Judges and Judiciary
US District Judge William Orrick to take senior status
By Craig Anderson
When the judge takes senior status, the Northern District of California seat will move to San Jose, Orrick noted in his letter...
Doctors’ attorneys argue against state law limiting speech on COVID
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Attorneys debated for two hours about what speech the law restrains — and how extreme that speech would have to be in order to...
Civil Litigation
Jury to begin deliberations in dispute over Trellis Law
By Sunidhi Sridhar
In closing arguments Monday, lawyers for the co-founders painted a picture of a toxic personal and professional relationship t...
Attorneys at Vance & Wills shepherd clients through the intense emotions of divorce.
Civil Litigation
Former Trellis executive denies abusing girlfriend/partner
By Sunidhi Sridhar
“I had to say, ‘Look, here’s what it is.’ When you have a one-pound orange, you can’t squeeze two pounds of juice out of it,” ...
Administrative/Regulatory, Government
LA has 90 days to prepare more mental health beds
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
U.S. District Judge David O. Carter said he wanted a more robust oversight mechanism, with the appointment of a special master...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Microsoft can’t pause gamer suit over Activision purchase
By Wisdom Howell
Counsel for Microsoft called into question the validity of the plaintiffs’ desire to enjoin the purchase in the initial motion...
Government, Judges and Judiciary
7 counties are allocated first $2.8M in Care Court funds
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Glenn, Orange, Riverside, San Diego, San Francisco, Stanislaus, and Tuolumne counties will be the first to try, sharing $2.8 m...
Consumer Law, Criminal
Boeing arraignment a win for air crash clients, LA lawyer says
By Skyler Romero
Kevin R. Boyle of Panish Shea Boyle Ravipudi LLP said his clients live in other countries and had felt a sense of hopelessness...
Bankruptcy
Another setback for cannabis companies suing in federal court
By Malcolm Maclachlan
These companies have access to state courts in jurisdictions that have legalized cannabis. But this hasn’t stopped attorneys f...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Communications Law
Keker argues for creators to keep Section 230 of communications act
By Skyler Romero
The brief backs Google in a case from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals concerning whether the tech giant is entitled to t...
The head of Tesla and Twitter told jurors he uses Twitter to communicate with retail investors quite frequently and thinks it ...
Environmental & Energy
PG&E sued by Placer, El Dorado counties over Mosquito Fire
By Wisdom Howell
The case was filed by Placer and El Dorado counties, saying that last year’s 2022 Mosquito Fire, which damaged 78 structures a...
$255 million class settlement with Juul Labs gets preliminary approval
By Sunidhi Sridhar
The lawsuits claim the company was a major driving force behind the underage vaping epidemic.
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar board outlines budget challenges for 2023
By Devon Belcher
Before its submission to the Legislature at the end of February, the Board of Trustees described the challenges that go into t...
David Abbott is skilled at gathering information and writing detailed analysis, attorneys say.
U.S. Supreme Court
Dobbs draft opinion leak becomes Supreme Court cold case
By Craig Anderson
The report by Marshal Gail Curley stated that investigators interviewed 97 court employees, some more than once, and that all ...
Judges and Judiciary
Legislator who highlighted judge shortages tries once again
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“We’re very pleased to have the continued support of Sen. [Richard] Roth in putting forth that bill seeking to get additional ...
Criminal, Entertainment & Sports
Criminal charges might or might not help plaintiffs who sued Baldwin
By Skyler Romero
“It’s not automatic — the judge would have to make a decision — but evidence of a judgment, conviction of a felony, can be use...
Civil Litigation
Ex-bio pharmaceutical executive gets $4.85M in whistleblower case
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Skye Bioscience Inc. was found liable for retaliating against Wendy Cunning, the company’s former vice president of business o...
Health Care & Hospital Law, Labor/Employment
Kaiser workers call lawsuit revenge for solidarity strike
By Jonathan Lo
Kaiser is seeking to bring the dispute into arbitration and said SEIU inappropriately refused to participate in that process.
Judges and Judiciary, Law Practice, Weekly Appellate Report
Retired Court of Appeal justice joins Judicate West in San Diego
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Cynthia G. Aaron sat on the 4th District Court of Appeal for 20 years. She has also been a U.S. magistrate judge and public de...
Class Action, Labor/Employment
4,000-worker class certified in Boston Market lawsuit
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
“Plaintiff’s theory of recovery as to the meal periods is that defendant failed to provide employees fully compliant meal brea...
Data Privacy, Technology
Meta’s analytic tools under fire in user tracking case
By Wisdom Howell
Thursday’s proceedings in Santa Clara County dovetailed with the company filing an amicus curiae brief to the U.S. Supreme Cou...
Securities, Technology
Attorneys joust over whether Musk tweet was fraud
By Jonathan Lo
What Elon Musk did could not be fraud, Alexander B. Spiro of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP stated, because in real...
Real Estate/Development
Top LA real estate agent accused of squeezing colleague out
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Stefanie Pollack accuses Dennis Chernov of breach of contract, fraud and unjust enrichment, and seeks $650,000 in damages. Pol...
The lead counsel for Activision, Kevin P. Muck, said the decision could have broad applications to other companies. “The funda...
Civil Litigation
Jury hears business, personal disputes of Trellis Law founders
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Nicole A. Clark, also a labor and employment attorney, is suing engineer Andrew Thaler for allegedly interfering with investor...
Founder of intellectual property law firm fostered a culture of excellence and respect
Civil Litigation, Environmental & Energy
Preliminary hearing starts for PG&E over Zogg Fire charges
By Wisdom Howell
“We accept CAL FIRE’s determination that a tree falling into our power line caused the 2020 Zogg Fire,” Lynsey Paulo, director...