9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Constitutional Law
FBI illegally searched safe deposit boxes, circuit rules
By Craig Anderson
9th Circuit Judge Milan D. Smith said the government’s explanation that it needed to do an “inventory search” was insufficient...
Class Action
Plaintiff moves to certify class in consumer fraud case against Nestle
By Devon Belcher
Class certification is ideal for claims involving violations to California’s Consumers Legal Remedies Act and Unfair Competiti...
The fund, Kline Hill Partners Fund II LP, claims in a lawsuit that Zachary Abrams, the former CEO of Altierre Corp., struck se...
Litigation & Arbitration
$35M verdict for woman who accused former track coach of sex abuse in the 1990s
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Deposition testimony from former students, parents and employees described widespread, open and obvious abuse of minor girls a...
Judges and Judiciary
Lawmakers try again to require judges to receive training on handling sex assault victims
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A similar effort died last year due to funding issues. Proponents say judges need to better understand how to handle testimon...
Criminal
San Diego man sentenced in federal court for defrauding investors in Ponzi scheme
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
In his letter to U.S. District Judge Cynthia Bashant, who heard the matter, Richard Lee Ramirez said, "I would feel the same a...
Mergers & Acquisitions, Securities
Adobe board faces shareholder action over aborted merger
By Wisdom Howell
"Defendants allowed Adobe to misleadingly downplay competitive pressure from other companies, most importantly, Figma, Inc.," ...
Government
Effort to overhaul court reporting dies in Legislature
By Malcolm Maclachlan
SB 662 would also have given the Court Reporters Board of California permission to alter the requirements for becoming certifi...
Judges and Judiciary, Labor/Employment
Court clerk sues Lassen County court and judge
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Crystal Jones told a Commission on Judicial Performance proceeding last year that Judge Tony R. Mallery made demeaning commen...
Environmental & Energy
New lawsuit challenges funding for Delta water tunnel
By Sunidhi Sridhar
The lawsuit came after a judge blocked funding last week for the $16 billion project to build a tunnel under the Sacramento-Sa...
Law Practice
Willkie Farr & Gallagher expands white collar practice in San Francisco
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Michael Li-Ming Wong has tried more than 20 civil and criminal jury cases in federal and state courts, including several multi...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit set to hear challenge to state gun law
By Craig Anderson
The state attorney general's office has drawn what appears to be a favorable panel, with two of the three judges having been a...
Constitutional Law
Landlord law firm accuses tenant rights advocates of libel and privacy invasion
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
The defense argued that comments -- some of them pornographic and referring to lawyers' family members -- were parody and pro...
State Bar & Bar Associations
2 former Girardi Keese attorneys are disciplined for roles in theft scandal
By Devon Belcher
State Bar Court Judge Phong Wang recommended a six-month suspension of Keith D. Griffin and ordered David R. Lira to practice ...
Community News, Law Practice
San Diego Legal Aid Society gets new leader
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Joanne Franciscus has held several positions during 11 years at Legal Aid, most recently chief operating officer, overseeing d...
Real Estate/Development
Court of Appeal OKs CEQA approval for LA housing project
By Sunidhi Sridhar
‘Not only did the appellate court confirm the City of Los Angeles has been properly processing its project approvals under CEQ...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit denies porn company’s petition to decertify class
By Devon Belcher
The appellate court’s decision was filed at the same time a district court judge denied the plaintiff’s motion to distribute n...
Health Care & Hospital Law
Modern Healthcare seeks dismissal of co-founder’s suit
By Wisdom Howell
Erica Johnson, co-founder of Modern Health who was kicked off the board in October 2019, and her husband, an early investor, o...
Government
Huntington Beach says appeal court 'wrong' on charter cities
By Skyler Romero
“Article 14 of the government codes do not apply to charter cities, and all you have to do is look at Article 13. That says th...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Full 9th Circuit to reconsider power to review anti-SLAPP motions
By Craig Anderson
“My particular objection is that a motion based on California’s anti-SLAPP statute is wholly grounded in that state’s procedu...
Lagerlof LLP lawyers in Pasadena have guided family legacies for more than a century.
California Courts of Appeal, Community News
Epstein died last March. He retired as presiding judge of Division 4 of the 2nd District in 2018. He had served 28 years on th...
Labor/Employment
Lawsuit claims off-the-clock work required at Paramount Pictures
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
The lawsuit says employees were required to attend meetings off the clock, complete various tasks before clocking in or after ...
Government
Chief Justice to legislators: ‘Tell us if it is retroactive or not’
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero said her staff members regularly speak to California lawmakers about the scope and application...
The plaintiff has not alleged “how each defendant participated in the alleged wrongdoing,” Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP...
Judges and Judiciary
Judiciary Committee OKs 2 district judges for California
By Craig Anderson
Assistant U.S. Attorney Kirk E. Sherriff, nominated for the Eastern District, and Alameda County Superior Court Judge Eumi K. ...
Civil Rights
State Civil Rights Department settles Activision suit for $45.75M
By Skyler Romero
The department sued Activision Blizzard in 2021 over claims that the company disproportionately hired men and maintained a “fr...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Amazon claims impasse on time limit for executives’ depositions
By Wisdom Howell
The dispute stems from the complaint filed by Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office in September 2022, accusing Amazon of induci...
U.S. District Judge Vince G. Chhabria asks Weitz & Luxenberg attorney whether its client sufficiently pleaded RICO claims ...
Labor/Employment
High court: Judges can’t strike PAGA claims for manageability
By Craig Anderson
“This is a case with major consequences in the field of employment law. The right to pursue these claims has been endorsed by ...