A recent audit found the statewide fraud has cost taxpayers more than $11 billion since the emergency pandemic payments were i...
Entertainment & Sports, U.S. Supreme Court
Justices ask tough questions on student athletes’ pay
By Craig Anderson
Seth P. Waxman, a partner with Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP who represents the NCAA, was hit with hostile questio...
‘People’s lawyer’ helped hippies, rockers in Summer of Love
Civil Litigation, Technology
Robinhood says lawsuits over stock transactions are securities actions
By Gina Kim
Robinhood argues its move to block certain stock purchases directly affected users’ trading decisions.
Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Law Practice
State Bar files formal disciplinary charges against Tom Girardi
By Henrik Nilsson
The famed plaintiffs’ lawyer is accused of stealing millions of dollars from clients.
Civil Litigation, Health Care & Hospital Law
State DOJ must stop filing suits over acrylamide
By Jessica Mach
The California Chamber of Commerce sued Attorney General Xavier Becerra in 2019, alleging the state was violating the First Am...
Longtime Gibson Dunn 1st Amendment expert was ‘tour de force’
Civil Litigation, Constitutional Law
Split circuit says government can limit in-home religious meetings
By Winston Cho
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied plaintiffs’ request to halt state limits on religious meetings in homes such as B...
San Diego County ordinance banning sale of flavored tobacco products does not preempt federal authority by setting manufacturi...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
State Bar files formal disciplinary charges against Tom Girardi
By Henrik Nilsson
The famed plaintiffs lawyer is accused of stealing millions of dollars from clients.
Bankruptcy, Civil Litigation, Law Practice
San Francisco litigation fund expands to bankruptcy cases
By Kamila Knaudt
The debtor-in-possession fund, Legalist DIP Fund I, closed in early March and has so far raised $50 million, which will be use...
Civil Litigation
LA County asks to be dismissed from skid row alliance lawsuit
By Gina Kim
The lawsuit by people who live, work and own businesses in skid row state the city and county made homelessness worse by faili...
Health Care & Hospital Law, Intellectual Property
Companies say patent action could hamper vaccine work
By Gina Kim
“This court should dismiss Allele’s amended complaint ... before this lawsuit becomes another burden on Pfizer and BioNTech as...
Civil Litigation, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Law Practice
Court of Appeal reinstates malpractice claims against Greenberg Traurig and former shareholder
By Henrik Nilsson
Celebrity fitness trainer Jillian Michaels claims lawyer negotiated conflicting contracts with different companies.
Civil Litigation, Health Care & Hospital Law
Judge rejects $53M settlement of false advertising lawsuit
By Winston Cho
U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria noted some ambiguity regarding the amount that would be deducted from the nonreversionary s...
California Supreme Court, Labor/Employment
State high court clarifies meaning of ‘public works’
By Jessica Mach
The court aimed to clarify the types of labor that fall under the state’s definition of “public works” for the purposes of det...
Attorneys at the Law Offices of Brian J. Breiter turn improv skills into courtroom success.
Law Practice, U.S. Supreme Court
Churches’ attorneys see a way to get fees for pro bono cases
By Gina Kim
In an 8-1 decision, the Supreme Court recently affirmed nominal damages for a past violation of civil rights satisfied the red...
“These orders do not promote safety; they keep our clients, mostly from Black and Brown communities, in jail when they are pre...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Circuit finds attorney acted with malice in sending news release
By Jessica Mach
Lisa Bloom’s firm issued a news release alleging casino magnate Steve Wynn sexually harassed and retaliated against one of her...
Judges and Judiciary
State’s charity supervision law unconstitutional, judge finds
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“What we think makes this case so significant is … the judge has just thrown out two of the primary enforcement mechanisms th...
Civil Litigation, Health Care & Hospital Law
US judge likely to let RICO claims against vaping makers proceed
By Winston Cho
U.S. District Judge William H. Orrick tentatively ruled that Altria must face allegations that it masterminded a criminal ente...
Administrative/Regulatory, Environmental & Energy
Special master report in LA water cases may answer major questions
By Blaise Scemama
Special master Edward Robbins of Hochman Salkin Toscher Perez PC told the court he has a voluminous report to issue next month...
Joshua Weinstein focuses family law disputants on the future.
Law Practice
Sole practitioners relied on each other, legal groups to survive 2020
By Kamila Knaudt
“I had so much support from the legal community whenever I had any kind of question, hardship or anything that was really worr...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Bar takes over $120,000 in client accounts of deceased attorney
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A Sacramento judge appointed a receiver to unwind the practice of the late immigration and civil practice attorney Alex Gortin...
The case centered on the definition of terms including “list price” and “was.” The plaintiffs argued the company used these wo...
Civil Litigation, Government
Homeless advocates sue to recall Sacramento mayor
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The complaint says there is a dispute over how long an elected city official must be in office before a recall campaign can be...
California Supreme Court, Criminal
Judges must consider means in setting bail, California Supreme Court rules
By Tyler Pialet
In the 29-page opinion, Supreme Court Justice Mariano Cuellar wrote that California’s current bail system, which conditions “f...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Law Practice, Technology
Rule update: Lawyers must maintain tech competency
By Henrik Nilsson
With the change to Rule 1.1 that went into effect Monday, addressing competency, lawyers now must “keep abreast of the changes...