Government
Santa Clara County's Democratic DA endorses Gascón's challenger
By David Houston
The endorsement underscores the shift that has occurred in recent years as more left-wing DAs took power in Los Angeles, San F...
Entertainment & Sports
Economist: NFL could offer out-of-market games at no extra cost
By Devon Belcher
University of San Francisco professor and SportsEconomics president Daniel Rascher told jurors that adopting a similar model t...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Speech pathologists accuse BakerHostetler of malpractice
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
According to the complaint, the plaintiffs lacked knowledge of complex business transactions. In contrast, the buyer, the priv...
Torts/Personal Injury, Consumer Protection Law
J&J finalizes $700M talc litigation settlement
By Sunidhi Sridhar
The deal, which includes a pledge to end sales of products with talc, requires court approval.
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Judge won't consolidate disciplinary cases against attorney accused of plotting hack of judge
By Skyler Romero
State Bar Judge Yvette D. Roland said that the allegations Michael Libman faced in each action were "very different."
Labor/Employment
Silicon Valley Bank faces class action over employment practices
By Wisdom Howell
Employees were forced to work through lunch breaks and were not reimbursed for business expenses, according to the complaint.
Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
State laws barring firearm sales at gun shows upheld by 9th Circuit
By Craig Anderson
The panel's decision partly relied on a U.S. Supreme Court ruling from June 2022, which established a "history and tradition" ...
Government
Democratic lawmakers consider poison pill in retail theft legislation
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The proposed provisions could set up a confusing scenario for the state's criminal and appellate courts, with one set of new r...
Civil Litigation
Insurtech co-founder faces tough task proving losses related to IPO non-disclosure
By Wisdom Howell
Eyal Navon alleges that his co-founder and an advisor conspired to intentionally "cut him out" of capitalizing on the company'...
Labor/Employment, California Supreme Court, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit denies Uber's claim against AB 5, upholds state's stance on gig workers
By Craig Anderson
In a unanimous ruling, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed Uber and Postmates' claim that California's AB 5 unfair...
Civil Litigation
Judge tosses school districts' public nuisance claims against social media companies
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
The public nuisance claims relied upon in multidistrict litigation against vape manufacturer Juul were not analogous to the so...
U.S. Supreme Court, Securities, Appellate Practice
Supreme Court to review lawsuit over Facebook's role in Cambridge Analytica scandal
By Sunidhi Sridhar
The case involves a shareholder lawsuit filed in the wake of the scandal, alleging that Facebook misled the public about the t...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Court dismissive of Palestinian rights groups' Israel aid challenge
By Craig Anderson
The lawsuit accuses Biden and others of complicity in genocide, arguing that Israel's military attacks in Gaza following Hamas...
CNET is accused of using two trackers to "monetize" website visitors' IP addresses, including possibly selling this data to th...
Community News
O'Melveny & Myers awards 16 high school students $20K college scholarships
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The program, which has awarded over $7 million to more than 300 students, aims to support students who demonstrate academic pr...
Civil Litigation
Judge reprimands attorneys in prison rape litigation
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Judge Lauri A. Damrell said the hearing on Monday shouldn't have happened and was "a waste of judicial resources."
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar says attorney planned to hack into judge’s emails
By Skyler Romero
Michael Libman is alleged to have shared details of his efforts to hire hackers to execute the scheme, including engaging an i...
Civil Litigation
Superior Court to assign select civil cases to other divisions to ease backlog
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Judges that volunteered to assist the Civil Division have had "significant" training in the fundamentals of the cases they wil...
International Law
9th Circuit judge recuses from case because of Israel trip
By Craig Anderson
Plaintiffs' attorneys filed an emergency motion last week asking that 9th Circuit Judge Ryan D. Nelson be disqualified from th...
Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Hotel operators and revenue science firm accused of price fixing
By Sunidhi Sridhar
The lawsuit alleges that the hotel companies shared confidential pricing and occupancy information with revenue management sof...
Education Law, Constitutional Law, Civil Litigation
Law students sue UCLA over encampment excluding Jewish students from campus
By Craig Anderson
The complaint alleges that UCLA officials allowed antisemitism to spread without doing enough to protect the rights of Jewish ...
Civil Litigation
Further sanctions awarded relating to surf brand's abandoned arbitration
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Plaintiff's counsel had moved to vacate an arbitration order after noticing Birdwell California's payment to the arbitrator wa...
Civil Litigation
Netflix faces $170m defamation suit from woman who claims she was inspiration for 'Baby Reindeer' character
By Devon Belcher
"Defendants told these lies, and never stopped, because it was a better story than the truth, and better stories make money," ...
Torts/Personal Injury
Judge voices concern over law firm's overstretched capacity and potential case dumping
By Sunidhi Sridhar
U.S. District Judge Vince G. Chhabria received a call from a plaintiff in the Roundup litigation who said that she had refused...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
NFL accused of scheming over 'Sunday Ticket' pricing on first day of antitrust trial
By Devon Belcher
"We have a trail of documents that tell the truth of what happened," Susman Godfrey LLP partner Amanda K. Bonn told jurors. "T...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
AI industry probe is FTC's attempt to get ahead of the boom
By Jack Needham
New rules published by the FTC mean the scope of conduct that can be considered as anti-competitive is much broader than it ha...
Technology, Data Privacy
NetGear accused of illegally gathering customer data
By Wisdom Howell
The company is accused of using software from TikTok and Salesforce to build profiles of users.
Mergers & Acquisitions, Criminal
Tech mogul cleared of fraud charges in acquisition by Hewlett-Packard
By Sunidhi Sridhar
British tech mogul Mike Lynch and former Autonomy vice president Stephen Chamberlain were acquitted after an 11-week trial in ...
Civil Litigation
Quinn Emanuel disqualified from appeal of $10B dispute
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
The hearing on the motion to disqualify was punctuated by Quinn Emmanuel senior counsel Kathleen M. Sullivan addressing the ju...
Law Practice, Criminal
Former 'Trojan Shield' prosecutor joins Snell & Wilmer in San Diego
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Andrew P. Young played a pivotal role in "Operation Trojan Shield".
