Law Office Management
Riverside firms merge, open office in Orange County
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Rizio Lipinsky Heiting will specialize in personal injury and employment law.
Apple’s attorneys have asked a San Francisco judge to reconsider his order requiring notification of a “vanishingly small numb...
Lawrence Welk Jr., son of the late television bandleader, claims that his own son and other relatives ousted him as CEO and mi...
Civil Rights
LA County agrees to pay $25M for shooting of autistic man
By Skyler Romero
The Executive Force Review Committee determined that the deputies’ use of force was within department policy, and the district...
Labor/Employment
Law firms are ‘rethinking and retooling’ approach to DEI
By Jack Needham
Adverse legal opinions have forced attorneys to change their approach to diversity efforts within law firms and in the advice ...
Judges and Judiciary
Lawmakers forward bill to allow parties to disqualify justices of Court of Appeal
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The bill was inspired by a long-running California Voting Rights Act case, leading some lawmakers to question the need to reex...
Intellectual Property
Judge dismisses wheel manufacturer’s mark claim, prompts review motions
By Devon Belcher
Motions to reconsider the dismissal without a chance to amend and a request for review by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal...
Intellectual Property
‘Top Gun Maverick’ out of copyright danger zone
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
U.S. judge found that Tom Cruise’s Top Gun sequel did not rely on a magazine article that was the inspiration for the original...
Constitutional Law
Nation of Islam loses defamation claim against ADL and Wiesenthal Center
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The organizations argued that they exercised their First Amendment right to express their opinion that Louis Farrakhan’s state...
U.S. District Jacqueline Scott Corley wrote that she no longer had jurisdiction over the case once an appeal was filed with t...
Torts/Personal Injury
Apple engineer's family settles wrongful death suit with Tesla
By Wisdom Howell
The settlement amount was not made public, but Tesla denied the plaintiffs' accusations that it sold a defective vehicle.
Data Privacy
Google now accused in state court of illegally tracking Chrome users
By Wisdom Howell
The lawsuits follow a similar class action in federal court that was settled, with Google agreeing to delete and/or remediate ...
Technology
Silicon Valley companies want gambling apps case dismissed
By Craig Anderson
The case involves a claim that the platforms processed illegal transactions for unlawful gambling, which falls outside of Sect...
Family
French winery at center of discovery dispute in Pitt/Jolie divorce
By Skyler Romero
Family law attorneys believe Jolie’s motion has a chance of being granted, at least in part.
Civil Litigation
Secret Service agents to be dropped from suit against Erika Girardi
By Devon Belcher
The suit claimed that the Tom and Erika Girardi were friends with Lorenzo Robert Savage III, the former chief of the U.S. Secr...
Labor/Employment
Plaintiffs want negligent hiring claim added to DoorDash case
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
The driver, an immigrant from Russia, had a California driver’s license for a month and half before the crash and was distract...
Intellectual Property
Women attorneys launch initiative to close gender gap in patent litigation
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Attendees will learn about aspects of being a lead counsel, including how to speak, dress, interact with non-leading counsel, ...
Complex commerical litigator defended Archdiocese
Data Privacy
Contradictory CIPA rulings leave both sides saying they’re right
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Attorneys on both sides of the bar believe recent privacy act rulings in Los Angeles bolster their claims. But the absence of ...
Securities
Jury finds former biopharma executive liable for ‘shadow trading’
By Sunidhi Sridhar
The SEC accused Matthew Panuwat of possessing confidential information about his employer and trading in the securities of Inc...
Several new anti-theft bills are already print, thanks to amendments added during the past week.
The lawsuit claims that the county saves money by using overtime to cover vacant officer positions in cities it contracts with...
The bill, AB 1979 aims to address the lack of criminal prosecutions for doxing under existing legislation.
Tax
6 telecom providers sue Santa Clara County for $19.3M in 'discriminatory' property taxes
By Wisdom Howell
The plaintiffs allege that the county applied higher tax rates to their property compared to other property owners.
Civil Litigation
US judge holds off on sanctions for LA's noncompliance with homeless settlement
By Devon Belcher
The L.A. Alliance for Human Rights had requested a penalty of $6.4 million for noncompliance, but both sides stipulated and re...
Administrative/Regulatory
Judge lauds LA for transparency in homeless services spending
By Devon Belcher
The judge’s compliments contrasted with his previous comments that the city was misleading the plaintiff about keeping to prom...
Construction
Special master recommended for $23.9M construction dispute
By Wisdom Howell
The lawsuit was filed in 2021 by Swinerton, alleging breach of contract by the Asian Art Museum for a construction project. Sw...
Entertainment & Sports
No triable facts exist in athlete compensation case, plaintiffs say
By Sunidhi Sridhar
The plaintiffs want summary judgment; NCAA wants the case dismissed.
Lex Machina’s Antitrust Litigation Report, released Thursday, found that the Northern District of California saw the most anti...
Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy judge approves Sacramento diocese’s ability to pay bills
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The U.S. Justice Department Attorney had filed an objection to the diocese’s cash management proposals.