Civil Litigation
Erika Girardi appeals decision to auction her earrings
By Skyler Romero
“The trustee’s claim was and is time-barred by every imaginable statute of limitations as well as California’s applicable stat...
Civil Litigation, Data Privacy
Uber data breach trial closings focus on whether secrecy was justified
By Jonathan Lo
“With the benefit of six years of hindsight, the government can try all it wants to second guess the decisions that Joe Sulliv...
Stephen McAvoy allows attorneys to conduct mini-directs to make their case in mediations
Entertainment & Sports, Intellectual Property
‘Top Gun: Maverick’ facts not copyrightable, studio counters
By Ricardo Pineda
The plots and sequence of the two works — one being the 1986 investigative report by the late Ehud Yonay and the other the Tom...
Contracts, Labor/Employment
PGA accuses LIV of ‘inducing contract breaches’
By Federico Lo Giudice
The counterclaim is a response to a lawsuit by players Talor Gooch, Hudson Swafford and Matt Jones, who had enough points on t...
Civil Litigation
Businessman accused of trying to hire a hitman to kill his lawyer
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Arthur Raffy Aslanian didn’t want to pay his lawyer’s fee, according to a federal indictment. Aslanian and one of his employee...
Civil Litigation
Girardi Keese had no fiduciary duty to case referring lawyers
By Skyler Romero
“I concluded that there could not be a breach of fiduciary duty between the plaintiff attorneys and Girardi Keese because ther...
Judges and Judiciary
San Diego attorney sworn in as US magistrate for Southern District
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Lupe Rodriguez Jr. has practiced criminal defense and civil law.
Civil Litigation, Government
FBI search of safety deposit boxes was proper, judge rules
By Wisdom Howell
Robert E. Johnson, senior attorney for the Institute for Justice and the class of plaintiffs, announced Thursday their intenti...
U.S. Supreme Court
Contentious docket, new justice await start of Supreme Court’s fall term
By Craig Anderson
On Monday, the justices will review a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision that determined that wetlands in Idaho should...
Civil Litigation, Government
Ex-FBI agent queried on escorts, judge chides prosecutor
By Sunidhi Sridhar
“There are pretty strict policies about FBI agents getting involved with prostitutes, isn’t that right?” Assistant U.S. Attorn...
Contracts, Data Privacy, Labor/Employment
NDA was crucial to protecting Uber’s hacked data, witness says
By Jonathan Lo
Matthew Henley worked for defendant Joseph Sullivan for 20 years. Sullivan is accused of concealing a 2016 breach from federal...
Civil Litigation, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Government
FBI agent denies being bribed, says Ducati bike was ‘surprise’
By Sunidhi Sridhar
FBI agent accused of taking monthly bribes to search DOJ database for mentions of false attorney testifies that he was just ga...
Entertainment & Sports, Securities
Pasadena Video game maker conducted Ponzi scheme, SEC says
By Federico Lo Giudice
“When raising that money, defendants represented that proceeds from the sale of Pebblekick’s notes would be used to finance th...
Environmental & Energy
Old platforms contributed to pipeline spill, environmental group says
By Federico Lo Giudice
The platform owner, Amplify Energy Corp., and the U.S. Coast Guard have blamed the spill on ships that allegedly tore the ocea...
Government, Judges and Judiciary
Law will allow state’s judges to retire early, keep benefits
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Meeting with reporters last fall, Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye warned of a coming "wave of retirements in 2022." That ...
Appellate Practice, Civil Litigation, Law Practice
Law firm gets court costs from man they say is lying about disability
By Skyler Romero
"I have no problem with website accessibility lawsuits. . . . I just think it has to be brought forth by a suitable plaintiff,...
California Supreme Court, Government, Judges and Judiciary
Chief Justice to lead Public Policy Institute of California
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Public Policy Institute of California began in 1994 with a $70 million endowment from Hewlett-Packard Co. The San Francisco-ba...
Data Privacy, Technology
Tesla and Rivian clash over ‘classified’ documents
By Wisdom Howell
The trade secrets case has been embroiled in discovery disputes with each side filing several motions and replies to conceal a...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Judge used wrong standard to OK $310M settlement, 9th Circuit panel rules
By Craig Anderson
Joseph W. Cotchett, a founding partner of Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy LLP who represents the class, downplayed the signific...
Appellate Practice, Environmental & Energy, Law Practice
Sacramento environmental boutique will join Downey Brand
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Thomas Law Group is well-known across the state for its expertise in representing clients in matters of land use law, entitlem...
Appellate Practice, Law Practice
Consumer Watchdog event honors those who fought 47 years to change MICRA
By Laurinda Keys
Some 560 people gathered at the Beverly Wilshire to celebrate those who had worked for passage of AB35, signed by Gov. Gavin N...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Beverly Hills Bar honors 2 at litigation dinner
By David Houston
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge David J. Cowan and Mathew S. Rosengart, a partner at Greenberg Traurig LLP, were honored.
Government, Land Use
Renters’ advocates sue Santa Clara County over zoning
By Skyler Romero
The lawsuit filed by the California Renters Legal Advocacy and Education Fund takes aim at rezoning regulations that the plain...
Appellate Practice, Law Practice
Sanford Heisler Sharp opens Palo Alto office
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
"Sanford Heisler Sharp is the first national plaintiff-side litigation firm that has a practice group specifically dedicated t...
Civil Litigation, Civil Rights
Gun groups challenge California law that mimics Texas abortion law
By Craig Anderson
The lawsuit, filed Monday in the Southern District of California, argues the statute, signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, “singles ou...
Civil Litigation, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Government
Lawyer accused of taking bar for partner pleads 5th in FBI agent's trial
By Sunidhi Sridhar
“I invoke my rights under the Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution,” said Henrik M. Mosesi of Glendale. He reiter...
Health Care & Hospital Law, Insurance
Law doesn’t require motorized wheelchair coverage, judge says
By Wisdom Howell
“The Affordable Care Act does not compel plans to cover everything that might fall under the broad rubric of rehabilitative or...
Data Privacy, Technology
Meta faces string of class actions over data privacy
By Jonathan Lo
A statement from Meta denied the allegations and said, “We have carefully designed our in-app browser to respect users’ privac...
Civil Litigation
State Bar renews probe of prominent lawyers in Armenian Genocide funds case
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Both men denied they misused any of these funds. Brian S. Kabateck is a well-known plaintiffs' lawyer and former president of ...