Labor/Employment
E-discovery firm lays off 10% percent of workforce
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The layoffs are among several throughout the legal industry in recent weeks. Disco, another e-discovery company, reportedly ju...
“The defendants used fear and lies to defraud investors out of millions of dollars from their hard-earned retirement savings,”...
The defendant, Dr. Edward P. Miranda, and his attorney, Elisabeth A. Madden of the Law offices of Madden & Lynch PC, argue...
“The ultimate timing may move, but the decision has been made,” confirmed diocese spokesman Kevin Eckery on Monday.
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Judge dismissed COVID vaccine religious beliefs, 9th Circuit says
By Craig Anderson
Two San Francisco employees refused to take the Covid-19 vaccine because it was developed using stem cells.
Criminal, Government
City asks high court to review ruling on beach bullying
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
“If public entities can now be found liable for violating the Coastal Act based upon the conduct of private citizens on public...
“With 236,136 cases pending at the 10 courts in California as of the beginning of the year, the judges anticipate that new cas...
Criminal
Commission reports to Congress on vets in criminal justice system
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Veteran treatment courts operate in hundreds of jurisdictions, but participation is often restricted to minor offenses, and on...
Health Care & Hospital Law
Nossaman expands healthcare group in Sacramento with 2 prominent attorneys
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
John Puente was deputy director and chief counsel at the California Department of Health Care Services and Heather Claus was s...
Litigation & Arbitration
$3.5M fee approved for lawyers who sued Huntington Beach
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
“The Kennedy lawsuit was the catalyst that changed long-standing California law,” Los Angeles Judge Michael L. Stern wrote in ...
Nearly $21 million of the courts’ lost revenue will come out of an “ability to pay” fund designed to backfill declining fine a...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Lack of succession planning may be ethical failure, bar says
By Devon Belcher
The number of practicing lawyers above the age of 65 has increased more than 50%. Today, about 14% of lawyers are older than 6...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
LA County appeals federal judge’s denial of homeless settlement
By Skyler Romero
“The court’s insistence on dictating the terms and implementation of a private settlement between the county and L.A. Alliance...
Litigation & Arbitration, Technology
UK buoys to gamers fighting Microsoft-Activision merger
By Jonathan Lo
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority on Thursday decided to prohibit any acquisition between Microsoft and Activision wi...
The ACLU asked U.S. District Judge Jon S. Tigar in Oakland for permission to amend and supplement its complaint against the ru...
The new lawsuit was filed May 1 by Charles H. Jung, principal of Nassiri & Jung LLP. Jung amended that complaint this week...
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court upholds California’s law on pig farming
By Craig Anderson
Pork producers “invite us to fashion two new and more aggressive constitutional restrictions on the ability of states to regul...
Litigation & Arbitration
$6.8M awarded to company over tainted pet food
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
“We were able to demonstrate that the recall was their first time seeing a decline in sales and they continued to have declini...
Intellectual Property
R&B singer questioned about mark claim against dollmaker
By Sunidhi Sridhar
MGA Entertainment has denied the claims against it and its attorneys maintain that the company’s dolls that allegedly look lik...
Corporate, Litigation & Arbitration
Massage school says state council exceeds its authority
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The California Massage Therapy Council is “a private nonprofit public benefit corporation” but its voluntary certification pro...
Litigation & Arbitration, Technology
Lawsuits pile up against retail websites over chat box recordings
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Plaintiffs accuse the companies of paying independent third-party companies to embed code in their websites, allowing those th...
Marian F. Gaston's nomination by President Joe Biden had been postponed for weeks by Chair Dick Durbin, D-IL, due to Feinstein...
Litigation & Arbitration
LA jury awards $13.15M to family hit by semi-truck
By Skyler Romero
According to a trial brief filed by the plaintiffs, a 18-wheeler rear-ended the family’s vehicle when the truck driver was dis...
Government, Litigation & Arbitration
R.J. Reynolds challenges state’s ban on non-menthol cigarettes
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Citing rising teen use of vapes and other tobacco products, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed SB 793 in 2020, banning flavored tobacco ...
The plaintiff alleged that the wells will be in a health-and-safety buffer zone designated by Senate Bill 1137, which Gov. Gav...
LA county commissioner listens with compassion, attorneys say.
Government, Litigation & Arbitration
US DOJ enters Santa Ana’s dispute with religious group
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“The services offered by plaintiff such as ID vouchers, assistance, counseling, mail collection and ‘other programs services’ ...
Litigation & Arbitration
2nd cross complaint OK’d with new information
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
A Los Angeles County judge approved the defendant’s motion to file a second amended cross complaint against three logistics an...
Lewis Brisbois expands management team, but power remains in Los Angeles
By David Houston
Three of the five new members are from Los Angeles bringing to seven the number of members on the 15-member committee who are ...
Legal Education
Attorneys due costs for late cancellation of remote depositions
By Devon Belcher
Attorneys for the students argued that the rule on which the sanctions order rested applied only to travel and other expenses ...