Civil Litigation, Technology
Retroactive arbitration contracts may defeat class action against Cricket
By Winston Cho
U.S. District Judge William Alsup pressed both sides on questions relating to the validity and retroactivity of arbitration ag...
Administrative/Regulatory, Government, Labor/Employment
Governor names new leaders for state labor agency
By Jessica Mach
Natalie Palugyai will replace Julie A. Su as California’s labor secretary, while Stewart Knox will serve as undersecretary.
Civil Litigation, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Judges and Judiciary
Judge to decide if juror can be dismissed for not having COVID vaccine
By Blaise Scemama
Defense attorney Brad Brian of Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP and plaintiffs' attorney Jennifer Keller of Kender Anderle asked...
Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports, Family
Britney Spears can pick her own lawyer, judge rules
By Henrik Nilsson
The new attorney, Mathew S. Rosengart, a shareholder at Greenberg Traurig LLP, wasted no time in calling on Spears’ father to...
Civil Litigation, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Judges and Judiciary
Judge slams LA city attorney’s expert in suit against retailers
By Craig Anderson
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Ann I. Jones wrote of the plaintiffs’ expert, Clarkson University professor emeritus L...
Civil Litigation, Government
CalPers settles with 80,000-person class for $2.7B
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The class of California Public Employees Retirement System members sued the fund in 2013 after it announced an 85% premium inc...
Administrative/Regulatory, Labor/Employment
Labor secretary confirmed by Senate faced stiff opposition
By Jessica Mach
The 50-47 vote confirming Julie A. Su as the next deputy secretary for the U.S. Department of Labor follows a heated congressi...
Civil Litigation, Civil Rights, Criminal
Suit says LA County allowed sex abuse of girls in detention
By Kamila Knaudt
“The county had taken these young girls into their care,” the plaintiffs’ attorney, Justin H. King of Rancho Cucamonga, said i...
Civil Litigation, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Defense calls for mistrial and trial delay in Avenatti’s client theft case
By Gina Kim
H. Dean Steward of Newport Beach, Michael J. Avenatti’s attorney, complained about media coverage of his client’s sentencing i...
Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports
Civil rights groups urge probate judge to allow Britney Spears to choose lawyer
By Henrik Nilsson
“Spears’ right to select an attorney is not only a basic tenet of the Sixth Amendment right to counsel, but also consistent wi...
Civil Litigation, Technology
Judge signals she’ll narrow suit over YouTube moderator trauma
By Winston Cho
“We are moving to a digital world and that doesn’t mean causes of action go away. That just means they morph and change and co...
Civil Litigation, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Government
LA city attorney’s office engaged in massive scheme, cover-up, report says
By Blaise Scemama
City Attorney Mike Feuer was not named as a bad actor in the report by a special master who investigated the water billing lit...
Judges and Judiciary
Judge James Chalfant won’t hear cases from bench until mask mandate lifts
By Nicole Tyau
Judge James C. Chalfant, whose previous decisions favored holding indoor religious ceremonies and lifting an outdoor dining ba...
The complaint says the plan to destroy and replace the 70-year-old Capitol Annex approved by the Legislature violates the Cali...
Civil Litigation, Civil Rights
Reddit not liable for pornographic posts of underage girls
By Gina Kim
U.S. District Judge James V. Selna ruled that the plaintiffs will be unable to state a claim for relief against Reddit because...
Civil Litigation, Health Care & Hospital Law
No link between J&J opioids and sales in California, expert testifies
By Blaise Scemama
Laurentius Marais of Compass Lexecon in Chicago testified the sale of three prescription drugs made by Janssen Pharmaceuticals...
Government, Judges and Judiciary
3rd San Diego federal judge takes senior status
By Gina Kim
U.S. District Judge William Q. Hayes of the Southern District of California announces semi retirement as of Aug. 1.
Civil Litigation, Criminal, Government
Prisons department accused of denying sex criminals early release
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The prisons department and Sacramento attorney Janice M. Bellucci have tangled for years over what she said is a pattern of ig...
Criminal, Government
Santa Clara DA gets challenge from the left, following trend
By Craig Anderson
Deputy Public Defender Sajid A. Khan, who is best known for writing a pair of posts denouncing the criminal justice system in ...
Civil Rights, Government
Newsom loses bid to have party name on recall ballot
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The governor’s campaign attorneys inadvertently left his party off paperwork they filed last year with the secretary of state’...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Law Practice
Avenatti's trial on charges of defrauding clients might bring high penalty
By Gina Kim
The federal charges he faces in Santa Ana starting this week stem from alleged thefts of client money, which the jury and judg...
Civil Litigation, Government
Judge to decide if Newsom can add ‘Democrat’ to recall ballot
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Newsom’s law firm, Olson Remcho LLP, filed the petition after its attorneys discovered they had left Newsom’s party off campai...
Bankruptcy specialist was a generous guide and mentor
Both the American Bankruptcy Institute and the Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum recently launched initiatives to increase diversit...
Judges and Judiciary
Judicial Council tags $2.3B for court restorations and discusses remote access
By Blaise Scemama
The council also allocated $72.2 million in ongoing funding for trial courts to address inflationary cost increases. Courts no...
Administrative/Regulatory, Government
Biden executive order pleases ‘Right to Repair’ movement
By Craig Anderson
Advocates of the proposal argue that Apple, Alphabet Inc.-owned Google and Microsoft Corp., among other tech giants, force cus...
Judges and Judiciary
Governor names 2 new justices, promotes 2 and appoints 19 trial judges
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The majority of the 23 nominees and appointees are people of color and women. On July 1, Newsom announced a statewide judicial...
Criminal, Government
20% of LA County cities have voted no confidence in DA
By Kamila Knaudt
The council votes express dissatisfaction but are unlikely to change the way the 19 cities interact with District Attorney Geo...
Law Office Management, Law Practice
Alston Bird hires Adtalem Global Education executive
By Kamila Knaudt
Chaka Patterson, former senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary for Adtalem Global Education Inc., join...
Appellate Practice, California Courts of Appeal
Attorney says client harmed by 3rd District delay
By Malcolm Maclachlan
C. Athena Roussos of Elk Grove said, “The attorney general conceded in their brief that the case should be remanded to determi...