USC Settles Lawsuit With UCSD Over Alzheimer’s Research Program
The University of Southern California has agreed to pay UC San Diego $50 million to settle a lawsuit over USC’s seizure of UCSD’s Alzheimer’s disease research program and hiring of its director. The...
View ArticleHuman Trafficking Allegation Added to Lawsuit Against Democratic Donor Ed Buck
Attorneys for the mother of a man who died at the West Hollywood home of prominent Democratic donor Ed Buck in 2017 filed an amendment to her wrongful death lawsuit, alleging the political fundraiser...
View ArticleOfficers, City Reach Accord in Whistleblower Lawsuit
Six members of the Los Angeles Police Department’s Internal Affairs Group and the city settled the plaintiffs’ lawsuit alleging they were wrongfully reprimanded because a deputy chief believed they...
View ArticleRapper Belly Files Lawsuit Against Coachella Organizer Goldenvoice
The rapper Belly Tuesday filed a lawsuit against Goldenvoice — the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival organizer — along with the event’s security company, IPS Security. The rapper, whose real...
View ArticleAnaheim Wins OIS Civil Lawsuit
An Orange County Superior Court jury Thursday rejected claims of negligence and excessive force in a lawsuit stemming from a fatal officer-involved shooting in Anaheim involving the city’s public...
View ArticleAnaheim Wins OIS Civil Lawsuit
An Orange County Superior Court jury Thursday rejected claims of negligence and excessive force in a lawsuit stemming from a fatal officer-involved shooting in Anaheim involving the city’s public...
View ArticleAHF Files Lawsuit Against Hollywood Developers, Claims Fair Housing Violations
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court Thursday against the city and four large housing complexes in Hollywood, claiming they violate both federal and state...
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Judge Denies City of Los Angeles Request to Toss NRA Lawsuit
Assault rifles. Photo by Jan Hrdonka via, Wikimedia Commons A federal judge Monday denied a request by the city of Los Angeles to dismiss a National Rifle Association lawsuit challenging a new law...
View ArticleWGA Adds Antitrust, Racketeering Allegations to Agency Lawsuit
Escalating a war between Hollywood writers and talent agents, the Writers Guild of America Monday filed federal lawsuits in Los Angeles, alleging antitrust, racketeering and other violations against...
View ArticleJudge Dismisses Lawsuit Filed By Woman Who Alleged Attack at Downtown YMCA
A judge Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit brought against the YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles by a member who alleged she was sexually assaulted in a hot tub by a homeless man at the downtown facility in...
View ArticleFederal Lawsuit Details Numerous Abuses in Orange County Jail
A federal class-action lawsuit refiled Monday on behalf of Orange County jail inmates alleges a number of abuses, including the improper monitoring of inmate-attorney phone calls, the use of...
View ArticleFederal Lawsuit Details Numerous Abuses in Orange County Jail
A federal class-action lawsuit refiled Monday on behalf of Orange County jail inmates alleges a number of abuses, including the improper monitoring of inmate-attorney phone calls, the use of...
View ArticleL.A. Judge: Lawsuit Against Ed Buck and D.A. Jackie Lacey Can Go Forward
A Los Angeles federal judge has refused to toss out the wrongful death lawsuit against prominent Democratic donor Ed Buck and Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey over the methamphetamine...
View ArticleL.A. City, Venice Group Join Effort to Overturn Homeless Lawsuit Decision
The city of Los Angeles and a Venice community group filed briefs with the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday in support of an appeal of a ruling that prevents local governments from enforcing laws against...
View ArticleL.A. Drops Lawsuit Against PricewaterhouseCoopers
The city of Los Angeles has moved to abandon its high-profile lawsuit against PricewaterhouseCoopers in what amounts to a stunning defeat for City Attorney Mike Feuer, who had tried to blame the...
View ArticleL.A. Drops Lawsuit Against PricewaterhouseCoopers
Dogged by an FBI probe leading to witnesses unwilling to testify in the case, the city of Los Angeles has moved is dropping its lawsuit against consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers over the botched...
View ArticleL.A. Drops Lawsuit Against PricewaterhouseCoopers
Dogged by an FBI probe leading to witnesses unwilling to testify in the case, the city of Los Angeles has moved is dropping its lawsuit against consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers over the botched...
View ArticleL.A. Drops Lawsuit Against PricewaterhouseCoopers
Dogged by an FBI probe leading to witnesses unwilling to testify in the case, the city of Los Angeles has moved is dropping its lawsuit against consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers over the botched...
View ArticleJudge Mulls Fate of Writer’s Lawsuit
A judge said Tuesday she is inclined to dismiss part of a writer’s lawsuit alleging that Creative Artists Agency gave an idea he pitched for a never-aired drama series inspired by the life and work of...
View ArticleWhistleblower Lawsuit Accuses Assessor’s Office
The Los Angeles County assessor’s office has given favorable treatment to connected taxpayers, allowing them to pay lower property taxes for years and costing the county millions of dollars in lost...
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