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Intellectual Property


“We’re lovers, not fighters,” the president of Taco John’s said in a statement meant to call a truce to litigation filed by ot...


Intellectual Property


Attorneys at Keller/Anderle LLP and Umberg Zipser LLP, who successfully defended MGA Entertainment at trial in May, are asking...


Civil Rights


State civil rights attorneys seek $138,386 in sanctions against Activision for continued discovery attempts after a judge rule...


Obituaries


Andrew H. Struve, June 29, 1966 — July 14, 2023

Jul. 20, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Buchalter healthcare litigator was generous mentor and loyal friend


Counsel for OneTaste Inc. repeatedly questioned the legal basis for the U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of New York to r...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Government


Two Santa Clara County deputy public defenders sued the state after they were warned against soliciting political contribution...


Sen. Tom Cotton wrote 51 law firms that their DEI initiatives might be illegal following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on ...


Government


By failing to clear the public rights of way on the sidewalks, District Attorney Thien Ho warned, city officials could be pros...


Immigration


President Joe Biden’s rule — which the plaintiffs want the judge to declare unlawful — prohibits asylum for people who travele...


“Newcastle cannot now overcome claim and issue preclusion because it does not like how the state court is proceeding,” wrote I...


Judges and Judiciary


U.S. District Judge Beth L. Freeman said plaintiff Nicky Laatz plausibly alleged that she owns the copyright to the “Blooming ...


Environmental & Energy


“Some local jurisdictions enacted ‘urgency zoning ordinances’ aiming to restrict or impose additional requirements on projects...


“He told us there would no longer be any plea bargains,” former Lassen County Deputy District Attorney Shannon Carter said. “T...


Law Practice


Josh Cohen came from Clarence Dyer & Cohen and Abraham Tabaie came from Skadden Arps.


“They were told by the manager at First Republic that First Republic was fine, it had no problems: ‘Don’t get excited, you’re ...


Civil Litigation


The Alameda County trial was allowed to proceed, despite a stay on litigation against the company due to pending bankruptcy p...


Criminal


Presiding Judge Samantha P. Jessner, announced in a remote news conference Tuesday afternoon that, starting Oct. 1, police off...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


“What we’re seeing in the 9th Circuit is a microcosm of what we’re seeing nationwide because the Supreme Court guidance is not...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Despite the three-judge panel granting that stay, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Milan Smith wrote separately in a co...


Law Practice, Intellectual Property


Baker McKenzie adds former DLA cybersecurity lawyer in LA

Jul. 18, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

“I look forward to partnering with a stellar group of professionals across the firm to further deepen and expand our offerings...


Criminal


Crime Survivors Inc., has tried twice to intervene in the case, saying the city and county have made a weak defense of cash ba...


Appellate Practice


“The staff attorney also does not work on any appeal involving the subject matters at issue in the civil class actions” or cri...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Circuit hears doctors’ challenge to COVID law

Jul. 18, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The 9th Circuit heard consolidated challenges to AB 2098, which declares “the dissemination of misinformation or disinformatio...


Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation


The lawsuit was filed seven years ago, by the manager, who said Robinson owes 10% of all compensation the singer received sinc...


Labor/Employment


“In sum, where a plaintiff has filed a PAGA action comprised of individual and non-individual claims, an order compelling arbi...


Environmental & Energy


“Halting these wells is the right thing to do, but they shouldn’t have been approved in the first place,” Elizabeth A. Jones, ...


Insurance


The company, Mobile Auto Glass, said State Farm Insurance waited too long to enforce the settlement judgment and denied there ...


Litigation & Arbitration


"An order compelling arbitration of individual claims does not strip the plaintiff of standing to litigate non-individual clai...


Civil Litigation


The lawsuit does not ask the court to resolve the underlying co-location dispute at the heart of the case, the complaint said,...


Law Practice


National Managing Partner Greg Katz said the firm has been in a constant state of growth for 44 years.