Antitrust & Trade Reg., 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Intel asks 9th Circuit to reinstate antitrust suit against Fortress
By Jonathan Lo
U.S. District Judge Edward M. Chen of San Francisco ruled last year that Intel “failed to allege that supracompetitive pricing...
Civil Litigation
Google’s COVID contact tracing settlement delayed by fee questions
By Jonathan Lo
Plaintiffs alleged that Google said its Google-Apple Exposure Notification System would not collect any data on users but peop...
Government
DA recall group to seek injunction against LA County registrar of voters
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“The committee has already uncovered a substantial number of improperly rejected petition signatures,” wrote Eric George of El...
Intellectual Property
FedArb aims to be leader in global patent, tech disputes
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
“We are a focused player; we’re not trying to be all things to all people,” FedArb CEO Ken Hagen said.
Labor/Employment
Former UC Irvine doctor gets $17M for wrongful firing
By Federico Lo Giudice
An Orange County Superior Court jury found that the doctor’s disclosure of information to his superiors was a contributing fac...
Government, Civil Litigation
Man sprayed by sewer truck hose wins $5.65M from Santa Maria jury
By Federico Lo Giudice
“It’s a fair verdict,” said the plaintiff’s attorney, Nigel A. Whitehead of the Ernst Law Group. “It’s important to point out ...
Michael J. Proctor and Guy C. Iversen met in the 1990s as deputy federal defenders. Now they're launching a law firm devoted t...
Technology, Civil Litigation
LinkedIn sued over automatic renewals for premium services
By Wisdom Howell
Filed under California’s Automatic Renewal Law (ARL), the lawsuit adds to a number of complaints being filed against companies...
Legal Education, Civil Litigation
Descendants have no standing to halt name change, Hastings’ lawyer says
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“Plaintiffs want to make this a case about so-called ‘cancel culture’ but this case is anything but that: the college is engag...
Labor/Employment, Entertainment & Sports
LA judge frustrated at slow pace of Disney labor suit
By Skyler Romero
“Do you think we’re going to go down to the wire and then have a dispute just when the five-year statute is going to run or no...
Law Practice, Civil Litigation, Appellate Practice
San Diego, New Mexico firms team to represent victims of July fire
By Christer Schmidt
Julio P. Garcia and Ambrosio E. Castellano of ADVISE were sought out by Singleton Schreiber in San Diego to act as local couns...
Judges and Judiciary
Judge Anne-Christine Massullo to preside over San Francisco court
By Wisdom Howell
“Judge Massullo is one of the hardest-working members of our court,’’ said current Presiding Judge Samuel K. Feng. She has bee...
Real Estate/Development, Civil Litigation
Tenants sue landlord over water leaks that flooded 35 stories
By Jonathan Lo
“Many tenants received little or no response from Hines, and were forced to continually hound management for relocation expens...
Judges and Judiciary, Government
Democrats running out of time to confirm Biden’s judge nominees
By Craig Anderson
The Senate Judiciary Committee will on Wednesday consider the nominations of University of Montana professor Anthony D. Johnst...
Flores Ryan LLP construction law firm partners have hands on experience in the industry.
Civil Litigation
Daughters of homeless drug addict win $34M for his death
By Christer Schmidt
Plaintiffs’ attorney Arash Homampour persuaded the San Bernardino County jury that the dead man had a long relationship with h...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Discipline
State Bar aims to reveal closed attorney discipline cases
By Christer Schmidt
The State Bar said it has reinterpreted a Business and Professions Code section that it had insisted allowed only disclosure o...
Tax, Government
Biggest impact of Biden cannabis order may be on taxes
By Craig Anderson
Cannabis dispensaries pay extraordinarily high tax rates compared to regular businesses because federal law does not permit th...
Health Care & Hospital Law, Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation
Trial to begin against NCAA over linebacker’s death from brain injury
By Sunidhi Sridhar
The complaint says former USC linebacker Matthew Gee’s death at 49 was due to head injuries the NCAA should have prevented, wh...
Litigation & Arbitration
Uber, Lyft await appeal of compelled arbitration denial
By Wisdom Howell
This complex litigation matter represents a group of cases filed by individuals, three city attorneys — from Los Angeles, San ...
Judges and Judiciary
3 nominated to appellate courts, 16 named to superior courts
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Therese M. Stewart was selected to be presiding justice of the 1st District Court of Appeal, Division 2. L.A. County Judge Gre...
Technology, Data Privacy
Judge mulls whether Snap must give Meta sensitive documents
By Skyler Romero
Justina K. Sessions of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati argued that two overlapping subpoenas to her client, Snap, demand ...
Technology, Data Privacy
Cyber lawyers consider impact of Uber executive’s conviction
By Jonathan Lo
General company practices have changed since the Uber breach that led to conviction of its former security chief on federal ch...
Real Estate/Development, Government
Attorney general can’t intervene in Anaheim housing case, judge rules
By Skyler Romero
Orange County Superior Court Judge John C. Gastelum denied the ex parte application in a minute order, accepting the city’s ar...
Judge Eric J. Wersching makes rulings for the litigants' future
JAMS mediator Howard Herman gets parties out of battle mode in cases with complex power dynamics.
Government
Legalization advocates skeptical of Biden’s marijuana initiative
By Craig Anderson
Two attorneys who belong to the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws say the treatment of cannabis as a Sche...
Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation
Doctors sue to stop law penalizing COVID ‘misinformation’
By Sunidhi Sridhar
“Disagreement is integral to the progress of medical science, a value that cannot be served by using the power of the state to...
Civil Litigation
Cal State to seek dismissal of student athletes’ sex assault suit
By Wisdom Howell
“Injuries suffered by the plaintiffs occurred over a decade ago, longer than the applicable limitations period for the claims,...
Judges and Judiciary
San Bernardino County judge honored for diversity efforts
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
“Our mission is to provide equal access to justice for all court users, regardless of race, religion, ethnicity, nationality, ...