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Presiding justice, 2 associate justices confirmed

Apr. 10, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

California Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero administered the oath of office to all three jurists.


Litigation & Arbitration, Labor/Employment


The rapper, who acts as CEO, secretary and CFO of the Donda Academy in Simi Valley, is a defendant in the case filed by Ronald...


Senior U.S. District Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton ruled that because the NAACP brought claims not only against police leadership ...


The judge’s spouse was on the Judicial Council when it adopted the term limit plan for the Assigned Judges Program, which the ...


Litigation & Arbitration


Judge Patrick E. Connolly accuses the judge presiding over the resentencing, Daniel J. Lowenthal, of making comments which sho...


Technology, Litigation & Arbitration


Masimo launched its W1 smartwatch under a year ago.


Technology


Silicon Valley tech partner will chair Goodwin Procter

Apr. 7, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Anthony J. McCusker joined Goodwin in 2010 to establish the firm’s West Coast Technology practice.


Litigation & Arbitration


More states move to impose rules on litigation funding

Apr. 7, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan

In 2017, the Northern District of California federal court instituted a standing order requiring plaintiffs in class actions ...


Litigation & Arbitration


During the outages, which occurred over several days, investors were unable to buy, sell or trade securities through Robinhood...



Retired Los Angeles County judge joins ADR Services, Inc.

Apr. 7, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Judge Dennis J. Landin’s last assignment on the Superior Court was in the Mandatory Settlement Conference program. There he ga...


The outcome of this case could be significant. Plaintiffs argue that hundreds of people await arraignment behind bars every da...


The Public Utilities Commission has either rejected the suggested measures or is still studying them, Lyft’s attorneys argued,...


Tesla’s counsel maintained in filings the jury reasonably interpreted the evidence before them, especially given the jurors ca...



Tesla takes unusual route to build in-house team

Apr. 7, 2023
By Craig Anderson

The company’s new general counsel, Brandon Ehrhart, in a LinkedIn pitch aimed at an “experienced partner at a top law firm,” w...


Stockbridge Treasure Island Investment Company LLC and Wilson Meany seek a declaration from the court that negotiations betwee...


Dole Packaged Foods sued the defendant companies for strict product liability, negligence, trespass, and nuisance after accusi...


Litigation & Arbitration


Dole Packaged Foods sued the defendant companies for strict product liability, negligence, trespass, and nuisance after accusi...



Patient and Prepared

Apr. 7, 2023
By Shane Nelson

Neutral Judy Hersher does the research to thoroughly explain her reasoning, attorneys say.


Litigation & Arbitration


The lawsuits filed by partners of Panish Shea Boyle Ravipudi LLP and E & L LLP accuse the retail chain, its landlord, Broo...


Environmental & Energy


The recently adopted Red Rock Canyon General Plan authorizes use of a campground and two roads by off-road vehicles “that will...


Litigation & Arbitration


The data was posted to WatchtheWatchers.net, a searchable database created by a group called the Stop LAPD Spying Coalition. O...


Technology


Last month, U.S. District Judge John G. Koeltl of the Southern District of New York granted summary judgment to four publisher...


Litigation & Arbitration, Labor/Employment


The plaintiffs, present and former Division I college athletes, are represented by attorneys from Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro ...


Civil Litigation


Apple’s position in this trial, which could significantly affect how the company proceeds with other intellectual property law...


State Bar & Bar Associations


“I’ll speak for myself in saying this, but in the research we looked at, I just felt that having an apprenticeship type progra...


“We have things like this flood on a daily basis, which is why we requested this court to take these exceptional circumstances...


Civil Procedure


The question is whether the latest maneuver by Johnson & Johnson and a group of plaintiffs’ attorneys will work, or if it ...


“The company continues to believe that these claims are specious and lack scientific merit,” said Erik Haas, Johnson & Joh...


Litigation & Arbitration


Proposed Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rules designed to shed light on which companies demand arbitration agreements in...


“We hope with a settlement of this size that school districts everywhere that have school security guards who are armed, that ...