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Law Practice


Sen. Aisha Wahab, D-Hayward, began by downplaying the bill’s most contentious aspect: the belief that it specifically targets ...


Litigation & Arbitration


Former employees alleged that after months of insisting on arbitration, Twitter told JAMS that the company wants all arbitrati...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


“With this decision, our Circuit’s jurisprudence now effectively guarantees a personal federal constitutional ‘right’ for indi...


Civil Litigation


Individual plaintiffs filed the lawsuit against Edison in November 2020, two months after the Bobcat Fire burned approximately...


Civil Litigation


Closing arguments set for J&J outlier talc trial

Jul. 5, 2023
By Wisdom Howell

The path to trial was paved by an April decision from U.S. District Judge Michael Kaplan who allowed the plaintiff to pursue h...


Civil Litigation


At the heart of the litigation is Meta’s pixel technology, a piece of code that other companies attach to their URL as an adve...


Health Care & Hospital Law


Healthcare providers pay $68M over Medicaid fraud

Jul. 5, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

“Health care systems and providers are on notice that the False Claims Act provides us with a powerful tool to ensure that tax...


“This is a master complaint; requiring the same level of specificity that would be required in an individual complaint would d...


Government


The judge found the state agency missed a July 1, 2022 deadline to produce regulations for much of the law — and that this sho...



FTC seeks to clarify legal standards on bundling

Jul. 5, 2023
By Sunidhi Sridhar

“In defending the charges, Medtronic makes arguments that have broad implications for antitrust enforcement in the health care...


On Monday, a group of civil rights groups represented by the Lawyers for Civil Rights filed a complaint with the U.S. Departme...


“What I mean by unstated affirmative action is: What if the college or university doesn’t tell anybody, doesn’t make any publi...


State Bar & Bar Associations


The dispute began on Thursday when State Bar Prosecutor Duncan C. Carling asked Stanford University political science professo...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


The case, in which the plaintiffs sought $3.9 billion in damages, was the first time in which a jury has found that a reverse ...


A retired attorney says the lawyer he mentored stole more than $500,000 from him and his wife. She paid restitution and is ser...


"I have accepted a position at the University of San Diego School of Law, where I will teach and continue my justice and innoc...


"I did post my thoughts and feelings about the things that were going on in the public - and there were a lot of things going ...


U.S. Supreme Court


US Supreme Court agrees to hear new gun rights case

Jun. 30, 2023
By Craig Anderson

The decision will mark the first time the Supreme Court will decide how its June 2022 decision, New York State Rifle and Pisto...


Health Care & Hospital Law


New Zantac suit filed in state court in Los Angeles

Jun. 30, 2023
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

More than 77,000 people have sued GlaxoSmithKline in Delaware state court with the same allegation. And some 144 Zantac cases ...


Civil Rights


Hindu group claims state seeks to mask caste link

Jun. 30, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan

“Reading his description of the enforcement action the California Civil Rights Department filed in Santa Clara County Superior...


Immigration


Sheppard Mullin aids Afghans resettling in the US

Jun. 30, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

A team of lawyers in San Diego has worked with Casa Cornelia Law Center since the fall of Kabul.


Mark D. McPherson said that plaintiffs have not made any allegations in their complaint that the company ever gave advice to P...


Law Practice


At McKesson, Laura O’Donnell formed a COVID-19 executive response team to ensure the company was prepared and proactive in tac...


Civil Litigation


Since 2021, the union representing 4,500 attorneys has been battling several state departments who have tried to force staff a...


Obituaries


Arnold H. Gold, 1932 – 2023

Jun. 30, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Probate specialist wrote and lectured widely


Under cross examination by defense attorney Christopher Brizzolara, a commanding LAPD officer in 2020 said videos showing arso...


Judges and Judiciary


LA judge admonished for drunken driving conviction

Jun. 30, 2023
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

Judge Lillian Vega Jacobs “was immediately cooperative with the court and commission and deeply regrets the incident,” said he...


Technology


OpenAI accused of illegal information gathering

Jun. 30, 2023
By Sunidhi Sridhar

“Using stolen and misappropriated personal information at scale, defendants have created powerful and wildly profitable AI and...


Data Privacy


The complaint, filed in Los Angeles on behalf of an Illinois resident, accuses the cosmetics company of violating Illinois’ Bi...


Environmental & Energy


Opinions vary on whether CEQA changes will matter

Jun. 30, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s ideas got a hearing this week when the Assembly Natural Resources Committee debated SB 149. The bill conta...