Technology, Tax, Government
Hulu sues Sacramento over user tax on streaming services
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The same attorneys from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati sued the City of Lancaster in 2021 over a similar tax. Those plai...
State Bar & Bar Associations
CAALA convention to focus on getting more plaintiffs' lawyers on the bench
By Laurinda Keys
Ibiere Seck, president of the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles credits bar association educational and networking...
Civil Litigation
Vested rights don't exempt landlord from new tenant protections, judge rules
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Nothing in the building permits contains or suggests "a promise that petitioner will be free of future tenant protections enac...
Criminal, California Supreme Court
Court: State can hold young rapist longer than murderer
By Craig Anderson
The decision is the second by the court this year that rejected constitutional challenges to state laws that reject early rele...
Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary
AI could soon predict how your judge will rule
By Diana Bosetti
That was the message at the opening session of the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles' annual convention in Las Veg...
Environmental & Energy
Environmental groups sue over logging project's impact on endangered owls
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The lawsuit challenges federal agencies' approval of the South Fork Sacramento Public Safety and Forest Restoration Project on...
DOJ accuses San Diego towing company of violating servicemembers civil relief act
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
"When towing companies ignore their legal obligations under the SCRA, it can have serious financial consequences for servicem...
Neutral Charlotte Woolard applies a holistic approach to family disputes, attorneys say.
State Bar & Bar Associations, Government, Alternative Dispute Resolution
Assembly advances bill for bar to regulate ADR companies
By Malcolm Maclachlan
SB 940 would create a voluntary certification system for arbitrators and mediators under the State Bar.
Law Office Management, Civil Litigation
Former nonprofit director accused of poaching cases
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Los Angeles Center for Community Law and Action claims it has lost hundreds of thousands of dollars because of its former exec...
Jewish groups file supporting evidence in lawsuit against Santa Ana Unified School District
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Evidence cited in the motion includes text messages between district officials discussing scheduling course approvals on Jewis...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Criminal
Girardi conviction only a step toward preventing similar abuses, some say
By Devon Belcher
"We have worked hard over the last few years to put backstops in place to ensure that this sort of abuse doesn't happen again,...
Judge halts California prison system's no-beard policy, pending federal investigation
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The Justice Department argued that CDCR failed to adequately explore reasonable accommodations for these officers.
Consumer Law, Class Action, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
States, cities, others weigh in: Can online platforms be sued everywhere?
By Craig Anderson
The 9th Circuit will consider en banc in September whether online platforms can be sued by anyone, anywhere, no matter where t...
Securities, Corporate
Wells Fargo wants shareholder class action dismissed
By Sunidhi Sridhar
The bank, accused of bias in mortgage lending, said the shareholders had not shown its board of directors acted in bad faith.
State Bar & Bar Associations, Government
Legislature advances bills on State Bar, pro bono reporting
By Malcolm Maclachlan
When all additional fees are included, a bar license will cost $553 for active licensees and $161 for an inactive license.
Bram Alden was most recently chief of the Criminal Appeals section at the U.S. attorney's office for the Central District of C...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Discipline
LA lawyer deceived inmates about resentencing program, State Bar says
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Aaron Spolin told inmates and their families that he could get them resentenced under AB 2942, when he knew they did not meet ...
Labor/Employment
Former Shipt driver must arbitrate before PAGA claims can be heard
By Wisdom Howell
The Target subsidiary is accused of misclassifying its drivers as independent contractors and violating numerous state laws th...
"They essentially wanted to say his right of first refusal was a toothless contract, but the jury felt otherwise," Rushing McC...
Plaintiffs say they paid for 36-40 leads of prospective home buyers every month from Move Inc. but up to half weren't legitima...
Old age, poor health won't exempt Girardi from prison, US attorney says
By Devon Belcher
Victims' statements "will certainly affect the ultimate sentence," U.S. Attorney Martin Estrada said after jurors convicted fo...
The once high-flying plaintiffs' attorney was convicted of misappropriating $15 million from four clients over a 10-year perio...
Obituaries
Jeffrey L. Krivis helped pioneer mediation in California
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Mediation pioneer brought transparency and sensitivity to complex cases.
Organizers were forced to cancel a concert headlined by popular Bay Area rapper Too Short due to the flood.
U.S. District Judge Josephine L. Staton handed the case to the 12-person jury at around 2:30 p.m. Monday.
Law Office Management, Government
Law firms, lobbyists caught up in PPP scandal
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Recent months have seen a wave of attorneys facing fines, disbarment and criminal prosecution for alleged misuse of PPP funds ...
California Supreme Court
Judges must warn violent sex crime defendants of civil commitment risks, justices rule
By Craig Anderson
The high court did not make the ruling retroactive.
The plaintiff has accused E.L.F. Cosmetics of trademark and trade dress infringement for using pink and black packaging, Benef...
Torts/Personal Injury
New lawsuit claims YouTube can cause insomnia, ADHD in kids
By Wisdom Howell
The latest lawsuit to target a tech company's addictive design claims the effects stretch beyond depression and anxiety.