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...
Litigation & Arbitration
Mattel offered toys for tots instead of $50M, lawsuit says
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
The University of California says Mattel breached a contract to give $50 million to a children’s hospital that bears its name,...
Litigation & Arbitration, Judges and Judiciary
Judge reconsiders summary judgment in Gilroy shooting suit
By Wisdom Howell
Superior Court Judge Frederick S. Chung had tentatively granted summary judgment on all claims in favor of the City of Gilroy,...
Litigation & Arbitration
Records of police officers at issue in lawsuit over filicide
By Skyler Romero
CaseyGerry represents a man who says the city and county of Los Angeles repeatedly ignored his warnings that the mother of his...
Litigation & Arbitration
Bonta seeks waiver of federal preemption on truck driver breaks
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
California law requires 30-minute meal breaks during each five hours of work, and 10-minute rest breaks every four hours, but ...
Technology, Litigation & Arbitration
Another judge says social media companies must face claims of targeting minors
By Craig Anderson
Social media companies have often successfully cited Section 230 to block lawsuits involving the posting of third-party conten...
Technology, Litigation & Arbitration
Twitter seeks dismissal of 4th shareholder complaint over cybersecurity
By Sunidhi Sridhar
The flaws identified by the court were not fixed in the plaintiffs' amended complaint, which regurgitated already rejected leg...
Technology, Litigation & Arbitration
The flaws identified by the court were not fixed in the plaintiffs' amended complaint, which regurgitated already rejected leg...
Litigation & Arbitration
Study: California pays $23M a year for police misconduct claims
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Gregory M. Fox, who has defended local governments in police misconduct cases, said he worries that if they don't get on top o...
Litigation & Arbitration
Apple to pay $25M in suit over bias against Americans
By Wisdom Howell
Apple denied any intentional discrimination in settling the case brought by the Department of Justice. It will pay $18.25 mill...
Litigation & Arbitration
Hyundai, Kia ask judge to rethink car theft litigation
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Requiring automakers to install anti-theft devices of the government’s choosing “is an obstacle to the federal regulatory sche...
Litigation & Arbitration
CPUC discovery objections struck in former official’s lawsuit
By Wisdom Howell
At the heart of the dispute is plaintiff Lucian Filler’s claim that he was fired in March 2021 after he “identified several ar...
Litigation & Arbitration
Jury awards $19.5M to bicyclist struck by Jeep
By Skyler Romero
In response to defense arguments about a lapse in the client’s medical care, attorney Jason P. Fowler said the PARRIS Law firm...
Litigation & Arbitration, Environmental & Energy
Lawyer convicted of embezzling $400K from wildfire victims
By Wisdom Howell
William James Reed was accused of misleading two families that were victims of the Zamora Fire by representing that they would...
Litigation & Arbitration
Gun maker seeks end to suit by Gilroy shooting survivors
By Wisdom Howell
The plaintiffs argued that the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act does not absolve a gun manufacturer of liability for ...
Litigation & Arbitration
School not liable for student bullying, defense attorney says
By Devon Belcher
“As there was no way for defendant to anticipate the random act of violence, they had no duty to prevent the same,” stated Jos...
Litigation & Arbitration
Company that sold ‘life settlements’ pays $10M settlement
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
“The receiver, Thomas Hebrank, expects all investors, all 1,200 people, will get back their original investment, not the promi...
Litigation & Arbitration
San Francisco CARE Court judge challenged by litigator
By Wisdom Howell
An attorney backed by groups concerned about crime has challenged one of 14 San Francisco judges, the one who heads the new CA...
Litigation & Arbitration
Pac-12 seeks dismissal of defamation claim by ex-CFO
By Wisdom Howell
Superior Court Judge Richard B. Ulmer initially denied the PAC-12’s motion in his tentative ruling but chose not to adopt it f...
Litigation & Arbitration
Judge likely to compel funder’s deposition, records
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
The defendants moved to compel deposition for someone from Rockpoint Funding LLC, which is not a party to the case but has all...
Litigation & Arbitration
Tesla wins defense verdict in nation’s 1st Autopilot wrongful death trial
By Devon Belcher
“The evidence for this case not only showed that there was no manufacturing defect, but that the design was robust, safe, and ...
Litigation & Arbitration, Labor/Employment
At the top of employers’ minds are bills that impact the validity of non-compete agreements (reaching beyond state lines), inc...
Litigation & Arbitration
Minor lied to rent electric bike, can’t be made to arbitrate suit
By Devon Belcher
“Defendant makes clear that they have met their burden of demonstrating the existence of an arbitration agreement. … However, ...