Law Practice
1st assistant sworn in as acting US attorney for Southern District
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Andrew R. Haden joined the U.S. Attorney’s Office in 2010.
The band’s former hairdresser said Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley, as well as manager “Doc” McGhee, failed to institute adequat...
Real Estate/Development
Womble bolsters real estate practice in Los Angeles
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Scott D. Mayer was chief real estate officer for Orange County, overseeing the County’s real estate holdings, which encompasse...
Real Estate/Development
LA County must go to trial in lawsuit over homeless
By Sunidhi Sridhar
"While we're understandably disappointed by the 9th Circuit's ruling on our appeal, the county is prepared to continue litigat...
Health Care & Hospital Law
Arbitration compelled in embryo dispute after fee-shifting is cut
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
The fact that American Arbitration Association “has subsequently requested the parties waive the fee-shifting provision to adm...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Major Questions Doctrine cited in Idaho appeal of abortion law
By Craig Anderson
The rulings, if upheld by the appellate courts, would set up a circuit split between the conservative 5th Circuit and liberal ...
Fenwick had an “exceedingly close” relationship with FTX, “in large part because Fenwick supplied a pipeline of key personnel ...
Litigation & Arbitration
Lawyer must pay $5K for demanding in-person hearing
By Devon Belcher
Roger E. Naghash in Irvine asked an appellate court to reverse an award of sanctions against him and his client for demanding ...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Bar agrees to pause charges against Girardi’s son-in-law
By Devon Belcher
Bar prosecutors wrote in a court filing that because there is already a federal criminal case pending against David Lira and o...
Intellectual Property
OpenAI sues another AI company over similar name
By Sunidhi Sridhar
OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT, claimed Open Artificial Intelligence Inc. has caused confusion in the marketplace by leading people ...
Collins + Collins LLP says the overbilling claim by former managing partner Samuel Muir is old, unproven, irrelevant and preju...
Civil Litigation, Criminal
Expert who helped defense at criminal trial should be in civil trial, panel says
By Jonathan Lo
The plaintiff’s counsel argued the insight of his expert witness was instrumental in convincing the criminal jury his confessi...
Civil Rights
Former Marin County prosecutor files discrimination lawsuit
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Otis Bruce says he was fired after almost 33 years for racing concerns about the treatment of a newly hired Black attorney.
State Bar & Bar Associations
Eastman seeks halt to bar trial, cites Trump indictment
By Skyler Romero
“That, in our mind, raised the stakes on Dr. Eastman continuing to participate and testify in the State Bar proceedings for fe...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Challenge filed to rule that bar’s inactive lawyers from working as neutrals
By David Houston
Leonard Steiner, the attorney for Morris Getzels, gave a long list of categories of people who could work as private neutrals ...
Litigation & Arbitration
ByteDance says forgery claims by ex-officer are ‘nonsense’
By Wisdom Howell
Yintao Yu “did not sign the purported agreement to arbitrate and even a casual inspection of the document fails to support its...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, U.S. Supreme Court
Hawaii ban on butterfly knives unconstitutional, panel says
By Craig Anderson
In Hawaii, the manufacture, sale, transport and possession of the butterfly knives are barred by a 1993 state law. California ...
Class Action
Shareholders say Live Nation hid problems from investors
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP senior counsel Pavithra Rajesh wrote in the complaint that Live Nation did not disclose to inv...
Measure GS was approved by 53% of the voters in November 2022. It added a third tier to the city’s transfer tax structure effe...
Criminal
Church has duty to warn students of abuse danger, judge rules
By Skyler Romero
“There is no California case law that imposes a specific duty to school districts to warn, train or educate students as to the...
Civil Rights
2 ex-Bay Area air district directors claim race, sex bias
By Wisdom Howell
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District said the accusations were false and misleading.
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit judge accused colleagues of playing politics
By Craig Anderson
“That’s a pretty serious allegation, but the majority leaves itself open by not providing an explanation for why this policy i...
Orange County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey M. Ferguson is accused of shooting his wife to death hours after posting an endeari...
Criminal, Judges and Judiciary
Orange County judge charged with killing his wife is released on bail
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The Anaheim Police Department said in a news release that homicide detectives arrested Superior Court Judge Jeffrey M. Ferguso...
Council to review whether Tracy city attorney practiced while suspended
By Devon Belcher
Tracy Mayor Nancy Young called for an emergency city council meeting Monday to review whether City Attorney Bijal M. Patel did...
The business litigation boutique Connor, Fletcher & Hedenkamp LLP tied up with the 220-attorney full service firm.
Health Care & Hospital Law
Doctor who says UC took his research funds wins $39M
By Skyler Romero
The San Diego doctor sued for wrongful termination and retaliation that occurred after he pointed out the funds had been misus...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Kagan says Congress can set ethics rules for high court
By Craig Anderson
“Of course Congress can regulate various aspects of what the Supreme Court does,” Justice Elena Kagan told the 9th Circuit Ju...
Education Law
Temecula school district sued over ban on critical race theory
By Sunidhi Sridhar
The Riverside County school district already clashed with Gov. Gavin Newsom this year over a ban on teaching about gay rights ...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Former State Bar chief asks for dismissal of disicpline charges
By Devon Belcher
Joseph L. Dunn's attorneys argue that the bar admitted in pleadings before a review panel that the current disciplinary procee...