Litigation & Arbitration
Judge denies Grubhub’s motion to toss PAGA claim
By Devon Belcher
“Grubhub has not established that the plaintiff lacks statutory standing to pursue PAGA penalties for delivery drivers who suf...
Insurance
Legislative fix of fire insurance might have run out of time
By Malcolm Maclachlan
For weeks, lawmakers and insurers have been in talks over the possibility of introducing a bill that would stem a recent exodu...
Environmental & Energy
New law aids UC Berkeley in court dispute with residents
By Malcolm Maclachlan
In February, a unanimous panel on the 1st District Court of Appeal, Division 5, ruled in favor of two organizations that sued ...
Intellectual Property
3rd trial over doll IP is likely after ruling from Supreme Court
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Weeks after a complete defense verdict, the Supreme Court reversed a decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that a ...
Law Practice
Paul Weiss’ planned LA office to be headed by attorney Eric Wedel
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The Los Angeles office’s location and opening date are yet to be determined.
Litigation & Arbitration
Cannabis company, ex-landlord trade suits over soured deal
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
The cross-complaint filed in Los Angeles on behalf of landlord 9419 Mason Partners LLC states that Original Balboa Caregivers ...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Panel leery of remanding Tinder case to LA federal judge
By Craig Anderson
Two of the three 9th Circuit panelists expressed doubt about whether the district court judge approvingly quoted the dissentin...
Labor/Employment
Security guard files PAGA complaint against Live Nation
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Aa security guard says he was required to remain on-call when clocked out, attend company meetings off the clock, and to compl...
Wills, Estates & Trusts
Daughters of Feinstein and late husband to mediate trust dispute
By Wisdom Howell
Katherine Feinstein — who claims to have procured power of attorney over her mother’s affairs on July 23 — first initiated lit...
Government
Judge sustains DA’s demurrers to suit over police officers’ deaths
By Skyler Romero
Los Angeles County Judge Anne Hwang disagreed that the DA’s decision not to allege prior strikes led to a convict being releas...
Labor/Employment
Deal on fast-food worker pay could be a model, lawyers say
By Jonathan Lo
The deal will increase the minimum wage to $20 an hour with an annual consumer price index increase in April, a compromise com...
Immigration, State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar liable for Girardi’s misconduct, lawsuit claims
By Devon Belcher
“I don’t think they would be held responsible for monetary damages … Bar employees and the State Bar itself have immunity from...
Government, Judges and Judiciary
Bill to add 26 trial judge positions goes to Newsom for approval
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The problem appears to be greater than too few judge positions. There are currently 100 vacant trial court positions in Califo...
“Numerous, widely distributed advertisements for TurboTax expressly or impliedly represented that the consumer-viewer would be...
Government, Immigration
Afghan asylum seekers OK settlement with government
By Jonathan Lo
Pro bono counsel from Kirkland & Ellis LLP and the National Immigrant Justice Center stated in the complaint that the asyl...
Tax
US judge tosses challenge to ‘mansion tax,’ state case remains
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
“In this case it’s killed the real estate market. Lenders are not lending here. Investors not investing in multiunit housing. ...
Immigration
Biden seeks to ease immigration appeals even as crossings surge
By Craig Anderson
The Trump policies, adopted in December 2020, were intended to speed up deportation proceedings and give more control to the h...
Government
X Corp (née Twitter) sues state over content moderation law
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The company formerly known as Twitter seeks to invalidate the state law under the First Amendment, the federal Constitution’s ...
Litigation & Arbitration
Alameda public defenders must face claims of trial delay
By Jonathan Lo
There are questions of fact about whether some delays were caused by the public defenders’ legitimate decisions on how to best...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Ex-Wisconsin justice testifies of voter fraud
By Skyler Romero
State Bar court Judge Yvette Roland repeatedly accused defense attorney Randall Miller of leading his witness, including one i...
‘Brilliant lawyer’ balanced practice, raising young sons
Attorneys for Grubhub want to limit the scope to drivers employed during the lead plaintiff’s four-month employment from 2015-...
Real Estate/Development
Mobile home park owners can challenge rent control law
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Mobile home parks have long been considered one of the few lower-cost housing options in the state, and one disproportionately...
Judges and Judiciary
Parties argue significance of US judge’s bail ruling
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“The Sheriff and the Attorney General are now prohibited from enforcing the bail schedule or any variation thereof,” Equal Jus...
Judges and Judiciary, Law Practice
Retired Santa Cruz County judge joins ADR services
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Paul Burdick was presiding judge of the court from 2018 to 2020.
Plaintiffs' colead counsel Derek W. Loeser of Keller Rohrback LLP and Lesley E. Weaver of Bleichmar Fonti & Auld LLP said ...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Bar rests case against Eastman, who denies he incited violence.
By Skyler Romero
“Very simply, a number of people in the University of Colorado were suggesting my speech caused the riots at the Capitol,” Joh...
Data Privacy
Google seeks to deny request for 20 years of employment data
By Wisdom Howell
Google’s counsel, Zachary P Hutton of Paul Hastings LLP, argued the request is too broad because it constitutes 77,000 employe...
Health Care & Hospital Law
Maker of surgical robot sued over right to repair
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Consolidated litigation claims Intuitive unlawfully monopolized the market for minimally invasive surgical robots and their se...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Challenge to gun open carry penalties can proceed
By Craig Anderson
The opinion favorably quotes other circuit court opinions that make it sound as if California will have a difficult time justi...