Bankruptcy
Erika Girardi attorney seeks to disqualify trustee’s counsel
By Craig Anderson
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
Full circuit to hear dispute over Christian high school club
By Craig Anderson
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
Business dispute over legal platform Trellis Law goes to trial
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Its president, Nicole A. Clark, is accusing her former partner, engineer Andrew Thaler, of willfully sabotaging her relationsh...
Intellectual Property
As AI technology proliferates, so do the IP lawsuits
By Skyler Romero
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
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
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Litigation over sanitizers follows boom sales
Contracts, Labor/Employment, Litigation & Arbitration, Technology
Fired Twitter employees must arbitrate, US judge rules
By Wisdom Howell
Twitter may regret winning arbitration ruling, plaintiffs’ lawyer says
Class Action, Data Privacy
Kirkland & Ellis secures defense win in data breach class action
By Devon Belcher
The judge found that neither of the laws under which the suit was brought applied to the facts.
Intellectual Property, U.S. Supreme Court
US justices ask Biden administration to weigh in on CalTech patent dispute
By Craig Anderson
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
Securities fraud trial against Musk and Tesla begins
By Jonathan Lo
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
Veteran appellate attorney M.C. Sungaila joins Complex Appellate Litigation Group
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
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
Daniel Bromberg confirmed as 6th District appellate justice
By Laurinda Keys
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
By Wisdom Howell
Attorneys for employers say such clauses are standard, particularly for large companies like Twitter, but employee attorneys s...
Government, Labor/Employment
Judge halts fast food workers law in light of referendum
By Malcolm Maclachlan
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
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The former civil litigator also worked as a temporary judge.
Civil Litigation
'Credibility not a fair hearing issue,' judge says
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
Suits over business permit fees under shutdowns settled
By Skyler Romero
Brian S. Kabateck represents plaintiffs in coordinated proceedings in Los Angeles County Superior Courtand said he expects the...
Constitutional Law, Government
2 US judges view ‘history’ element of gun laws differently
By Craig Anderson
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
Mixed views on rule for foreign whistle-blowers
By Jonathan Lo
California legal experts weighed in on the new policy, with some generally agreeing this move is a step in the right direction...
Retired judge Clifford Klein establishes a rapport with mediating parties through personal stories.
Constitutional Law, Environmental & Energy, Government
Oil companies sue LA, say drilling ban is unconstitutional
By Skyler Romero
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
Attorney tells court noise is a CEQA violation
By Jonathan Lo
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
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
San Francisco gets $5.25M settlement with Instacart
By Wisdom Howell
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
Ex-Edison employees must refile challenge to ban on contract work
By Sunidhi Sridhar
“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
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
City National Bank to pay $31M to resolve DOJ redlining claims
By Sunidhi Sridhar
“We disagree with the allegations, but nonetheless support the DOJ in its efforts to ensure equal access to credit for all con...
San Diego family law Judge Patricia Garcia encourages divorced couples to do better next time
Banking, Criminal
Trustee accuses banks of helping Girardi Keese cheat clients
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Tuesday’s lawsuits are among several that Elissa D. Miller filed in an effort to recover millions of dollars allegedly used to...