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Intellectual Property

The dispute concerns the use of a photograph of the jazz icon as a guide to ink a tattoo.


Santa Monica patent boutique adds partner

May 7, 2024
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Dennis Courtney was on the team representing filmmaker Quentin Tarantino in a lawsuit brought by Miramax Studios over NFTs.



The sanctions issue is part of a broader dispute between the law firm and Global Industrial Investment LTD over enforcement of...


Vidhya Prabhakaran is the immediate past president of the Bar Association of San Francisco.



State attorneys continue to fight to work from home

May 7, 2024
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Some of these disputes stem from a letter Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration sent to heads of state agencies last month. Cabin...


Criminal, Administrative/Regulatory

Other counties may be watching. A growing body of academic research claims that full-time public defenders provide better repr...



The lawsuit listed four causes of action under AB 2777, which temporarily lifted the statute of limitations period for recover...


Labor/Employment, California Supreme Court

The ruling is the second in a class action against Spectrum Security Services Inc., where the court previously ruled that secu...



Alternative Dispute Resolution

Burns presided over several high-profile cases in San Diego including the bribery prosecution of then-Congressman Randy "Duke"...


Intellectual Property

The defense argues that R. Lance Hill's 1986 screenplay was created as a "work made for hire."



Alternative Dispute Resolution

Vanessa A. Zecher said she chose JAMS because its neutrals are familiar to her and understand the issues that arise in family law


Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation

The plaintiffs' counsel has requested discovery to address time-sensitive issues, but the judge has indicated that he may gran...



Civil Litigation

Quinn Emanuel has dismissed allegations that it was involved in serious ethical violations as "meritless, and moot."


Securities, Class Action

The company is also defending similar claims by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.



State Bar & Bar Associations

The State Bar points out that the results mirror those from other big states.


Criminal

The ruling, which downgrades the standard of proof required for sentencing enhancements, "will require adjustment for federal ...



Environmental & Energy

The legal back and forth since the case was filed in January has focused on the validity of plaintiffs' supremacy and extrater...


Judges and Judiciary

Counties that will get new judges are Alameda, Contra Costa, Fresno, Kern, Los Angeles, Marin, Merced, Nevada, Orange, Sacrame...



California Supreme Court

The court's published opinions - under Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero - may continue its slow trend upward.


The former employees argue in their complaint filed with the National Labor Relations Board that their protests were "protecte...



Plaintiffs' counsel at The Kruger Law Firm missed a deadline to respond to a transfer motion after what they claimed was a "ca...


Legal Education

The changes would bring legislative staff in line with other bar members who work full-time for the state.



Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation

Plaintiffs must establish that West was their employer, not just the school's founder, to keep him as a defendant in the case.


Judge David O. Carter was not convinced by the government's concerns that the class, made up of homeless and disabled veterans...



Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Discipline

The State Bar said this week, "we plan to bring the matter before the Committee of Bar Examiners."


Attorneys say neutral Peter Marx brings an especially effective human touch to mediations.



State Bar & Bar Associations, Community News, Civil Rights

"One thing I hope people walk away with tonight is we do not want to repeat history with the same fear-based politics and vitr...


Class Action

Cybersecurity bootcamp lawsuit trial delayed

May 3, 2024
By Wisdom Howell

The lawsuit alleges that Caltech misrepresented its involvement in the Caltech Cybersecurity Bootcamp course, run by Simplilea...



California Supreme Court

The initiative would require voter approval for any state proposals that raise taxes, including increases to fees and local me...


Torts/Personal Injury

"Primary assumption of risk does not bar recovery when the defendant's actions have unreasonably increased the risks of injury...