Intellectual Property, Law Practice
Baker McKenzie adds former DLA cybersecurity lawyer in LA
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
“I look forward to partnering with a stellar group of professionals across the firm to further deepen and expand our offerings...
Criminal
City, crime victims plan to appeal judge’s no bail ruling
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Crime Survivors Inc., has tried twice to intervene in the case, saying the city and county have made a weak defense of cash ba...
Appellate Practice
New ethics rules issued for Court of Appeal staff attorneys
By Devon Belcher
“The staff attorney also does not work on any appeal involving the subject matters at issue in the civil class actions” or cri...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Circuit hears doctors’ challenge to COVID law
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The 9th Circuit heard consolidated challenges to AB 2098, which declares “the dissemination of misinformation or disinformatio...
Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports
Smokey Robinson to fight ex-manager’s commission claims
By Sunidhi Sridhar
The lawsuit was filed seven years ago, by the manager, who said Robinson owes 10% of all compensation the singer received sinc...
Labor/Employment
Arbitration clauses don’t bar PAGA claims, justices rule
By Craig Anderson
“In sum, where a plaintiff has filed a PAGA action comprised of individual and non-individual claims, an order compelling arbi...
Environmental & Energy
State settles lawsuit over approval of 17 oil wells
By Skyler Romero
“Halting these wells is the right thing to do, but they shouldn’t have been approved in the first place,” Elizabeth A. Jones, ...
The company, Mobile Auto Glass, said State Farm Insurance waited too long to enforce the settlement judgment and denied there ...
Litigation & Arbitration
Worker arbitration clauses do not prohibit PAGA claims, state Supreme Court rules
By Craig Anderson
"An order compelling arbitration of individual claims does not strip the plaintiff of standing to litigate non-individual clai...
Civil Litigation
Charter school says LA district not peacefully sharing space
By Skyler Romero
The lawsuit does not ask the court to resolve the underlying co-location dispute at the heart of the case, the complaint said,...
Law Practice
Lewis Brisbois rebuilds its L&E practice following May departures
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
National Managing Partner Greg Katz said the firm has been in a constant state of growth for 44 years.
Civil Litigation
Lawsuit filed by former TikTok officer is moved to federal court
By Wisdom Howell
Yintao Yu’s claims of potential copyright infringement raised a federal question under the Copyright Act and thus the suit is ...
"For all the scrutiny given to TikTok, it's surprising that Congress has not considered more dramatic action against" Shein, D...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Judges can review consulate's visa denial, 9th Circuit rules
By Craig Anderson
Dissenters argued that the panel decision should have been reconsidered en banc because the visa decisions of U.S. consulates ...
Man says he cofounded Stability AI, tricked into selling out for $100
By Wisdom Howell
The plaintiff, Cyrus Hodes, alleges that Mostaque told him the London based company was “essentially worthless” in October 202...
McKesson, the nation’s largest wholesale distributor of prescription drugs, was found to be one step removed from being an act...
Environmental & Energy
Shareholder lawsuit against oil well company is dismissed
By Wisdom Howell
The plaintiff, Evergreen Capital Management LLC, filed the lawsuit after the stock price of the trust created by Pacific Coast...
The panel is sticking with a briefing schedule for the FTC’s appeal of U.S. District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley’s Thursday ...
Litigation & Arbitration
La Cañada Flintridge may face 'builder's remedy' to bypass its zoning laws
By Skyler Romero
The city could now be subject to a "builder's remedy" -- a state action allowing developers of affordable housing to bypass zo...
Litigation & Arbitration
Mental health platform to pay FTC $7.8M, denies wrongdoing
By Jonathan Lo
"We understand the FTC's desire to set new precedents around consumer marketing, and we are happy to settle this matter with t...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
2 attorneys, judge withdraw from ethics proceedings for Girardi’s son-in-law
By Devon Belcher
“It was just not necessary for David to have three state bar lawyers on these cases,” said Edith Matthai of Robie & Mattha...
Tara McGrath had been an assistant U.S. attorney in San Diego for a decade. She most recently has been a legal adviser to the ...
Intellectual Property
Pop group wants new IP trial against dollmaker
By Sunidhi Sridhar
The motions cite last month’s U.S. Supreme Court decision regarding a dog toy that resembled a bottle of Jack Daniels.
“The jury pool in Torrance is unfavorable to plaintiffs,” explained Benjamin H. Adams of Dean Omar Branham Shirley LLP. “There...
Judges and Judiciary
Discipline trial points up issues with elected judges, some say
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“The elective process is corrupted by populism, whereas the appointment process is corrupted by politics and patronage, but in...
“I guess in the Western District they require the claim chart attached to the complaint. So what we have here is a claim chart...
Law Practice
Womble announces 2nd merger with California firm this week
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
On Thursday, Los Angeles-based Gordinier Kang & Kim LLP said it would join the international law firm. On Tuesday, San Fra...
Environmental & Energy
Judge reconsiders tossing lawsuit over natural gas plant
By Skyler Romero
In his tentative, Los Angeles Judge Curtis A. Kin found that an agreement between Glendale and Los Angeles stipulated that the...
The rejection of the FTC’s bid was widely expected on a day in which the commission and Chair Lina M. Khan faced setbacks in t...
Judges and Judiciary
Court employee says judge created atmosphere of paranoia
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Crystal Jones testified in the third day of discipline proceedings against Lassen County Judge Tony R. Mallery.