Curtis Briggs of Seville Briggs LLP in San Francisco argues District Attorney Dan Dow lacks standing to bring the gag order mo...
Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation
‘Air taxi’ startup accuses competitor of trade secret theft
By Gina Kim
Wisk Aero LLC accused Archer Aviation Inc. of poaching at least 10 of its engineers in the last two years. Archer denied it an...
Judges and Judiciary, Covid Court Ops
2 Alameda County courthouses set to reopen
By Craig Anderson
The reopening of the George E. McDonald Hall of Justice in Alameda and the Hayward Hall of Justice will be handled cautiously.
Law Practice, Law Office Management
Davis Wright Tremaine opens Silicon Valley office
By Kamila Knaudt
Partner Ulysses S.T. Hui and Bay Area partner Marisa Brutoco, who joined the firm in 2019 from Amazon, will serve as the found...
Judges and Judiciary, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
First California-based 9th Circuit judge to take senior status
By Gina Kim
Marsha S. Berzon of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to take senior status
Legal Education
Bryant Garth returns to UC Irvine School of Law as interim dean
By Henrik Nilsson
He joined UCI law in 2012, and was vice dean when he retired in 2019. But he remained a professor emeritus and co-director of ...
Health Care & Hospital Law
Health care company to pay $97M over inflated claims
By Blaise Scemama
Under a $5 billion contract with Veterans Affairs, Health Net,based in Los Angeles County, was a third-party administrator sec...
Law Practice, Law Office Management, Judges and Judiciary
Former Court of Appeal justice joins Umberg/Zipser
By Kamila Knaudt
“I feel like there’s so much turmoil in society and things that really need to be addressed and I found myself with a lot to s...
Government, Criminal
Ventura DA names chief deputies from inside and outside
By Tyler Pialet
District Attorney Erik named Paul Nuñez, a 25-year veteran of the LA DA’s office, and Rachelle H. Dean, a 20-year Ventura pros...
Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation
Hazard pay ordinance violates National Labor Relations Act, grocers say
By Gina Kim
The California Grocers Association, which represents more than 6,000 food stores and grocery supply companies across the state...
Government, Criminal, Community News
Yolo County DA’s online case data guides his office, informs public
By Tyler Pialet
The website, called “Commons,” hosts a slate of criminal justice data covering the past five years, including diversion rates,...
Civil Litigation
Family sues LAPD, says excessive tasing led to heart attack
By Blaise Scemama
Representing the family, Marina del Rey civil rights attorney V. James DeSimone compared the officers’ use of force to those o...
Real Estate/Development, Government
State eviction defense fund closer to passage
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The proposed fund would distribute money to legal aid groups to provide defense for renters fighting eviction.
Education Law
San Francisco school board backs down, for now, on renaming plans
By Winston Cho
The vote resolves a dispute over the board’s much maligned intention to strip public schools of the names of historical figure...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit tailors definition of a class
By Jessica Mach
The federal appeals court said it would not establish a bright line rule for how to determine whether “substantially all” memb...
Yuhl Carr co-founder known for zealous advocacy, warm personality
Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Trustee details ‘mess’ of Girardi Keese cases
By Craig Anderson
Elissa D. Miller of SulmeyerKupetz, who is handling the firm’s Chapter 7 bankruptcy, said during a hearing she and other attor...
Environmental & Energy, Criminal
Sonoma DA charges PG&E with dozens of crimes for Kincaid Fire
By Tyler Pialet
DA Jill Ravitch charged PG&E with five felonies, including recklessly causing a fire with great bodily injury, recklessly ...
Education Law, Civil Litigation
College entrance exam takers finalize $16M settlement
By Gina Kim
A federal judge also awarded class counsel fees of nearly $4 million, 24.5% of the total settlement, along with $78,634 in lit...
U.S. Supreme Court
US may argue in California charity donors cases at high court
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The U.S. Department of Justice did an about-face on the two related cases. President Donald Trump’s administration agreed with...
Civil Litigation, Banking
Lawsuits against BofA over unemployment benefits consolidated
By Jessica Mach
The plaintiffs’ claims were filed earlier this year, after law enforcement and state agency reports revealed that billions of ...
Law Practice, Law Office Management
Goodwin Procter continues life sciences practice expansion
By Kamila Knaudt
With the addition of Can Cui, formerly with Morrison & Foerster LLP, and Steven Green, previously with Latham & Watkin...
Civil Litigation
Accuser seeks default against mogul; he says he wasn’t served
By Blaise Scemama
An attorney for a woman who says Alki David sexually assaulted her says the businessman is dodging service, but his counsel sa...
Technology, Administrative/Regulatory
Latest leak could mean Facebook violated 2019 FTC settlement
By Winston Cho
The data includes the phone numbers, email addresses, biographical details and more that was the subject of the FTC’s $5 billi...
Technology, Law Practice
Keker Van Nest partner’s argument won the day for Google
By Craig Anderson
Robert Van Nest’s argument, made in 2012 and again in a 2016 retrial, was the decisive factor in the U.S. Supreme Court’s 6-2 ...
Western Growers Association, California Fresh Fruit Association and Growing Coachella Valley seek an injunction against a Coac...
Criminal, Civil Litigation
Indigent’s excessive force suit can proceed without him paying legal fees
By Tyler Pialet
U.S. District Judge William Alsup held the plaintiff has legal standing to bring claims alleging three City of Pinole police o...
The report does not breakdown what positions are being scaled back, but according to legal recruiters, it is likely office sta...
Civil Litigation, Banking
$95.7M Wells Fargo settlement nears, with $32M in fees
By Winston Cho
In a motion for preliminary approval of the settlement, plaintiffs’ attorneys at Stevens LC and Haffner Law PC emphasized the ...
Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Outside counsel may have to pay costs after LA drops suit
By Blaise Scemama
Responding to the lawsuit filed by New York based electronic discovery company JJ Shea’s, former outside counsel to the city ...