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Alternative Dispute Resolution


Kimberly Taylor, JAMS new CEO, has spent 25 years at the company and is confident about navigating the opportunities and uncer...



Calm and Measured

Oct. 4, 2024

Neutral David Rosen doesn't get riled up while engaging in the merits of a dispute, attorneys say


Immigration


With the political environment growing chillier for asylum seekers and illegal immigration during the presidential campaign an...


Technology, Intellectual Property


Acknowledging there is no controlling law on the question, a federal judge has asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal if A...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Some independent mediators have raised concerns that the program - to be administered by the State Bar -- could speed up a tre...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


A lawsuit filed in Santa Clara County accuses the tech giant of using monopolistic power to "exercise unfettered authority to ...


Civil Litigation


Lawsuit claims panty liners contain PFAS

Oct. 3, 2024
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

The lawsuit alleges violation of California's Proposition 65, which requires businesses to warn consumers if a product contain...


U.S. District Judge David O. Carter said there needed to be language in the agreement that made clear the property belonged to...



3 seasoned litigators have started boutique

Oct. 3, 2024
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

The lawyers have been involved in many of the marquee commercial litigation in California in recent years.


The judges will assume their new roles Jan. 1.


Join us for an engaging webinar with Special Projects Editor Arin Mikailian and Legal Editor Diana Bosetti to explore the Dail...



State Bar & Bar Associations, Government


A new law requiring attorneys to report their volunteer hours to the State Bar sailed through the Legislature, after most Repu...


Community News


Dickinson Wright opens San Diego office

Oct. 2, 2024
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Three intellectual property lawyers have joined the firm from Sheppard Mullin.


Torts/Personal Injury


Attorneys representing Emanuel "Manny" Garcia argued that the school district had received multiple warnings over the years ab...


Securities, Class Action, Civil Litigation, Business Law


The lawsuit accuses the executive board of causing significant financial losses through systemic mismanagement and disregard f...


Civil Litigation


Keller/Anderle asked for sanctions and repeatedly said Quinn Emanuel's representations to the court on behalf of its client we...


Torts/Personal Injury


The lawsuit claimed that medroxyprogesterone acetate, sold under the brand name Depo-Provera, substantially contributed to the...


Civil Litigation


Broad Beach homeowners challenge erosion-related fees

Oct. 2, 2024
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

Two homeowners say fees related to the construction of a rock revetment will not provide meaningful hazard protection and brea...


Criminal, Civil Litigation


U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar's ruling that sheriff's deputies can't randomly conduct searches on those released pretrial with...


Plaintiffs claimed the city improperly adopted an urgency ordinance that required non-profit entities to acquire a Conditional...


Civil Litigation


Attorneys with Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP and Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP argued in the complaint filed ...


Citing the 9th Circuit, a district judge in LA tentatively granted the EPA's motion to dismiss a lawsuit that claims it discri...


Technology, Government


Opponents raised worries that even though SB 1047 was not written with a private right of action, civil suits from the attorne...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Law Practice


Attorneys must report pro bono work starting next year

Oct. 1, 2024
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The Legal Aid Association of California led a coalition that sponsored AB 2505.


Insurance


Attorneys for Cloudflare say Indian Harbor Insurance Co. wrongly denied coverage for litigation fees incurred in six third-par...


Civil Litigation


Brewers owner cited by Coastal Commission

Oct. 1, 2024
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

The Coastal Commission's letter to Mark Attanasio came a month after his billionaire neighbor filed a lawsuit accusing him of ...


Civil Litigation


Intuit's counsel at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP have accused H&R Block of misquoting TurboTax prices at ne...


Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


San Mateo County, San Jose sued major oil companies in New Mexico, claiming they had an agreement with OPEC to slow down their...


Judges and Judiciary


Gov. Gavin Newsom nominated Justice Brian M. Hoffstadt as presiding justice of the 2nd District Court of Appeal's Division 5, ...


Epic Games says Apple is deliberately dragging its feet on compliance with discovery on the issue of whether it is adhering t...