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Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation


One defendant argues the case satisfies the Class Action Fairness Act's jurisdictional requirements because it involves more t...



Stubbs Alderton launches commercial finance practice

Jul. 29, 2026
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

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


San Francisco Judge Harold Kahn overruled a demurrer against claims of conspiracy and aiding and abetting in a civil suit over...


Tigran Palyan says family law has failed to build a pipeline for young lawyers. His answer is a structured summer associate pr...


The findings, filed in the Northern District of California, stem from a class action alleging unconstitutional conditions at t...


The California Supreme Court unanimously ruled that public employees cannot increase their pension benefits by counting leave ...


Torts/Personal Injury


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...


Federal prosecutors have agreed to dismiss the misdemeanor obstruction case against labor leader David Huerta, a move legal ex...


Torts/Personal Injury


Nearly 30 plaintiffs have sued fireworks manufacturers and California state and local agencies over the 2025 Esparto warehouse...


Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara approved a settlement resolving State Farm's emergency rate case, making revised increases...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


U.S. District Judge Edward M. Chen said Quinn Emanuel's court-ordered ethics training program exceeds expectations and could b...


Torts/Personal Injury


Three California couples allege a fertility clinic and industrial gas supplier destroyed their embryos after an incubator was ...



Hueston Hennigan adds former federal prosecutor

Jul. 28, 2026
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Ben Balding brings nearly two decades of trial experience spanning securities fraud, organized crime, national security and co...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


Paramount Skydance agreed to postpone closing its proposed $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery for up to 10 mon...


Constitutional Law


A federal judge took under submission the City of Los Angeles' bid to dismiss or stay a civil rights lawsuit over the stalled ...


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


The appellate panel said a nursing home's failures to supervise, assist and care for a resident constituted custodial neglect,...


Insurance


A federal judge indicated she will deny summary judgment in Chevron's $51 million insurance dispute over oil confiscated afte...


Torts/Personal Injury


A physician assistant who suffered a traumatic brain injury after a metal stud fell from scaffolding during renovations at the...



John Kenneth Brown 1935 - 2026

Jul. 27, 2026
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Argued a landmark decision that reshaped California writ practice.


A plaintiff verdict followed by another bellwether's dismissal without payment illustrates the strategic maneuvering behind Lo...


After winning a Racial Justice Act motion in May, two San Francisco deputy public defenders say the dismissed charges contribu...


Slideshow, Community News


The Los Angeles chapter of the Women's White Collar Defense Association held its annual Summer Soirée at Kaplan Marino PC, bri...


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


A federal judge questioned DraftKings' argument that players suffered no economic injury from participating in allegedly illeg...


Environmental & Energy


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


The Los Angeles County Unity Bar Association celebrated its second anniversary with a reception at the California Yacht Club, ...