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First American Title Company of Napa claims that a decision by Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara could force it out of busin...



Nelson Hardiman merges with Leech Tishman

Sep. 5, 2024
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Effective Oct.1, the firm will operate as Leech Tishman Nelson Hardiman and have a total of 140 lawyers.


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


The law, signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2022, required companies with more than $100 million in gross annual revenues to file ...


Law Practice


The Northern California law firm has won three of the top elder abuse verdicts in the history of the state of California.


Judges and Judiciary


California judges are underpaid, lawsuit claims

Sep. 5, 2024
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

A lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County by a Sacramento County judge claims that the method the state personnel department uses ...


Government, Civil Litigation


Fight over cardrooms appears headed to court

Sep. 4, 2024
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Voters passed Proposition 1A in 2000, creating the modern era of tribal casinos. But there has been ambiguity about whether th...


Intellectual Property


In 2009, singer Tameka "Tiny" Harris, the wife of rapper Clifford "T.I." Harris, founded the teenage pop group that Sheppard M...


The lawsuit is the second such complaint to be filed against STIIIZY IP LLC, accusing it of marketing to teens, whose heavy u...



Litigation investment fund was fraud, SEC and DOJ say

Sep. 4, 2024
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Maria Dulce Pino Dickerson reportedly lured investors with false claims of using their money to fund personal injury lawsuits,...


Securities, Government


Addressing the SEC's filing in bankruptcy court in Delaware, Ripple Labs' chief legal officer, Stuart Alderoty, said the agenc...



Anaheim veterans cemetery project faces legal challenge

Sep. 4, 2024
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

The plaintiffs are seeking to have the project approvals rescinded and a new environmental review conducted.


Torts/Personal Injury


The student, also a researcher at the Aquarium of the Bay, said the Belous Law Corp. Did not investigate before following thei...


Class Action


"The concept of the campaign is simple: Birddogs purports to charge customers no more than the amount it costs Birddogs to pro...


Judges and Judiciary


California judges in line for 2.6% pay bump

Sep. 3, 2024
By Malcolm Maclachlan

AB 181, which grants judges and other state workers a raise, is headed to Gov. Gavin Newsom's desk.


The notice of settlement came days after attorneys with Gavrilov & Brooks were substituted in to represent Ma against the ...


Judges and Judiciary


Vice President Kamala Harris might have more constraints even if she prevails in the election, given the distinct possibility ...


"I offer these helpful amendments by simply adding the language from my Senate Bill 226, which previously passed this house 36...


Judges and Judiciary


Two new commissioners appointed to LA court

Sep. 3, 2024
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

The appointments will fill vacancies left open due to Tiffany W. Tai's appointment as a judge and the death of Commissioner Fr...


Rather than reducing the number of claims, defense attorneys argue recent changes to the PAGA law could have the unintended co...


Intellectual Property


Despite securing a win last year in federal court in Santa Ana, MGA Entertainment failed to convince U.S. District Judge James...


Civil Litigation


Security company settles with Target stabbing victims

Sep. 3, 2024
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

Two victims of the November 2022 knife attack had accused a security guard and other store workers of failing to stop the assa...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


"Antitrust cases are inherently risky and, while the plaintiffs believe their claims are sound, recovery is far from certain,"...


Mars also stopped Taste of Nature from displaying at a major trade show in May the products it was licensed to sell, and order...


From securing state and federal funding to negotiating contracts for cutting-edge hydrogen and battery-electric buses, Hanson ...


The settlement over the police accidental killing of a bystander at a Silver Lake market in 2018 is the largest pre-trial payo...


Judges and Judiciary


Judge Eric C. Taylor says showing appreciation to court staff can be the key factor in either gaining or losing the trust of j...


Law Practice, Consumer Law


Two CAALA speakers, a wedding and an anniversary

Aug. 30, 2024
By Diana Bosetti

Juggling personal lives with professional commitments isn't something new for attorneys and friends Gary Dordick and Chris Dol...


"It builds on the Coogan Act, which became the national standard protecting children from financial abuse in the entertainment...


Real Estate/Development, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


"I don't think it's a powerful argument to say landlords didn't have to take the algorithm's suggestions because everyone took...


The case accusing some of the nation's largest banks of artificially inflating bond interest rates has been mired in procedura...