Tax
H&R Block, Google and Meta conspired to monetize taxpayer data, lawsuit alleges
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
A congressional report published in July found that tax preparation companies shared millions of customers’ personal and finan...
Litigation & Arbitration
Sex assault victims sue over Zalkin Law Firm breach
By Devon Belcher
“There are gradations in the sensitivity of data breached in incidents like this,” the plaintiffs’ attorney, Scott E. Cole of ...
Environmental & Energy
ExxonMobile can’t truck crude from offshore platforms
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
U.S. District Judge Dolly M. Gee refused to reverse a Santa Barbara County decision.
Intellectual Property
Stone Brewing’s $56M award against Molson Coors upheld
By Sunidhi Sridhar
“While the goods are not identical, they are certainly very closely related — both being beer, which share the same aisle and ...
The plaintiffs accused the company of knowingly contributing to the opioid crisis by advising pharmaceutical companies on how ...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Summary judgment for Qualcomm in antitrust consumer class action
By Sunidhi Sridhar
“We are pleased that the court has resolved these baseless consumer class actions, which were brought on the heels of the FTC’...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Bonta rushes to get 9th Circuit to halt gun magazine ruling
By Craig Anderson
Without a stay, Deputy Attorney General John D. Echeverria warned, more than a million high capacity magazines could be sold i...
Litigation & Arbitration
Law professor witness for Eastman disagrees on election validity
By Skyler Romero
“I think the research I’ve done on this question provided support for the idea that … you could read the Constitution’s text a...
Health Care & Hospital Law
Discovery reopened in multi-suit hospital fraud case
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Two qui tam plaintiffs claimed three hospitals and an executive paid kickbacks to doctors to steer spinal tap patients to the ...
Litigation & Arbitration, Technology
Roblox will repay mostly minor players $10M in virtual cash
By Jonathan Lo
The company, which denied any wrongdoing, was accused of profiting from minors by encouraging them to buy in-game content with...
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar wants to suspend license of Girardi’s son-in-law
By Devon Belcher
Bar prosecutors argue there is a “reasonable probability” the agency will find enough cause to disbar David Lira, though he ha...
Judges and Judiciary
OC Superior Court judge confirmed to 4th District Court of Appeal
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
“I could not have imagined in my wildest dreams when I started law school 45 years ago across the Bay that I would be standing...
The university says neither the demanded 2% annual raise nor arbitration are mandated by the collective bargaining agreement.
Government, Judges and Judiciary
Governor blasts US judge for his ruling on state’s gun law
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Gavin Newsom has also been critical of federal judges over rulings that limit municipalities’ ability to enforce anti-camping ...
Judges and Judiciary, Law Practice
Retired LA County judge joins ADR Services
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
On the Superior Court, Judge David A. Rosen presided over a wide range of civil and commercial cases, including personal injur...
Real Estate/Development
Carefully parsed reply filed for client accused of $25.5M default
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Axos Bank seeks judicial foreclosure of a senior care facility in Los Angeles.
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Amazon has online monopoly, FTC says in latest complaint
By Sunidhi Sridhar
“I think a lot of people would have a difficult time imagining that local brick-and-mortar stores should be in the same catego...
Litigation & Arbitration
PGA tour, Fortinet ask that ‘introduction service’ suit be tossed
By Jonathan Lo
After Fortinet obtained a PGA tour sponsorship deal worth more than $50 million, the complaint stated, it has yet to pay the $...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
LA County decides to play nice on homeless issue while SF is defiant
By Craig Anderson
Looming over the litigation in both cities is a writ of certiorari filed with the U.S. Supreme Court by Grants Pass, Oregon ag...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Rebuttal of witnesses unlikely in Eastman discipline trial, judge says
By Skyler Romero
“I think that may restrict Dr. .[John] Eastman’s ability to put on all the testimony that he feels the need to put on in this ...
Immigration
Judge orders 2 Trump Cabinet members deposed on border policy
By Jonathan Lo
The families had sued, seeking compensatory damages and punitive damages for former President Donald Trump's Zero Tolerance bo...
Litigation & Arbitration
Jury awards nearly $500,000 to former inmate over withheld mail
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
“This case sends a message that it’s not enough to merely prevent a physical injury. Prison officials have to be aware of the ...
Judges and Judiciary
Retired L.A. County judge Mary Strobel joins Signature Resolution
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
In her two decades on the bench, Strobel heard many headline-grabbing cases.
Los Angeles judge dedicated his career to juvenile justice
Law Practice
Law firm, other defendants get arbitrator OK after 5 years
By Skyler Romero
The underlying case involves properties owned by various investment firms that the plaintiff claims were sold without authoriz...
California Supreme Court
Summer spate might mean faster Supreme Court rulings
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“The annual report shows a slight uptick in opinion production since last year, but the numbers since fiscal year 2020 are st...
Government, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Newsom urges US high court to overturn circuit
By Craig Anderson
Meanwhile, Mayor London Breed announced Monday that San Francisco would resume enforcement of anti-camping laws “that we’ve be...
Contracts
Suit says ‘unlawful’ college fees fall under implied contract law
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
“The obligation to timely pay tuition is a material term of the students’ implied-in-fact contract because tuition is a core s...
Judges and Judiciary
LA judge wont remove ACLU from deputy gangs case
By Devon Belcher
“The court is unable to decipher what interests will be injured … assuming there was a cognizable injury, the motion is nevert...
“The court concludes that WalkMe has not met its burden to show it is likely to succeed on the merits of its inducement claim ...