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Insurance


Insurance companies sue over Mono County fire

Nov. 20, 2023
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

The matter is related to multiple coordinated lawsuits against Liberty Utilities, many of which were filed in Mono County. Los...


Litigation & Arbitration


According to the lawsuit, the defendants approached Black Angus with a pitch to use its restaurants as ghost kitchens — an arr...


Litigation & Arbitration


SanDisk attorneys deny there is any malfunction that causes its storage drives to become unreadable by computers.


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The argument by Felix Shafir of Horvitz & Levy LLP targeted what he said was an incorrect interpretation of a 2022 U.S. Su...


Litigation & Arbitration


After alerting Meta of the defendant’s accounts, Louboutin executives took action themselves — ordering a pair of counterfeit ...


Law Practice


New boutique litigation is a dream realized

Nov. 17, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

The founders of Frost LLP said the idea of building a firm began decades ago in law school.


Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero will join Los Angeles County Superior Court Presiding Judge Samantha P. Jessner and other comm...


Law Practice, Labor/Employment, Judges and Judiciary


Family law specialist hires lobbyist to get more judges appointed

Nov. 17, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan, David Houston

“I think what they are supposed to do is rattle the cage for you and … motivate the powers that be,” said Mark Minyard, who hi...


Litigation & Arbitration


The lawsuit accuses USC and a technology partner of conspiring to inflate the university’s Rossier School of Education’s ranki...


Class Action


Class designation sought for Postmeds data breach suit

Nov. 17, 2023
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

The Hayward based prescription filling company said health data for 2.3 million people was affected by the August breach.


Litigation & Arbitration


Times Wang of North River Law PLLC said the Chinese government would not allow WeChat to turn over discovery.


Bankruptcy


“That will free up money for professional fees and for the estate to continue to function. It won’t have to reserve such a lar...


Labor/Employment, Civil Rights


San Francisco workers who alleged racism win $1.1M

Nov. 17, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

“The hatred that is racism has no place in San Francisco,” said Angela Alioto, lead trial counsel from The Law Offices of Mayo...


Litigation & Arbitration


The City College of San Francisco says the costs of moving the mural back should be paid by the museum, but the museum says it...


Judges and Judiciary


Joseph W. Cotchett, a partner with Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy LLP who advises Biden on judicial nominees and other issues...


Environmental & Energy


US agrees to review offshore oil platforms

Nov. 17, 2023
By Sunidhi Sridhar

The Center for Biological Diversity claimed the government has allowed four-decade-old development plans to proceed in an area...


Litigation & Arbitration


Virginia must decide if Arent Fox deceived client

Nov. 17, 2023
By Wisdom Howell

Peraton Corp. says Arent Fox got the company to sign a waiver allowing him to represent CACI International in a trade secrets ...


Government


APEC began Saturday and ends Friday, while CAOC begins Thursday night and runs through Sunday. But CAOC was concerned enough a...


Environmental & Energy


Edison sought to share $680 million in liability with Santa Barbara County and four other public entities for the mudslide tha...


California Courts of Appeal


The plaintiffs’ “claims have been soundly rejected as meritless multiple times over the past decade, and we are pleased to hav...



USPTO will establish separate bar for design patents

Nov. 16, 2023
By Sunidhi Sridhar

Design patent bar candidates would be required to take the current registration examination with modified scientific and techn...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


While an attorney for the City of Sacramento argued the case should be decided by state courts, Jeffrey M. Jensen of the Boesc...


Government


Next CAOC president wears politics and emotions proudly

Nov. 16, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan

San Francisco attorney Kathryn A. Stebner has been bringing elder abuse cases since the 1980s and says last few years have bee...


Law Practice


While at the Department of Justice, Kevin Rubino led the prosecution of one of California’s most significant RICO cases in rec...


Class Action


Based on an article in WeedWeek article, “plaintiffs filed the present suit, drawing the broad conclusion that all of defendan...


Law Practice


EU firm opens first US office in Los Angeles

Nov. 16, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Aliant Law leaders said they are expecting a swift national expansion, in part by appealing to talent with money and a better ...


Law Practice


San Diego tax boutique will expand to Singapore in January

Nov. 15, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

The Singapore office will be led by associate Jared Garfield.


Technology


X Corp asks judge to enjoin social media moderation law

Nov. 15, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan

X Corp. says the state law discriminates by “content and viewpoint.” The state says companies should have “nothing to hide.”


State Bar & Bar Associations


Proceeds from the sale are to be used for operational needs for the next year, the bar said.


Litigation & Arbitration


The University of California says Mattel breached a contract to give $50 million to a children’s hospital that bears its name,...