California Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero administered the oath of office to all three jurists.
Litigation & Arbitration, Labor/Employment
Kanye West’s school lacks chairs, has too much sushi, suit says
By Skyler Romero
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...
US judge refuses to grant class status to protestors suing San Jose police
By Jonathan Lo
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 seeks to disqualify colleague in murder resentencing
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Judge Patrick E. Connolly accuses the judge presiding over the resentencing, Daniel J. Lowenthal, of making comments which sho...
Technology, Litigation & Arbitration
Company suing Apple for secrets theft makes rival watch
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Masimo launched its W1 smartwatch under a year ago.
Technology
Silicon Valley tech partner will chair Goodwin Procter
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
By Malcolm Maclachlan
In 2017, the Northern District of California federal court instituted a standing order requiring plaintiffs in class actions ...
Litigation & Arbitration
Robinhood to pay states $10M for shutting out investors
By Devon Belcher
During the outages, which occurred over several days, investors were unable to buy, sell or trade securities through Robinhood...
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...
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, Dow and Shell settle claims over contaminated water at Atwater plant
By Craig Anderson
Dole Packaged Foods sued the defendant companies for strict product liability, negligence, trespass, and nuisance after accusi...
Litigation & Arbitration
Dow and Shell settle claims over contaminated water at Dow's Atwater plant
By Craig Anderson
Dole Packaged Foods sued the defendant companies for strict product liability, negligence, trespass, and nuisance after accusi...
Neutral Judy Hersher does the research to thoroughly explain her reasoning, attorneys say.
Litigation & Arbitration
Target faces 2 suits over homeless man’s stabbing attack
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
The lawsuits filed by partners of Panish Shea Boyle Ravipudi LLP and E & L LLP accuse the retail chain, its landlord, Broo...
Environmental & Energy
State sued over off-road vehicles in Mojave desert park
By Skyler Romero
The recently adopted Red Rock Canyon General Plan authorizes use of a campground and two roads by off-road vehicles “that will...
Litigation & Arbitration
Undercover LA police officers prepare to sue over release of photos
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The data was posted to WatchtheWatchers.net, a searchable database created by a group called the Stop LAPD Spying Coalition. O...
Technology
Could ebook rights loss harm Internet Archive’s other work?
By Malcolm Maclachlan
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
Athletes file another antitrust case against NCAA over pay
By Jonathan Lo
The plaintiffs, present and former Division I college athletes, are represented by attorneys from Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro ...
Civil Litigation
‘No proof’ of Apple stealing watch designs, jury told
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Apple’s position in this trial, which could significantly affect how the company proceeds with other intellectual property law...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Non-exam licensure might stymie diversity, CLA president says
By Devon Belcher
“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
Judge moves to halt talc cases as J&J bankruptcy proceeds
By Craig Anderson
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
Businesses gird to fight proposed CFPB arbitration disclosure rules
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Proposed Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rules designed to shed light on which companies demand arbitration agreements in...
School agrees to pay $13M to family of student killed by security officer
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
“We hope with a settlement of this size that school districts everywhere that have school security guards who are armed, that ...