Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation
Boyle Heights fire class action removed to federal court under CAFA
By Skyler Romero
One defendant argues the case satisfies the Class Action Fairness Act's jurisdictional requirements because it involves more t...
Commercial finance and insolvency attorney Steven N. Kurtz has joined Stubbs Alderton & Markiles LLP as a partner to launc...
A jury found the lender wrongfully fired Balboa Capital founder Patrick Byrne and retaliated against him for challenging the b...
Torts/Personal Injury
Judge advances lawsuit against family of Cash App CEO's convicted murderer
By Alicia Alvarez
San Francisco Judge Harold Kahn overruled a demurrer against claims of conspiracy and aiding and abetting in a civil suit over...
Law Practice
Incoming LACBA family law chair champions program to recruit next generation of attorneys
By David Houston
Tigran Palyan says family law has failed to build a pipeline for young lawyers. His answer is a structured summer associate pr...
Immigration
Monitor finds ICE failing to meet court-ordered care standards at facility
By Alicia Alvarez
The findings, filed in the Northern District of California, stem from a class action alleging unconstitutional conditions at t...
Labor/Employment
State high court clarifies limits on leave cashouts in public pension calculations
By Craig Anderson
The California Supreme Court unanimously ruled that public employees cannot increase their pension benefits by counting leave ...
Torts/Personal Injury
Stadium wins dismissal in Drakeo the Ruler wrongful-death litigation
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
A Los Angeles County judge ruled LAFC Stadium Co. owed no duty in the fatal stabbing of rapper Drakeo the Ruler at a 2021 musi...
Criminal
Prosecutors drop labor leader's case, raising questions about protest prosecutions
By Skyler Romero
Federal prosecutors have agreed to dismiss the misdemeanor obstruction case against labor leader David Huerta, a move legal ex...
Torts/Personal Injury
Lawsuit blames fireworks companies, government agencies for deadly explosion
By Alicia Alvarez
Nearly 30 plaintiffs have sued fireworks manufacturers and California state and local agencies over the 2025 Esparto warehouse...
Insurance
State Farm settlement wins final approval, locking in rates, refunds
By Devon Belcher
Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara approved a settlement resolving State Farm's emergency rate case, making revised increases...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Judge praises Quinn Emanuel's ethics training plan after sanctions
By Daniel Schrager
U.S. District Judge Edward M. Chen said Quinn Emanuel's court-ordered ethics training program exceeds expectations and could b...
Torts/Personal Injury
Couples sue fertility clinic, gas supplier over destroyed embryos
By Skyler Romero
Three California couples allege a fertility clinic and industrial gas supplier destroyed their embryos after an incubator was ...
Ben Balding brings nearly two decades of trial experience spanning securities fraud, organized crime, national security and co...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Paramount Skydance agrees to delay merger pending court ruling
By Craig Anderson
Paramount Skydance agreed to postpone closing its proposed $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery for up to 10 mon...
Constitutional Law
Angels Landing retaliation suit tests de León's immunity defense
By Skyler Romero
A federal judge took under submission the City of Los Angeles' bid to dismiss or stay a civil rights lawsuit over the stalled ...
Visa loses bid to sanction plaintiffs' lawyers in Pornhub trafficking suits
By Skyler Romero
U.S. District Judge Wesley L. Hsu found that the payment processor failed to show their allegations violated Rule 11. The ruli...
Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech
Court revives $1.837M elder neglect verdict, rejects MICRA damages cap
By Laurinda Keys
The appellate panel said a nursing home's failures to supervise, assist and care for a resident constituted custodial neglect,...
Insurance
Chevron's $51 million Iran tanker insurance dispute headed to trial
By Daniel Schrager
A federal judge indicated she will deny summary judgment in Chevron's $51 million insurance dispute over oil confiscated afte...
Torts/Personal Injury
Jury awards $20.7M to hotel guest struck by falling construction debris
By Alicia Alvarez
A physician assistant who suffered a traumatic brain injury after a metal stud fell from scaffolding during renovations at the...
Argued a landmark decision that reshaped California writ practice.
Experts say early social media bellwether outcomes reveal strategy, not destiny
By Devon Belcher
A plaintiff verdict followed by another bellwether's dismissal without payment illustrates the strategic maneuvering behind Lo...
Public Defenders say Racial Justice Act impacts go beyond motion wins
By Alicia Alvarez
After winning a Racial Justice Act motion in May, two San Francisco deputy public defenders say the dismissed charges contribu...
Slideshow, Community News
Women's white collar defense association hosts annual LA summer soirée
By Ricardo Pineda
The Los Angeles chapter of the Women's White Collar Defense Association held its annual Summer Soirée at Kaplan Marino PC, bri...
4th District says hearing time limits don't justify dismissing domestic violence petition
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The Court of Appeal ruled that family judges cannot dismiss domestic violence restraining order petitions simply because an ev...
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Teresa P. Magno has spent more than a decade handling serious felony cases in Compton,...
Consumer Protection Law
Breyer signals fantasy sports suit could support injunction against DraftKings
By Daniel Schrager
A federal judge questioned DraftKings' argument that players suffered no economic injury from participating in allegedly illeg...
Environmental & Energy
Carter remands Ventura County dam case to state court
By Skyler Romero
The lawsuit challenges United Water Conservation District's operation, maintenance and water diversions at the Vern Freeman Da...
Former Kern County Superior Court Commissioner Anthony S. Khoury has built a busy ADR practice at ARC by emphasizing preparati...
Slideshow, Community News
Unity Bar marks second anniversary with judges, legal leaders
By Ricardo Pineda
The Los Angeles County Unity Bar Association celebrated its second anniversary with a reception at the California Yacht Club, ...