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Antitrust & Trade Reg., Government


“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


“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

Nov. 21, 2022
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


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

Nov. 18, 2022
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


The 15 new Americans are all members of the military, veterans or first responders. “They had worked hard to achieve this sign...


Criminal


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

Nov. 18, 2022
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


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


The board decided against sunsetting the program entirely, and hopes to continue to work with people still in the program rega...


The school district also agreed to partner with medical experts to provide teachers and staff with asthma training, to adopt t...


Criminal


Plaintiff Vanessa Luna alleged GreenBox’s founder and CEO Fredi Nisan “used contract negotiations with Ms. Luna to coerce her ...


Appellate Practice, Law Practice


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


“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

Nov. 17, 2022
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

Nov. 17, 2022
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...


Civil Litigation


Erika Girardi’s attorney wants trustee sanctioned

Nov. 17, 2022
By Craig Anderson

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

Nov. 17, 2022
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


As stipulated by the settlement, defendant Amplify Energy Corp. will pay $34 million to a class of fishing industry plaintiffs...


Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports


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


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


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


Tuesday’s announcement comes two weeks after an $8 billion damages trial between Walgreens and the City and County of San Fran...


Government


“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


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


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.


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

Nov. 16, 2022
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Arnie R. Levinson specialized in bad faith insurance cases for 35 years.