Criminal, Law Practice
Victim’s family says LA prosecutor sides with killer, seeks her dismissal
By Gina Kim
The family of a man killed in a robbery seeks to disqualify a former public defender and special adviser to LA County DA Georg...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Law Practice
A new plagiarism accusation as Avenatti’s trial looms
By Henrik Nilsson
Defense lawyer H. Dean Steward said U.S. prosecutors in Los Angeles lifted portions of a brief U. S. prosecutors in San Franci...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Constitutional Law
9th Circuit gun magazine debate appears aimed at Supreme Court
By Craig Anderson
The en banc 9th Circuit panel, which was dominated by judges appointed by Democratic presidents, seemed inclined to overturn a...
Criminal, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Judge ready to toss civil assault and rights violation claims against former LA DA
By Blaise Scemama
The judge on Tuesday tentatively kept in place a false imprisonment action filed against then-District Attorney Jackie Lacey ...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility, State Bar & Bar Associations
LACBA ethics committee guidance planned on changing firms, social media
By Henrik Nilsson
Kirsten Hicks Spira, a partner at Jenner & Block, will become chair of the committee on July 1.
Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Government
AG’s wife seeking his Assembly seat raises conflicts, says opponent
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Assembly candidate Janani Ramachandran stated her opponent Mia Bonta should either return donations from gambling and insuranc...
Judges and Judiciary, Litigation & Arbitration
LA judges can order virtual mandatory settlement conferences as of June 28
By Arin Mikailian
Similar to the in-person program, Resolve Law LA will be staffed by volunteer attorneys from bar associations in the county.
Intellectual Property, U.S. Supreme Court
High court patent review board opinion ‘won’t change much’
By Craig Anderson
The court majority, in an opinion written by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., concluded administrative patent judges were im...
Antitrust & Trade Reg., Entertainment & Sports, Labor/Employment, U.S. Supreme Court
Court ruling may be turning point on NCAA antitrust exemption
By Winston Cho
The high court, in a unanimous opinion by Justice Neil Gorsuch, sided with former college athletes in a decision that question...
Judges and Judiciary, Law Practice
Orange County court starts to dismantle COVID restrictions
By Arin Mikailian
Unvaccinated people have to keep wearing masks. Kostas Kalaitzidis, public information officer for the court, said the court w...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Corporate
Circuit revives shareholder suit over corporate boards law
By Craig Anderson
The three-judge panel, in an opinion by Judge Sandra S. Ikuta, reversed a district judge's dismissal for lack of standing.
Civil Litigation
Federal judge issues scathing rebuke of MDL fee ‘holdbacks’
By Gina Kim
“What began as a healthy concern about the free rider problem seems to have evolved into an obsession,” wrote U.S. District Ju...
The Peter Law Group employs discipline and structure that leads to practical results.
Civil Litigation, Constitutional Law
Suit seeks to make ‘ghost gun’ makers liable for a Sacramento murder
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“It’s an activist lawsuit filed by people who are trying to change the law,” Cody Wilson, co-founder of Texas-based Ghost Gunn...
Government
LA judge blocks voters’ measure telling county how to spend funds
By Winston Cho
The measure, passed by 57% percent of the voters, prohibited using the money on law enforcement agencies, including the Los An...
Covid Court Ops
Lobbyists can’t push all of judges’ bills because of COVID effects
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Mike Belote, president of California Advocates Inc., told the California Judges Association the second year of the pandemic ha...
Labor/Employment
Sonoma testing lab becomes first cannabis company to unionize
By Jessica Mach
Employees at Sonoma Lab Works -- who include scientists, engineers, assistants, and office staff -- unanimously voted to join ...
Appellate Practice, California Supreme Court
State Supreme Court surveys appellate attorneys about fully reopening
By Jessica Mach
The high court emailed the survey to assess attorneys’ feelings about arguing through video conference calls, and whether they...
Pat Harris helped represent Scott Peterson during his original trial, when he was convicted of murdering his wife and their un...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Government
Jittery liberals tell Biden to speed up judge nominations
By Craig Anderson
The reason for the letter, and the urgency, is fear — especially about the four vacancies on the 9th Circuit, 3 of which are C...
Ronald Richards, who was hired by the bankruptcy trustee, says Erika Girardi has multiple bank accounts.
Real Estate/Development
A new owner vows to restore ‘honor and integrity’ to Girardi Keese building
By Blaise Scemama
As workers on a crane removed the words “Girardi Keese” from the front of the rust-colored building on Wilshire Boulevard on F...
Neutral Gerald Rosenberg likes to work with lawyers and numbers.
Government, Law Practice
Former US attorney McGregor Scott joins King & Spalding government investigations team
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Scott will be a partner on the firm’s special matters and government investigations team, and will work in the San Francisco a...
Bankruptcy, Law Practice, State Bar & Bar Associations
Ex-lawyer to appeal ruling he can’t discharge $2M bar penalty in bankruptcy
By Henrik Nilsson
Anthony J. Kassas of San Francisco sought a determination to discharge the debt he owed to the bar’s Client Security Fund afte...
Pornhub responded that it has safeguards to prevent unlawful activity, including bans on uploads from unverified users.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley in San Francisco found that E*Trade never promised users access to trading servi...
Administrative/Regulatory, Government, Labor/Employment
Fully vaccinated workers free from most COVID rules under new standards
By Jessica Mach
As a result of the Cal/OSHA board vote, workers are generally not required to wear masks outdoors, regardless of vaccination s...
Civil Litigation
Jury awards LivePerson $30M in trade secrets win over rival
By Winston Cho
The jury unanimously found that [24]7.ai, a San Jose software and services company, stole and misappropriated all 15 trade sec...
U.S. Supreme Court
1789 law invoked to free chocolate makers from lawsuit over child slaves
By Craig Anderson
The decision is a victory for chocolate makers Nestle USA Inc. and Cargill Inc., which persuaded the high court — by an 8-1 ma...