LA judge skips hobbies, takes cases home instead
Government
Bonta, past and present, looms large over LA city council scandal
By Malcolm Maclachlan
AG Rob Bonta’s office will investigate Los Angeles “2021 redistricting efforts, and will seek to determine whether there were ...
Appellate Practice, Law Practice
Durie Tangri merger with MoFo followed departures, uncertainty
By Craig Anderson
Several attorneys and recruiters familiar with the firms said they were surprised the deal was announced Wednesday, as it leav...
Civil Litigation
Bakersfield jury awards $8.1M for mild traumatic brain injury in crash
By Federico Lo Giudice
“The jury understood that our client had significant residual problems that required substantial future medical care,” said pl...
Appellate Practice, Labor/Employment, Law Practice
Rutan & Tucker grows employment practice in Palo Alto and Irvine
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
“Our employment team is in high demand, and we are excited to expand our capabilities and reach with the addition of these exp...
He “should be sentenced based on his life as a whole across the last 51 years, not his notoriety; the desire of the government...
Appellate Practice, Law Practice
Baum Hedlund attorney in LA among lead counsel for Gardasil plaintiffs
By Federico Lo Giudice
Bijan Esfandiari of Baum Hedlund Aristei & Goldman will serve as colead counsel for the plaintiffs. He will be accompanied...
Appellate Practice, Law Practice
GERALD "GERRY" MILTON SALLUS, 1927 - 2022
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
A latecomer to the legal profession, Sallus championed small bar associations. "One could count on him for thoughtful discussi...
Whether or not the company’s technical service bulletins to dealers showed prior knowledge of the defect was a central topic o...
Civil Litigation, Environmental & Energy
$550M Monsanto deal with 2,500 cities over PCBs ready for OK
By Wisdom Howell
Mark D. Anstoetter and Brent Dwerlkotte of Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP, lead counsel for Monsanto, notified the court that Mo...
Government, Judges and Judiciary
Senate committee holds rare recess hearing on California judge nominees
By Jonathan Lo
Chairman Richard Durbin, D-IL, said mid-recess committee hearings are rare but have happened multiple times in the past, inclu...
Appellate Practice, Law Practice
Durie Tangri to join Morrison & Foerster
By Craig Anderson
The announcement is a coup for Morrison & Foerster, as the firm - led by partner Daralyn A. Durie and her husband, Ragesh ...
Government
AG renews focus on eradication efforts in legalized cannabis era
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“In 2022, there is simply no excuse for any of this. With the largest legal cannabis market in the world right here in Califor...
California Courts of Appeal, Judges and Judiciary
New 4th District justice praised by colleagues
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Gov. Gavin Newsom nominated Thomas A. Delaney in August to replace Justice David A. Thompson, who retired one year ago. Delane...
Labor/Employment
Bird & Bird names new co-leader for San Francisco office
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Pattie Walsh, a member of the firm’s international employment group, has been the team leader for the firm’s Asia Pacific netw...
Civil Litigation, Government, Labor/Employment
LA County librarian wins $2.1M for bullying by co-workers
By Federico Lo Giudice
Katherine J. Siew and Tomas A. Guterres of Collins + Collins LLP represented the county, which initially offered $15,000 to se...
Civil Litigation, Technology
Gopuff grocery app sued for failure to disclose auto-renewal
By Sunidhi Sridhar
“By signing up for Fam and providing us with your payment account information, you expressly acknowledge and agree that you ar...
Antitrust & Trade Reg., Intellectual Property
Apple can seal 93% of documents in trade secrets lawsuit
By Wisdom Howell
The plaintiff, Envirodigm Inc., argued that it must see Apple’s manufacturing processes in order to verify its claims that the...
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court seems divided over effects of California’s pig treatment law
By Craig Anderson
The lengthy argument featured a number of questions pondering California’s outsize market influence and the possibility of oth...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Intel asks 9th Circuit to reinstate antitrust suit against Fortress
By Jonathan Lo
U.S. District Judge Edward M. Chen of San Francisco ruled last year that Intel “failed to allege that supracompetitive pricing...
Civil Litigation
Google’s COVID contact tracing settlement delayed by fee questions
By Jonathan Lo
Plaintiffs alleged that Google said its Google-Apple Exposure Notification System would not collect any data on users but peop...
Government
DA recall group to seek injunction against LA County registrar of voters
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“The committee has already uncovered a substantial number of improperly rejected petition signatures,” wrote Eric George of El...
Intellectual Property
FedArb aims to be leader in global patent, tech disputes
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
“We are a focused player; we’re not trying to be all things to all people,” FedArb CEO Ken Hagen said.
Labor/Employment
Former UC Irvine doctor gets $17M for wrongful firing
By Federico Lo Giudice
An Orange County Superior Court jury found that the doctor’s disclosure of information to his superiors was a contributing fac...
Civil Litigation, Government
Man sprayed by sewer truck hose wins $5.65M from Santa Maria jury
By Federico Lo Giudice
“It’s a fair verdict,” said the plaintiff’s attorney, Nigel A. Whitehead of the Ernst Law Group. “It’s important to point out ...
Michael J. Proctor and Guy C. Iversen met in the 1990s as deputy federal defenders. Now they're launching a law firm devoted t...
Civil Litigation, Technology
LinkedIn sued over automatic renewals for premium services
By Wisdom Howell
Filed under California’s Automatic Renewal Law (ARL), the lawsuit adds to a number of complaints being filed against companies...
Civil Litigation, Legal Education
Descendants have no standing to halt name change, Hastings’ lawyer says
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“Plaintiffs want to make this a case about so-called ‘cancel culture’ but this case is anything but that: the college is engag...
Entertainment & Sports, Labor/Employment
LA judge frustrated at slow pace of Disney labor suit
By Skyler Romero
“Do you think we’re going to go down to the wire and then have a dispute just when the five-year statute is going to run or no...
Appellate Practice, Civil Litigation, Law Practice
San Diego, New Mexico firms team to represent victims of July fire
By Christer Schmidt
Julio P. Garcia and Ambrosio E. Castellano of ADVISE were sought out by Singleton Schreiber in San Diego to act as local couns...