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Litigation & Arbitration


U.S. Magistrate Judge Joseph C. Spero rejected claims the fee was excessive.


Environmental & Energy, Litigation & Arbitration


Attorneys for PG&E did not oppose the consolidation but continued to deny that the company’s equipment sparked the fire.


Insurance, Labor/Employment


Judge loath to send noncompete case out of state

Mar. 30, 2023
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

Los Angeles County Judge Robert B. Broadbelt III said that defendants did not meet their burden of showing that litigating the...


Criminal


Suge Knight’s former lawyer sentenced to probation

Mar. 30, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

As part of a plea agreement, Matthew Powell Fletcher agreed to resign from the California Bar and not to apply for reinstatement.


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Former state Senate candidate sued for sex harassment

Mar. 30, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Grecia Figueroa, a public relations specialist at the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System, where County Supervisor Nathan Fl...


Litigation & Arbitration


California law firms, including Pearson Warshaw LLP and Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, represent different sets of plaintiff...


Environmental & Energy, Litigation & Arbitration


Judge Mitchell L. Beckloff ordered Los Angeles County and its board of supervisors to set aside approval for respondent Tejon ...


Litigation & Arbitration


Sacramento County court strikes deal with court reporters

Mar. 29, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

The agreement reached Tuesday includes signing bonuses for newly hired court reporters, retention bonuses for current court re...


Family


The figures show the Commission on Judicial Performance had 127 pending cases at the beginning of 2022, but 162 at the end of ...


Litigation & Arbitration


The plaintiffs have sued the company in state and federal court on different grounds seeking to hold Coinbase accountable for ...


State Bar & Bar Associations


A ruling from February that dismissed most of the counts against former State Bar director Joseph Dunn as time-barred is being...


Technology


Judge: Google to be sanctioned for deleted chats

Mar. 29, 2023
By Craig Anderson

“The Court concludes that Google intended to subvert the discovery process, and that Chat evidence was ‘lost with the intent t...


Civil Procedure


Judge delays ruling on challenge to LA County bail scheme

Mar. 29, 2023
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

“The big concern of mine, how people arrested … for violent crimes – whether they are in custody or not in custody is a matter...



Corporate, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Technology


All three witnesses testified that use of the n-word and its Spanish equivalent was pervasive throughout the Tesla factory.


Discipline




Former deputy state AG joins Greenspoon Marder

Mar. 28, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Marie L. Wrighten will be a member of the firm’s Labor & Employment practice.


Labor/Employment


“Weee! has a long history of denying its delivery drivers the tips, pay, and regular meal breaks to which they are entitled, a...


Civil Procedure, Litigation & Arbitration


“The judge was very clear that if you’re going to deny a claim and trigger a lawsuit you don’t get to come back and reinvestig...


“The judicial branch budget accounts for 1.7% of the total state budget. We’re doing a lot with those taxpayer funds in the lo...


U.S. Supreme Court


Steven Donziger challenged his conviction for criminal contempt on the grounds that a New York judge’s decision to hire privat...


Civil Rights, Corporate, Technology


Potential jurors voice strong opinions about Musk and his companies.


Education Law, Legal Education


Paul D. Paton is an internationally recognized expert in legal ethics.


Litigation & Arbitration


$2M settlement for woman hit by utility truck

Mar. 27, 2023
By Skyler Romero

The collision occurred in La Habra Heights in 2020 while Tawna Nelson was riding her bike.



Levi Strauss names next general counsel

Mar. 27, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Deputy General Counsel David Jedrzejek will succeed retiring Seth Jaffe.


Class Action, Data Privacy


Earlier this month, the FTC fined the company $7.8 million for “repeatedly push[ing] people to… hand over sensitive health inf...



Learning to say yes to opportunities

Mar. 27, 2023
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

At a panel discussion to encourage more judicial applications, high-profile justices talked about overcoming feelings of inade...


Class Action, Technology


“Tesla has never been remotely close to developing the self-driving car that Musk keeps promising is just around the corner,” ...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Labor/Employment


Prosecutor says he’s better than Boudin

Mar. 27, 2023
By Jonathan Lo

Thomas Ostly, a former assistant district attorney, is suing San Francisco for allegedly inappropriately firing him.


Chief Justice Patricia Guerrer, sworn in Jan. 1, is expected to outline plan for getting the burden on courts back to “pre-pan...