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California legal community steps up to aid Maui relief

Aug. 17, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

“I am eager to assist the residents of Lahaina in rebuilding their lives after this horrific disaster,” Mike Arias, founder an...


Litigation & Arbitration


Katherine Feinstein, who says she has a limited power of attorney for the 90-year-old senator, accuses the three co-trustees o...


Litigation & Arbitration


“This isn’t a case of a few bad apples, we need systemic change that ensures survivors are released and receive care and that ...


Litigation & Arbitration


Suits filed by California lawyers over Maui fire pile up

Aug. 16, 2023
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

Gerald Singleton filed complaints for five individuals, and said he expects to get 1,000 cases, but decided against a class ac...


“This is a great result and victory for Smokey,” the Motown singer’s attorney, Sasha Frid, said.


Litigation & Arbitration


Quinn Emmanuel says it had a valid contract as outside counsel for former Sheriff Alex Villanueva, who was fighting the county...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Constitutional Law


Gun show promoter appeals ban citing Supreme Court

Aug. 16, 2023
By Craig Anderson

The dispute concerns three different laws passed by the state Legislature banning sales of firearms and ammunition at Del Mar ...


Law Practice


Another employment attorney joins Gordon Rees

Aug. 16, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Joseph J. Huprich is the 26th attorney to join Gordon Rees’ employment practice group on the West Coast this year.


Judges and Judiciary, Criminal


A jury of Ferguson’s peers would most likely be made up of citizens of Orange County, which Ferguson served for 40 years, his ...


State Bar & Bar Associations


“The Fulton County criminal case against respondent could take years to resolve,” State Bar Supervising Attorney Duncan Carlin...


Technology, Litigation & Arbitration


Trump’s attorneys wanted the stay lifted to file a second amended complaint, writing, “a wealth of new evidence directly suppo...


Data Privacy


Data taken by hackers included names, addresses, dates of birth and Social Security numbers, information which allows the cybe...


Government


Sacramento DA continues war with city over homeless

Aug. 15, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan

For weeks, DA Thien Ho has tried to force the city to move people camped in the area.


Law Practice


Retired Los Angeles County judge joins ADR Services

Aug. 15, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Judge H. Chester “Chet” Horn Jr. served for more than 20 years on the Superior Court and presided over many noteworthy cases i...


Civil Rights


A letter released on Monday by the U.S. Departments of Education and Justice shared guidance on how universities could lawfull...


Law Practice, Government


The ruling is expected to affect future cases, in which reluctant women often refuse to testify against their partners while p...


Intellectual Property


Jeffrey Kennedy, the owner of Irish Rover Entertainment, sued Netflix in 2020, claiming copyright infringement of four screenp...


Law Practice


Los Angeles L&E team moves to ArentFox Schiff

Aug. 15, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

The team of lawyers, who came to the firm from Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, have extensive experience defending ...


Litigation & Arbitration


The plaintiff’s attorneys contend that her termination for “poor performance” in March 2019 created a new statutory time clock...


Civil Litigation


Alexander “Trey” Robertson IV of Robertson & Associates LLP and Robert Curtis of Foley Bezek Behle & Curtis LLP repres...


Environmental & Energy


Climate change ruling is symbolic, environmentalists say

Aug. 15, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Bill Tarantino, a partner in the ESG practice at Morrison Foerster LLP, said Judge Kathy Seeley’s decision was “a remarkable r...


Litigation & Arbitration


The class complaint filed Sunday in Hawaii's First Circuit Court names as defendants Maui Electric Company; Hawaiian Electric ...


Technology


Microchip startup CEO pleads guilty to fraud on Qualcomm

Aug. 14, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Executives at Abreezio told Qualcomm that their technology was developed by a Canadian graduate student. They did not disclose...


Technology, Litigation & Arbitration


Activision drops suit against YouTube music critic

Aug. 14, 2023
By Sunidhi Sridhar

According to the complaint, Activision Blizzard uploaded a video to its TikTok page using an audio recording by the music crit...


Litigation & Arbitration


The outcome of the case could expand liability for municipalities for conduct within their jurisdiction.


Litigation & Arbitration


FTC defends attempt to block Illumina merger

Aug. 14, 2023
By Craig Anderson

The legal dispute is the latest battle between the FTC — led by Chair Lina M. Khan, an appointee of President Joe Biden — and ...


A contract between the state Department of Education and a research center prohibits researchers from testifying against the g...


State Bar & Bar Associations


“Respondent has not been charged with a crime, he has not received a target letter, and none of the Trump indictment’s allegat...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Apple to pay $310M over iPhone battery issues

Aug. 14, 2023
By Craig Anderson

The class action, filed in 2018, is based on allegations that Apple issued software updates that slowed down the performance o...


Litigation & Arbitration


While the judge accepted that Live Nation and Ticketmaster’s arbitration clauses unmistakably delegate issues of enforceabilit...