EKO Law founders praise the utility of class actions to help lots of people.
Civil Litigation, Torts/Personal Injury
Lawyer wins $10M for brain-damaged man, grandson in 2 cases
By Blaise Scemama
Both family members were represented by Beverly Hills attorney Nicholas Rowley of Carpenter Zuckerman & Rowley LLP and bot...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Civil Litigation
Judge relied on ‘extra-record evidence’ for homeless cleanup order
By Gina Kim
“The district court granted relief based on claims that plaintiffs did not allege, supported by novel legal theories that plai...
Government, Law Practice
Newsom signs bills on arbitrations, juvenile crime, warehouse workers
By Malcolm Maclachlan
SB 762 requires arbitrators to provide invoices that clearly lay out costs, fees and due dates. In a news release late Wednesd...
Criminal, Law Practice
LA city attorney, Manhattan DA, leave leadership of Prosecutors Against Gun Violence
By Kamila Knaudt
Santa Barbara County District Attorney Joyce E. Dudley and Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark, will be the new co-chairs of ...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Civil Litigation
No profits, no restitution, CashCall lawyer tells circuit panel
By Craig Anderson
Kristin Bateman, an attorney with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, argued that CashCall’s expenses didn’t matter beca...
Community News, Judges and Judiciary, State Bar & Bar Associations
OC Bar Association hosts event honoring Judge Andrew Guilford one year after retirement
By Nicole Tyau
Judge Guilford spent nearly 14 years on the federal bench before joining Judicate West last year.
Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports, Technology
TV journalist sues Facebook for flagging his videos as false, misleading
By Winston Cho
John Stossel, a former ABC and Fox news and reporter and presenter, alleged in a lawsuit filed on Wednesday that Facebook’s fa...
Government, Judges and Judiciary
Governor signs bill to further eliminate arbitration delays
By Malcolm Maclachlan
SB 762 requires arbitration providers to produce invoices that clearly lay out cost, fees and due dates.
Antitrust & Trade Reg., Mergers & Acquisitions
Small deals let big tech evade antitrust scrutiny, FTC says
By Winston Cho
“When we singly review serial acquisitions, we may miss the bigger picture patterns of anticompetitive roll-up strategy,” Comm...
Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property
Ex-patent office chief to help defend $1.9B patent judgment
By Henrik Nilsson
Andrei Iancu is now a member of the Irell & Manella LLP team aiding defense of Centripetal Networks’ award against Cisco S...
Books, Community News, Corporate
Corporate counsel group CEO pens book on reaching goals
By Nicole Tyau
Veta Richardson’s book is “Take Six: Essential Habits To Own Your Destiny, Overcome Challenges, And Unlock Opportunities.”
A petition for writ of mandate was filed in Orange County Superior Court on Tuesday by Starbuzz Tobacco Inc., based in Foothil...
Criminal
Judge denies Scott Peterson deposition of one of his jurors
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“Arranging for a deposition especially during a pandemic would take much more time than Juror No. 7’s live testimony and provi...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Antitrust & Trade Reg., Civil Litigation
Most tuna eaters weren’t harmed by conspiracy, lawyers say
By Craig Anderson
Gregory G. Garre, a partner with Latham & Watkins LLP who represents StarKist Co., said about 28% of the class suffered no...
Criminal, Judges and Judiciary
Suit asks court to enjoin itself over delayed trials
By Kamila Knaudt
The lawsuit’s venue is not a major issue, San Francisco Public Defender Manohar P. Raju said Wednesday. “Regardless of what ju...
Civil Litigation, Environmental & Energy, Government
Loopholes for refinery toxic emissions must end, judge says
By Blaise Scemama
Valley Air argued it had the authority to create exemptions for petroleum refineries not refining crude oil but still operatin...
Judges and Judiciary, Law Practice
Judge Glenn Yabuno elected San Bernardino Court presiding judge
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Judge Lisa M. Rogan was elected assistant presiding judge.
Administrative/Regulatory, Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment, Securities
Blizzard’s top legal officer leaves as SEC investigates
By Henrik Nilsson
The company is being sued by several current and former employees and by the California Department of Fair Employment and Hous...
Civil Litigation
No Hulu, Netflix franchise fees for city, judge rules
By Blaise Scemama
Lancaster, in northern LA County, sought to charge Netflix Inc. and Hulu LLC 5% of their gross income derived from providing v...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Criminal, Data Privacy
Panel vacates child porn conviction over privacy rights
By Craig Anderson
Google reported to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that defendant Luke Wilson had uploaded four images ...
California Supreme Court, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Judges and Judiciary, Law Practice
Judges told how not to see what they shouldn’t
By Craig Anderson
To avoid ethical quandaries, a state Supreme Court advisory committee released guidance Tuesday to judges who routinely search...
Appellate Practice, Criminal
Panel tosses murder convictions, says juror strike ‘tied to race’
By Henrik Nilsson
During jury selection, the defendants filed Batson/Wheeler motions against the prosecutor’s exercise of a peremptory strike ag...
Civil Litigation, Corporate
Judge questions need for quotas on corporate boards
By Gina Kim
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Maureen Duffy-Lewis said she has noticed the “pendulum swing” in academic settings, an...
Data Privacy, Law Office Management, Law Practice
New partner will colead Loeb & Loeb’s privacy, security, data practice
By Kamila Knaudt
Tanya Forsheit moved from Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC, where she was supervising partner of the Los Angeles office an...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Labor/Employment
Proposition 22 is not retroactive, unanimous 9th Circuit panel rules
By Winston Cho
Writing for the court, Judge William A. Fletcher sent the case back to a district court to decide if Grubhub misclassified a d...
Labor/Employment, Law Office Management, Law Practice
4-attorney employment team joins Baker & Hostetler
By Kamila Knaudt
McGuireWoods partners Matthew C. Kane and Sylvia J. Kim, senior associate Amy Beverlin and associate Kerri H. Sakaue made the ...
Law Practice, Legal Education
Animal law specialties edge into mainstream
By Malcolm Maclachlan
"When I started, I could count the number of animal lawyers I knew of on two hands, and half of them were academics," said Bru...
Civil Litigation, Health Care & Hospital Law, Labor/Employment
LA can't fire half of firefighters, lawyer says in challenge to vaccine
By Blaise Scemama
Los Angeles attorney Kevin McBride of McBride Law PC, who represents a newly formed organization called the Firefighters 4 Fre...
Cofounder of Munger, Tolles & Olson ‘brought out the best in people’