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Two upcoming shakeups in trade secret law
There are at least two developments on the horizon that may cause the law to shift yet again: the rise of artificial intellige...
In putative class actions where a defendant attempts to remove a matter to federal court, one type of evidence that plaintiffs...
Gascón’s attempt to concede the Habeas petition, which would have resulted in the release of a cop killer now turned Mexican M...
“In facing budget problems of similar magnitudes, the state in the past has made reductions to employee compensation and lower...
The plaintiffs say Merced County and the Department of Fish and Wildlife failed to properly maintain infrastructure that would...
US judge to handle discovery in state court social media suits
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
A federal court in Oakland will handle discovery in a state court suit claiming social media platforms harm children.
LA wins judgment on pleadings in challenge to rent freeze
By Skyler Romero
Apartment owners claimed a rent freeze imposed in 2020 violated their due process rights.
Gov. Gavin Newsom, the cities of San Francisco and Los Angeles, as well as other California and western jurisdictions filed am...
A San Francisco judge rejected the argument of Zendesk INc. that it should not provide to plaintiffs contact information of 81...
Former Grammys chief sued for sexual assault, battery
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Michael Greene was free to roam and use his power at will for years and years and when he had Terri McIntyre under his control...
Newsom nominates 2 Court of Appeal justices, appoints 18 superior court judges
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Judge Monique S. Langhorne Wilson of the Napa County Superior Court and Munger Tolles & Olson LLP of counsel Aimee A. Fein...
5th District presiding justice is regularly tapped for leadership roles
Mediator Lori Dobrin says positivity helps her disarm angry people.
A year after the infamous Ticketmaster crash, the U.S. Justice Department is once again ramping up its investigation into Live...
It is significant that in the 60th anniversary year of the act, the California Supreme Court rendered four decisions setting f...
The California Courts of Appeal issued a substantial slate of precedential anti-SLAPP decisions in 2023, many of which helped ...
Joint filing can be more convenient and can usually save you tax money overall compared to two separate tax filings. But there...
Lawyer has ‘Sophie’s choice’ between court orders in punk rock suit
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
A sole practitioner representing the founder of Frontier Records says he risks ignoring the stay pursuant to the Bankruptcy Co...
Two teachers say their freedom of speech and religion were violated by a school policy that requires them to deceive parents a...
FTC asks circuit to help pause Microsoft Activision deal
By Craig Anderson
FTC attorney Imad D. Abyad argued that the 9th Circuit appellate panel should reverse the decision by U.S. District Judge Jacq...
Bar says it’s required to pursue suspension of Tom Girardi’s son-in-law
By Devon Belcher
Prosecutors argued that the State Bar could not protect the public from serious harm if in every case where an attorney faces ...
New state disclosure rules help small businesses, US judge finds
By Sunidhi Sridhar
A U.S. district judge found that California’s rules for disclosure for nonbank lenders and other financial institutions are no...
Anaheim fights to keep out evidence not in administrative record
By Skyler Romero
Damian M. Moos of Best Best & Krieger LLP argued for Anaheim that the plaintiffs’ petition challenges a legislative or qua...
9th Circuit Judge John B. Owens wrote that the court’s old standard had been supplanted by several other circuit rulings follo...
“PG&E respectfully submits that the court should permit the ADR protocol to settle as many cases as possible. Preparing fo...
Battle begins over Disney's 'Beast' technology
By Jonathan Lo
Many of the case’s arguments and disputes center around MOVA’s use in Disney’s live action “Beauty and the Beast” movie.
“Realizing that he had doomed the company, [Adam] Bold has secretly negotiated to sell A3’s most profitable divisions and its ...
Preparing for activism after it arrives is too late
Why a sound business strategy, investor engagement, and strong leadership are the best defense against activism.