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Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation


Molly M. Lens of O’Melveny & Myers LLP said that when the court reads the piece, titled “Top Guns” and published by Califo...


Government, Civil Litigation


“The bullying traumatized Eleri Olive Irons so much that she suffered PTSD, cut herself and sought refuge in the school nurse’...


Civil Litigation


Evan Borges, who represents Erika Girardi, said after the hearing that this was the first time any judge has ruled in her favor.


State Bar & Bar Associations, Discipline


“The State Bar has argued that the harm to the plaintiff members is fleeting on the purported grounds that these confidential ...


Real Estate/Development, Civil Rights


“The Court of Appeal erred in holding that the demonstration outside Geiser’s home did not constitute speech in connection wit...


Land Use, Environmental & Energy


“The bottom line is that Venoco created an emergency when it threatened to leave unmanned a facility that required constant mo...


Technology, Civil Litigation


The class of plaintiffs agreed to settle claims that the company violated state and federal law by facilitating the data harve...


Civil Rights, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


“More than a whiff, a stench of animus against the students’ religious beliefs pervades the Pioneer High School campus,” wrote...


Technology, Civil Litigation


According to the complaint, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has received hundreds of complaints in the las...


Labor/Employment, Judges and Judiciary



Immigration


“The Department has withheld and unreasonably delayed the adjudication of Plaintiffs’ diversity visa applications by failing t...


Land Use, Government


Caltrans said the encampment is a threat to public safety as fires frequently break out in the area. Twelve fires have occurre...


Civil Litigation


DAs’ case against ADA law firm likely doomed

Aug. 29, 2022
By Ricardo Pineda

"The court issued a tentative ruling dismissing the case without leave to amend," David J. Darnell, a supervising trial attorn...


Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation


$13M deal would end misdemeanors over oil spill

Aug. 29, 2022
By Craig Anderson

As part of the agreement, Amplify Energy Corp. and its subsidiaries would be required to improve training for all employees in...


Civil Litigation, California Supreme Court


The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a challenge to the state’s ban on the sale of pork derived from breeding pigs confin...


California Supreme Court



Civil Litigation


“I’m an eternal optimist despite the apparent difficulties for a potential new magistrate judge to go through about 900 teleco...


Securities


“Granite is committed to conducting our business ethically and transparently, and we have implemented numerous remedial action...


Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation


“In the second quarter, SCE resolved approximately $400 million of claims. In total, the utility has resolved nearly 90% of it...



Making a difference

Aug. 29, 2022

Schonbrun Seplow Harris Hoffman & Zeldes combine human rights law with everything else



Soft Touch

Aug. 26, 2022
By Shane Nelson

JAMS neutral Alan Perkins doesn't believe haranguing litigants helps to resolve disputes.



Soft Touch

Aug. 26, 2022
By Shane Nelson

JAMS neutral Alan Perkins doesn’t believe haranguing litigants helps to resolve disputes.


Government


Bob Hertzberg makes one last assault cash bail

Aug. 26, 2022
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The Van Nuys Democrat’s SB 262 was taken off the Assembly’s inactive file. If passed, it would demand the Judicial Council to ...


Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation


“We are still negotiating on how to pull the pipe out of the ocean. That’s the major next step,” said plaintiffs colead counse...


Government, Civil Litigation


“This verdict demonstrates that all children, regardless of their disabilities, deserve to be protected,” said plaintiffs’ law...


Military Law


One in three veterans reports being arrested and booked into jail at least once in their lives, compared to less than one-fift...


Government, Education Law


Elizabeth Moore, Hastings’ chief communications officer, told members of the school’s Advancement and Communications Committee...


Technology, Entertainment & Sports


The maker of Fortnite is challenging the App Store fee structure. Apple says Epic keeps changing the complaint. “This case was...


“I suspect we’ll definitely get state court claims based on some of the comments that were filed, and there might be other cas...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Real Estate/Development


In another meeting, the State Bar Ad Hoc Commission voted against a proposed amendment to expungement policies for attorneys w...