Litigation & Arbitration
Sheppard Mullin team wins mark dispute for independent publisher
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
“As a result of this case, there is now a written opinion that states that SELF is not a famous mark, and is a conceptually we...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
US judge likely to pause antitrust action pending appeal
By Sunidhi Sridhar
U.S. District Judge George H. Wu based his tentative ruling on the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in a putative class ac...
Litigation & Arbitration
Nonsuit motion opens Tesla’s defense of Autopilot crash
By Devon Belcher
“I do agree with both of you that it really is a circumstantial evidence case,” Superior Court Judge Christopher B. Harmon said.
Environmental & Energy
Truckers sue CARB over new emissions regulations
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“CARB’s efforts are in service to the laudable goal of decreasing tailpipe emissions from commercial vehicles, but represent a...
Entertainment & Sports
Selena Gomez’s lawyers obtain multiple defaults to settle suit over likeness
By Skyler Romero
The process of litigating the case without discovery from the foreign defendants presented “a unique procedural challenge,” Al...
Entertainment & Sports
Panel guts much of Hollywood Press group member's lawsuit
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
The plaintiff is a former member of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. The organization put him on probation while an in...
Environmental & Energy
Air Resources Board must clean up San Joaquin Valley pollution
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Attorneys for the California Air Resources Board argued it was up to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to force them to...
Environmental & Energy
Biologist says Corps of Engineers water plan harms salmon, trout
By Jonathan Lo
“The best science that we have fortunately, or unfortunately, is Mr. White going out on his own time, at his own expense. He ...
Litigation & Arbitration
Rival wants losing engineering firm’s project proposal
By Skyler Romero
Conduent, which won the bid for the L.A. County transit proposal, requested disclosure of TransCore’s rejected proposal pursua...
Health Care & Hospital Law, Litigation & Arbitration
Santa Ana lawyer gets 6 years for pharmaceutical scheme
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Prosecutors said David J. Miller and his company lied to their customers about the nature and sources of the prescription drug...
Labor/Employment
Federal judge enjoins poultry companies from using child labor
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Prosecutors told U.S. District Judge Mark C. Scarsi that the companies engaged in retaliation tactics and possibly did busines...
Litigation & Arbitration
Jury awards daughter $13.5M in LAPD wrongful death case
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Jacobo Juarez Cedillo died in April 2019 after being restrained by officers pinning him to the ground with their own body weig...
Litigation & Arbitration
Norton Rose wins $5.2M for surgeon sued by partners
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
The complaint filed in Ventura County Superior Court says the doctor who founded West Coast Vascular invested significant amou...
Judges and Judiciary
Eastern District chief judge to go senior to create more vacancies
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Chief Judge Kimberly J. Mueller testified in Congress about the shortage of judges on the court, where the caseload two-thirds...
Labor/Employment
NLRB backs employee who challenged Musk's return-to-office edict
By Jonathan Lo
“We are pleased that the NLRB recognized the labor violation here,” Shannon Liss-Riordan, the employee’s attorney, said.
“This settlement is not about monetary compensation,” said Lee Gelernt, ACLU’s lead attorney in the lawsuit. He added that cas...
Litigation & Arbitration
Law firm’s suit against Oracle for lost client is dismissed
By Wisdom Howell
Chao and Lopez P.A. and lead attorney Peter Chao accused Oracle of forcing their former client, Jay Wang, to sign a binding ar...
Labor/Employment
Caitlin Vega is hopeful for the future of labor despite disappointing vetoes from Gov. Gavin Newsom
By David Houston
The general counsel of the California Federation of Labor talks about automation, universal basic income and why she thinks Am...
Litigation & Arbitration
Judge reverses self, grants studio demurrer against director in debt dispute
By Skyler Romero
After expressing skepticism in his tentative order about Morgan Creek Productions’ argument that a debt acknowledgment form is...
Judges and Judiciary
Judge to seal photos he hasn’t seen but are on YouTube
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Baker Commodities said a government agency inspector’s photos of its animal parts processing plant reveal trade secrets. The a...
Judges and Judiciary, Law Practice
Retired Contra Costa County judge joins ADR Services
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Judge Leslie G. Landau held several assignments throughout her judicial career, eventually serving as the supervising judge of...
Health Care & Hospital Law
Strange bedfellows unite to oppose homeless plan
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“I think everybody can acknowledge the problem with have with housing, homelessness and mental health issues. But additional d...
Technology
X asks for dismissal of child porn and sex trafficking claims
By Jonathan Lo
Twitter’s attorneys also argued it is shielded from liability because of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act and pla...
California Courts of Appeal, Civil Rights
State Supreme Court urged to rule on Racial Justice Act
By Craig Anderson
In his dissent, 2nd district Court of Appeal Justice Kenneth R. Yegan wrote, “I am aware of no instance in the history of Cali...
Environmental & Energy
Both sides seek judgment in desert off-roading dispute
By Wisdom Howell
Environmental groups say the U.S. Bureau of Land Management is not following the law by allowing routes for off-highway vehicl...
Litigation & Arbitration
Museum wants college to take its Diego Rivera mural back
By Wisdom Howell
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art says the mural’s presence and the college’s inaction on removing under contract terms i...
Technology
Minors’ social media addiction claims to proceed to trial in Los Angeles
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, and YouTube are accused of intentionally including features designed to get minors addi...
The Kent Pincin Law duo learned about court strategy as children.
Jason G. Sheasby, an Irell & Manella partner based in Los Angeles, said the verdict is a win for small business innovation.