Technology, Civil Litigation
Fitbits burn skin, not calories, lawsuit says
By Federico Lo Giudice
Google, which acquired Fitbit for $2.1 billion in 2021, said in March that the overheating was “very rare” and limited to the ...
Paul O. Paradis pleaded guilty to bribery in the Central District of California 11 days after seeking a nondisciplinary New Yo...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Data Privacy
State Bar will email most whose records were made public
By Christer Schmidt
The website indicated that some 1,300 names appeared in the 1,034 confidential records that showed evidence of a page view. Am...
The root issue in this case, a government’s inefficiency in the administration of rental assistance, is a pertinent theme in t...
Discipline, California Courts of Appeal
Chief Justice should be disciplined, says attorney who complained about 3rd District delays
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Appellate attorney Jon B. Eisenberg says Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye and others knew about productivity problems with...
Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Bristol-Myers gets final OK for settlement with end-payors
By Jonathan Lo
The class claimed Gilead Sciences Inc. and its alleged co-conspirator, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., violated antitrust and consum...
Government, Civil Litigation
DOJ, San Bernardino sheriff return $1.05M seized from armored car group
By Craig Anderson
Empyreal Enterprises LLC had accused the government agencies in January of unconstitutional seizures of cash from cannabis dis...
Technology, Government, Civil Litigation
Frontier agrees to pay $69M over data speed advertising
By Federico Lo Giudice
The lawsuit, filed by the FTC and counties of LA and Riverside, alleged that digital subscriber line (DSL) internet speeds wer...
Securities, Civil Litigation
Shareholder sues Netflix after disclosure of subscriber loss
By Ricardo Pineda
“Clearly the senior executives knew something about their empirical data,” Erwin Shustak, a securities specialist at Shustak R...
Obituaries, Judges and Judiciary
Retired L.A. County judge could ‘read the room like no other’
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
“He would bore into it right away and he wasn’t a diplomat. He didn’t care what you thought. This is the way it was and if you...
Technology, Law Practice
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP in San Francisco hires tech litigation attorney Joshua Lerner
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Lerner frequently serves as lead counsel for some of the world’s leading technology companies in trade secret, class action, a...
Technology, Government
Telecom groups abandon challenge to California’s net neutrality law
By Craig Anderson
State legislators passed SB 822 in 2018 after the FCC, dominated by appointees of President Donald Trump, rescinded the 2015 f...
Government
Huntington Beach prepares to ask voters again to make city attorney appointed
By Christer Schmidt
“I guess different political agendas or ambitions have created friction between my office and certain members of the city coun...
Fresno County judge applies team skills from football to his legal career.
George Rosenberg relies on 40 years of trials experience to steer parties toward resolution.
Judge Julia Alloggiamento loves a good story — but it’ll only get you so far
Health Care & Hospital Law, Government, Civil Litigation
Patient sues medical provider for delays, painkiller addiction
By Ricardo Pineda
"I think this case is important and unique for two main reasons: bad faith from the company by misrepresenting its provider ne...
Civil Litigation
Habeas petition seeks 'right to liberty' for Fresno Zoo elephants
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The Nonhuman Rights Project Inc. “seeks this court’s recognition of Amahle, Nolwazi, and Vusmusi’s common law right to bodily ...
Civil Litigation
Judge cuts claim on hotel by 90%, but says law is outdated
By Wisdom Howell
“Section 1859’s limit of liability has not been revised to accord with the current value of luggage, clothing, and most notabl...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Legal Education
State Bar will discuss plan to offer license without exam
By Jonathan Lo
A Blue Ribbon Commission is expected to make a recommendation later this year. Most lawyers say they don’t support the plan.
Technology, Civil Litigation
Pinterest defeats photographer’s infringement claim
By Wisdom Howell
U.S. District Judge Haywood S. Gilliam Jr. in Oakland declined to find that Pinterest’s algorithm, which invites its users to ...
Tax, Civil Litigation
National deal reached with Intuit over ‘free’ tax software ads
By Federico Lo Giudice
The Mountain View company still faces an FTC investigation over allegations that it misled low-income consumers.
Civil Litigation
Extortion suit is bid to derail deposition, Lisa Bloom says
By Federico Lo Giudice
Guess CEO Paul Marciano sued in Los Angeles County Superior Court, saying Lisa Bloom, who often represents women in high-profi...
Civil Rights, California Supreme Court
UC Irvine law students help in Supreme Court case over suing state agents
By Christer Schmidt
The Supreme Court took the case in January. Several students from UCI became involved after their Civil Rights Litigation Clin...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Judges and Judiciary
San Diego County Bar rates judge candidates
By Ricardo Pineda
The bar’s 23-member Judicial Elections Evaluation Committee evaluated the candidates based on their ability, experience, compe...
Technology, Law Practice
Technology sector litigator joins Orrick in Santa Monica
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Benjamin Au joins the firm from the boutique Durie Tangri.
Torts/Personal Injury, Judges and Judiciary
Los Angeles court aims to streamline personally injury cases
By Federico Lo Giudice
Among the changes the court announced are new time limits and requirements to show good cause or face dismissals of personal i...
Labor/Employment, Health Care & Hospital Law
Alameda employees retirement group denies it overcharged
By Jonathan Lo
The retirement association argued that the current methodology to calculate employer contributions has been in place for over ...
Criminal
Lawsuit: Authorities ignored signs of women who murdered kids
By Ricardo Pineda
“They had ample notice that Liliana was suffering from severe mental illness, and ample opportunities to take protective actio...
Former prosecutor Michael F. Murray, is now an Orange County Superior Court judge, and he is facing discipline on charges he v...