Real Estate/Development
Real estate firm failed to include breach protections in lease, lawsuit says
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
“Park Place was concerned that tenant was ‘judgment proof,’” Jennifer L. Keller of Keller/Anderle LLP wrote in the complaint.
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Biden administration sides with state on gig worker law
By Craig Anderson
A 9th U.S. Circuit of Appeals en banc panel is reconsidering a March ruling by a three-judge panel that ordered U.S. District ...
Government, Environmental & Energy
25 counties settle hazardous waste suit against Tesla for $1.5M
By Wisdom Howell
In the complaint, San Joaquin County District Attorney Ronald J. Freitas detailed California’s “cradle to grave” legal struc...
Zela Claiborne excels at disputes where parties must work together in the future, lawyers say.
The dinner was postponed last year because of a hotel union strike.
Ellenoff Grossman & Schole already had an office in Orange County.
The aging courthouse has been closed to the public for most of January because of burst water pipes.
Government
US and California square off over whether federal rule on 'ghost guns' is stringent enough
By Craig Anderson
Senior U.S. District Judge Edward M. Chen, in describing the dispute, said the statute left unregulated many products that can...
Class Action
Shock Doctor says demurrer will end case, asks discovery stay
By Wisdom Howell
"I know all defense counsel thinks their demurrer is dispositive but if it is then it ends the case and we don't need to go t...
About 1,000 people attended the event that honored David Rudorfer of Panish Shea Boyle Ravipudi LLP, Los Angeles County Presid...
Civil Litigation
Marine, tort litigator is new president of defense counsel group
By Wisdom Howell
Marine Corps instilled his leadership traits, said Edward Tugade, new president of the 700-member Association of Defense Couns...
Judges and Judiciary
US Senate confirms Kirk Sherriff as federal judge in Fresno
By Craig Anderson
The 54-45 vote for the assistant U.S. attorney brings the regularly short-staffed Eastern District court back to its full stre...
Litigation & Arbitration
Woman who accused horse trainer of rape wins $9M
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
“It was some vindication for her to have a judge actually say this man raped her. In a small way, it could help her begin heal...
Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Judge: Background check for each bullet buy is unconstitutional
By Craig Anderson
“This law, like most of California’s gun control laws, has not made anyone safer. But it has made it much more difficult and e...
Environmental & Energy
Whittier hasn’t recorded oil field easement deed, suit says
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
“While the city has never explicitly refused to record the conservation easement deed, at some point the delay must be seen as...
Huawei’s “‘reasonable and nondiscriminatory’ deceit is part of a scheme to dominate markets worldwide,” McKool Smith principal...
Government
Sacramento County DA makes no apologies for outspokenness
By Malcolm Maclachlan
DA Thien Ho defended his decision to sue the City of Sacramento for failing to enforce laws against camping in public places, ...
Government
State will pay $2B to help students who fell behind in pandemic
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Mark Rosenbaum of Public Counsel said the funding and tools that districts across California will receive represent the larges...
Litigation & Arbitration
Amount, manner of O'Melveny's billing not protected conduct
By Skyler Romero
The appellate ruling arises from a cross-complaint filed by Ocean Towers against O'Melveny in 2021 after the latter sued the f...
Law Practice
New York boutique firm opens first California office in Century City
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
"Having a physical presence in California enables us to better serve existing clients with operations throughout California as...
Litigation & Arbitration
Carmakers’ bid to pause anti-theft device proceeding denied
By Devon Belcher
“The question posed here pertains to three of the 16 pending claims, and the court sees no reason that litigation on the remai...
Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary
Eastern District chief US magistrate judge to join Judicate West
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Judge Kendall J. Newman said he has found everyone at Judicate West to be supportive, similar to the courthouse environment.
Litigation & Arbitration, Civil Procedure
Judge grants Skadden’s motion to quash service of summons
By Laurinda Keys
Judge Michael P. Vicencia's 12-page minute order also detailed with extensive case citations how the plaintiffs' other jurisdi...
Litigation & Arbitration
Judge rethinks denial of Innova’s arbitration request after arguments
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Innova and some of its executives sought a court order compelling compliance with an arbitration clause in a subdistribution a...
Judges and Judiciary
Oral argument set for Lassen County judge discipline matter
By Laurinda Keys
Months after hints from the prosecution that Judge Tony Mallery might retire, oral argument has been scheduled in his discipli...
Judges and Judiciary, Appellate Practice
New appellate justices confirmed to 1st and 3rd districts
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Judge Monique Langhorne Wilson, who served as a Napa County Superior Court judge since 2018, was appointed as an associate jus...
Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech
Meta must proceed to discovery in health care tracking litigation
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Several firms, including Kiesel Law LLP and Simmons Hanly Conroy LLC, have filed lawsuits on behalf of plaintiffs who claim tr...
U.S. Supreme Court, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Homeless case must pause, San Francisco argues
By Craig Anderson
The Supreme Court agreed to review a 9th Circuit decision involving ordinances in Grants Pass, Oregon, setting up a battle ove...
Law Practice
Fennemore Craig PC continues California growth with San Diego merger
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Twenty-one attorneys from Sullivan Hill will join the firm in San Diego.
Environmental & Energy
Business groups challenge state's climate disclosure laws
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Both laws would impose massive costs on businesses, seek "to regulate an area that is outside California's jurisdiction and su...