The case was originally filed by a whistleblower under the False Claims Act in 2011. Federal prosecutors intervened in 2017.
Civil Litigation
Trial to determine whether LAUSD liable for student's brain injury
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Seeking to avoid a cap on damages, plaintiffs allege that the student's injury was primarily caused by cracked pavement. Citin...
The union is seeking a 5.5% pay increase. Sacramento County says the attorneys are already among its highest-paid staff.
Government, Criminal
Debate over Prop 47 and homelessness rekindled by Prop 36
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Homelessness in California went up in the decade since voters passed criminal law changes, counter to what happened elsewhere ...
Judges and Judiciary
OC judge to continue work after FBI, IRS raid on home
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Federal agents raided a home in North Tustin belonging to the Orange County judge and her husband, a county supervisor.
Intellectual Property
Judge asks if plaintiff had code at center of trade secret dispute
By Wisdom Howell
Superior Court Judge Ethan P. Schulman said he was troubled by the uncontested fact that the trade secret at issue was alleged...
Criminal
Defense experts: Girardi testimony was a Hail Mary that didn't help
By Devon Belcher
Disbarred plaintiff's attorney Tom Girardi's excuses on the witness stand for withholding client funds were admissions of Stat...
Consumer Law
StubHub settles with state after rescinding COVID-19 refund offer
By Skyler Romero
Consumer law experts say that new rules enacted since StubHub's refund debacle mean ticket buyers are now in a better position...
Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Kroger challenge to FTC in-house hearings 'has legs,' lawyers say
By Craig Anderson
"The administrative proceeding violates Article III of the U.S. Constitution because the FTC intends to adjudicate Kroger's pr...
Technology, Intellectual Property
Ex-Meta worker's posts can't be used by plaintiffs in AI lawsuit
By Sunidhi Sridhar
While the former employee was communicating with EleutherAI, an AI research lab that started on Discord, his messages "plainly...
Criminal
US Attorney in LA starts program to encourage company, public institution whistleblowers
By Laurinda Keys
The largest U.S. attorney's office in the U.S. is focusing on corruption by public officials and leaders of companies, a diffe...
Surfer plaintiffs, Palos Verdes Estates reach partial settlement
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
The trial was expected to make waves if Judge Lawrence P. Riff held that Palos Verdes Estates was responsible for the actions ...
Real Estate/Development, Government
Luxury property developer wants money back after homeless housing proposed nearby
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
When Onni Capital contracted for the former LA Times property, it thought a park was being built nearby. When plans changed, t...
Some pro-Palestinian student protesters are fighting back in court against what they say are violations of their due process r...
Torts/Personal Injury, Civil Litigation
No dismissal of case seeking to hold Airbnb liable for shooting death
By Wisdom Howell
The plaintiff argues the shooting was "foreseeable" given a history of violent conduct at Airbnb properties and the city's ban...
Torts/Personal Injury, California Supreme Court, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
California Supreme Court clarifies exemption of tort claims from economic loss rule
By Jack Needham
The court's previous decision in Robinson Helicopter v. Dana Corp. left unanswered the question of whether fraudulent concealm...
California Supreme Court
Trial judge can impose monetary sanctions for discovery abuse
By Craig Anderson
The state Supreme Court sided with Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Elihu M. Berle and rejected Los Angeles' argument t...
The Committee of Bar Examiners oversees the development and administration of the California Bar Exam, managing the moral char...
Start every case listening, not talking, mediator Barry Baskin believes
"I swear to you ... every client got every penny they were supposed to get," disbarred plaintiffs' attorney Tom Girardi testif...
Slideshow, Community News
LA County Bar Association hosts summer mixer for members
By Ricardo Pineda
Attorneys came together for an evening of drinks and networking at the Los Angeles County Bar Association's summer mixer, held...
Land Use, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
City of their dreams may be dead, but antitrust litigation lives on
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A group of investors aiming to build a model city abandoned their plans in Solano County, but they are still trying to hold lo...
Judges and Judiciary
Appellate judge takes OC DA to task on choice of words in brief
By Skyler Romero
In an unusual move, Justice Eileen C. Moore devoted part of the court's opinion to urging the Orange County DA to be 'more cau...
Girardi knew right from wrong, didn't have Alzheimer's, government expert says
By Devon Belcher
A neurologist called by the U.S. attorney's office to rebut a defense expert said after interviewing Tom Girardi and those nea...
Government, Environmental & Energy
Homeowners sue Rancho Palos Verdes over acceleration of landslides
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Defendants' actions or failures to act caused water from several sources to combine and cause oversaturation, worsening the pr...
International Law, Civil Litigation
Dissident's works face destruction in China, professor says
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Stanford University has maintained that Li Rui, a personal secretary and later prisoner of Mao Zedong, intended for his works ...
Class Action, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit: 'Browser agnosticism' irrelevant in Google privacy case
By Craig Anderson
"Because applying the correct standard reveals disputes of material fact regarding whether 'reasonable' users of Google's prod...
The case is reminiscent of a famous 1994 case in which a woman in New Mexico was scalded by hot coffee at a McDonald's drive-t...
Hopkins Carley has 62 attorneys in San Jose and Redwood Shores. Lathrop GPM has 360 attorneys in eight states and Washington, ...
Judges and Judiciary
New law aims to address gender bias in California court proceedings
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The lawmaker behind the bill says it will "mitigate the over penalization of women involved in criminal cases."
