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Civil Rights


Helpline set up for students facing anti-Semitism

Mar. 1, 2024
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

“The dramatic rise in antisemitism has hit California’s classrooms and playgrounds,” Dan Shallman, managing partner of Covingt...


Technology


Banks are more focused on using generative AI to combat security threats rather than integrating it into lending decision-maki...


Class Action


A 2022 report by the Australian non-profit Minderoo Foundation estimated corporate liabilities from plastics litigation to hit...


The settlement was reached after attorneys with Covington & Burling LLP rested their case on behalf of Getaround following...


International Law


Chinese chipmaker acquitted of economic espionage

Mar. 1, 2024
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

The indictment was part of the U.S. Justice Department’s “China Initiative” to combat corporate espionage that has since been ...



Purposed Approach

Mar. 1, 2024

COVID-era case backlogs gave Christopher White a new appreciation for ADR work.


Contracts


John H. Gomez, a prominent personal injury attorney in San Diego, accused the group of sullying his reputation and said he wil...


Environmental & Energy


The case concerned an application by Hilltop Group Inc. to develop a recycling facility on a parcel of land in San Diego Count...


Contracts


The company said state officials gave preferential treatment to other businesses that missed deliveries of medical supplies fr...


U.S. Supreme Court, Alternative Dispute Resolution


The justices were curious about why the parties are fighting so hard – for three years now – about whether an arbitrator or co...


Civil Litigation


The plaintiff, a fashion designer, claims that Girardi and her assistants, as well as U.S. Secret Service agents and American ...


Litigation & Arbitration


Judge reduces Monsanto damages verdict by $300M

Feb. 29, 2024
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The judge found Monsanto engaged in “highly reprehensible conduct” by intentionally marketing a defective product, but reduced...


Civil Rights


The complaint also alleges that teachers used class time to propagandize against Israel and that parents have reported antisem...


Health Care & Hospital Law


The lawsuit argues that the state’s plan delays reimbursement of COVID testing claims, violating deadlines set by Senate Bill ...


Labor/Employment


“This is a textbook example of attorney-client privilege. It is individual at the company, emailing a lawyer providing informa...


Contracts, Civil Litigation


“Other firms think more is better and think bigger is better. But they have too many cooks in the kitchen,” Michael Friedman s...


Government


Nimish Patel of Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP will serve a four-year term.


Litigation & Arbitration


An appellant’s argument that the arbitrator who oversaw his dispute with his former attorney failed to disclose his own regula...


Civil Litigation


The case concerns the compensation structure used by The Cochran Firm for cases that come through its advertised telephone num...


Judges and Judiciary


Some legal professionals wonder if changes to the Code of Civil Procedure to allow for more alternative methods of service are...


Judges and Judiciary, Government


A district court judge accused federal prosecutors of misleading the 9th Circuit and a magistrate judge to effect the rearrest...


Health Care & Hospital Law


The insurance company faces nearly a dozen similar lawsuits in federal court in California. Keenan began notifying clients of ...


Labor/Employment


The filings are the latest efforts by employers in their battle against plaintiffs’ attorneys who file complaints under PAGA, ...


Government, Criminal


The plaintiffs have not sufficiently proven that there was a widespread practice of sexual assault and exploitation at the pri...


Civil Rights


A jury must decide whether excessive force was used when two Antioch police officers allegedly knelt on the neck and back of a...


U.S. Supreme Court, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The city’s attorneys argue that short jail terms for serial violators are not cruel and unusual. The outcome of the case could...


Civil Litigation


$13 million verdict reached in LAUSD sexual abuse case

Feb. 27, 2024
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

The school district had received notice that Daniel Garcia had dated a student at his previously assigned school before being ...


Law Practice, Corporate


Brian D. Paulson regularly advises companies and investment banks on capital market transactions, securities compliance, corpo...


Civil Litigation


The cases come at a pivotal time for the industry, as an aging U.S. population and a generation of nearly 72 million baby boom...


Class Action


"The Public Utilities Code doesn't allow a utility like Edison to delay bill its customers when they have problems internally ...