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A similar complaint was filed in New York last year against KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.


Civil Litigation


$12M for Olympic hopeful injured at Camp Pendleton

May 31, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

“While at the training camp, Perry and other professional wrestlers were placed into a military weapons training exercise and ...


Immigration


The case concerns a Nicaraguan citizen who became a legal permanent resident of the United States in 1990 and then was twice c...


Civil Litigation


Attorney withdraws from stabbing defense

May 31, 2023
By Skyler Romero

“How could I ethically represent somebody, ever, that I had a conflict of interest with in the beginning? Do you understand?” ...


Health Care & Hospital Law


At the heart of the matter is a report cited in the complaint from the San Francisco Department of Health in June 2019 that “a...


Civil Rights


The plaintiff alleges she was wrongfully terminated following medical absences for three gender-affirming surgeries last year....


Labor/Employment


Most noncompete agreements are illegal, NLRB says

May 31, 2023
By Craig Anderson

Attorneys who handle such disputes say the latest move, following a U.S. Federal Trade Commission proposal in January to ban n...



Ghost gun maker can no longer do business in California

May 31, 2023
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

The legal settlement stems from a lawsuit that the City of Los Angeles filed against Polymer80 in 2021 following an ambush on ...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Circuit Judges Kim McLane Wardlaw, Paul J. Watford and Eric D. Miller unanimously rejected the petitioner’s challenges to his ...


Civil Litigation


“Workers in San Bernardino County can’t possibly protect these children because of their high caseloads, no matter how hard th...


Technology


The federal jury in San Francisco found that Google had not proved by clear and convincing evidence that any of the infringed-...


Government


Grand jury faults Sacramento’s response to homeless

May 30, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The report pointed to other areas of the state with successful cooperation between local governments — though “success” often ...


Intellectual Property


Keller/Anderle LLP founding partner Jennifer L. Keller and her team defended MGA Entertainment against claims that, when creat...


State Bar & Bar Associations


A State Bar Court review panel on Friday affirmed a February ruling that dismissed with prejudice most discipline counts stemm...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Attorneys for John Eastman argued that Janice Rogers Brown is qualified to argue that the State Bar’s pursuit of disciplinary ...


The lawsuit blames Bank of America for allowing criminals to steal Californians’ unemployment and disability benefits on prepa...


Government


Superior Court Judge David S. Cunningham III sustained the demurrers as to all these causes of action, with leave to amend in ...


Health Care & Hospital Law


The petitioner, Dr. Gregory O. Colburn, was sentenced to eight weeks in prison in April 2022. He claims that the California Me...


Bonta’s argument echoes statements from attorneys by the city and county of Los Angeles, that they also have no control over t...


The practice of billionaires intervening has been going on for a while but hasn’t been thought of as litigation funding.


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Law Practice, Technology


WATCH NOW: Ready to deploy new technologies to simplify your work? Legal tech experts offer guidance in legal prompting and th...



Manatt CEO Donna L. Wilson promised herself that when she got a chance to oversee the designing of an office space there would...



Feisty chief of toy company denies stealing designs

May 26, 2023
By Sunidhi Sridhar

MGA Entertainment CEO Isaac Larian says he went “from a dishwasher to a billionaire, and I worked hard. I didn’t hustle,”


Civil Rights


California continues to brace against red states

May 26, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Lawmakers and NGOs fight red states over abortion, civil rights


Environmental & Energy


EPA water jurisdiction limited by Supreme Court

May 26, 2023
By Craig Anderson

“In sum, we hold that the [Clean Water Act] extends to only those ‘wetlands with a continuous surface connection to bodies tha...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Presence at such an event “may suggest that the judicial officer has a special relationship with the law firm, which may under...


Entertainment & Sports


Superior Court Judge Alison Mackenzie granted Paramount’s anti-SLAPP petition to dismiss the case in a tentative ruling on Thu...


Environmental & Energy


The lawsuit was filed under the California’s Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, which was passed by voters...


Paul Fraidenburgh, a former Buchalter trial lawyer, has more than 20 years of experience in the construction, technology, and ...


Intellectual Property


Bridgeland Resources LLC claims that with a new ordinance, the county seeks to “usurp” the authority of the California Geologi...