The new lawsuit, seeking a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction against the California-based technology an...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Energizer overcharges for batteries not sold at Wal-Mart, suit says
By Jonathan Lo
Daniel H. Silverman of Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC was nominated as interim lead class counsel for plaintiffs who s...
“Defendant’s effort to enforce a 10-year minimum contractual noncompetition provision against plaintiff is improper and unenfo...
Civil Litigation
Firm has brought 20 crash cases against helicopter company
By Skyler Romero
“Robinson helicopters seem to crash far too often,” said plaintiffs’ attorney Timothy A. Loranger of Wisner Baum LLP. “We thin...
Labor/Employment
‘Check in the mail’ won’t keep arbitration alive
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
The plaintiff was awarded sanctions of just over $118,000, and the matter is back in trial court after an employer was late on...
Tax
San Francisco public defenders’ case backlog challenge is revived
By Wisdom Howell
San Francisco Public Defender Manohar Raju’s lawsuit, filed on behalf of a group of taxpayers, seeks to compel the court to pr...
Civil Litigation
Company accused of $10M fraud by Cisco seeks time for new lawyer
By Jonathan Lo
InESS, an independent contractor for an approved vendor for Cisco, contends it was not a co-conspirator, and had its business ...
Community News
CAALA inducts titans of plaintiffs’ bar into Hall of Fame
By David Houston
Recent scandals in the Southern California legal community cast a pall over what was otherwise an occasion for celebration.
Government, Civil Litigation
Choice of judge and trial date loom in Trump prosecution
By Craig Anderson
Marc S. Harris, a former federal prosecutor who was senior investigative counsel for the House Select Committee to Investigate...
The complaint refers to name change legislation, not free speech rights, an appellate panel wrote, denying the anti-SLAPP moti...
Chevron said it strongly disagrees with the Santa Barbara jury’s awarding of compensatory and punitive damages and will appeal.
Criminal defense attorney was ‘smart, funny and engaging’
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Committee advances de Alba’s 9th Circuit nomination
By Craig Anderson
All 11 Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee voted for Judge Ana I. de Alba to join the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal...
Civil Litigation
Judge adds Dole as debtor for subsidiary in oil cleanup
By Skyler Romero
Dole Food applied for a stay of enforcement as it litigates a separate application by affiliate Dole plc to set aside or corre...
Government, Environmental & Energy
Legislators put brakes on Newsom’s CEQA changes
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Gov. Gavin Newsom introduced a package of infrastructure proposals last month, but he has only until July 1 to sign the budget.
The settlement class includes all U.S. Android developers who earn $2 million or less annually through the Google Play Store. ...
Environmental & Energy
Federal government sues Edison over Creek fire
By Sunidhi Sridhar
The Creek fire broke out in the northern Los Angeles area in December 2017 and burned over 15,000 acres of land. The governmen...
The litigation followed Maxar Technologies' February 2017 acquisition of Digital Globe for $2.4 billion. In October 2018 Maxar...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit axes $1.7M fee award in Rhapsody copyright action
By Craig Anderson
The panel remanded the case to Senior U.S. District Judge Jeffrey S. White of Oakland to “rigorously evaluate the actual benef...
“Defendant’s effort to enforce a 10-year minimum contractual noncompetition provision against plaintiff is improper and unenfo...
Environmental & Energy
Unions are exploiting CEQA to pressure developers, lawyers say
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
“The California trades associations have successfully opposed every bill in Sacramento that would have led to meaningful CEQA ...
Former Santa Clara County judge is 'never out of his depth' as a neutral, says attorney.
The new leadership plans to proceed more quietly and focus on growing client relationships, a firm spokesperson said.
Health Care & Hospital Law
San Diego company sues Moderna, Pfizer over COVID vaccine patents
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Promosome LLC claimed in the Tuesday filing that its scientists showed Moderna proprietary information related to increased mR...
Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation
Actor’s lawyers gave discovery to Scientology, judge says
By Skyler Romero
Judge Charlaine F. Olmedo imposed the sanctions “for violating court orders regarding the sharing of criminal discovery with a...
Environmental & Energy
Environmental group linked to union sues over LA apartment project
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
A website called “Phony Union Tree Huggers” claims that unions fronting as environmental groups are exploiting CEQA for the be...
Health Care & Hospital Law
$39M deal ends investors suit against BioMarin Pharmaceutical
By Jonathan Lo
BioMarin was accused of misrepresenting to investors that the Food and Drug Administration was going to approve its new drug, ...
Intellectual Property
Intellectual property litigator joins Gibson Dunn in San Francisco
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
L. Kieran Kieckhefer spent nearly five years at Shearman & Sterling.
Government
State must pay plaintiff fees for challenge to firearm law
By Sunidhi Sridhar
“The unilateral fee-shifting provision of 1327 was intended from the onset to chill the exercise of constitutional rights by t...
Law Practice
Barnes & Thornburg names new leader of San Diego office
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Eric J. Beste handles white collar criminal defense and complex commercial litigation.