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Health Care & Hospital Law, Government


Richard Heimann, San Francisco partner at Leiff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP, detailed the three levels at which the c...


Obituaries


Ronald S. Beard, 1939 — 2022

Apr. 26, 2022
By Christer Schmidt

The former Gibson Dunn & Crutcher managing partner and chairman Ron Beard died at 83 of cancer.


Law Practice, Civil Rights, Civil Litigation


U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria asked the law firm in more than 30 of its cases to detail its clients’ plans in sworn decla...


Several candidates who are on the June 7 ballot promised they would set up an anti-corruption unit. Others said they would lim...


Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Discipline


Superior Court Judge Michael F. Murray is accused of hiding knowledge of an altered police report in a murder case he prosecut...


Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation


U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer of the Northern District of California will preside over the bench trial between the city a...


Labor/Employment, Judges and Judiciary, Government


Justice Liu urges Asian Americans to seek clerkships

Apr. 25, 2022
By Federico Lo Giudice

Speaking to the Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association, Liu said, “We are at a point where the mentorships are very p...


Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation


LA jury awards $12.2M for slip and fall brain injury

Apr. 25, 2022
By Federico Lo Giudice

“I’m tremendously proud of the fact that the jury saw Jessica Vu as she was, and how an injury like this requires such a high ...


Labor/Employment, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel certified questions for the California Supreme Court about a lawsuit by a couple who...


Technology, Civil Litigation


Tesla shareholders denied gag on Elon Musk

Apr. 25, 2022
By Craig Anderson

But U.S. District Judge Edward M. Chen also confirmed what plaintiffs’ attorneys had stated in their brief, that Elon Musk’s t...


Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation


“I represent Alec in all matters related to “Rust.” Aaron Dyer no longer represents Alec. The other producers are represented ...


Technology, Civil Litigation


$85M settlement OK’d over Zoombombing

Apr. 25, 2022
By Jonathan Lo

As part of the settlement, Zoom agreed to enact sweeping reforms, including implementation of a user report system, addition o...



Next Best Thing

Apr. 22, 2022

Judge Thomas Clark, a longtime litigator, said he loves to watch good lawyering



Bridging the Gap

Apr. 22, 2022

Douglas deVries works hard to get disputants headed in a positive direction


State Bar & Bar Associations, Administrative/Regulatory


Gregory Fortescue, lead attorney at the state Supreme Court, said during a Wednesday meeting: “Paraprofessionals can be employ...


Technology, Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary


Judge who decided Oracle/Google cases joins Irell & Manella

Apr. 22, 2022
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Judge Kathleen O’Malley wrote major opinions in the long-running battle between Oracle and Google over Java


“With the generous support of the San Diego County Bar Foundation, Voices for Children is providing crucial support to youth i...


Judges and Judiciary, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Judge Johnnie B. Rawlinson told reporters she should step down if President Biden picks her former clerk to fill the slot.


International Law, Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation


State law takes precedence in Nazi art loot case

Apr. 22, 2022
By Federico Lo Giudice

The painting was bought and sold several times since its theft, and ended up in the hands of Swiss billionaire Baron Hans Hein...


Government, Environmental & Energy


Desert Survivors, Center For Biological Diversity, WildEarth Guardians and Western Watershed Project accuse the service of vio...


Jodi Linker has worked in the office since 2007. The San Francisco Federal Defender’s Office is the second oldest in the nation.



The Sponge

Apr. 21, 2022

Judge Brian Ferrall likes to absorb information, and relies on lawyers’ knowledge


Judges and Judiciary


The law requires the judges of the district to reappoint an interim U.S. attorney until a permanent replacement is confirmed.


Technology, Civil Rights


Elon Musk has continued to make public statements about taking Tesla public, which is the subject of a sharehold complaint.


Technology, Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation


US judge dismisses shareholder lawsuit against Activision

Apr. 21, 2022
By Federico Lo Giudice

The complaint did not specify statements Activision Blizzard executives made that are alleged to have misled shareholders, or ...


Government, Environmental & Energy


The Natural Resources Defense Council petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to cancel the registration of tetrac...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Administrative/Regulatory


“This has been an incredibly, interesting, difficult and complicated process,” 1st District Court of Appeal Justice Iona Petro...


Civil Litigation


WellPet LLC agreed to pay the plaintiff’s attorneys $2 million in fees and $545,000 in costs.


Health Care & Hospital Law, Government


With Endo International now removed, the group of corporate defendants will be: Walgreens, Allergan, Teva, and Anda, opposing ...


Technology, Intellectual Property


“The district court read our precedent as applying a bright-line rule that patent infringement notice letters and related comm...