Amplify Energy Settles Class-Action Lawsuit for Oil Spill in HB
The company that operates an underwater oil pipeline that gushed thousands of gallons of crude into the ocean off Huntington Beach last year has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit for $50 million,...
View ArticleSheriff Calls Lieutenant’s Whistleblower Case `Yet Another Frivolous Lawsuit’
Sheriff Alex Villanueva responded Tuesday to the latest whistleblower case brought against him as well as Los Angeles County, calling a sheriff’s lieutenant’s allegation Villanueva quashed an...
View ArticleFormer CalArts Marketing Director Drops Age Discrimination Case
The former marketing director for the Valencia-based California Institute of the Arts has dropped his lawsuit against the private art university in which he alleged he was fired in 2019 because of his...
View ArticleCardi B Wins Federal Lawsuit Over Tattoo Image
Jurors took about an hour Friday to find that singer Cardi B did not violate the privacy rights of a marketing employee of the Costa Mesa-based clothing company RVCA when she used an image of his...
View ArticleCardi B Wins Federal Lawsuit Over Tattoo Image
Jurors took about an hour to find that singer Cardi B did not violate the privacy rights of a marketing employee of the Costa Mesa-based clothing company RVCA when she used an image of his tattoo on...
View ArticleLA County Approves Nearly $50M in Sheriff’s Department Lawsuit Settlements
The county Board of Supervisors approved nearly $50 million in settlements Tuesday of litigation stemming from allegations of misconduct or excessive force by sheriff’s deputies, including one...
View ArticleLA County Seeks Dismissal of Claims in Firefighter Widow’s Lawsuit
While acknowledging the tragedy of the shooting of a Los Angeles County Fire Department engineer by a colleague at the Agua Dulce station in 2021, a lawyer for the county says in new court papers that...
View ArticleSettlement of LA Homelessness Lawsuit Delayed Again
A federal judge said Monday he wants to meet with the new mayor of Los Angeles once election results are final before approving the settlement of a lawsuit over local governments’ response to the...
View ArticleSettlement of LA Homelessness Lawsuit Delayed Again
A federal judge said Monday he wants to meet with the new mayor of Los Angeles once election results are final before approving the settlement of a lawsuit over local governments’ response to the...
View ArticleSettlement of LA Homelessness Lawsuit Delayed Again
A federal judge said Monday he wants to meet with the new mayor of Los Angeles once election results are final before approving the settlement of a lawsuit over local governments’ response to the...
View ArticleLA Councilman Kevin de Leon Issues Statement on Homelessness Lawsuit
City Councilman Kevin de León, who hasn’t attended a council meeting in a month and has defied calls to resign for his role in the City Hall racism scandal, issued a statement Monday regarding the...
View ArticleLawsuit Seeks Housing for Homeless Veterans at VA Campus in West LA
A group of veterans is suing the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, seeking permanent housing for thousands of homeless veterans on and around its West Los Angeles campus, according to court papers...
View ArticleLawsuit Seeks Housing for Homeless Veterans at VA Campus in West LA
A group of veterans is suing the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, seeking permanent housing for thousands of homeless veterans on and around its West Los Angeles campus, according to court papers...
View ArticleJudge Slightly Pares Gay Couple’s Suit Against Reproductive Center
A judge has slightly trimmed a gay couple’s lawsuit against a Pasadena-based reproductive center in which they allege their wishes to have a son were thwarted when a female embryo was wrongly implanted...
View ArticleLawsuit Seeks Housing for Homeless Veterans at VA Campus in West LA
A group of veterans is suing the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, seeking permanent housing for thousands of homeless veterans on and around its West Los Angeles campus, according to court papers...
View ArticleNonprofit Backed by ACLU Settles Suit Over Deadly Force Law Interpretation
The ACLU Foundation of Southern California and the American Civil Liberties Union announced a settlement Tuesday of a lawsuit in which a nonprofit organization sued the city of Pomona in a complaint...
View ArticleJudge Tosses Lawsuit Against LA Over Eviction Moratorium
A federal judge has dismissed a $100 million lawsuit filed by a building management company claiming severe losses due to Los Angeles’ eviction moratorium to protect renters during the COVID-19...
View ArticleJudge Dismisses Metallica’s Lawsuit Against Lloyd’s of London
A judge has granted a motion by certain underwriters at Lloyd’s of London to dismiss Metallica’s lawsuit alleging the defendants wrongfully refused to compensate the band for financial losses suffered...
View ArticleNick Carter Accused of Sex Assault in New Lawsuit
A woman who claims Backstreet Boys singer Nick Carter raped her when she was a teenager after one of the group’s concerts in 2001 announced in Beverly Hills Thursday the filing of a lawsuit. Shannon...
View ArticleNick Carter Accused of Sex Assault in New Lawsuit
A woman who claims Backstreet Boys singer Nick Carter raped her when she was a teenager after one of the group’s concerts in 2001 announced in Beverly Hills Thursday the filing of a lawsuit. Shannon...
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