Antitrust & Trade Reg., Government
Doubt raised whether new DOJ probe would matter to Ticketmaster
By Jonathan Lo
“Anytime a company is suddenly under the microscope, maybe they’ll make some changes on the edges but [TicketMaster’s] busines...
State Bar & Bar Associations
California legal system too tainted to deal with Girardi, law firm argues
By Craig Anderson
“Thomas Girardi openly boasted of his expansive web of control in Los Angeles and tried to bribe the Edelson firm into making ...
Entertainment & Sports, Litigation & Arbitration
Defense rests in NCAA wrongful death trial over CTE
By Sunidhi Sridhar
“There’s a difference between saying there’s an association and there’s a causal effect. Those are critically different,” spor...
LA settlement judge dedicated to helping parties avoid trial.
Former litigator Christopher Keele finds being open-minded works best as a mediator.
Legal Education
Berkeley law says it will no longer participate in rankings
By David Houston
Other top law schools in California said they, too, were reevaluating their participation in the rankings, which have been des...
Appellate Practice, Law Practice
Trial lawyers' next leader is ready to play defense
By Malcolm Maclachlan
After a string of wins, Gregory G. Rizio said he wants to keep up the momentum at the Consumer Attorneys of California. But a ...
Judges and Judiciary
Judge administers Oath of Allegiance to new Americans at SoFi Stadium
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The 15 new Americans are all members of the military, veterans or first responders. “They had worked hard to achieve this sign...
Christopher Kamon wired $2.255 million to The Bahamas from domestic accounts during the past several months, and he finalized ...
Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment, Technology
Musk sends another letter, more lawsuits follow
By Wisdom Howell
Counsel for the plaintiffs in the new lawsuits -- Shannon Liss-Riordan, of Lichten & Liss-Riordan PC in Boston -- detailed...
Civil Litigation, Judges and Judiciary
Google and developers ask judge again to OK $90M settlement
By Jonathan Lo
His do-over occurred because U.S. District Judge James Donato reserved judgment pending submission of a supplemental plan that...
California Supreme Court, Legal Education, State Bar & Bar Associations
Bar board to send 5 provisional license options to high court
By Christer Schmidt
The board decided against sunsetting the program entirely, and hopes to continue to work with people still in the program rega...
Government
School district to pay $15.75 million for student's asthma attack death
By Skyler Romero
The school district also agreed to partner with medical experts to provide teachers and staff with asthma training, to adopt t...
Plaintiff Vanessa Luna alleged GreenBox’s founder and CEO Fredi Nisan “used contract negotiations with Ms. Luna to coerce her ...
Appellate Practice, Law Practice
Successful defense of Kevin Spacey was a case study in trial preparation
By David Houston
Hundreds of hours of preparation had convinced actor Kevin Spacey’s attorneys in a sexual assault trial that they already knew...
Entertainment & Sports, Litigation & Arbitration
Doctor asks lawyer to play rest of deposition at NCAA trial
By Sunidhi Sridhar
“Can we play the rest of it?” Dr. Lily Dara, an assistant professor of medicine at USC, asked Shrader & Associates LLP fou...
Litigation & Arbitration
DAs to appeal dismissal of Potter Handy case
By Wisdom Howell
The prosecutors say a judge erred in finding the law firm’s filing of Americans with Disabilities Act lawsuits against small b...
Judges and Judiciary
LA County Superior names new chief executive
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
David Slayton will join the court from the National Center for State Courts in Texas. He will replace Sherri Carter, who retir...
An attorney representing Thomas V. Girardi’s celebrity wife accused the Girardi Keese bankruptcy trustee of intentionally with...
Appellate Practice, Law Practice
Litigator joins Goldberg Segalla in Los Angeles
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
James T. Spratt will be a member of the Transportation and Civil Litigation and Trial practice groups.
Environmental & Energy, Litigation & Arbitration
$50M Amplify oil spill deal OK’d, more litigation coming
By Skyler Romero
As stipulated by the settlement, defendant Amplify Energy Corp. will pay $34 million to a class of fishing industry plaintiffs...
Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports
Broncos linebacker sues NFL, ESPN over slip and fall at Sofi Stadium
By Sunidhi Sridhar
While involved in a tackle after a punt during overtime of the Oct. 17 game, linebacker Aaron Patrick said he suffered a seaso...
Appellate Practice, Law Practice
California’s AlvaradoSmith to join Frost Brown Todd
By Christer Schmidt
The deal is also expected to give AlvaradoSmith, a minority-owned firm working with various businesses in California, more res...
Appellate Practice, Health Care & Hospital Law, Law Practice
Davis Wright Tremaine adds 2 San Francisco health care partners
By Christer Schmidt
Leslie C. Murphy and John C. J. Barnes, who were partners at King & Spalding, each have 20 years of experience in health c...
Government, Health Care & Hospital Law
California gets $265M from Walmart’s $3.1B opioid deal
By Wisdom Howell
Tuesday’s announcement comes two weeks after an $8 billion damages trial between Walgreens and the City and County of San Fran...
Government
Ban on gas powered vehicles would hurt minorities, suit says
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“The California Air Resources Board’s prohibition on the sale of new internal combustion engine vehicles in 2035 results in di...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Class Action, U.S. Supreme Court
No high court review of Starkist class certification
By Craig Anderson
The ruling rejected Latham & Watkins partner Gregory G. Garre’s argument that 28% of the class members were not injured.
Government, Health Care & Hospital Law, Labor/Employment
Los Angeles County didn't follow rules on pre-employment psych evaluations
By Skyler Romero
Superior Court Judge Barbara M. Scheper’s Nov. 4 ruling on summary adjudication rested on what she found to be the county’s fa...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Qualcomm asks judge to dismiss multidistrict antitrust case
By Jonathan Lo
The company is accused of having monopoly power in premium LTE chips and CDMA, the protocol used in 2G and 3G networks.
Appellate Practice, Law Practice
Former trial lawyer joins Signature Resolution
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Arnie R. Levinson specialized in bad faith insurance cases for 35 years.