Government, Constitutional Law
Hot potato federal case is dispute over state actor law
By Blaise Scemama
The city of Pasadena said a non-profit organization leasing government property was not a state actor when it canceled a Repub...
The Los Angeles City Attorney’s office did not authorize special outside counsel hired in controversial billing litigation to ...
State Bar & Bar Associations
$50M donation to Pepperdine Law for public service careers, bar exam training
By Carter Stoddard
Real estate billionaire Rick J. Caruso has committed $50 million to the Pepperdine School of Law, which will rename itself the...
Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment
Attorneys land $43M in fees in meal-and-rest class action
By Meghann Cuniff
Class counsel in a $130 million meal-and-rest class action settlement will receive $43.2 million in attorney fees under an ord...
Securities, Civil Litigation
US judge approves $50M settlement but questions fees
By Winston Cho
A federal judge indicated Tuesday she plans to approve a $50 million securities class action settlement between a luxury home ...
Labor/Employment, Government
NLRB mandates electronic evidence filing in unfair labor representation cases
By Glenn Jeffers
The National Labor Relations Board's general counsel announced a policy Tuesday requiring all forms of evidence pertaining to ...
Civil Litigation
Plaintiffs urge Woolsey Fire judge to not stay deposition
By Gina Kim
Superior Court Judge overseeing the coordinated Woolsey Fire litigation to decide whether all depositions should be stayed pen...
Alternative Dispute Resolution, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Dissenting judge says decision means many arbitrations awards may be vacated
By Blaise Scemama
In her dissent, 9th US. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Michelle Friedland argued the appellants should have known ADR firms in...
Criminal
State, plaintiffs, argue over psychiatrist’s credibility in prisoners mental health litigation
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The opposing sides in a long-running case over prisoner mental health care attacked each other’s credibility during a tense he...
Judges and Judiciary, State Bar & Bar Associations
LA judges start PAC to fight ballot challenges
By Justin Kloczko
The Los Angeles Judges Election Protection Committee is entering its first election season with over $100,000 on hand to assis...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Nationwide injunction from elsewhere needn’t moot matter before 9th Circuit, panel holds
By Brian Cardile
Preliminary injunctions issued by one court that purport to protect parties nationwide do not necessarily preclude review in o...
A Sacramento prosecution by U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott’s office resulted in two men pleading guilty Tuesday to participat...
Civil Litigation
Gibson Dunn defends Rachel Maddow against defamation with anti-SLAPP motion
By Carter Stoddard
MSNBC commentator Rachel Maddow, represented by Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, has moved for dismissal of a defamation lawsu...
The exodus of attorneys from Los Angeles-based Irell & Manella LLP continued Monday with former managing partner Ellisen S...
Civil Litigation, Alternative Dispute Resolution
DLA partner had ‘emotional relationship’ with subordinate
By Nicole Tyau
The same day former DLA Piper partner Louis Lehot publicly denied allegations of sexual assault for the first time, another fe...
Procter R. Hug Jr. served as chief judge of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, pushing back efforts to break up the multi-...
Civil Litigation, Bankruptcy
Judge suggests PG&E go 'to every trailer' for fire claimants
By Winston Cho
A federal judge who will estimate the extent of Pacific Gas and ElectricCo.'s damages from historically destructive wildfires ...
Government
San Diego County must pay $100,000 as part of settlement with First Amendment Coalition
By Jessica Mach
San Diego County is required to pay nearly $100,000 as part of a settlement with the First Amendment Coalition, which filed a ...
Labor/Employment
Plaintiffs seek retroactive fees paid to unions
By Malcolm Maclachlan
An attempt by conservative groups to retroactively recoup fair share fees paid to public employee unions hung by a thread at a...
Securities, Civil Litigation, Insurance
Judge appoints Robbins Geller in securities class action against National General
By Meghann Cuniff
The potentially multi-million dollar case stems from the Wells Fargo car insurance scandal
Civil Rights, California Courts of Appeal
City appeals ruling it must hold district-based elections
By Justin Kloczko
In a matter of first impression, the city of Santa Monica is arguing on appeal that a trial judge incorrectly ruled its at-lar...
Civil Litigation, Government
Group seeking warning labels on coffee wants to intervene in another case
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A nonprofit group that has been fighting for years for cancer warning labels on coffee has filed a motion to intervene in a ca...
Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Judges not believin’ in anti-SLAPP challenge of Journey
By Steven Crighton
A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel indicated Friday that Steve Perry had taken an unnecessary journey.
Civil Litigation, Bankruptcy
Avenatti pleads 5th to questions over alleged artwork scheme
By Meghann Cuniff
The indicted attorney answered questions Friday about his finances as debt collection efforts continue.
Community News
Judges weigh in on diversity at Federal Bar Association confab
By Steven Crighton
A panel comprised entirely of judges discussed the importance of judicial diversity at an event hosted by the Inland Empire ch...
JML Law is set up so its attorney teams don't get bogged down by motions to compel.
Civil Litigation
San Francisco denies it harmed NRA by declaring it a terrorist organization
By Winston Cho
The San Francisco City Attorney's Office argued the National Rifle Association's lawsuit challenging the Board of Supervisor's...
The lawsuit challenging wildfire funding bill AB 1054 has officially been re-assigned from U.S. District Judge Edward M. Chen ...
Civil Litigation
Kabateck’s decade-old donation to city attorney comes up in water billing case
By Justin Kloczko
On the eve of a hearing Friday, counsel for parties in the case accused the well-known litigator of not disclosing prior to hi...
U.S. Supreme Court, Administrative/Regulatory, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Future of consumer protection bureau is in high court’s hands
By Craig Anderson
The fate of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will be determined by the U.S. Supreme Court, which decided Friday to acc...