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Law Practice


San Diego firm adds name partners

Mar. 5, 2024
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Managing partner Ross Schwartz said in a statement that “these advancements underscore our commitment to nurturing and promoti...


Securities


Implications beyond crypto industry in securities case

Mar. 5, 2024
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The decision reiterates what the 9th Circuit and the Supreme Court have said about standing requirements, defense attorney Rob...


Contracts


A forensic financial expert testified in a Los Angeles trial court that calculating the net worth of a defendant who owes his ...


Labor/Employment


The former executives are represented by David L. Anderson, who was U.S. attorney of the Northern District of of California.


Law Practice, Intellectual Property


Spencer Fane adds team of 6 IP attorneys in San Jose

Mar. 5, 2024
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Spencer Fane has 450 attorneys in 25 offices nationwide including San Jose and Santa Monica.


Law Practice


Former Los Angeles city attorney joins Sheppard Mullin

Mar. 5, 2024
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Rocky Delgadillo served as city attorney from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was a deputy mayor of Los Angeles for Economic Dev...


Law Practice


“They were clearly people that were willing and able and completely capable of taking larger cases to trial and dealing with t...


Environmental & Energy


Association claims state cannot enforce Advanced Clean Fleets regulations without EPA waiver.


A lack of formality around the agreement between Musk and OpenAI’s co-founders and difficulty determining what constitutes “th...


Obituaries


James R. Dunn, 1937-2024

Mar. 4, 2024
By Laurinda Keys

LA judge with sharp wit made mark in mandatory settlement court


Corporate


A complaint says the financial institution sent letters to many fraudulently enrolled customers and unlawfully shifted the bur...


Litigation & Arbitration


The petition claims that the arbitrator who ruled in the union’s favor exceeded the scope of his authority by reinterpreting a...


Torts/Personal Injury


American Airlines argues that the Montreal Convention treaty, which regulates personal injury claims related to international ...


Legal Education


LMU names new general counsel

Mar. 1, 2024
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Lorreta P. Martinez will join LMU from the University of New Mexico where she was chief legal officer over the school's five c...


Judges and Judiciary


In her most recent bench assignment, Judge Patricia Garcia presided over complex family law trials and settlement conferences.


Environmental & Energy


The complaint seeks an order for Dywidag Systems in Long Beach to pay up to $64,618 per day, per violation.


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The nationwide damages could be as much as $2.7 billion.


Civil Rights


Hindu group pauses religious bias claim against state

Mar. 1, 2024
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The decision came after the judge hearing a caste discrimination case against Cisco Systems agreed to remove mentions of Hindu...


Constitutional Law


Musk claims Center for Countering Digital Hate is scouring X (Twitter) for offensive posts to drive away advertisers.


Native Americans


The judge found that state negotiators repeatedly reinserted environmental and tort law provisions into a gaming agreement, wh...


Civil Rights


Helpline set up for students facing anti-Semitism

Mar. 1, 2024
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

“The dramatic rise in antisemitism has hit California’s classrooms and playgrounds,” Dan Shallman, managing partner of Covingt...


Technology


Banks are more focused on using generative AI to combat security threats rather than integrating it into lending decision-maki...


Class Action


A 2022 report by the Australian non-profit Minderoo Foundation estimated corporate liabilities from plastics litigation to hit...


The settlement was reached after attorneys with Covington & Burling LLP rested their case on behalf of Getaround following...


International Law


Chinese chipmaker acquitted of economic espionage

Mar. 1, 2024
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

The indictment was part of the U.S. Justice Department’s “China Initiative” to combat corporate espionage that has since been ...



Purposed Approach

Mar. 1, 2024

COVID-era case backlogs gave Christopher White a new appreciation for ADR work.


Contracts


John H. Gomez, a prominent personal injury attorney in San Diego, accused the group of sullying his reputation and said he wil...


Environmental & Energy


The case concerned an application by Hilltop Group Inc. to develop a recycling facility on a parcel of land in San Diego Count...


Contracts


The company said state officials gave preferential treatment to other businesses that missed deliveries of medical supplies fr...


U.S. Supreme Court, Alternative Dispute Resolution


The justices were curious about why the parties are fighting so hard – for three years now – about whether an arbitrator or co...