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State Bar & Bar Associations
State must scrap contracts with outside firms, board says
By Malcolm Maclachlan
But in a series of recent cases, the union representing 4,500 attorneys employed by the state has claimed some agencies are ro...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Antitrust plaintiffs want details of NFL/YouTube deal
By Sunidhi Sridhar
The NFL announced last year that its “Sunday Ticket” television package was moving from DirecTV to YouTube TV.
Litigation & Arbitration
Girardi long-term memory impaired but he’s mentally competent, government expert testifies
By Devon Belcher
A neuropsychologist testified that disbarred and federally indicted attorney Thomas V. Girardi was aware of what happened to h...
Litigation & Arbitration
Chinese family’s suit says DoorDash driver hit them, killing father
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
The question of who is liable in the event of an accident might be an issue because food app companies say that their drivers ...
Health Care & Hospital Law, Data Privacy
UCSF Medical Center to face patient data breach case
By Jonathan Lo
The center and the Regents of the University of California were accused of incorporating Meta Platform Inc.’s Pixel tracking t...
Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy complications scuttle J&J’s $8.9B talc deal, lawyer says
By Skyler Romero
The company’s latest attempt to file for bankruptcy in New Jersey has since been dismissed, with a stay on civil litigation li...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit mulls San Francisco homeless camp injunction opposition
By Craig Anderson
During arguments, the majority of the panel seemed less inclined to vacate entirely an injunction stopping San Francisco from ...
Litigation & Arbitration
Grubhub drivers file misclassification suit in LA
By Wisdom Howell
Grubhub has maintained that its drivers are independent contractor similar litigation.
State Bar & Bar Associations
Eastman surrenders in Georgia, State Bar case to resume
By Skyler Romero
“I am here today to surrender to an indictment that should never have been brought. It represents a crossing of the Rubicon f...
Law Practice
San Francisco area attorney joins ADR Services panel of neutrals
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Robert P. Hamilton has been a lawyer and mediator for 40 years. He retired after 20 years as a partner at Goodman Neuman Hamil...
Law Practice
Hughes Hubbard bolsters China practice with new partner
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
“Geopolitical tensions have kept most law firms away from China. I wanted to join a firm that is hungry and committed to the r...
American Alliance for Equal Rights accused Morrison & Foerster LLP and Perkins Coie LLP of violating the Equal Rights Act ...
Litigation & Arbitration
Accusations of ‘greed’ and ‘revenge’ start trade secrets trial
By Sunidhi Sridhar
All of the defendants have denied the allegations against them in the trade secrets misappropriation and racketeering trial th...
Litigation & Arbitration
Agency sued over letting 2 districts seek cheaper water
By Skyler Romero
The complaint claims that the San Diego County Local Agency Formation Commission failed to substantially review the environmen...
Health Care & Hospital Law
Lawmakers take steps to overhaul mental health care
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Much of the impetus appears to be coming from a governor who has made these his signature issues and federal court decisions t...
Litigation & Arbitration
Workers want employer’s appeal declared frivolous
By Jonathan Lo
The company’s counsel argued that the workers signed written franchise agreements that had arbitration clauses to cover the cl...
The Grants Pass petition follows a hotly disputed 9th Circuit ruling — in which 13 active judges, all appointees of Republican...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit judge who said she supports ACLU won’t recuse in homeless litigation
By Craig Anderson
The city of San Francisco, fighting to remove homeless camps, posted a screenshot of an ACLU of Arizona webpage including Judg...
Community News, California Courts of Appeal
Supreme Court Historical Society bestows legal writer awards
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The top three writers represented UC Irvine School of Law and UC Berkeley School of Law. They read summaries of their papers t...
As the head of the third largest regional SEC office, Michele Wein Layne managed 180 attorneys, accountants and staffers in in...
“Evidence of his normal routine immediately leading up to the demise of Girardi Keese … demonstrates that his instant ‘symptom...
Environmental & Energy
PG&E says deal to close Diablo Canyon now ‘null and void’
By Wisdom Howell
Attorneys for PG&E told a San Francisco judge that a deal with Friends of the Earth to shut the nuclear plant in 2022 was ...
Bankruptcy needed to handle 500 sex abuse suits, archdiocese says.
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Contract employee screeners can be liable for queries
By Craig Anderson
The state Supreme Court ruling, if adopted by a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel that asked the question, would revive ...
“There is certainly no comparable case law to recite. But it would be perverse to find no duty based on the corporate defendan...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Sacramento appeals order against clearing homeless camps
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The city asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to review an order by U.S. District Judge Troy L. Nunley extending the pr...
Health Care & Hospital Law
British COVID test maker accuses Innova of fraud
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Disruptive Nanotechnology Ltd. said that after Innova secured a $138 million deal to provide tests to the U.K. government, Inn...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Judge dismisses consumer antitrust claim against Google, Apple
By Jonathan Lo
U.S. District Judge Edward J. Davila wrote that the vague and conclusory allegations plaintiffs put forward are insufficient t...
"The court is willing to make certain changes in this week's trial schedule in order to accommodate Dr. Eastman's surrender in...