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Bankruptcy


Trustees for the bankruptcy estates of Tom Girardi and his defunct firm have hired special counsels to pursue assets they beli...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Education Law


The San Jose Unified School District stripped the club of its official status after concluding the club violated its anti-disc...


Appellate Practice, Civil Litigation, Law Practice


Its president, Nicole A. Clark, is accusing her former partner, engineer Andrew Thaler, of willfully sabotaging her relationsh...


Intellectual Property


Attorneys with the Joseph Saveri Law Firm recently filed a complaint on behalf of artists who say their work was used to train...


Antitrust & Trade Reg., Consumer Law


Dairy suppliers accuse each other of monopolistic actions

Jan. 18, 2023
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

Dairy supply chain software startup Milk Moovement filed a counterclaim antitrust lawsuit against industry giant Dairy LLC, ac...


Consumer Law, Litigation & Arbitration


Boom, bust, lawsuits seen for COVID panic products

Jan. 18, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Litigation over sanitizers follows boom sales


Contracts, Labor/Employment, Litigation & Arbitration, Technology


Twitter may regret winning arbitration ruling, plaintiffs’ lawyer says


Class Action, Data Privacy


The judge found that neither of the laws under which the suit was brought applied to the facts.


Intellectual Property, U.S. Supreme Court


The case concerns data transmission patents used in Wi-Fi chips. But as important as the case is to the university and technol...


Securities, Technology


On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Edward M. Chen rejected claims of a tainted jury pool. Prospective panelists said they held va...


Appellate Practice, Law Practice


Sungaila has since argued many headline grabbing cases in state and federal appellate courts.


LA judge aims to mentor would-be appellate lawyers throughout his career.


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Judges and Judiciary


Bromberg has spent most of his career in appellate work and spent 75% of his last year in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office litigatin...


Contracts, Labor/Employment, Technology


Twitter severance clauses cited as problematic

Jan. 17, 2023
By Wisdom Howell

Attorneys for employers say such clauses are standard, particularly for large companies like Twitter, but employee attorneys s...


Government, Labor/Employment


Ruling less than two hours after a hearing in her courtroom, Sacramento Superior Court Judge Shelleyanne W.L. Chang ruled in f...


Judges and Judiciary


Jill J. Lifter named Contra Costa County commissioner

Jan. 17, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

The former civil litigator also worked as a temporary judge.


Civil Litigation


'Credibility not a fair hearing issue,' judge says

Jan. 17, 2023
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

"It's an evidence issue. It's about whether the evidence supports the findings and whether the findings support the decision. ...


Civil Litigation


Brian S. Kabateck represents plaintiffs in coordinated proceedings in Los Angeles County Superior Courtand said he expects the...


Constitutional Law, Government


The judges are trying to determine how to evaluate various California firearms laws under the Supreme Court’s new standard, ad...


Civil Rights, Labor/Employment


California legal experts weighed in on the new policy, with some generally agreeing this move is a step in the right direction...



Finding a Connection

Jan. 13, 2023

Retired judge Clifford Klein establishes a rapport with mediating parties through personal stories.


Constitutional Law, Environmental & Energy, Government


Each filing claims that the city did not carry out environmental studies required by the California Environmental Quality Act,...


Civil Litigation, Environmental & Energy, Land Use


The focus issue during the hearing was student noise, after a tentative ruling stated the university’s plan may violate CEQA b...


Labor/Employment, State Bar & Bar Associations


Bar program offers 'diversity' seal for legal employers

Jan. 13, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan

“Promoting diversity and inclusion in the legal profession is an important part of the State Bar’s mission,” said Executive Di...


Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment


The majority of the settlement, $5.1 million, will be paid directly to delivery drivers with the rest going to the city for en...


Contracts, Environmental & Energy, Labor/Employment


“We are pleased with the judge’s recent decision as the company strongly believes that it has taken appropriate and necessary ...


Banking, Civil Litigation


Girardi trustee seeks to claw back $50M from Amex

Jan. 13, 2023
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

A complaint filed against American Express alleges that Girardi Keese systematically drained the firm of available cash by mak...


Banking, Real Estate/Development


“We disagree with the allegations, but nonetheless support the DOJ in its efforts to ensure equal access to credit for all con...



Looking for Hope

Jan. 12, 2023

San Diego family law Judge Patricia Garcia encourages divorced couples to do better next time


Banking, Criminal


Tuesday’s lawsuits are among several that Elissa D. Miller filed in an effort to recover millions of dollars allegedly used to...