Litigation & Arbitration, Data Privacy
Orrick tentatively resolves litigation over data breach
By Sunidhi Sridhar
In February and March, Orrick suffered a security breach in which the personal data of more than 450,000 people was accessed. ...
Litigation & Arbitration
Uber accused of ignoring court order on sex assault litigation discovery
By Jonathan Lo
“Uber has historically taken a cramped view of what evidence is potentially relevant in a sexual assault case,” plaintiffs’ co...
Litigation & Arbitration, Labor/Employment
X seeks to shield Musk from ex-worker's arbitration
By Wisdom Howell
X’s attorneys argued that the plaintiff’s request “simply seeks to harass Musk, increase the burden and costs to defendants of...
Litigation & Arbitration
Judge OKs $150M fees in JUUL MDL, but urges lawyer diversity
By Jonathan Lo
Plaintiffs’ attorney Sarah R. London of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP responded that because there was so much wo...
Litigation & Arbitration
Google may be unable to compel arbitration in wiretapping case, judge says
By Jonathan Lo
Google’s attorneys, who are from Perkins Coie LLP, asserted that absent members of the class agreed to arbitrate their claims ...
Litigation & Arbitration
$61M verdict against 2 drivers responsible for the death of Torrance high school baseball player
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The plaintiffs’ attorneys were Robert Clayton of Taylor & Ring and Lawrence Marks of Mardirossian Akaragian LLP.
Litigation & Arbitration
The plaintiffs attorneys were Robert Clayton of Taylor & Ring and Lawrence Marks of Mardirossian Akaragian LLP.
Litigation & Arbitration
The plaintiffs attorneys were Robert Clayton of Taylor & Ring and Lawrence Marks of Mardirossian Akaragian LLP.
Litigation & Arbitration, Evidence
The Victor Valley court began with well understood principles of how impactful evidence destruction could be on "fairne...
Litigation & Arbitration
Although non-disparagement clauses are currently under a magnifying glass due to their historical potential for abuse, they re...
Litigation & Arbitration
San Francisco sues online flavored tobacco companies
By Wisdom Howell
“San Francisco and California have done a good job of enforcing against brick-and-mortar tobacco retailers, but online retaile...
Litigation & Arbitration
Casino workers ask US court to make tribe arbitrate labor deal
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“This is a most interesting case, given that it blends the National Labor Relations Act with the TLRO and the Compact,” commen...
Litigation & Arbitration
District not to blame for child attacked in front of school
By Skyler Romero
The plaintiffs claimed that the incident fell within an exception in the Education Code because the school “specifically assum...
Technology, Litigation & Arbitration
Caltech lawsuit against Apple, Broadcom ends
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Represented by Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Caltech sued Apple and Broadcom, accusing the defendants of infring...
Litigation & Arbitration
Most of city's demurrer of builder's remedy suit overruled
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
"While multiple factors may have contributed to the city's lackluster track record on housing, one primary reason is the city'...
Litigation & Arbitration
"While multiple factors may have contributed to the city's lackluster track record on housing, one primary reason is the city'...
Litigation & Arbitration
Mayer Brown secures appellate OK of $69M award over unpaid loan
By Skyler Romero
The panel also approved $21 million in fees for the long running case involving a $30 million loan a Hong Kong billionaire had...
Litigation & Arbitration
State can’t do any more to control summer school fees, judge says
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
“If the Water Board cannot be compelled to do something about the water treatment plants’ waste of water in the face of its co...
Litigation & Arbitration, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Despite antitrust win, Trendsettah gets less fees than loser
By Sunidhi Sridhar
“When a delay in the final judgment is the result of the prevailing party’s own actions, equitable considerations do not autom...
Litigation & Arbitration
Panel ‘infers malice’ in Fox Rothschild malicious prosecution case
By Wisdom Howell
The appellate panel overturned a motion to strike, an anti-SLAPP ruling and attorney fees that a Los Angeles judge has issued ...
Litigation & Arbitration
GM manager guilty of soliciting $5M bribe for car parts contract
By Sunidhi Sridhar
In October 2015, the defendant asked South Korean company Wookyung MIT for $5 million in cash for a contract that was supposed...
Litigation & Arbitration
CAOC takes aim at ruling on school districts
By Malcolm Maclachlan
One of the most significant aspects of the ruling was that it means schools are not subject to the Unruh Act’s provisions allo...
Litigation & Arbitration
‘Ghost kitchens’ didn’t work, Black Angus says in lawsuit
By Skyler Romero
According to the lawsuit, the defendants approached Black Angus with a pitch to use its restaurants as ghost kitchens — an arr...
Litigation & Arbitration
SanDisk again sued in San Jose over storage drives
By Wisdom Howell
SanDisk attorneys deny there is any malfunction that causes its storage drives to become unreadable by computers.
Litigation & Arbitration
Meta, Louboutin join up to sue accused online counterfeiter
By Wisdom Howell
After alerting Meta of the defendant’s accounts, Louboutin executives took action themselves — ordering a pair of counterfeit ...
Litigation & Arbitration
False advertising suit over USC ranking appears doomed
By Sunidhi Sridhar
The lawsuit accuses USC and a technology partner of conspiring to inflate the university’s Rossier School of Education’s ranki...
Litigation & Arbitration
WeChat users say they don’t trust Hong Kong arbitration
By Craig Anderson
Times Wang of North River Law PLLC said the Chinese government would not allow WeChat to turn over discovery.
Litigation & Arbitration
College cross-sues museum over lent Diego Rivera mural
By Wisdom Howell
The City College of San Francisco says the costs of moving the mural back should be paid by the museum, but the museum says it...
Litigation & Arbitration
Virginia must decide if Arent Fox deceived client
By Wisdom Howell
Peraton Corp. says Arent Fox got the company to sign a waiver allowing him to represent CACI International in a trade secrets ...
Litigation & Arbitration, Expert Advice
You can’t be an expert in everything
Legal work is very much a team sport these days, and optimally serving clients in complex matters almost always requires a tea...