Community News
Chief Justice will lead dedication of new Imperial County courthouse
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Judges and Judiciary
San Diego County judge censured over 155 absences in 2 years
By Laurinda Keys
Judge Howard H. Shore, who has never been challenged in an election since his elevation to the Superior Court in 2000, stipula...
Civil Litigation
Southwestern mulls mediator’s proposal in tenants’ lawsuit
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
The parties filed the ex parte application without prior notice because they all agreed to a continuance, and they do not want...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Attempt to suspend Girardi’s son-in-law is unconstitutional, counsel argues
By Devon Belcher
David R. Lira, who has been fighting with State Bar prosecutors since September in an effort to pause a proceeding that could ...
Intellectual Property
Judge scolds defense for filing ‘piecemeal’ demurrers
By Wisdom Howell
San Francisco Judge Richard B. Ulmer took the defendant’s “amended demurrers’ off calendar in a lawsuit over alleged infringem...
Entertainment & Sports, Law Practice
Sam Fernandez, longtime Dodgers general counsel, joins JAMS
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
“I’ve been a Dodger fan since I picked the Dodgers in the ‘63 World Series. I not only got to meet Sandy Koufax, I got to work...
Labor/Employment
State and gig companies defend Proposition 22 against union
By Craig Anderson
“In our constitutional system, the electorate has broad power to enact legislation by initiative on virtually any subject, inc...
Civil Litigation
Jewelers, Brink’s head to trial over robbery at truck stop
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
“Nobody in their wild imagination thought Brink’s would leave the jewelry and nothing between the jewelry and the thieves but ...
Musk’s attorneys argued in their motion to dismiss that the investors are unsuccessfully trying to convert Elon Musk’s legal d...
Health Care & Hospital Law, Labor/Employment
Kaiser neonatal nurse who was fired after complaining about staff levels wins $41.49M
By Devon Belcher
Kaiser said it stands by its firing decision, maintained that it was the nurse who endangered patient safety, and vowed to app...
Government
State moves to intervene in La Canada housing development dispute
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The city says it was “substantially compliant” with the housing element law. It pointed to ordinances passed before the develo...
Civil Rights
Panel suggests DAs file criminal claims against firm over disability lawsuits
By Wisdom Howell
Litigation privilege immunizes Potter Handy from DAs lawsuit, panel says, adding that criminal charges would have survived dem...
Civil Rights
US judge could order years of monitoring at Bay Area women’s prison
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Attorneys representing eight plaintiffs who say they suffered sexual assaults and other abuse want a special master to oversee...
Law Practice
Sheppard Mullin adds 6-attorney team in San Diego
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The team moved from Withersworldwide and is led by partners Jenny Hill Bratt and Matthew Owens.
Constitutional Law
Injunction denied for state ban on gun sales to young adults
By Craig Anderson
S Between the Second Amendment enactment in 1791 and 14th Amendment enactment in 1868, “the rights of individuals under 21 yea...
Litigation & Arbitration
The plaintiffs attorneys were Robert Clayton of Taylor & Ring and Lawrence Marks of Mardirossian Akaragian LLP.
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Judge to review whether antitrust laws warrant jury trial in challenge to $6B NFL TV package
By Devon Belcher
Attorneys for the NFL say the plaintiffs’ counsel improperly analyzed the Sports Broadcasting Act and that the league’s networ...
A benefit fund takes advantage of a 2019 law enacted in Delaware that allows for a statutory public benefit limited partnershi...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Google loses antitrust case brought by Epic Games
By Jonathan Lo
Google plans to appeal the verdict, saying it provides more choice to customers than any other major mobile game platform.
Government
Congress candidate sues for ‘MAGA Conservative Republican’ ballot designation
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“The issue of my self-identification as a MAGA Conservative Republican or MAGA Conservative should be left to the voters who w...
Data Privacy
Lloyd’s accuses UC system of failing to protect data
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Lloyd’s of London says the UC Regents didn’t set up protections for their data required by an insurance policy to cover breach...
Civil Litigation
LegalMatch asks judge to dismiss lawsuit by co-founder
By Wisdom Howell
“This demurrer concerns an ambiguous derivative shareholder action against LegalMatch by an individual who avoids referring to...
Entertainment & Sports, Labor/Employment
17 suits say SAG’s COVID policy not in interest of members
By Skyler Romero
Actors lost jobs, offers, agents and auditions due to not wanting to be vaccinated, and accuse the Screen Actors Guild of brea...
Education Law
Stanford Law School to fund 3rd group of Flywheel Fellows
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Flywheel Fund for Career Choice is a nonprofit organization founded by alumni from the law schools at Harvard and Stanford to ...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, U.S. Supreme Court
Justices reject challenge to conversion therapy law
By Craig Anderson
The 9th Circuit decision affirmed a Washington state law in a case nearly identical to an unsuccessful 2014 challenge to a sim...
Bankruptcy
Sacramento diocese will file for bankruptcy, bishop says
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“The diocese faces more than 250 lawsuits alleging sexual abuse by clergy or other church staff. The reorganization process wi...
Law Practice
Former Justice Department cyber lawyer joins Pillsbury
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Mark L. Krotoski was national coordinator of the Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property Program at the Department of Justice.
A Loyola Law School professor said she observed Superior Court Judge Tomson T. Ong for roughly 2 1/2 hours during arraignment ...
Criminal
Orange County judge denies cities' challenge to LA bail policy
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Judge William D. Claster also sustained the Los Angeles County Superior Court's demurrer, concluding the plaintiffs did not as...
Government
Ex-DA Boudin still opposes early recalls, but says he’s moved on
By Devon Belcher
“If you recall somebody months into their first year in office, you haven’t given them a chance. We have four-year terms for d...