During 17 years in the U.S. attorney’s office, Jeff Schenk worked on a number of high-profile criminal cases, including his re...
Class Action
Disney hires Petrocelli to lead fight against Florida’s DeSantis
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The O’Melveny & Myers partner filed a 77-page complaint accusing the Florida governor of “a targeted campaign of governmen...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Proposed new bar exam would retain ethics questions
By Devon Belcher
The majority of the 1,416 comments received opposed the recommendations of the Blue Ribbon Commission on the Future of the Bar...
“We are fully activating the tools that Congress gave us,” FTC Chair Lina M. Khan said during event at Berkeley.
During the first bellwether trial over Juul’s electronic cigarettes, both parties’ lawyers thoroughly questioned the first exp...
“I hasten to add that the court is not a policymaking institution. This goes back to my Day One conversation about separation ...
Litigation & Arbitration
$2.28B for sex assault victim after stepfather refuses to come to court
By Wisdom Howell
“He could not face members of the community and face the victim of nine years of sexual abuse. He did not have the courage to ...
Van Dermyden Makus, which conducts workplace assessments and investigations, has offices in Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Diego...
Civil Litigation
Suit against Girardi attorney stayed pending prosecution
By Skyler Romero
Judge Richard L. Fruin granted the stay as David Lira, Girardi’s son-in-law and business partner and the last remaining defend...
Criminal
Crime decreased under zero bail, LAPD officer testifies
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Judge Lawrence P. Riff is considering the plaintiffs’ injunction request and is seeking expert testimony on what the consequen...
Litigation & Arbitration
Pointing to funder, TikTok lawyer wants $8M fee for 'bad faith' litigation
By Sunidhi Sridhar
“The jury verdict alone is not sufficient to deter the improper, frivolous, and bad faith litigation conduct described above,”...
Civil Rights
Bill would add caste bias protection to state civil rights law
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Several recent lawsuits have centered on alleged mistreatment of members of the so-called Dalit or “untouchable” caste in Sili...
Litigation & Arbitration
Judge dismisses some price fixing claims against StarKist
By Sunidhi Sridhar
“[T]he [direct action plaintiffs] have failed to come forth with ‘specific evidence tending to show that [the defendants were]...
School wins costs, avoids sanctions in Santa Clara student assault case
By Wisdom Howell
Because of a waiver of liability signed by the student’s parents, the school district has been dismissed as a defendant in a l...
Litigation & Arbitration
Judicial Council agrees to pay $80K over traffic fine late fees
By Devon Belcher
The Judicial Council agreed to disband the civil assessment programs that were enforced by 10 trial courts across the state. T...
Legal Education
When it comes to law schools, Biden’s judge picks aren’t diverse
By Craig Anderson
Of the president’s 30 nominees to the 9th Circuit and California district courts, 25 have attended one of six elite law school...
Cross-examination was handled by Brian L. Stekloff, who sought to portray the Juul e-cigarettes as similar to other competing ...
The law was originally enacted in 2017 to stop immigration deportations after a conviction was overturned, but it was amended ...
Technology
Judges advised to check canons before sending courtwide emails
By Laurinda Keys
Presiding judges, and others, were advised by the Supreme Court Committee on Judicial Ethics Opinions “to be especially carefu...
Byron Allen took out a newspaper advertisement attacking the fast food giant on the eve of mediation.
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Parties pause fight over vaccine information law to await circuit ruling
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The law, which Gov. Gavin Newsom signed last year, declares doctors who spread “misinformation” about COVID-19 are engaging in...
The county’s attorney said Monday the agreement did give the judge authority to act if provisions of the deal weren’t met, and...
Technology
Apple obeyed antitrust law in Epic Games dealing, panel rules
By Craig Anderson
“Apple’s restrictions create a heterogenous market for app-transaction platforms which, as a result, increases interbrand comp...
Constitutional Law
Greenpeace didn’t defame logging company, judge rules
By Jonathan Lo
Greenpeace had argued that it was exercising its First Amendment right to freedom of speech because the area it alleged Resolu...
The school district alleged that Altria aimed its marketing efforts to attract kids to Juul by downplaying its nicotine conten...
Labor/Employment
Farmers begins defense in ‘employees or contractors’ dispute
By Wisdom Howell
Plaintiffs’ attorney J. Gary Gwilliam of Gwilliam, Ivary, Chiosso, Cavalli & Brewer said that the case hinges on convincin...
The automaker said it never claimed the Autopilot feature was a substitute for an attentive driver.
Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office announced statewide guidance to help prevent discriminatory housing practices caused by so...
Environmental & Energy
VW asks that last emission tampering claims be dismissed
By Jonathan Lo
Senior U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer did not seem to lean toward either party during oral arguments Friday, but did as...
The complaint, filed on Thursday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, describes an office environment in which the company’s ...