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Labor/Employment


Walgreens settles wage and hour claims for $10.8M

Nov. 10, 2022
By Wisdom Howell

“The settlement occurred as a result of extensive, arms-length negotiations by experienced counsel after sufficient formal and...


Judges and Judiciary


Judge Rochelle C. East has served in a variety of assignments since Gov. Jerry Brown appointed her to the court in 2013.


Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation


Shell won a unanimous verdict against Barclay Hollander for equitable allocation of the costs of cleaning a Carson neighborhood.


Half the battle is showing up on time Fresno County jurist tells attorneys and defendants


Criminal


Girardi firm CFO arrested on wire fraud charge

Nov. 9, 2022
By Sunidhi Sridhar, Craig Anderson

Christopher K. Kamon is the first former employee of the now-defunct firm to be charged with a crime.


Health Care & Hospital Law, Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation


NCAA lawyers tangle with doctor who identified CTE

Nov. 9, 2022
By Sunidhi Sridhar

"It was strongly, strongly pushed back by the sports industry," Dr. Bennet Omalu, the first person to find CTE in a deceased f...


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


This is the second appeal by Enigma Software Group USA LLC of a dismissal of its lawsuit against Malwarebytes, competitors in ...


Technology, Labor/Employment, Civil Rights


At a case management conference Tuesday alongside its co-defendant, Adecco USA Inc. — a staffing agency that provided Google w...


Land Use, Environmental & Energy


“One of the most challenging aspects of this transaction was that our client didn’t own the property but had a sizable judgmen...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


“Just three days before Orion could execute on the judgment, Ningbo Sunny’s co-conspirator and largest customer, Celestron, pa...


Securities, Class Action


U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers said Tuesday the settlement seemed appropriate and she would issue a written order....


Intellectual Property


If the high court affirms the Federal Circuit Court’s ruling against Amgen Inc. of Thousand Oaks, the justices’ decision could...


Legal Education


UCLA law team wins National Civil Trial tournament

Nov. 8, 2022
By Christer Schmidt

The team included students Kathryn Rosenfeld, Sydney Gaskins, Erica Kelley and Sophia Cherif. Cherif also won the “best advoca...


U.S. Supreme Court, Administrative/Regulatory


The cases are the latest example of legal tests raised by companies and individuals against the authority of federal administr...


Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation


Former USC football college football player Matthew Gee’s cocaine use was omitted from the official evaluation of his brain in...


Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation


The damages trial was to have begun Monday after San Francisco Superior Court Judge Charles Breyer issued a 112-page order in ...


Judges and Judiciary


Newsom nominates to 6th District, 9 to superior courts

Nov. 8, 2022
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Daniel Bromberg, Gov. Gavin Newsom's former deputy legal affairs secretary, was nominated for the 6th District Court of Appeal...


Judges and Judiciary


9th Circuit Judge William A. Fletcher co-authored a textbook on civil procedure which addresses complex litigation and class a...


Technology, Civil Litigation, Banking


U.S. District Judge Michael W. Fitzgerald expressed doubt about the merits of consolidated class complaint alleging Steve Gent...



November Discipline

Nov. 8, 2022

Recent attorney disbarments, suspensions, probations and public reprovals in California.


Discipline


November Discipline

Nov. 8, 2022



Tough Team

Nov. 7, 2022

Construction boutique Hunt Ortmann attorneys fight for clients and make each other look good.


Civil Litigation


The three-week trial between competing health care apparel companies continued after an attorney as a juror admitted his bias ...


Law Practice, Appellate Practice


Selman Breitman to close, dividing staff between 2 firms

Nov. 7, 2022
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Litigators will join Hawkins Parnell & Young. Insurance practice will form new firm.


Technology, Labor/Employment


First suits filed against Twitter layoffs, while Musk’s full strategy remains unclear.


Environmental & Energy


“It was really a focus on getting the fire chief to undertake what we thought was an obligation under the law,” said Byron J. ...


Technology, Intellectual Property, Class Action


The case is the first class action in the nation challenging the training and output of AI programs and could clarify the long...


State Bar & Bar Associations


“I was surprised that, historically, there had not been a method, practice or system in place to correlate complaints as to a ...


Law Practice, Appellate Practice


Attorney and human rights advocate Amal Clooney will headline Monday evening’s 25th annual awards gala of the Association of C...


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