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Criminal, Environmental & Energy, Government


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


In recent meetings, the State Bar’s paraprofessional program working group has suggested that paraprofessionals should be allo...


Civil Litigation, Health Care & Hospital Law


With 200 people watching the Orange County trial via Zoom, attorneys for four Teva Pharmaceuticals, Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.,...


Data Privacy, Technology


Is involuntary data transfer theft?

Apr. 21, 2021
By Winston Cho

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


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


The Assembly Judiciary Committee passed AB937, which aims to further restrict the abilities of state law enforcement officers ...


Civil Litigation, Judges and Judiciary


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


Celeste M. Brecht is the former co-chair of Venable's West Coast litigation group.


Civil Litigation


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

Apr. 20, 2021
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The California District Attorney’s Association has acknowledged the misuse of funds, hired a private auditor to determine wher...


Civil Litigation


Lawyers from Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP and their client, Endo Pharmaceuticals, were accused of conspiring to hide i...


Civil Litigation


1st civil opioid trial in state begins

Apr. 20, 2021
By Blaise Scemama

Plaintiffs seek $50B from opioid makers as trial starts.


Civil Litigation, Health Care & Hospital Law, Intellectual Property


Pfizer and BioNTech sought to dismiss the lawsuit last month, arguing that Allele’s legal action will become another burden as...


Civil Litigation


V. James DeSimone successfully argued that it made sense to weigh the punitive damages in light of what the compensatory damag...


Civil Litigation, Criminal


Attorneys concealed plaintiffs’ names in the complaint because they say the government has indicated it will criminally invest...


Bankruptcy, Law Practice


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


A split 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel found that attorneys representing journalist Kevin Poulsen can obtain fees bec...


Law Practice


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


The Civil Justice Association of California, stated the bills, if passed by the Legislature, will “attract unwarranted or abus...


Community News, Law Practice


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


The ACLU complaint states it asked for information on the agencies’ past and current use of Clearview AI Inc. software technol...


Criminal, Government


DA George Gascon said although he’s been surprised at how the majority of his prosecutors are showing “a high level of civilit...


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


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

Apr. 16, 2021
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


Identical lawsuits against at least six other companies, including Facebook, Oracle and Qualcomm, have been filed by the Renne...


Civil Litigation


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

Apr. 15, 2021
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


The potential glitch is the trustee handling the Girardi Keese bankruptcy is in ongoing litigation with the same firm the pers...