California Supreme Court
Who will be the next California chief justice?
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
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
Let the parlor games begin! What’s next for Cantil-Sakauye?
By David Houston
California Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye is 62 and has a resume that many institutions covet. What will she do when she le...
Administration officials are also considering changing the name of the library to that of an Indigenous person and discussing ...
Civil Litigation
Alleged victim’s sister testifies in Twitter spy trial
By Wisdom Howell
Federal prosecutors called as a witness a human rights activist who is the sister of a man in custody in Saudi Arabia for more...
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
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
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
AG and gun owners disagree on impact of Bruen decision
By Ricardo Pineda
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
Recall Gascón campaign owes $470k to signature gatherer, lawsuit says
By Federico Lo Giudice
“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
Republican-led states seek stay on San Francisco judge’s species protection ruling
By Malcolm Maclachlan
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
Alameda County sued over racial quota for subcontractors
By Wisdom Howell
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
Judge OKs $11.5M settlement over One Medical memberships
By Jonathan Lo
This deal comes a few days after announcements that Amazon.com Inc. is acquiring One Medical for $4 billion.
Criminal
Avenatti owes former co-counsel $21.4M for not paying $5.3M
By Ricardo Pineda
About the possibility of actually collecting the amount, “I don’t think so,” said Robert J. Stoll of Stoll Nussbaum & Pola...
Technology, Intellectual Property
Texas judge loses grip on patent cases, a win for California tech companies
By Craig Anderson
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
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
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
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
By Federico Lo Giudice
The class alleged equal pay violations, gender and sex discrimination, sexual harassment and retaliation in the workplace.
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
Nonprofit that helped Saudis visit Twitter worker is government entity, witness testified
By Wisdom Howell
The Misk Foundation, “was certainly very connected to the agenda of [Crown Prince] Mohammed Bin Salman for the Kingdom of Saud...
California Supreme Court
Lawyers divided on impact of treble damages ruling
By Jonathan Lo
“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
Plaintiffs’ lawyers lament PAGA ballot initiative
By Sunidhi Sridhar
A Chamber of Commerce-led effort to overturn by ballot initiative California’s Private Attorneys General Act for employee disp...
Fight over San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange exposes partisan rift on SEC commodity panel.
Technology, International Law
Saudi crown prince top aide misrepresented visa to visit Twitter employee, State Department officer testifies
By Wisdom Howell
A top aide to the Saudi crown prince misrepresented information in his visa application to visit a Twitter employee who is on ...
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
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
Landmark ruling may affect 500 ADA lawsuits in California
By Ricardo Pineda
Russell C. Handy of Potter Handy and Center for Disability Access, who represented the losing plaintiff/appellant, said, “Alth...
“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
Homeless services group’s fundraiser to honor LA judge
By Sunidhi Sridhar
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...