January 29, 2026 Los Angeles County announced today that it has a new legal tool to fight for the rights of workers. The County filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the owner and operators of multiple Congregate Health Living Facilities for failing to pay more than 50 employees since April 2022. The case is the first […]
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March 5, 2025 Los Angeles County filed suit today against Southern California Edison and Edison International (SCE) to recover costs and damages sustained by the County from the Eaton Fire. The lawsuit alleges that SCE’s equipment caused the deadly blaze, requiring the County to incur massive costs responding to the fire and its aftermath. The
Los Angeles Times Reports on County Counsel lawsuit against Express Scripts and OptumRx, two Pharmacy Benefits Managers, whose actions helped fuel the opioid crisis.
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County Counsel, working with the California Attorney General and Los Angeles District Attorney, sued JUUL in 2019 alleging False Advertising, Unfair Competition, and Public Nuisance in the sales and marketing of JUUL’s vaping products. The complaint alleged that JUUL engaged in an advertising campaign that appealed to youth, even though its e-cigarettes are both illegal
County Counsel filed a complaint against the owner of a warehouse facility and its corporate parent alleging that their wrongful conduct caused a massive warehouse fire, which created a public nuisance odor incident and exposed the County and the County Flood Control District to tens of millions of dollars in damages. The complaint alleges that
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The Woolsey Fire, the largest and most destructive in Los Angeles County history, started on November 8, 2018 and burned for 13 days before it was contained. It consumed more than 96,000 acres, destroyed 1,500 buildings, damaged another 341 buildings and killed 3 people. After Southern California Edison (SCE) publicly acknowledged that its equipment was
Reducing Chromium Emissions from Factory in Paramount, California After the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) reportedly found high levels of the carcinogenic chemical hexavalent chromium near Anaplex, a metal-finishing facility located in Paramount, the County filed a joint lawsuit with SCAQMD seeking to reduce the air pollution. Anaplex’s hexavalent chromium emissions are reportedly
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County Counsel finalized a global settlement of a lengthy public nuisance lawsuit by the County and nine other public entities against manufacturers of lead paint. The County received $133 million under the settlement to cleanup lead paint hazards at homes built before 1978. Under the settlement, defendants The Sherwin-Williams Company, ConAgra Grocery Products Company, and
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Hazardous Waste Transportation Settlement With Wiley Sanders Trucking Provides Nearly $2 Million to Department of Public Health County Counsel worked with the Los Angeles District Attorney to sue Wiley Sanders Truck Lines, Inc. (WSTL) for allegedly violating hazardous waste laws in the process of trucking plastic automotive battery casings from the Exide battery recycling facility
The County brought a claim against the Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas), alleging that, in 2015, SoCalGas caused the largest natural gas leak in U.S. history and forced thousands of Porter Ranch residents to evacuate their homes. Working with the Los Angeles City Attorney, the County’s lawsuit sought to protect these residents. The California Attorney
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