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A congressional report published in July found that tax preparation companies shared millions of customers’ personal and finan...


Litigation & Arbitration


“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

Sep. 28, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

U.S. District Judge Dolly M. Gee refused to reverse a Santa Barbara County decision.


Intellectual Property


“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.


“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


Without a stay, Deputy Attorney General John D. Echeverria warned, more than a million high capacity magazines could be sold i...


Litigation & Arbitration


“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

Sep. 28, 2023
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


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


Bar prosecutors argue there is a “reasonable probability” the agency will find enough cause to disbar David Lira, though he ha...


Judges and Judiciary


“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...


Labor/Employment


The university says neither the demanded 2% annual raise nor arbitration are mandated by the collective bargaining agreement.


Government, Judges and Judiciary


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

Sep. 27, 2023
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


Axos Bank seeks judicial foreclosure of a senior care facility in Los Angeles.


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


“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


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


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


“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


The families had sued, seeking compensatory damages and punitive damages for former President Donald Trump's Zero Tolerance bo...


Litigation & Arbitration


“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


In her two decades on the bench, Strobel heard many headline-grabbing cases.


Obituaries


Morton Rochman, 1932 - 2023

Sep. 26, 2023
By Arin Mikailian

Los Angeles judge dedicated his career to juvenile justice


Law Practice


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

Sep. 26, 2023
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

Sep. 26, 2023
By Craig Anderson

Meanwhile, Mayor London Breed announced Monday that San Francisco would resume enforcement of anti-camping laws “that we’ve be...


Contracts


“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

Sep. 26, 2023
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 ...