Antitrust boutique MoginRubin LLP squares off regularly against big corporations.
Real Estate/Development, Land Use, Government
Newsom wants to change CEQA to fast-track housing
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Newsom has signed some 20 laws changing aspects of CEQA during his time in office. Many of these exempt certain kinds of proje...
Judges and Judiciary
‘Queen of traffic court’ in San Francisco ends her reign
By Wisdom Howell
Superior Court Judge Gail Dekreon retired after 20 years on the bench.
Real Estate/Development, Government
2nd judge recuses from Orange County transitional home suit
By Skyler Romero
Orange County Judges Nick A. Dourbetas and John C. Gastelum have recused themselves from further proceedings in a case allegin...
According to the trial counsel, Dr. Jim Brewer was not paid stock options he was promised by the Impact executives, for his co...
In the 2018 tweet, Musk said he had secured funding to take the automaker private.
Intellectual Property
Judge mulls ban on vulgarities in copyright trial
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
U.S. District Judge David Selna gave MGA’s attorneys from Keller Anderle LLP two weeks to show the admissibility of the defend...
Neutral Margo Hoy is sharp on the law and is not easily fooled, attorneys say.
Law Practice, Appellate Practice
Nossaman opens Arizona offices with prominent eminent domain attorney
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Christopher Kramer, most recently with the Arizona Attorney General’s Office, has worked on some of the largest public works p...
Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation
PG&E to stand trial over Zogg Fire
By Wisdom Howell
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. will be arraigned Feb. 15 on four counts of involuntary manslaughter and three counts of reckle...
Judges and Judiciary
2 nominees for federal courts in California move forward
By Craig Anderson
The Senate Judiciary Committee backed Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Daniel J. Calabretta for a seat on the Eastern Di...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Civil lawsuits follow FTC actions in agriculture sector
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Attorneys say a more active federal response on the issue has emboldened private companies to sue more aggressively. One of th...
The National Judicial College is celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2023 with special programs scheduled in Miami, New York ...
Law Practice, Appellate Practice
Latham & Watkins snags partner from Gunderson Dettmer
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Brian Patterson will serve as global vice chair of the firm’s Emerging Companies Practice.
Government
San Francisco, Santa Clara end suit over public charge rule
By Wisdom Howell
The City and County of San Francisco were the first to challenge the August 2019 amendment that said immigration status could ...
Environmental & Energy
Dueling water sharing proposals might draw in US government
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
What the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation got from its water users this week was two vastly different proposals: The first was submi...
Criminal
Charges dropped against 2 men accused of killing Jack Palladino
By Jonathan Lo
A key witness admitted under oath that he didn’t see the incident that preceded the death of the famed private investigator.
Government, Data Privacy
Judge tells San Francisco sheriff to prepare to end collection of electronic monitor geodata
By Jonathan Lo
The ACLU and a putative class say the sheriff is violating individual’s privacy rights
No one is voiceless if someone listens, LA County commissioner says.
Law Practice, Appellate Practice
Bartko law firm opens LA office and names new leaders
By Wisdom Howell
An Nguyen Ruda joins Robert H. Bunzel as comanaging principal of San Francisco based Bartko, Zankel, Bunzel & Miller PC. K...
Securities
SEC enforcement chief wants cases resolved appropriately, quickly
By Craig Anderson
Penalties must exceed business cost, Gurbir Grewal tells conference.
Law Practice, Appellate Practice
Armstrong Teasdale opens first office in California
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Labor and employment attorney Julie O’Dell joined the partnership and will sit in the new Orange County office.
Consumer Law
Judgment less than offer doesn't imply Subaru bad faith, panel rules
By Skyler Romero
"They really only started to contend that the offer was improper once they realized that they didn't beat it at trial, because...
Judges and Judiciary
Election lawsuits must face high bar for fee recovery, state Supreme Court says
By Malcolm Maclachlan
"The decision recognizes both the importance of the Political Reform Act and that it is critical to encourage (rather than det...
Class Action
Bail bond loan signers to get $21.5M in payments canceled
By Wisdom Howell
According to a motion for preliminary approval filed by plaintiffs’ lead counsel Julian Hammond of Hammond Law PC in Seattle, ...
Labor/Employment, Judges and Judiciary
LA courts offer range of perks to retain court reporters
By Devon Belcher
"Without a change to our current trajectory, the future is clear: As early as next year, the court will not have enough court ...
Law Practice, Appellate Practice
3 new partners join Seyfarth Shaw in San Francisco
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
San Francisco office managing partner Christian Rowley said, "We continue to expand our offerings to service a growing group o...
Law Practice, Appellate Practice
Winston & Strawn bolster the San Francisco office by adding two new partners
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Managing partner Thomas P. Fitzgerald said the firm decided to strengthen its San Francisco office to mirror the strength it c...
The federal indictment in Los Angeles accuses Thomas V. Girardi and Christopher Kamon, the former chief financial officer of t...
Former plaintiffs’ personal injury lawyer Thomas V. Girardi was indicted Wednesday in separate federal cases in Los Angeles an...