Retired judge Clifford Klein establishes a rapport with mediating parties through personal stories.
Government, Environmental & Energy, Constitutional Law
Oil companies sue LA, say drilling ban is unconstitutional
By Skyler Romero
Each filing claims that the city did not carry out environmental studies required by the California Environmental Quality Act,...
Land Use, Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation
Attorney tells court noise is a CEQA violation
By Jonathan Lo
The focus issue during the hearing was student noise, after a tentative ruling stated the university’s plan may violate CEQA b...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Labor/Employment
Bar program offers 'diversity' seal for legal employers
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“Promoting diversity and inclusion in the legal profession is an important part of the State Bar’s mission,” said Executive Di...
Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation
San Francisco gets $5.25M settlement with Instacart
By Wisdom Howell
The majority of the settlement, $5.1 million, will be paid directly to delivery drivers with the rest going to the city for en...
Labor/Employment, Environmental & Energy, Contracts
Ex-Edison employees must refile challenge to ban on contract work
By Sunidhi Sridhar
“We are pleased with the judge’s recent decision as the company strongly believes that it has taken appropriate and necessary ...
Civil Litigation, Banking
Girardi trustee seeks to claw back $50M from Amex
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
A complaint filed against American Express alleges that Girardi Keese systematically drained the firm of available cash by mak...
Real Estate/Development, Banking
City National Bank to pay $31M to resolve DOJ redlining claims
By Sunidhi Sridhar
“We disagree with the allegations, but nonetheless support the DOJ in its efforts to ensure equal access to credit for all con...
San Diego family law Judge Patricia Garcia encourages divorced couples to do better next time
Criminal, Banking
Trustee accuses banks of helping Girardi Keese cheat clients
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Tuesday’s lawsuits are among several that Elissa D. Miller filed in an effort to recover millions of dollars allegedly used to...
Judges and Judiciary
State lawmakers act to fund more judicial security
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The $1.4 million for appellate court security came in response to the Dec. 27 request from the Judicial Council. The move is a...
Judges and Judiciary, Appellate Practice
Retired LA Judge Stephen Moloney to join Judicate West
By Devon Belcher
After a 47-year legal career, 13 on the bench, the retired judge will provide arbitration, mediation and private judging servi...
Consumer Law, Civil Litigation
Bellwether trial in Ford transmission litigation begins in LA
By Sunidhi Sridhar
The automobile manufacturer has denied that its DPS6 transmission compromises the safety or reliability of its cars.
Law Practice, Appellate Practice
Baum Hedlund becomes Wisner Baum reflecting new leader
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Wisner was the co-lead attorney in a case that garnered national attention after a jury awarded his clients $2 billion over al...
California Courts of Appeal
Court of Appeal reverses its approval of attorney fee award
By Skyler Romero
Attorneys for the Ladera Ranch Maintenance Corporation won the fee award last August, when Justice Thomas M. Goethals, Presidi...
Technology, Class Action
Over renewed objection, Apple, class seek settlement OK
By Jonathan Lo
The class claims the company throttled the performance of some iPhones to mask battery defects.
Civil Litigation, Banking
Plaintiffs seek public injunction against Coinbase, for the state
By Wisdom Howell
"This case is a unique creature of California law," said plaintiffs' counsel Matthew Borden of Braunhagey & Borden LLP in ...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Legislative analyst raises concerns over bar staffing and case backlog
By Devon Belcher
In a report issued by the office of Legislative Analyst Gabriel Petek, portions of a State Bar's proposal were deemed reasonab...
Law Practice, Appellate Practice
Vinson & Elkins grows San Francisco and Los Angeles offices
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
“With the increased regulatory and multi-stakeholder demands facing companies, this is an exciting time to join Vinson & E...
Law Practice, Appellate Practice
Lathrop GPM taps new leader for Los Angeles office
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Laura Reathaford said the firm is looking to attract groups of attorneys to join its franchise law, environmental/tort litigat...
Litigation & Arbitration
Lawsuit tossed: death of a child ‘not a continuing wrong’
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
The lawsuit was filed in 2020 by the parents of two infants who died while using Rock n’ Play Sleepers in North Carolina and N...
Law Practice, Appellate Practice
Hueston Hennigan taps new leader, opens New York office
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Moez Kaba helped to launch the firm eight years ago. Since then, he has handled complex litigation across the nation.
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s $297 billion state budget for the 2023-24 fiscal year includes about $5.1 billion for the judicial branch,...
Securities
Pomerantz asks to lead securities class action over COVID drug
By Wisdom Howell
Jennifer Pafiti, a partner at Pomerantz’s Los Angeles office, argued In the motion filed Monday in federal court in San Franci...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Prominent San Diego lawyer faces disbarment for making false 911 calls
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Kelly Duford Williams became enraged when the man she was dating went on a vacation in April 2021 to southern Utah with a coup...
Real Estate/Development, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Realty groups must face antitrust claims
By Jonathan Lo
The petitioners and defendants — The National Association of Realtors, Right MLS Inc., Midwest Real Estate Data LLC and Califo...
U.S. Supreme Court
Justices skeptical of rewriting rules on client privilege
By Craig Anderson
“We’ve had the attorney-client privilege for a long time, and until 2014, nobody ever suggested that the test that you’re prop...
Consumer Law
In a win for 'right to repair', Deere strikes deal with farmers
By Skyler Romero
In the memorandum of understanding, which was signed and took effect on Sunday, Deere & Company agreed to make manufacture...
“There is a pending federal criminal investigation related to issues pending before this court in this matter,” wrote Leigh P....
Technology, Law Practice
Musk says hiring Perkins Coie was an error, won't be repeated
By Wisdom Howell
Musk recently criticized the firm because of a Justice Department investigation into former partner Michael A. Sussmann’s clai...