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Class Action, Government, Land Use


"Time's up. It's time to actually do something," Roman M. Silberfeld told U.S. District Judge David O. Carter during opening a...


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

Aug. 7, 2024
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

Aug. 7, 2024
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Employment lawyer Guillermo Escobedo leads a team of four attorneys who opened the office.



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


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

Aug. 6, 2024
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

A jury awarded the man $58 million in May over the slip-and-fall.


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?

Aug. 6, 2024
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...


U.S. District Judge Josephine L. Staton already ruled that the former consumer lawyer was competent to stand trial.



Law Practice


Baird Brown sued Michelle Pak, his former office manager, in November over an alleged failure to disperse settlement funds to ...


Environmental & Energy, Government


The new system is not specific to the oil and gas industry, but energy lobbyists worked hard to pass the bill.



Government


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


The court denied a stay and limited remand in both cases, including one involving a man convicted of raping and murdering a wo...




Insurance firm Pasich LLP dissolves

Aug. 5, 2024
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Most of the attorneys joined McGuireWoods.


U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers appeared unlikely to dismiss a class action complaint filed by female prisoners and...



It comes a month after the Governor rescinded a similar offer made to District Attorney Pamela Price.


Environmental & Energy, Government


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

Aug. 5, 2024
By Craig Anderson

The reported scrutiny of Nvidia, which has emerged as the dominant AI chipmaker, would not be surprising. The Biden administra...


The company is accused of going so far as to tell its recruiter to relax the job qualification requirements to find non-Indian...



"You can be nobody and beat the odds," said Shant J. Yalenkatian.



Long-term Guidance

Aug. 5, 2024

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


Norton Herrick accused Mattel of breach of contract in 2019, alleging that the toy giant stole his idea for an unscripted tele...


Antitrust & Trade Reg., Entertainment & Sports


Jurors had no discretion to rely on experts, ignore instructions, a US judge said, reversing the $4.7 billion verdict that had...



Data Privacy, Technology


"This action is necessary to prevent the defendants, who are repeat offenders and operate on a massive scale, from collecting ...


Judges and Judiciary


Senate passes bill to add 21 judges in California

Aug. 2, 2024
By Sunidhi Sridhar

The unusual unanimous approval of the bill in the Senate sent the proposal for more federal judges to the House of Representat...



California Supreme Court, Labor/Employment


Justice Goodwin H. Liu, dissenting, argued that the ruling creates the risk of auctioning settlements to the 'lowest bidder.'


Intellectual Property


Intellectual property attorneys suggest federal judge may take the unusual step of bifurcating Masimo Corp.'s trade secrets cl...



Law Practice


The International Association of Defense Counsel announced J. Dominic Campodonico has been chosen as president-elect.


The companies failed to pay the required minimum and overtime wages, provide meal breaks, and paid sick leave, among other all...