Criminal, Environmental & Energy, Government
PG&E objects to most criminal charges over Sonoma County fire
By Tyler Pialet
A demurrer will challenge 25 misdemeanor charges that PG&E recklessly emitted air contaminants in violation of health and...
Law Practice, State Bar & Bar Associations
LA County bar, others oppose paraprofessionals in court
By Henrik Nilsson
In recent meetings, the State Bar’s paraprofessional program working group has suggested that paraprofessionals should be allo...
Civil Litigation, Health Care & Hospital Law
Opioid makers argue for separate consideration in trial
By Blaise Scemama
With 200 people watching the Orange County trial via Zoom, attorneys for four Teva Pharmaceuticals, Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.,...
Consumers in this litigation are arguing that Google steals their data allowances by secretly programming its operating system...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Banking
9th Circuit to rehear Oakland’s tax claim against Wells Fargo
By Craig Anderson
Last summer, an appellate panel upheld most of the decision by U.S. District Judge Edward M. Chen to deny the bank’s motion to...
Government, Immigration, Labor/Employment
Bill aims to make it harder for state officers to cooperate with immigration
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The Assembly Judiciary Committee passed AB937, which aims to further restrict the abilities of state law enforcement officers ...
Civil Litigation, Judges and Judiciary
US judge seizes broad authority to solve LA’s homeless crisis
By Gina Kim
U.S. District Judge David O. Carter expressed scorn for Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti’s $1 billion plan, announced Monday.
Law Office Management, Law Practice
Commercial litigator joins Jones Day in Los Angeles
By Kamila Knaudt
Celeste M. Brecht is the former co-chair of Venable's West Coast litigation group.
First civil jury since March 2020 returns $4.8M verdict for man with terminal cancer in products liability case, parties say L...
Criminal, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Government
Lawmakers lambast DAs association over misuse of funds
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The California District Attorney’s Association has acknowledged the misuse of funds, hired a private auditor to determine wher...
Civil Litigation
Tennessee judge issues default judgment over discovery violations
By Henrik Nilsson
Lawyers from Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP and their client, Endo Pharmaceuticals, were accused of conspiring to hide i...
Plaintiffs seek $50B from opioid makers as trial starts.
Civil Litigation, Health Care & Hospital Law, Intellectual Property
Allele argues urgency doesn’t excuse rival biotech firms infringing
By Gina Kim
Pfizer and BioNTech sought to dismiss the lawsuit last month, arguing that Allele’s legal action will become another burden as...
Civil Litigation
1978 case citation wins punitive damages in precedent, attorney says
By Henrik Nilsson
V. James DeSimone successfully argued that it made sense to weigh the punitive damages in light of what the compensatory damag...
Civil Litigation, Criminal
Probable cause or fishing? US agents seize valuables from safe deposit
By Tyler Pialet
Attorneys concealed plaintiffs’ names in the complaint because they say the government has indicated it will criminally invest...
Bankruptcy, Law Practice
2 ex-Girardi Keese lawyers file claims on bankruptcy assets
By Blaise Scemama
Both attorneys, David R. Lira and Keith D. Griffin, have portrayed themselves as salaried employees who had no control over Gi...
Civil Litigation, Law Practice
Attorney fees OK even if obtained documents aren’t direct result of litigation
By Winston Cho
A split 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel found that attorneys representing journalist Kevin Poulsen can obtain fees bec...
Law Practice
He broke the sound barrier; are his lawsuits breaking the courts?
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Aviation and war hero Chuck Yeager’s lawsuits, many against his attorneys, live on as courts consider whether he was a vexatio...
Civil Litigation, Government, Judges and Judiciary
7 bills bring excessive fees, more litigation, says conservative group
By Blaise Scemama
The Civil Justice Association of California, stated the bills, if passed by the Legislature, will “attract unwarranted or abus...
Community News, Law Practice
Law firms, general counsel launch pro bono group for anti-Asian attack victims
By Henrik Nilsson
The group will be co-chaired by Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP partner Debra Wong Yang and Tai Park, a partner at White &...
Civil Litigation, Immigration
ACLU seeks facial recognition records from immigration agencies
By Gina Kim
The ACLU complaint states it asked for information on the agencies’ past and current use of Clearview AI Inc. software technol...
Criminal, Government
Death penalty not sought in LA multiple murder cases
By Tyler Pialet
DA George Gascon said although he’s been surprised at how the majority of his prosecutors are showing “a high level of civilit...
Criminal, Law Practice
US judge who fought for trials gets 1st one in Central District after reopening
By Gina Kim
The first jury trial in the Central District of California in 14 months starts May 10 before U.S. District Judge Cormac J. Car...
California Courts of Appeal, Probate
Judge can’t order DNA test in probate of Manson will, panel says
By Blaise Scemama
Judges in paternity cases can order genetic testing, but not probate judges, appellate court rules.
Data Privacy, Government
Other states copy California's Consumer Privacy Act
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“There’s definitely an accelerated trend in states,” said Scott W. Pink, special counsel with O’Melveny & Myers LLP in Men...
Civil Litigation, Corporate
Lawsuit over NortonLifeLock’s diversity likely to be dismissed
By Winston Cho
Identical lawsuits against at least six other companies, including Facebook, Oracle and Qualcomm, have been filed by the Renne...
Civil Litigation
FyreFest ticket-holders get $2M, not $100M attorneys sought
By Craig Anderson
Attorneys for the Estate of Fyre Festival LLC filed a tentative settlement with 277 individuals, who bought tickets for a conc...
Mark Weidmann constantly rethinks a mediation as it progresses.
Civil Litigation, Constitutional Law, U.S. Supreme Court
Churches’ attorneys say more battles still ahead
By Blaise Scemama
Three days after the U.S. Supreme Court reversed a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision upholding California’s limits on...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Law Practice
Possible trustee rift over assets from Erika Girardi
By Jessica Mach
The potential glitch is the trustee handling the Girardi Keese bankruptcy is in ongoing litigation with the same firm the pers...