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Litigation & Arbitration


The University of California says Mattel breached a contract to give $50 million to a children’s hospital that bears its name,...


Government


Hawaii offers fire victims $1M not to sue state entities

Nov. 15, 2023
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

Attorneys with Hueston Hennigan LLP advised Green and Hawaii’s attorney general on the initiative, and negotiated on the gover...


Litigation & Arbitration, Judges and Judiciary


Superior Court Judge Frederick S. Chung had tentatively granted summary judgment on all claims in favor of the City of Gilroy,...


Litigation & Arbitration


CaseyGerry represents a man who says the city and county of Los Angeles repeatedly ignored his warnings that the mother of his...


Litigation & Arbitration


California law requires 30-minute meal breaks during each five hours of work, and 10-minute rest breaks every four hours, but ...


Technology, Litigation & Arbitration


Social media companies have often successfully cited Section 230 to block lawsuits involving the posting of third-party conten...


Real Estate/Development, Government


“If a city does not have the resources to address a constitutional problem, is that a defense?” U.S. District Judge William B....


Obituaries


Robert H. Philibosian, 1940 — 2023

Nov. 15, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Former LA County DA was ‘mentor to many great people’


Real Estate/Development


Huntington Beach City Attorney Michael E. Gates said he did not believe the city’s claims were given a full analysis under the...


Technology, Litigation & Arbitration


The flaws identified by the court were not fixed in the plaintiffs' amended complaint, which regurgitated already rejected leg...


X Corp. is seeking to enjoin the law that it says discriminates by "content and viewpoint" and imposes "significant costs" on ...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Senate confirms 9th Circuit Judge Ana de Alba

Nov. 14, 2023
By Craig Anderson

No Republicans voted for de Alba and U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-WV, who has consistently supported President Joe Biden’s other n...


Litigation & Arbitration


Gregory M. Fox, who has defended local governments in police misconduct cases, said he worries that if they don't get on top o...


Health Care & Hospital Law


Attorneys for a doctor said the plaintiffs are attempting to bootstrap a constructive fraud claim onto a medical negligence la...


Litigation & Arbitration


Apple denied any intentional discrimination in settling the case brought by the Department of Justice. It will pay $18.25 mill...


Litigation & Arbitration


Requiring automakers to install anti-theft devices of the government’s choosing “is an obstacle to the federal regulatory sche...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Community News


Gone With the Dogs

Nov. 13, 2023
By Jessica Lynn Murray


Judges and Judiciary


“When briefing an appeal, an ad hominem attack on the trial judge is not only unpersuasive, but also unseemly,” Justice Victor...


Technology


UC Regents sue insurers to recover costs of cyberattack

Nov. 13, 2023
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

“Defendants have also refused to follow the alternative dispute resolution procedure required by their own policy based on a m...


Criminal, Community News


Director Katharine Tinto said it’s the clinic’s 19th successful case since 2017, when its students started compassionate relea...


Technology


A federal judge found the coders sufficiently alleged breach of license and injury to property rights and gave them leave to a...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


AB 587, the state’s content moderation law, “cannot withstand strict scrutiny, which requires that a law be ‘narrowly tailored...


Intellectual Property


U.S. District Judge David O. Carter enjoined the retailer from selling knockoff Vans shoes last year, which its attorneys argu...


Class Action


Citibank responded to the lawsuit Friday: “Regrettably, in trying to thwart a well-documented Armenian fraud ring operating in...


Government


The West Virginia senator, a Democrat, bucked his party to vote against cutting off debate on the nomination of U.S. District ...


Live Nation entered into extended restrictive contracts with artists and venues, charged high fees for its ticketing services,...


Litigation & Arbitration


At the heart of the dispute is plaintiff Lucian Filler’s claim that he was fired in March 2021 after he “identified several ar...


While the firm has seen great change, professionalism and regard remain key, its lawyers say.


What would George Washington have said about our current moment?


"The vast majority of these veterans were separated from the military through an administrative process which doesn't afford t...