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Law Office Management, Government, Civil Rights


Dhillon Law Group partner Krista L. Baughman wrote in an email Tuesday that the firm - which has grown to 26 attorneys in five...


The former ambassador to Mexico, Christopher Landau, is attached to the Washington office of Ellis George LLP.


Civil Litigation


Meta claimed it made meaningful concessions to the state plaintiffs, but their delays have left negotiations over search terms...


Labor/Employment


The motion followed a unanimous jury verdict in October for a plaintiffs' class who claimed Cognizant - founded in India - had...


Intellectual Property


Dropbox's attorneys with Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP claim that plaintiff Entangled Media "continues to assert privilege o...


Authorities uncovered many cases involving victims who paid thousands of dollars for immigration services that were never deli...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Masterson, known for roles in the TV sitcoms "That 70s Show" and "The Ranch," was found guilty by a jury on two counts of rape...


Judges and Judiciary


A 1995 graduate of UCLA School of Law, Valenzuela Dizon was national head of litigation for the Mexican American Legal Defense...


The putative class action complaint claims that the TikTok pixel uses a unique process called "fingerprinting" and collects "a...


Former attorney Tom Girardi does not remember anything about his month-long jury trial or guilty verdict, his counsel claimed ...


Government, Class Action


The consent decree announced Friday covers about 500 prisoners once held at Federal Correctional Institution, Dublin. Many hav...


Litigation & Arbitration, Alternative Dispute Resolution


Umberg urges bar to use new ADR oversight powers

Dec. 10, 2024
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Sen. Tom Umberg, chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said parties "should have an opportunity to know who" their decision...


The concurrence said Superior Court Judge Randolph M. Hammock "committed a microaggression," that his "unwitting remarks ... i...


While the two defendants had tried to promote the Loop Industries stock and keep values afloat, there was no evidence that the...


Government


California attorney nominated for DOJ role

Dec. 9, 2024
By Craig Anderson

Harmeet Dhillon has been nominated by President-elect Donald Trump as assistant attorney general for civil rights.


Judges and Judiciary


San Diego County Superior Court Judge Rebecca S. Kanter, a longtime federal prosecutor, was nominated to fill the vacancy left...


Government, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


Forecast for 2025: 'Go long!' big law!

Dec. 9, 2024
By David Houston

Coming out of what has been a good year for large law firms despite political and economic uncertainty, industry insiders pred...


The settlement resolves allegations that Uber concealed essential information in its 2019 public offering filing, including in...


Class Action


The judge said he had serious concerns about the $7.5 million in fees for the $30 million settlement, noting "there was no rea...


Health Care & Hospital Law


Attorneys for the hospitals claim Molina Healthcare's payments were not "reasonable and customary," the standard applied when ...


Class Action


The new complaint is one of 10 construction defect cases filed against the Miami-based homebuilder in Sacramento Superior Cour...


Despite contentions from the former agent, Lorenzo Robert Savage III, that McLane Bednarski & Litt LLP partner David S. Mc...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


California's prisons department asked a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel to reverse a judge's $170 million in civil con...


Each participant in the Conviction and Sentence Alternatives program is required to attend therapy, treatment and court sessio...


Environmental & Energy


CEQA lawsuit seeks to block huge Lake Tahoe development

Dec. 6, 2024
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The complaint seeks to force Placer County to set aside its latest approval. It also requests preliminary and permanent injunc...


Civil Litigation


Shutdown of tiny home maker brings multiple lawsuits

Dec. 6, 2024
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The complaints state that the company's founders knew they would never be able to deliver homes for resale to the plaintiffs w...


Technology


Most experts agree that a light regulatory touch in internet businesses that was envisioned by the Clinton administration and ...


Data Privacy


The complaint, filed in the Northern District of California, accused Nexstar of re-installing targeted advertising tracker coo...


Torts/Personal Injury, Judges and Judiciary


Gen Z's "desire to do social good" and mistrust of large corporations makes them likely to rule in favor of plaintiffs in case...


Government, Constitutional Law


U.S. Magistrate Judge Donna M. Ryu in Oakland dismissed most claims in a lawsuit against the city but left others intact in a ...