San Francisco Superior Court Judge Richard B. Ulmer agreed, granting the motion to compel arbitration despite Mark Shuken, who...
“These lawsuits are a baseless attempt to turn a manufacturer’s exercise of its well-established right to choose the prices, t...
Health Care & Hospital Law
Challenge filed to Inglewood’s health care worker ordinance
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Representing the California Hospital Association, a not-for-profit trade organization based in Sacramento, Matthew J. Silveira...
California Supreme Court
State justices preview coming US policy on Title IX discipline
By Malcolm Maclachlan
If finalized, the guidance would reverse 2020 changes made by President Donald Trump’s administration that said students shoul...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
US Sentencing Commission is ‘back’, and pushing for reforms
By Craig Anderson
One amendment is a hotly disputed proposal to allow judges to release prisoners early if the law changed since they were incar...
Daniel Cousineau provides strategic counsel to both corporate and private equity clients on transaction structuring, purchase ...
Clark Hill's international platform will allow us to provide our clients with a broader array of services while maintaining th...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
$6B suit over NFL broadcast licensing heads to trial
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Subscribers claim that the NFL conspired with other distributors and networks, including DirecTV, to unlawfully force them to ...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Ex-Girardi attorney calls bar charges false blame-shifting
By Devon Belcher
“The facts rooted in the Notice of Disciplinary Charges are often times blatantly false, mischaracterized half-truths and all ...
Civil Rights
LAPD settles civil rights suit over rubber bullet for $860K
By Sunidhi Sridhar
“Deon Jones’ historic trial victory sent a message to law enforcement throughout the country that misconduct like shooting pea...
Judges and Judiciary
More public defenders are being appointed as judges
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Critics of the criminal justice system have long had a goal of getting more public defenders into judicial positions. This has...
“Well, my clients were very emotional as they heard the verdict, because they felt that they had put their heart and soul into...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Buckle up for bumpy ride, 9th Circuit meeting is told
By Craig Anderson
Lisa S. Blatt, chair of Williams & Connolly LLP’s Supreme Court and Appellate Practice, told the annual meeting of the 9th...
Government
Ballot measure on LA County budget is legal, panel says
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
“Because the Charter amendment enacted by Measure J defines the powers of the county’s board in the context of adopting a budg...
“Defendants required plaintiff and the class to work ‘off-the-clock,’ uncompensated, by, for example, requiring plaintiff and ...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Volunteer coaches can pursue suits against NCAA
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Classes of volunteer coaches won't be dismissed or transferred, U.S. Senior District Judge William B. Shubb rules.
Intellectual Property
Jury awards producers of YouTube’s CoComelon $23M for copyright infringement
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
“Artistic expression and content creators are always worth protecting, and the owners and creators of valuable intellectual pr...
Immigration
Immigration judges do not require presidential nomination for appointment or removal, 9th Circuit court rules
By Devon Belcher
The U.S. attorney general has the power to remove Immigration judges and members of the Board of Immigration Appeals at will w...
Seven of the new judges were public defenders.
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit convenes this week in Portland
By Craig Anderson
The four-day conference will feature panel discussions about the 2022-23 session of the U.S. Supreme Court, originalism, the U...
A tech company accused by BlackBerry Inc. of trade secrets theft told a Santa Clara judge that the once prominent cell phone m...
Judge Michael Daly Hawkins conceded that the question has been disputed in courts across the nation but concluded, based on 9t...
Vanaman German attorneys say it's an honor to represent kids in special education cases.
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Federal geographical limitation on subpoena powers applies to remote appearances
By Skyler Romero
“Moreover we conclude that despite changes in technology and professional norms, the rule governing the court’s subpoena powe...
Veteran Sacramento attorney defended Squeaky Fromme
Judges and Judiciary
Alameda County judge picked to fill federal court vacancy
By Devon Belcher
If confirmed, Judge Eumi Lee will fill the vacancy created by U.S. District Judge William H. Orrick III’s move to senior statu...
Tom Girardi, 84, is accused of stealing $15 million from five clients and pleaded not guilty to five counts of wire fraud in F...
Regus Management Group LLC brashly filed suit against its former tenant, Activision, seeking to collect millions of unearned d...
Litigation & Arbitration
Goldberg Segalla wins defense verdict in pressure cooker defect suit
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Senior U.S. Judge Larry Alan Burns of the Southern District of California instructed the jury to use either the Consumer Expec...
Environmental & Energy
Despite new injunction, raw milk use is growing
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Hippies and preppers are driving forces behind raw milk movement.