Civil Litigation, Environmental & Energy
Lawyer for wildfire plaintiffs draws judicial rebuke
By Gina Kim
Los Angeles County Judge William F. Highberger postpones Woolsey trial date to Oct. 26 to allow Southern California Edison to ...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Law Practice
Ex-Girardi Keese lawyer briefly threatened with deposition
By Craig Anderson
U.S. District Judge Matthew Kennelly dropped his threat after David R. Lira's attorney said she would file a revised reply ins...
Law Practice, State Bar & Bar Associations
20 legal services groups get grants to hire provisionally licensed lawyers
By Jessica Mach
The Legal Services Trust Fund Commission selected the grantees, which include Family Violence Law Center, Public Counsel, UC D...
Civil Litigation
Judge sanctions LegalMatch over 'appalling' discovery behavior
By Henrik Nilsson
The State Bar had filed motions to compel the production of documents several months ago, which would reveal the identities of...
“If the court is persuaded to allow the Legislature to, at any time after the enactment of the budget, enact a budget junior b...
Community News, Judges and Judiciary
LA Judge Byrdsong is next California Judges Association president
By Kamila Knaudt
“I really want to be that group where our colleagues feel sane, scholarly and secure and that encompasses wellness and mental ...
Environmental & Energy, Government
New law speeds CEQA review, slows courts
By Blaise Scemama
The problem, according to the Judicial Council, is that the bill imposes a 270-day timeline for the review of potentially hund...
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Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Law Practice, State Bar & Bar Associations
Senior lawyers’ mental health can trigger obligations of junior lawyers
By Henrik Nilsson
The State Bar ethics opinion comes as lawyers who worked at the Girardi Keese law firm have been accused of knowing that its f...
U.S. Judge Vince Chhabria of the Northern District of California said it would be awhile until he decides whether to prelimina...
Criminal, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Newport Beach attorney indicted on referral for compensation charges
By Tyler Pialet
The indictment, returned in late April, alleges Steven O. Mehr, a sole practitioner in Newport Beach, bought usage rights to “...
Antitrust & Trade Reg., Civil Litigation, Technology
Epic’s late request to call rebuttal witnesses against Apple denied
By Winston Cho
The dispute relates to a disagreement on whether users could make purchases inside of apps before the formal introduction of A...
Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment
5 women accuse Amazon of discrimination
By Jessica Mach
Wednesday’s lawsuits were filed by three current and two former Amazon employees, all of whom are represented by New York base...
The Kings County judge did not rule on applicability of the murder statute to women who have a stillbirth, but found the prose...
Community News
Riverside DA incentive awards honor 21 attorneys and staff
By Kamila Knaudt
Deputy District Attorney Marcus R. Garrett was named prosecutor of the year for his coordination work during the pandemic and ...
Civil Litigation, Technology
Instagram accused of letting images be embedded off app
By Jessica Mach
The lawsuit was filed Wednesday by Woodland Hills sole practitioner Todd M. Friedman, and attorneys from Cera LLP, Duncan Firm...
Civil Litigation, Government
DeVos ordered to testify June 3 on actions as Cabinet member
By Blaise Scemama
While U.S. District Judge William Alsup recognized that the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals cautioned “heads of government a...
Civil Litigation, Health Care & Hospital Law
State’s expert admits bias against opioids
By Blaise Scemama
An attorney for opioid manufacturers on Wednesday played a recording of the state’s star witness acknowledging she was biased ...
California Supreme Court, Criminal
State Supreme Court takes of the question of counsel in felony murder resentencings
By Tyler Pialet
The case, which involves a petition that was denied by a superior court judge without granting the convicts’ request for legal...
Law Office Management, Law Practice
Intellectual property firm Merchant & Gould opens in LA
By Kamila Knaudt
The firm’s other offices are in Atlanta, Denver, Knoxville, Minneapolis, New York and Washington, D.C.
Civil Litigation
Grubhub accused of violating LA’s COVID-19 restaurant fee cap rule
By Gina Kim
Popular Japanese eatery Shibumi, owned by Za-Zen Enterprises, filed complaint against the popular food delivery service app in...
Antitrust & Trade Reg., Civil Litigation, Technology
Apple made at least $100 million on Fortnite app
By Winston Cho
The figure was disclosed on the third day since Apple formally opened its defense in a trial over the App Store’s fees and pay...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Law Practice
Size of malpractice payouts rose in 2020, survey finds
By Henrik Nilsson
Insurance brokerage Ames & Gough’s annual legal malpractice claims survey asked 11 insurance companies about their busines...
Civil Litigation, Torts/Personal Injury
State GOP pays $11M to settle car accident claim
By Kamila Knaudt
The settlement, which was announced by plaintiffs’ counsel Aitken Aitken Cohn on Tuesday, ends five years of litigation.
Government, Judges and Judiciary
Legislative analyst question’s Newsom’s budget projections
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Legislative Analyst Anita Lee asked for more details and better legislative oversight. This applied to the $60 million in one-...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Judges and Judiciary
9th Circuit Judge William Fletcher will take senior status
By Craig Anderson
The decisions by Fletcher and other judges won’t change the makeup of the court, which is nearly evenly split between appointe...
Civil Litigation, Government, Labor/Employment
DAs seek injunction against Handy over worker classification
By Tyler Pialet
The motion, filed by San Francisco and Los Angeles county district attorneys, accuses the company of circumventing state law b...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment
Employee arbitration pact doesn’t extend to government, 9th Circuit rules
By Jessica Mach
Although U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh did not sign onto the arbitration agreement between the employer, Larry Browne, and ...
Administrative/Regulatory, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Judges and Judiciary
Judges OK’d to serve on Access to Justice Commission or Child Welfare Council
By Kamila Knaudt
Justice Douglas P. Miller of the 4th District Court of Appeal said the question regarding the commission and the council were ...
The first female district attorney to serve Alameda County, O’Malley’s announcement clears the field somewhat for an election ...