Labor/Employment, Civil Rights
San Francisco workers who alleged racism win $1.1M
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
“The hatred that is racism has no place in San Francisco,” said Angela Alioto, lead trial counsel from The Law Offices of Mayo...
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...
Judges and Judiciary
Sen. Laphonza Butler will keep Feinstein’s judge vetting committees
By Craig Anderson
Joseph W. Cotchett, a partner with Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy LLP who advises Biden on judicial nominees and other issues...
The Center for Biological Diversity claimed the government has allowed four-decade-old development plans to proceed in an area...
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 ...
Government
Attorneys head to San Francisco in same week as world leaders
By Malcolm Maclachlan
APEC began Saturday and ends Friday, while CAOC begins Thursday night and runs through Sunday. But CAOC was concerned enough a...
Environmental & Energy
Edison can’t pursue liability for Thomas fire from public entities
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Edison sought to share $680 million in liability with Santa Barbara County and four other public entities for the mudslide tha...
California Courts of Appeal
Latham wins on appeal for defense on rare holder claim
By Skyler Romero
The plaintiffs’ “claims have been soundly rejected as meritless multiple times over the past decade, and we are pleased to hav...
Design patent bar candidates would be required to take the current registration examination with modified scientific and techn...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Circuit seems ready to order judge to decide on cannabis permit
By Craig Anderson
While an attorney for the City of Sacramento argued the case should be decided by state courts, Jeffrey M. Jensen of the Boesc...
Government
Next CAOC president wears politics and emotions proudly
By Malcolm Maclachlan
San Francisco attorney Kathryn A. Stebner has been bringing elder abuse cases since the 1980s and says last few years have bee...
Law Practice
Former federal prosecutor rejoins Sidley Austin in San Francisco
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
While at the Department of Justice, Kevin Rubino led the prosecution of one of California’s most significant RICO cases in rec...
Class Action
Marijuana company seeks dismissal of suit over ‘too little’ THC
By Wisdom Howell
Based on an article in WeedWeek article, “plaintiffs filed the present suit, drawing the broad conclusion that all of defendan...
Aliant Law leaders said they are expecting a swift national expansion, in part by appealing to talent with money and a better ...
Law Practice
San Diego tax boutique will expand to Singapore in January
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The Singapore office will be led by associate Jared Garfield.
Technology
X Corp asks judge to enjoin social media moderation law
By Malcolm Maclachlan
X Corp. says the state law discriminates by “content and viewpoint.” The state says companies should have “nothing to hide.”
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar sells San Francisco headquarters for $54M
By Devon Belcher
Proceeds from the sale are to be used for operational needs for the next year, the bar said.
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,...
Government
Hawaii offers fire victims $1M not to sue state entities
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Attorneys with Hueston Hennigan LLP advised Green and Hawaii’s attorney general on the initiative, and negotiated on the gover...
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...
Real Estate/Development, Government
Sacramento tells court it can’t enforce law in homeless camps
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“If a city does not have the resources to address a constitutional problem, is that a defense?” U.S. District Judge William B....
Former LA County DA was ‘mentor to many great people’
Real Estate/Development
Huntington Beach loses challenge to state’s housing law
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Huntington Beach City Attorney Michael E. Gates said he did not believe the city’s claims were given a full analysis under the...
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
Social media companies who have "nothing to hide" should not fear California's content moderation law, state lawyer says
By Malcolm Maclachlan
X Corp. is seeking to enjoin the law that it says discriminates by "content and viewpoint" and imposes "significant costs" on ...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Senate confirms 9th Circuit Judge Ana de Alba
By Craig Anderson
No Republicans voted for de Alba and U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-WV, who has consistently supported President Joe Biden’s other n...
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...