Torts/Personal Injury
North Bay Fires victims reach $4.5M settlement with maintenance company
By Wisdom Howell
Under the terms of the settlement agreement, utility maintenance company Osmoe denies claims that it contributed to the start ...
Civil Litigation
Landlord appeals court ruling that mass eviction breached Ellis Act
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
A Los Angeles County judge ruled in June that the landlord of Barrington Plaza in West LA did not intend to permanently exit t...
Gibson Dunn files racial profiling lawsuit against City of El Segundo
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
According to the lawsuit, data collected under California's Racial and Identity Profiling Act shows that while less than 5% of...
YouTube giant CoComelon awarded $6.7M in legal fees
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
This comes on the heels of a $23 million jury verdict against Babybus for willful copyright infringement.
The first witness in the wire fraud trial, Joseph Ruigomez, testified that Girardi promised him $5 million from a 2013 settlem...
Long-running prison mental health litigation seeks overseer
By Malcolm Maclachlan
J. Clark Kelso would monitor the use of $100 million in fines against the prisons department.
Civil Litigation
UC, Mattel to settle dispute over $50M children's hospital pledge
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
The UC Regents had accused the toy giant of reneging on the promised donation, and instead offering in-kind contributions such...
Class Action, Government, Land Use
VA accused of 'abject failure' over veterans' housing on first day of class action trial
By Skyler Romero
"Time's up. It's time to actually do something," Roman M. Silberfeld told U.S. District Judge David O. Carter during opening a...
Torts/Personal Injury
Recent ruling on childhood sexual abuse bill could revive lawsuit against SF school district
By Wisdom Howell
The school district's attorneys had previously argued that the "retroactive liability" provided for plaintiffs under AB 218 vi...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Class Action
$91.4M Joint Juice verdict may not be dead
By Craig Anderson
"We conclude that awarding statutory damages for each violation, particularly when the violation relates to a low-cost product...
Workplace law firm Constangy opens in San Diego
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Employment lawyer Guillermo Escobedo leads a team of four attorneys who opened the office.
Criminal
Girardi trial opens with some jurors recounting past lawyers who cheated them
By Devon Belcher
Some jurors told the federal judge in the $15 million wire fraud case against disbarred lawyer Tom Girardi they might be biase...
Class Action, Environmental & Energy
Battle with insurers follows $4.03B Maui fire settlement
By Laurinda Keys
Insurance companies want to be repaid what they paid to their customers from the settlement fund defendants agreed to set up f...
$21M settlement reached for railyard worker
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
A jury awarded the man $58 million in May over the slip-and-fall.
Judge dismisses insurers' attempt to toss case involving stranded Russian jets
By Jack Needham
Judge Ethan P. Schulman distinguished the facts of the case from a recent high-profile decision by the California Supreme Cour...
Environmental & Energy
Can a city be held liable for its bad boy surfers?
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Palos Verdes Estate went on trial for failing to police residents who menaced outsiders who came to surf its famous break. The...
Criminal
Girardi's mental health likely star witness as first criminal trial begins
By Devon Belcher
U.S. District Judge Josephine L. Staton already ruled that the former consumer lawyer was competent to stand trial.
Law Practice
'Fascinating' case names plaintiffs' attorneys in cross-complaint
By Skyler Romero
Baird Brown sued Michelle Pak, his former office manager, in November over an alleged failure to disperse settlement funds to ...
Environmental & Energy, Government
Texas' new business court system may be a factor in Chevron's move
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The new system is not specific to the oil and gas industry, but energy lobbyists worked hard to pass the bill.
District Attorney Pamela Price said just 11 "CHP surge" cases had been referred to her office. A CHP representative said that ...
California Supreme Court, Criminal
California Supreme Court affirms death penalty convictions in 2 cases
By Craig Anderson
The court denied a stay and limited remand in both cases, including one involving a man convicted of raping and murdering a wo...
Most of the attorneys joined McGuireWoods.
US judge criticizes Bureau of Prisons for delays in addressing conditions at FCI Dublin
By Sunidhi Sridhar
U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers appeared unlikely to dismiss a class action complaint filed by female prisoners and...
Government
Newsom announces another deal to speed up Alameda County prosecutions
By Wisdom Howell
It comes a month after the Governor rescinded a similar offer made to District Attorney Pamela Price.
Environmental & Energy, Government
As Chevron exits California, it's unclear if energy attorneys will follow
By Jack Needham
The oil major announced that it would be relocating its headquarters to Houston, Texas. It joins other high-profile companies ...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Federal Nvidia antitrust probe seen as likely
By Craig Anderson
The reported scrutiny of Nvidia, which has emerged as the dominant AI chipmaker, would not be surprising. The Biden administra...
EEOC files age and ethnic discrimination suit against tech giant HCL America
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The company is accused of going so far as to tell its recruiter to relax the job qualification requirements to find non-Indian...
New attorney turns personal adversity into professional mission
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
"You can be nobody and beat the odds," said Shant J. Yalenkatian.
Hahn & Hahn LLP has been practicing in Pasadena for more than a century and is now majority woman-owned and home to 20 att...
Entertainment & Sports
Jury rules in favor of Mattel in dispute with Hollywood producer
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Norton Herrick accused Mattel of breach of contract in 2019, alleging that the toy giant stole his idea for an unscripted tele...