Oct. 22, 2024
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

"It wasn't just that the playground was dangerous, it played a role in her fall," one of the plaintiff's attorneys told jurors...


Civil Litigation


Attorneys for the Bullis-Purissima Elementary School claim the Santa Clara County Board of Education bowed to "political press...


Entertainment & Sports


Responding to the dismissal of their clients' lawsuit, attorneys for the plaintiffs aired their concerns that California court...


The three-judge panel decision reaffirmed that the State Bar generally enjoys Eleventh Amendment immunity but highlighted the ...


Slideshow, Community News


The organization honored litigator Jennifer Keller of Keller/Anderle LLP with its Judge Alicemarie H. Stotler Award.


Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg., 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The order, which covers a three-year injunction starting Nov. 1, may not last long depending on what the appellate court does ...


Amanda Moghaddam will be inducted as president of the San Fernando Valley Bar Association this week.


Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Disney lost its motion to refer a question about companies' First Amendment rights to the appellate court in a case where an a...


Civil Litigation


Another lawsuit filed over Gilead's HIV drugs

Oct. 21, 2024
By Skyler Romero

The lawsuit filed by David B. Fernandes of Baron & Budd PC in Encino is the latest in Los Angeles County Superior Court to...


Judges and Judiciary


Having moved X headquarters from San Francisco, the company's new user terms require all disputes to be filed in the Northern ...



Biotech startup granted TRO against ousted co-founder

Oct. 21, 2024
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Keoni Gandall is accused of stealing company information to start another company.


Civil Litigation


The complaint claims that management of the Pearl Apartments was aware of the tenant's behavior prior to the shooting.


Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


Daniel Zaheer of Kobre & Kim LLP said Propel Fuels will seek an enhancement of the jury's damages award "based on the find...