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Entertainment & Sports, Class Action


The plaintiffs’ attorneys supported the motion on Friday and said they have been unable to successfully communicate with their...


Government, Criminal


“I love this country so much that I’m ashamed to be here today in front of you and in front of my family in these cuffs,” Baba...



Full Palette

Feb. 27, 2023

Sauer & Wagner litigates, counsels and mediates employment and other matters.


5th District Justice Jennifer Detjen advocates fewer swings of the legislative pendulum.


Real Estate/Development


CoStar, represented by attorneys at Latham & Watkins LLP, was accused by counterclaimant Commercial Real Estate Exchange I...



'Rust' producers settle with workplace safety agency

Feb. 27, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Thomas Van Wyngarden, who led the defense, said he was able to get the fine reduced and revise the language in the citation.


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel accepted the FAA’s environmental impact assessment of the facility despite one jud...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Prosecutors of the State Bar say that Munger Tolles & Olson LLP, which represents the Bar Board of Trustees, has refused t...


Government


They argued that SB 1439 inappropriately amended the Political Reform Act of 1974 because the initiative measure specifically ...


In a brief arguing that the state’s ban on large capacity magazines is unconstitutional, Anna M. Barvir — an attorney with Mic...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


Dairy company dispute turns into antitrust case

Feb. 27, 2023
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

A federal judge in Sacramento on Thursday granted startup Milk Moovement’s motion to amend its counterclaim filed in January t...


Class Action


The defense argued that the novel technology that underpinned DAI and the MakerDAO platform always came with inherent risks an...


Mediator Susan Lopez-Giss tells feuding families she must know their issues to be effective.


Efficiency is crucial to running an effective courtroom, LA Judge Javier Perez says.


Environmental & Energy, Administrative/Regulatory


Groups want state to regulate pesticide coated seeds

Feb. 24, 2023
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

In the complaint, the Natural Resources Defense Council contends that the state’s failure to regulate treated crop seeds that ...


Law Practice, Appellate Practice


Signature Resolution is expanding to Oakland

Feb. 24, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

The new office in the Oakland City Center will open this fall.


Technology, Labor/Employment


The litigation stems from allegations made by shareholders that Hewlett-Packard and Computer Sciences Corp. Inc. merged in Apr...


Judges and Judiciary, Appellate Practice


Retired San Bernardino County judge joins Judicate West

Feb. 24, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Judge Bryan F. Foster said the new role “gives me an opportunity to work on a lot of different cases in a lot of different ven...


Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation


“Strategic Partners Inc. and FIGS Inc. … have settled all litigation brought by SPI against FIGS,” read a statement from the d...


Securities, Law Practice, Appellate Practice


The SEC demands Covington & Burling LLP disclose the names of 296 corporate clients affected by a cyberattack by the Peopl...


Government, Class Action


All of the defendants contended that plaintiffs have yet to offer evidence to substantiate such claims nor evidence showing th...


Data Privacy, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


Oil companies say these laws prevent them from handing over the information that would be necessary to show whether they’re co...


San Diego family law Judge Euketa Oliver says understanding is not always agreeing


Judges and Judiciary


Merced County courthouse honors Harvard law professor

Feb. 23, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Charles Ogletree Jr. grew up working on farms and became a leading figure in many civil rights initiatives.


Intellectual Property


While BlackBerry claims that the defendant, Sentinel Labs, purposely poached cybersecurity employees to help access trade secr...


Civil Litigation


“The complaint alleges that the Roman Catholic Bishop of San Diego … fraudulently transferred 291 properties, having an assess...


Environmental & Energy


Air Resources Board accused of misusing rule to end suit

Feb. 23, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The federal rule is more often used in civil rights cases and should not be invoked to seek a more lenient resolution to a law...


U.S. Supreme Court, Technology, Communications Law


The question is whether the social media companies can be sued under the Antiterrorism Act, as amended by the Justice Against ...


Civil Litigation


LA jury clears neurosurgeon in $120M malpractice lawsuit

Feb. 23, 2023
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

The surgeon’s attorney, Louis “Duke” H. DeHaas, said that it was one of the toughest cases he has taken on in the last 15 year...


Land Use, Government


“This litigation disregards those efforts and threatens to move the city backward. It will force the city to invest more in sh...