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Litigation & Arbitration


“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.


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


“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

Oct. 18, 2023
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


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

Oct. 18, 2023
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...


Community News, Law Practice



Environmental & Energy


Attorneys for the California Air Resources Board argued it was up to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to force them to...


Environmental & Energy


“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


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

Oct. 17, 2023
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


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

Oct. 17, 2023
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

Oct. 17, 2023
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


Chief Judge Kimberly J. Mueller testified in Congress about the shortage of judges on the court, where the caseload two-thirds...


Labor/Employment


“We are pleased that the NLRB recognized the labor violation here,” Shannon Liss-Riordan, the employee’s attorney, said.


Class Action


“This settlement is not about monetary compensation,” said Lee Gelernt, ACLU’s lead attorney in the lawsuit. He added that cas...


Litigation & Arbitration


Chao and Lopez P.A. and lead attorney Peter Chao accused Oracle of forcing their former client, Jay Wang, to sign a binding ar...


The general counsel of the California Federation of Labor talks about automation, universal basic income and why she thinks Am...


Litigation & Arbitration


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

Oct. 16, 2023
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

Oct. 16, 2023
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

Oct. 16, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan

“I think everybody can acknowledge the problem with have with housing, homelessness and mental health issues. But additional d...


Technology


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


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


Environmental groups say the U.S. Bureau of Land Management is not following the law by allowing routes for off-highway vehicl...


Litigation & Arbitration


The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art says the mural’s presence and the college’s inaction on removing under contract terms i...


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.