Intellectual Property
Instacart, Partiful move to dismiss trademark suit over "Fizz" app
By Craig Anderson
Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP argued Fizz cannot claim exclusive rights to a common word, while Fizz's lawyers countered th...
Environmental & Energy
State challenges chamber's evidence in emissions disclosure lawsuit
By Devon Belcher
California and the Air Resources Board objected to new evidence filed by the U.S. Chamber in a climate effects disclosure case...
For the second time in six weeks a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge ordered a reporter out of his courtroom during proc...
Immigration
Bondi reinstates limits on asylum for domestic violence survivors
By John Roemer
In twin rulings, Bondi characterized domestic violence as "private conduct" outside asylum protections, drawing praise and con...
Labor/Employment
X tentatively settles with 70 laid-off Twitter employees
By James Twomey
X has tentatively settled a lawsuit with 70 former Twitter employees who alleged the company broke severance and remote work p...
Data Privacy
Guidance needed on legality of website tracking, judge suggests
By James Twomey
A San Francisco judge allowed a privacy lawsuit against Future US to proceed, suggesting appellate guidance is needed on wheth...
The ruling preserves Inglewood's 20-year agreement with WOW Media to construct 60 signs and 108 screens, with potential extens...
The ruling is the first significant interpretation of California's Free to Read Act, which bars library book restrictions base...
Criminal, California Supreme Court
State Supreme Court reverses death sentence in gang case under AB 333
By Craig Anderson
The justices cited tightened proof standards for gang allegations. The unanimous ruling marks the third time in 10 days the h...
Consumer Law
Wildfires rekindle debate over lawyer advertising practices
By Malcolm Maclachlan
California lawmakers and plaintiffs' attorneys are backing new bills to restrict misleading advertising, referral kickbacks an...
Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation
Judge denies split in LegalMatch founders' retaliation trial
By James Twomey
A San Francisco judge refused to bifurcate Anna Ostrovsky's lawsuit against LegalMatch co-founder Dmitry Shubov, keeping whist...
Litigation & Arbitration, Labor/Employment
Munchkin moves to compel arbitration in ex-GC's wrongful termination suit
By Laurinda Keys
Joseph Berkowitz claims Munchkin fostered a "toxic" culture targeting working mothers; the company counters he was "terminated...
Discipline
Disciplinary trial opens for attorney accused of misusing $6M from brother's trust
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Campbell attorney and physician Richard Brian Fox is accused of misappropriating nearly $6 million from his late brother's tru...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Jury clears San Jose divorce lawyer in malpractice suit
By James Twomey
A Santa Clara County jury cleared San Jose divorce lawyer Mark Erickson of malpractice claims by a former client seeking $3 mi...
The former Orange County Superior Court judge Jeffrey Ferguson, convicted in April of murdering his wife, claims retrial was u...
Neutral Halim Dhanidina brings a kind empathy to dispute resolution, attorneys say.
Acting U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli filed federal lawsuits accusing Southern California Edison of negligence in the Eaton and Fa...
Constitutional Law, Business Law
Business rival's disparaging texts deemed commercial speech, judge rules
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Orange County Superior Court Judge Lee Gabriel denied Joshua Cua's anti-SLAPP motion in Beverage Visions, LLC v. Cua, holding ...
Torts/Personal Injury
Airport overwriting slip and fall video wasn't willful
By James Twomey
Alameda County Judge Keith Fong ruled Oakland Airport's erasure of slip-and-fall video wasn't willful spoliation, finding othe...
Kirkland & Ellis secured a landmark settlement with LAUSD, granting vulnerable students three years of intensive tutoring ...
No 'fake responses.' Judge urges streamlined discovery in Eaton Canyon fire case
By Skyler Romero
Judge Laura Seigle urged efficiency in discovery for the Eaton Canyon fire litigation, discouraging use of the phrase "fake re...
Immigration, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Federal appeals court tests limits of Trump refugee order
By Craig Anderson
With one 9th Circuit panel having partially stayed the injunction, a separate panel questioned whether Trump's refugee-entry ...
Civil Litigation
Geragos asks L.A. Superior Court to strike $100,000 verdict; judge nudges parties toward deal
By Skyler Romero
Seeking to overturn a $100,000 noneconomic-damages award in Franklin v. Geragos, Geragos' counsel filed a pocket brief arguing...
Judge says Allen Media's lobbying to block broadcast deal was protected speech
By David Houston
The court rejected claims of reverse discrimination and found no facts suggesting the FCC acted negatively based on Korea-born...
Government
Unions cleared to support LA sheriff in records access fight
By Skyler Romero
Two Los Angeles County law enforcement unions were granted permission to intervene in Sheriff Robert Luna's lawsuit, supportin...
Judges and Judiciary
Judge closed voir dire, dismissed panel before case settled
By Skyler Romero
UCLA Health workplace harassment claims settled after judge dismissed an entire jury panel in a closed voir dire process criti...
Alexandra Zarini has dropped her claims against her mother, Patricia Gucci, in a high-profile sexual abuse lawsuit, and will c...
Government, Criminal, Constitutional Law
Federal public defenders seek to disqualify Essayli from prosecutions
By Craig Anderson, Devon Belcher
Federal public defenders moved to disqualify Acting U.S. Attorney Bilal A. Essayli, alleging his appointment exceeded statutor...
Attorneys from Chapman Glucksman specialize in construction defect, professional liability, and complex commercial litigation.
Assembly advances SB 37 targeting 'capping' and deceptive lawyer ads
By Malcolm Maclachlan
SB 37 would restrict attorney referral services, clarify rules against deceptive advertising, and let consumers bring civil co...