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U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Victoria's Secret employees want to be paid for calling in about working a shift
By Matthew Blaken
In novel legal claim, employees demanding compensation for act of calling in to see if they must work a shift. ...
Securities litigants have not been shy in asserting the event study's impressive academic pedigree. But there's a problem with...
Intellectual Property
State law protects ideas where federal law falls short
By Ben Armisteadn
Not everything people conceive can be protected under federal copyright, patent or trademark law. California state law claims ...
Commentators have pounced on the recent jury verdict in the "Blurred Lines" trial to suggest it will cause a chilling effect a...
On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court will return its attention to a depression-era law that Justice Elena Kagan labeled "the w...
Litigation
Lynne Hermle hired to represent Twitter to fight gender discrimination claim
By Phil Johnson
Twitter Inc. has hired the same defense team that successfully represented venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield &...
Vice President and General Counsel of Cyan Inc. Petaluma ...
Environmental
Appeals court says city's tiered water rates are unconstitutional
By Fiona Smith
In a blow to water districts' efforts to encourage conservation during the drought, a state appellate court on Monday threw ou...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Kirkland guides $1.9B sale of cybersecurity firm to Raytheon
By Jason Pafundin
In the second billion-dollar acquisition of a cybersecurity company by a private equity firm in as many months, defense contra...
Mergers & Acquisitions
TPG grabs majority stake in Cirque du Soleil with help from Ropes & Gray
By Banks Albachn
The private equity-led deal is intended to bring the Canadian company's big-top presence to new consumer markets. ...
Litigation
9th Circuit upholds judge's ruling overturning $13 million verdict
By Laura Hautalan
Munchkin Inc. will have to retry its false advertising case against Playtex Products LLC after losing an appeal to the 9th U.S...
Labor/Employment
UPS drivers file class action as wage claims gain steam
By Philip Johnsonn
A class action filed by delivery drivers accusing United Parcel Service Inc. of wage and hour violations delve into a legally ...
Litigation
Southwest Airlines hit with wrongful death suit over response to fatally ill man
By Philip Johnsonn
A wrongful death lawsuit filed this week in Alameda County Superior Court alleges Southwest Airlines flight attendants left a ...
Litigation
Los Angeles County deals with legal trouble over new seal
By Kibkabe Arayan
Religious leaders are crying foul of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors breaking an agreement to stop using its revam...
Litigation
Class action filed against Chiquita for allegedly misleading consumers
By America Hernandez
The banana company faces a consumer class action complaint in California for misrepresentations of its growing practices in Gu...
Ventura County Judge Bruce Young sticks to the facts and the law but sometimes loses sleep.
A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved.
Government
Judge rejects claim of prosecution fraud in fire damage case
By Craig Andersonn
Two logging companies lost their bid Friday to throw out a $122 million settlement with the federal government over damage cau...
A recent column complains that the hopes of foreign-trained attorneys are often dashed as a result of a profession that is una...
The U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide whether the Federal Circuit was right in its holding on whether a good-faith belief th...
The number and success of patentability challenges has increased since the U.S. handed down its decision in Alice Corp. v. ...
This past year has seen an uptick in the number of class actions brought for alleged false claims of "Made in the USA" on reta...
Environmental
Seeking early settlements in multi-party CERCLA actions
By Ben Armisteadn
A recent 9th Circuit decision clarifies the "rules of the road" for courts when reviewing settlements that have the effect of ...
Judges and Judiciary
New magistrate judge chosen in the Northern District
By Philip Johnsonn
Sallie Kim, a litigation partner at GCA Law Partners LLP, has been selected to fill a new magistrate judgeship in the Northern...
Government
Civil liberties lawyers criticize 'no-fly list' adjustments as insufficient
By Craig Andersonn
Civil liberties attorneys say the federal government's recent decision to inform U.S. citizens if they are on the no-fly list,...
Vowing further legal action against company, lawyer claims that American Apparel did not give employees proper notification be...
California Courts of Appeal
Panel reverses murder conviction, cites judicial misconduct
By America Hernandez
An appellate panel found Riverside County Superior Court Judge W. Charles Morgan to have bolstered the prosecution and belitt...
Litigation
Lynne Hermle hired to defend another gender discrimination lawsuit
By Phil Johnson
Twitter Inc. has hired the same defense team that successfully represented venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield &...
The state Judicial Council made difficult decisions Friday, cutting $10.8 from its court improvement and modernization fund an...