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California Supreme Court


Who will be the next California chief justice?

Jul. 28, 2022
By Malcolm Maclachlan

State high court, appellate justices’ names rise to replace the chief.


Technology, Administrative/Regulatory


FTC sues to halt Meta acquisition of VR fitness app

Jul. 28, 2022
By Craig Anderson

The complaint, filed in the Northern District of California, accuses Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg of buying Within Limited and its...


Judges and Judiciary


California Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye is 62 and has a resume that many institutions covet. What will she do when she le...


Legal Education


UC Hastings votes to change name

Jul. 28, 2022
By Christer Schmidt

Administration officials are also considering changing the name of the library to that of an Indigenous person and discussing ...


Civil Litigation


Federal prosecutors called as a witness a human rights activist who is the sister of a man in custody in Saudi Arabia for more...



Encouraging Juveniles

Jul. 27, 2022

Listening to kids in trouble is key to helping them, Sacramento judge says.


Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary, Appellate Practice


LA Judge Amy Hogue joins Signature Resolution

Jul. 27, 2022
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

“This will greatly simplify the court’s approval process and help us decide more motions more quickly. It will also reduce the...


Real Estate/Development, Law Practice, Appellate Practice


O’Melveny adds veteran commercial real estate attorney

Jul. 27, 2022
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Peter J. Breckheimer II led a team representing Orange County in its $340 million redevelopment of the retail, hotel, and mari...


Government, Data Privacy, Civil Rights


The June opinion from the U.S. Supreme Court looms large over a challenge to a California law that allows an anti-gun research...


Government


“As the lawsuit makes clear, if and when the Recall Gascón campaign fails to make the ballot, this consultant team will have n...


U.S. Supreme Court, Environmental & Energy


The goal may be to tee up the issue for the U.S. Supreme Court where their case might receive a better reception. They are buo...


Labor/Employment, Government


On behalf of a group that helped block repeal of California’s affirmative action ban, Pacific Legal Foundation filed a lawsuit...


Health Care & Hospital Law


This deal comes a few days after announcements that Amazon.com Inc. is acquiring One Medical for $4 billion.


Criminal


About the possibility of actually collecting the amount, “I don’t think so,” said Robert J. Stoll of Stoll Nussbaum & Pola...


Technology, Intellectual Property


Patent litigation case filings are likely to shift to the District of Delaware and the Central District of California.


State Bar & Bar Associations, Legal Education


Bar pushes paraprofessional, regulatory changes

Jul. 26, 2022
By Malcolm Maclachlan

During a Zoom call with reporters on Monday, State Bar Board of Trustees Chairman Ruben Duran traced the regulatory ideas back...


Law Practice, Data Privacy


San Francisco-based Secureframe hires new general counsel

Jul. 26, 2022
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Kyle McLaughlin was a legal and compliance leader at Cisco Systems.


Law Practice, Entertainment & Sports


ArentFox brings on entertainment partner from Manatt

Jul. 26, 2022
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Michelle A. Cooke “is the “go-to” lawyer internationally for businesses seeking to protect and enforce their IP rights and add...


Labor/Employment, Entertainment & Sports


Judge OKs $100M deal between Riot Games, women employees

Jul. 26, 2022
By Federico Lo Giudice

The class alleged equal pay violations, gender and sex discrimination, sexual harassment and retaliation in the workplace.


Insurance


Panel departs from most courts on COVID insurance

Jul. 26, 2022
By Skyler Romero

The 2nd District Court of Appeal reversed a denial of insurance benefits for a Venice Beach hotel although its policy did not ...


International Law, Data Privacy


The Misk Foundation, “was certainly very connected to the agenda of [Crown Prince] Mohammed Bin Salman for the Kingdom of Saud...


California Supreme Court


“My thought is that both sides are exaggerating the potential impact, as is typical in the immediate reaction to a decision li...


Labor/Employment, Government


A Chamber of Commerce-led effort to overturn by ballot initiative California’s Private Attorneys General Act for employee disp...


Securities


Coinbase disputes SEC claim it is a security

Jul. 26, 2022
By Craig Anderson

Fight over San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange exposes partisan rift on SEC commodity panel.


A top aide to the Saudi crown prince misrepresented information in his visa application to visit a Twitter employee who is on ...



Trail Mates

Jul. 25, 2022

The founding partners at Cheong & Denove have shared a shingle for more than four decades.


Civil Litigation


Device maker settles claim it paid kickbacks to doctors

Jul. 25, 2022
By Federico Lo Giudice

Biotronik agreed to pay a $12.95 million fine to settle the False Claims Act case.


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Russell C. Handy of Potter Handy and Center for Disability Access, who represented the losing plaintiff/appellant, said, “Alth...


Government


Blind man receives $300K settlement from LAPD

Jul. 25, 2022
By Federico Lo Giudice

“There is video of what happened in the hospital and one of the things that’s most outrageous is that Moore was strapped and h...


Judges and Judiciary


The Lawyers Leading the Way fundraiser, which will be held at the City Club Los Angeles from 8 to 10 a.m., will recognize lawy...