Under the misdemeanor bail schedule, all violations of the business and professions code, fish and game code, and the Los Ange...
Litigation & Arbitration
State doesn't have to arbitrate claims against Uber, Lyft
By Jonathan Lo
This order from the 1st District Court of Appeal on Thursday is the latest development in the ongoing legal battle between the...
Labor/Employment
Bill to give unemployment pay to striking workers is nixed
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Gov. Gavin Newsom didn't mention the main argument business groups and their attorneys had made against the bill: that it woul...
Judges and Judiciary
Senator appointment doesn't answer Judiciary questions
By Craig Anderson
Democrats and their allies have worried that Senate Republicans would take advantage of Senate rules to try to prevent Senate ...
Legendary litigator filed the first successful consumer class action in California.
Justice Clarence Thomas, whose wife Eastman communicated with in the weeks following the election, did not participate in the ...
Health Care & Hospital Law
CARE Court begins with a whisper, not a bang
By Wisdom Howell
"We didn't know what to expect the first day, but we knew it wasn't going to be this sort of wild fanfare that some people had...
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court won't revisit federal cannabis cultivation law
By Craig Anderson
Attorneys for a Mendocino County couple argued that county officials' denial of a cannabis cultivation permit violated due pro...
“We will be appearing and arguing against the sanctions because they are excessive and unwarranted,” said defense attorney Jam...
“Plaintiffs’ argument that they must re-allege the causes of action in subsequent amended complaints in order to facilitate th...
Tara McGrath’s nomination was held up by a senator upset over the federal indictments of former President Donald Trump.
Litigation & Arbitration
Feinstein’s death may not end daughter’s trust lawsuit
By Wisdom Howell
Katherine Feinstein, a former San Francisco Superior Court judge who said she received a limited power of attorney for her mot...
Labor/Employment
LA poultry processors employ child workers, Labor Department says
By Sunidhi Sridhar
The lawsuit came days after the federal agency revealed that it is investigating Tyson Foods and Perdue Farms, two of the nati...
The complaint, filed by J. Jonathan Hawk of White & Case LLP, claims Atlas “failed to make any of the payments to X Corp. ...
Environmental & Energy
EPA missed deadline to revise air quality standards, lawsuit alleges
By Jonathan Lo
Because the five-year deadline to finalize a new assessment has passed, the nonprofits said they are suing to ensure the EPA f...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Los Angeles joins chorus urging reversal of anti-camping ruling
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
“The City of Los Angeles and other local jurisdictions in the Ninth Circuit are trying to solve the humanitarian tragedy facin...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Constitutional Law
Full 9th Circuit agrees to consider gun magazine law
By Craig Anderson
9th Circuit Judge Patrick J. Bumatay, an appointee of President Donald Trump, called the en banc panel’s decision “unprecedent...
The complaint accused Elon Musk of offering substantial compensation packages to every remaining Twitter employee in March, bu...
Judges and Judiciary
Death of Feinstein could upend Biden’s judge nominations
By Craig Anderson
Several Republicans offered public assurances Friday that they would not try to block the appointment of another Democrat to t...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit: Idaho abortion ban not preempted by US law
By Craig Anderson
The U.S. Justice Department sued Idaho, arguing that the state’s law criminalizing abortion, which took effect after the U.S. ...
Education Law, Real Estate/Development
Southwestern Law School sued over apartment building condition
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
The lawsuit filed in Los Angeles by Grant K. Riley of Riley Ersoff LLP says a toddler living in the building was poisoned by l...
Technology
Tesla argues human error in 1st autopilot wrongful death trial
By Devon Belcher
“This case is not about autopilot. What you’re going to hear is that autopilot actually makes the roads safer,” said Tesla’s ...
U.S. Supreme Court
Apple and Epic file dueling Supreme Court petitions
By Craig Anderson
“The Ninth Circuit’s rule effectively immunizes an array of anti-competitive practices from liability,” wrote Epic Games attor...
Government, Judges and Judiciary
US judge OKs LA County’s $1B homeless settlement
By Skyler Romero
“We are extremely pleased that the court has decided today to approve a historic settlement that will add to an already unprec...
Google argued that the class cannot pursue damages because the plaintiffs kept using YouTube’s premium subscription and thus, ...
“Weeks after the work was finalized and turned over, Netflix did a complete about-face and accused the plaintiff of breaching ...
Labor/Employment
EEOC sues Tesla, claims racial abuse at Fremont plant
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
The EEOC says that Black employees were casually and frequently addressed with the n-word and subjected to racial stereotyping...
Litigation & Arbitration
San Francisco archdiocese meets angry abuse victims
By Jonathan Lo
“At this time, the archdiocese has determined that it has neither the financial means nor the practical ability to litigate th...
Neutral Ben Davidian uses life experience to show disputing parties he cares.
Litigation & Arbitration
100s of women sue over sexual assault in state prisons
By Malcolm Maclachlan
New York attorney Adam P. Slater said his firm represents more than 500 women who were sexually abused at four prisons in Cali...