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Labor/Employment


Brink’s armored transport employee, Gloria Corrales had argued that disclosure of Brinks’ information during discovery would c...


Health Care & Hospital Law


The lawsuit alleges that the company failed to disclose adverse information relating to its flagship Parkinson’s treatment dru...


Labor/Employment, Law Practice


Free lunches, happy hours and restaurant-like communal areas are on offer, but it’s the mentorship opportunities that could be...


Family, Judges and Judiciary


“There has been a troubling increase in threats against public servants, including judicial officers,” said U.S. Attorney Mart...


Class Action


Discovery paused in class action against X Corp.

Mar. 13, 2024
By Wisdom Howell

X Corp.’s legal team argues that users explicitly agreed to the use of their data for advertising in the company’s privacy pol...


Environmental & Energy


According to the complaint, tire companies began using 6PPD-q in the 1950s to prevent cracking, and the rubber preservative is...


Community News, Intellectual Property


Judges speak to IP lawyers in Southern California

Mar. 13, 2024
By Jessica Lynn Murray

A joint session of the IP law associations for Los Angeles and Orange County included a couple of big announcements.


Administrative/Regulatory


The Torrance Airport Association has filed a lawsuit against the City of Torrance over an ordinance it claims is an improper a...


Prosecutors have provided sufficient information to continue with insider trading case accusing former Ontrak CEO Terren Peize...


Intellectual Property


IA federal judge partially dismissed a similar lawsuit against Microsoft Corp. and its subsidiary GitHub, saying some plaintif...


Environmental & Energy


“If litigation materializes, that would be a disaster, because it will involve years if not decades, an untold amount of money...


Judges and Judiciary


A trial court judge in Orange County Superior Court recused himself midtrial when he learned that a third-party witness was ma...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Litigation & Arbitration


Cathay Pacific argued the arbitration agreement was binding on a couple that purchased their tickets through a third-party web...


Attorneys have warned companies that their website terms of use could be subject to litigation from consumers.


Entertainment & Sports


“Plaintiff’s complaint contains plausible facts establishing that Lorenzo Robert Savage III was directly and actively involved...


Law Practice


A cannabis company said an attorney at the firm missed deadlines and failed to pay filing fees.


Torts/Personal Injury


Acne products named in multiple proposed class actions

Mar. 12, 2024
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

The class actions follow independent testing that showed some face products contained greater than 800 times 2 ppm, the maximu...


Law Practice


Buchalter celebrates growth of San Diego office

Mar. 11, 2024
By Doug Sherwin

Today, Buchalter's San Diego office boasts nearly 60 attorneys, a long list of clients, and the entire 16th floor, plus half o...


Judges and Judiciary


3 LA judges set to retire

Mar. 11, 2024
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Mitchell L. Beckloff, Donna L. Quigley Groman and Yvette M. Palazuelos have not disclosed their post-retirement plans.


Law Practice


Retired Alameda County judge joins ADR Services Inc.

Mar. 11, 2024
By Douglas Saunders Sr.


Class Action


In 2017, the California Supreme Court held that any arbitration clause that bars a plaintiff from seeking public injunctive re...


Civil Litigation


A group of Silicon Valley investors are facing off against a group of farmers who refuse to sell their land to them. The farme...


Government


A proposal by Assemblymember Vince Fong (R-Bakersfield) will declare that NDAs “covering bill negotiations with public officia...


Labor/Employment, U.S. Supreme Court


The justices should decide as soon as next week whether to accept review of the writs of certiorari filed by Uber Technologies...


Civil Rights


U.S. District Judge David O. Carter told a plaintiff’s attorney representing the L.A. Alliance for Human Rights that she was m...


Environmental & Energy


An appellate panel ruled that a county in California must set aside its supplemental recirculated environmental impact report ...


Judges and Judiciary


These are unofficial results of the judicial races that appear to be complete


Labor/Employment


The city attorney’s office has stated that there was no violation of the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act, because the measure does not...


Obituaries


Francisco Briseño, 1928-2023

Mar. 8, 2024
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

Long-serving Orange County judge was always smiling.


Community News, Law Practice


The event is being held in San Francisco.