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Labor/Employment, Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation


Scott Shaw was charged March 11 with touching inappropriately four female athletes, but the FBI and the plaintiffs lawyers say...


Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation


Lawsuit seeks a halt to drilling in San Joaquin Valley

Mar. 24, 2022
By Federico Lo Giudice

The Temblor legless lizard is jeopardized by oil and gas drilling in a shrinking habitat, the Center for Biological Diversity ...


Consumer Law, Civil Litigation


“Both cases seek to represent a statewide class of any person in California who cosigned a bail bond from All-Pro or Aladdin B...


Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary


Specifically, the Ad-Hoc Workgroup on Post Pandemic Initiatives found that increasing juror per diems would create access to t...


Government


Chesa Boudin says he was never given a chance

Mar. 24, 2022
By Christer Schmidt

“The goal of my opponents and detractors from the start has been to take advantage of the limits on my ability to run the offi...


Technology, Government, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


DOJ says Google’s legal advice requests are bogus

Mar. 24, 2022
By Craig Anderson

Legal experts say the showdown, set in motion by the government’s sanctions motion, is a rare claim that pits routine — and re...


Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation


At a hearing for Roblox’s motion to dismiss on Wednesday in San Francisco, U.S. District Judge William H. Orrick focused on th...


Technology, Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation


Last September, the EEOC and the gaming giant agreed to a consent decree that requires the company to establish an $18 million...


Law Practice, Government


AB 2391, passed by the Assembly Judiciary Committee, seeks to build on existing laws protecting parties against vexatious liti...


California Supreme Court


4th District Court of Appeal Justice Patricia Guerrero, the daughter of Mexican immigrants, will be sworn in next week by Gov....


Labor/Employment, Government


“The department considers confidentiality agreements a direct threat to its ability to effectively enforce the country’s worke...


Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation


Monsanto asks high court to reverse $87M Roundup award

Mar. 23, 2022
By Federico Lo Giudice

Monsanto, facing thousands of lawsuits over Roundup, has argued that there is no scientific evidence that the weedkiller cause...


Judges and Judiciary


Judge confirmed to federal trial court in San Diego

Mar. 23, 2022
By Craig Anderson

Ruth Bermudez Montenegro has been a magistrate judge since 2018. She previously was an Imperial County Superior Court judge.


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


“The district court correctly held that the fees, costs, and sanctions order issued on Dec. 11, 2018 was a final judgment that...


Law Practice, Immigration


2 immigration attorneys launch law firm in Los Angeles

Mar. 22, 2022
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Stephen Blaker and Jaclyn Granet met while working at Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp in New York.


Real Estate/Development, Civil Litigation, Banking


“Data released under the federal Home Mortgage Disclosure Act shows unequivocally that Wells Fargo rejects a disproportionate ...


Law Practice, Intellectual Property


BakerHostetler adds 20-person intellectual property team

Mar. 22, 2022
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

The move is part of a growth initiative BakerHostetler has in California. The firm has added over 75 attorneys to its Californ...


Judges and Judiciary, California Supreme Court


The Supreme Court recommended the study in response to a petition by Jon B. Eisenberg, a retired appellate attorney who has be...


Technology, Labor/Employment


The lawsuit was filed around the same time another group of Google employees settled claims that they were fired or discipline...


U.S. Supreme Court, Technology, Intellectual Property


The decision is a victory for Lowenstein & Weatherwax LLP, a Los Angeles firm that represents VLSI Technology LLC, the pat...


Government


In Alameda County, where DA Nancy E. O’Malley is retiring, all three candidates on the ballot are Black, for the first time.


Government


Kent Raygor of Sheppard Mullin represented the city in the lawsuit that was filed last year after the Rose Bowl football game ...


Law Practice


Amy Jane Longo has worked in the SEC’s Los Angeles office for nearly nine years.


Torts/Personal Injury, Law Practice, Civil Litigation


A new trial program is to take place this summer in San Diego, sponsored by Tyson & Mendes LLP.


Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation


Remixer loses appeal over ownership of ‘Happier’ song

Mar. 21, 2022
By Federico Lo Giudice

Circuit Judges Sandra S. Ikuta, Kenneth K. Lee and Danielle J. Forrest issued a unanimous decision Thursday rejecting Russian ...


International Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision vindicates not only the plaintiff’s “rights as a U.S. citizen working for a for...


Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary


“The funny thing about retirement is you don’t have to work. You want to work and this will keep me engaged with the law,” Smi...


Government, Civil Litigation, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


9th Circuit Judge Lawrence VanDyke, writing for the majority, said, “Properly understood, the [Family Smoking Prevention and T...


Intellectual Property, Education Law, Civil Litigation


“No. 1, students have cheated and he wants to reduce the cheating that goes on rampant in college campuses around the United ...


This was the first published opinion by a court of appeal on the issue, and clarifies the limits of Penal Code section 1001.95...