The matter is related to multiple coordinated lawsuits against Liberty Utilities, many of which were filed in Mono County. Los...
Litigation & Arbitration
‘Ghost kitchens’ didn’t work, Black Angus says in lawsuit
By Skyler Romero
According to the lawsuit, the defendants approached Black Angus with a pitch to use its restaurants as ghost kitchens — an arr...
Litigation & Arbitration
SanDisk again sued in San Jose over storage drives
By Wisdom Howell
SanDisk attorneys deny there is any malfunction that causes its storage drives to become unreadable by computers.
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Macy’s attorney tells panel Adolph violated US law
By Craig Anderson
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
Meta, Louboutin join up to sue accused online counterfeiter
By Wisdom Howell
After alerting Meta of the defendant’s accounts, Louboutin executives took action themselves — ordering a pair of counterfeit ...
The founders of Frost LLP said the idea of building a firm began decades ago in law school.
Family, Community News
National Adoption Day celebration kicks off Saturday morning at Edmund D. Edelman Children's Court
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
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
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
False advertising suit over USC ranking appears doomed
By Sunidhi Sridhar
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
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
WeChat users say they don’t trust Hong Kong arbitration
By Craig Anderson
Times Wang of North River Law PLLC said the Chinese government would not allow WeChat to turn over discovery.
“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
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
College cross-sues museum over lent Diego Rivera mural
By Wisdom Howell
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
Sen. Laphonza Butler will keep Feinstein’s judge vetting committees
By Craig Anderson
Joseph W. Cotchett, a partner with Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy LLP who advises Biden on judicial nominees and other issues...
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
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
Attorneys head to San Francisco in same week as world leaders
By Malcolm Maclachlan
APEC began Saturday and ends Friday, while CAOC begins Thursday night and runs through Sunday. But CAOC was concerned enough a...
Environmental & Energy
Edison can’t pursue liability for Thomas fire from public entities
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
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
Latham wins on appeal for defense on rare holder claim
By Skyler Romero
The plaintiffs’ “claims have been soundly rejected as meritless multiple times over the past decade, and we are pleased to hav...
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
Circuit seems ready to order judge to decide on cannabis permit
By Craig Anderson
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
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
Former federal prosecutor rejoins Sidley Austin in San Francisco
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
While at the Department of Justice, Kevin Rubino led the prosecution of one of California’s most significant RICO cases in rec...
Class Action
Marijuana company seeks dismissal of suit over ‘too little’ THC
By Wisdom Howell
Based on an article in WeedWeek article, “plaintiffs filed the present suit, drawing the broad conclusion that all of defendan...
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
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
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
State Bar sells San Francisco headquarters for $54M
By Devon Belcher
Proceeds from the sale are to be used for operational needs for the next year, the bar said.
Litigation & Arbitration
Mattel offered toys for tots instead of $50M, lawsuit says
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
The University of California says Mattel breached a contract to give $50 million to a children’s hospital that bears its name,...