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A tort claim filed with the Board of Supervisors Wednesday claims an oversight panel's investigation breached the former sheri...


Civil Litigation


Non-compete covenants that Michael Hermalyn signed while working for Draftkings continue to restrain his activities at his new...


Law Office Management, Corporate


2 Silicon Valley dealmakers join Sullivan & Cromwell

May 16, 2024
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Mike Ringler and Peter Jones have represented major companies and individuals in M&A transactions including Elon Musk's pu...


Civil Litigation


The judge agreed with the agents' arguments that the designer plaintiff failed to state a valid Bivens claim against them.


Labor/Employment


Wells Fargo accused of 'boys club' culture

May 16, 2024
By Wisdom Howell

According to lawsuit, Wells Fargo executives were aware of an alleged company culture that resulted in male employees being "w...


Consumer Law, Class Action, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Full 9th Circuit panel to consider data privacy

May 16, 2024
By Craig Anderson

The case involves the extraction of the plaintiff's personal data when making a purchase at a retailer that used the company's...


Robin Park raised concerns with Baker Tilly management that a partner there was practicing without being admitted to the Calif...


Technology, Consumer Law, Civil Litigation


The plaintiff alleged that Tesla and Elon Musk made false statements about the company's advanced driver assistance technology...



Former state Assemblyman returns to Mayer Brown

May 16, 2024
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Dario J. Frommer once chaired the Assembly Health Committee and the California Transportation Commission.


The attorney's failure to notify the plaintiff of a settlement offer by his client, Tom's Toys, led to costly and unnecessary ...


Data Privacy, Class Action


AT&T faces another class action over data breach

May 15, 2024
By Wisdom Howell

The new lawsuit, filed in Santa Clara Superior Court by Mark D. Potter and James M. Treglio of Potter Handy LLP, comes a few w...


Environmental & Energy


The primary source of the pollutants is believed to be two paint shops located at the factory.


Judges and Judiciary


But U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, a Democrat, is in no position to bind a future committee chair, who has the sole responsibility for...


Technology, Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation


The company argues that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act does not cover software vendors, and that employers are not liable f...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Retired LA County judge joins ADR Services

May 15, 2024
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Margaret L. Oldendorf has been a superior court judge since 2005.


Silvergate Bank's counsel argued U.S. District Judge Ruth Bermudez Montenegro erred in her negligence law analysis that denied...


Judges and Judiciary


They are Justice Gonzalo C. Martinez, Judge Natalie P. Stone and Judge Tara Desautels.


Environmental & Energy


The lawsuit argues that the regulations could make it more difficult for people to move to other states.


Labor/Employment


AB 2288 is sponsored by a coalition including the Consumer Attorneys of California, the California Employment Lawyers Associat...


Labor/Employment


The lawsuits were filed by workers at the Bohemian Grove sister property, which were dismissed by a federal judge earlier this...


Intellectual Property


The parent company of Haas Formula LLC is accusing former team principal Guenther Steiner of trademark infringement.


Technology


"It is nearly universally true that public nuisance is limited spatially," Ashley W. Hardin of Williams & Connolly LLP tol...


Criminal


The day after the state Attorney General filed criminal charges against a key aide to the District Attorney, prosecutors in th...


Immigration, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The case is one of several that is percolating through the court system about the administration's requirement that asylum see...


U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The transfer of inmates from the California Institution for Men to San Quentin led to an outbreak of COVID-19, resulting in mo...


The article published on InTouch Weekly's website on April 10 damaged Sheindlin's reputation as a no-nonsense judge, the laws...


Class Action, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


Apple Inc. asked a federal judge in San Jose to dismiss a putative class action against its iCloud service, arguing that consu...


Environmental & Energy


As the number of projects subject to expedited judicial review increases it could create a "traffic jam" in the courts, one at...


"Nothing in the complaint suggests that Carano is seeking to modify defendants' speech or the message defendants desire to exp...


According to three complaints and a proposed settlement order filed in San Francisco Superior Court, Bonta's office accused th...