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The case was originally filed by a whistleblower under the False Claims Act in 2011. Federal prosecutors intervened in 2017.


Civil Litigation


Seeking to avoid a cap on damages, plaintiffs allege that the student's injury was primarily caused by cracked pavement. Citin...


Government


Sacramento County criminal attorneys to strike

Aug. 26, 2024
By Malcolm Maclachlan

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

Aug. 26, 2024
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

Aug. 26, 2024
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


Superior Court Judge Ethan P. Schulman said he was troubled by the uncontested fact that the trade secret at issue was alleged...


Disbarred plaintiff's attorney Tom Girardi's excuses on the witness stand for withholding client funds were admissions of Stat...


Consumer Law


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.


"The administrative proceeding violates Article III of the U.S. Constitution because the FTC intends to adjudicate Kroger's pr...


Technology, Intellectual Property


While the former employee was communicating with EleutherAI, an AI research lab that started on Discord, his messages "plainly...


The largest U.S. attorney's office in the U.S. is focusing on corruption by public officials and leaders of companies, a diffe...


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


When Onni Capital contracted for the former LA Times property, it thought a park was being built nearby. When plans changed, t...


Civil Rights


Litigation over UC protester policy continues

Aug. 23, 2024
By Sunidhi Sridhar

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


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


The court's previous decision in Robinson Helicopter v. Dana Corp. left unanswered the question of whether fraudulent concealm...


California Supreme Court


The state Supreme Court sided with Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Elihu M. Berle and rejected Los Angeles' argument t...



Appointments made to State Bar governing bodies

Aug. 23, 2024
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

The Committee of Bar Examiners oversees the development and administration of the California Bar Exam, managing the moral char...



Do the Right Thing

Aug. 23, 2024

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


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.


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


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...


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


Defendants' actions or failures to act caused water from several sources to combine and cause oversaturation, worsening the pr...


International Law, Civil Litigation


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


"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 will merge with Lathrop GPM

Aug. 21, 2024
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Hopkins Carley has 62 attorneys in San Jose and Redwood Shores. Lathrop GPM has 360 attorneys in eight states and Washington, ...


Judges and Judiciary


The lawmaker behind the bill says it will "mitigate the over penalization of women involved in criminal cases."