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Government


Public Counsel head Monica Ramirez Almadani confirmed to seat on Central District


Litigation & Arbitration


Jury awards $19.5M to bicyclist struck by Jeep

Nov. 10, 2023
By Skyler Romero

In response to defense arguments about a lapse in the client’s medical care, attorney Jason P. Fowler said the PARRIS Law firm...


Intellectual Property


“If you come back and you allege that an output that is not substantially similar to the protected work is copyright infringem...


Environmental & Energy, Litigation & Arbitration


William James Reed was accused of misleading two families that were victims of the Zamora Fire by representing that they would...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Most of those tested were first-timers and they did far better than the group as a whole, with 64.8% of them passing.



Contrapuntal Harmony

Nov. 10, 2023

Mediator Tagore Subramaniam brings balance to employment, mass tort, sex abuse cases


State Bar & Bar Associations


Akili P. Nickson of the Office of Chief Trial Counsel prosecuted the ethics case against Marla A. Brown this year and argued i...


Construction


The lawsuit arises from the Oceanwide Plaza development in downtown Los Angeles. Construction on the three-tower project near ...



Mills College settles suit over merger

Nov. 9, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

‘We are glad that we are able to get some relief for students who came to us for help after so much unexpected turmoil, to hel...


Real Estate/Development


The lawsuit by the Apartment Association of Los Angeles County claims that the city violated state law by adopting Ordinance 1...


Law Practice


Appeal court upholds $80M personal injury award

Nov. 9, 2023
By Devon Belcher

The defense argued that the trial court abused its discretion in denying a motion for a new trial. The appellate panel disagreed.


U.S. Supreme Court


AB 824, passed in 2019, changed state law to say that settlement of a patent infringement case over a pharmaceutical drug is a...


Judges and Judiciary


A final confirmation vote will be held Thursday on the nomination of Public Counsel CEO Monica Ramirez Almadani.


Environmental & Energy


Tire companies began using 6PPD in the 1950s to prevent cracking, and the rubber preservative is now found in unsafe concentra...


Judges and Judiciary


Several justices seemed supportive of giving judges the power to strike claims, worried about lengthy trials — or a series of ...


Constitutional Law


“Journalists in Los Angeles County should be able to record police activity in public without fear of unlawful arrest. As the ...


Showing the nine-member federal jury charts and graphs made by Google’s sales team, Epic’s attorney argued that despite having...


"This decision culminates a nine-year battle for justice and accountability following the devastating injuries she suffered du...


Entertainment & Sports


In the complaint, Eisner LLP partner Ashlee N. Lin, claimed that the defendants’ failure to provide a safe environment to cond...


U.S. Supreme Court


Supreme Court seems unlikely to narrow Bruen

Nov. 8, 2023
By Craig Anderson

Some legal experts believed, and gun rights groups feared, that the Supreme Court would use the case to scale back its Bruen d...


Chief U.S. District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller acknowledged the department has been held back by a shortage of mental health st...


Community News, Education Law


“I was proud to highlight our commitment to diversity and to advancing the rule of law,” Dean Robert A. Schapiro.


Law Practice


Former US attorney opens Manatt office in San Diego

Nov. 8, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Randy S. Grossman will represent corporations and individuals in government and internal investigations, criminal and civil li...


Civil Rights


The U.S. Department of Justice intervened in a lawsuit Disability Rights California filed in 2020 against Alameda County. Acco...


Immigration


Challenge to 'remain in Mexico' policy gets trial

Nov. 8, 2023
By Sunidhi Sridhar

The Immigrant Defenders Law Center in Los Angeles and three other organizations argued that the “Remain in Mexico” policy viol...


Immigration


US attorney struggles to defend Biden asylum rule

Nov. 8, 2023
By Craig Anderson

Under discussion was the Legal Pathways Rule, which aims to reduce the number of asylum-seekers from countries other than Mexico.


Judges and Judiciary


The former magistrate judge is not the only nominee of President Joe Biden who has run into unanimous Republican opposition, b...


Government, Real Estate/Development


An attorney for the state says the city prepared a housing plan document which commits Anaheim to following the law and admits...


Litigation & Arbitration


The plaintiffs argued that the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act does not absolve a gun manufacturer of liability for ...


Civil Rights, Community News


Volunteer lawyers from other firms and companies, as well as from other organizations, are invited to participate in this proj...