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Labor/Employment


Rivian wants summary judgment in trade secrets lawsuit but two employees who worked at Tesla before moving to Rivian won’t coo...


Judges and Judiciary


“With misinformation about the judicial branch and attacks on individual judges on the rise, our panel will provide vital info...


Litigation & Arbitration


Judge likely to compel funder’s deposition, records

Nov. 2, 2023
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...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


A district court judge ruled that the collection of steps Epic allegedly copied were unprotectable as a whole.


Technology


The official launch of the CARE Court in California was Oct. 3, in seven counties. Those courts reported few hiccups. LA Count...


Technology


“Epic will go to trial alone,” Epic Games founder and CEO Tim Sweeney said after news of the settlement with Match Group broke.


Entertainment & Sports


Uh-one and uh-two and a lawsuit

Nov. 1, 2023
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

The late bandleader Lawrence Welk’s son fights his own son over the music company.


Litigation & Arbitration


“The evidence for this case not only showed that there was no manufacturing defect, but that the design was robust, safe, and ...


A Santa Clara judge said the $2,500 for each failure to respond to a discovery request was too much, and instead made it $600 ...


Labor/Employment


“We stand with hotel workers, Public Counsel vice president Tracy K. Rice said.


Many of the questions involved the unique role of social media sites, whether they should be treated as private property, and ...


Californians for Taxpayer Protection and Government Accountability, a coalition of business groups, qualified the initiative i...


California Courts of Appeal


“Ample evidence supports the court’s reduction of the lodestar to account for plaintiff’s counsel’s skill given his incivility...


“We have a winning record in the Roundup litigation — having won nine of the last 12 cases at trial — and have resolved the ma...


Civil Rights


The lawsuit, which seeks an injunction and damages against the school district, alleges that school police officers used exces...


Judge Noël Wise's 96-page document tentative ruling says that the question before the court was whether the record that the ci...


Litigation & Arbitration


“Defendant makes clear that they have met their burden of demonstrating the existence of an arbitration agreement. … However, ...


The defendants deny that different LA judges will make inconsistent ruling, but the plaintiffs say it has already happened.


Community News


“We pulled together 30 thought-leaders from Blank Rome, clients and friends of mine and the firm, to talk about their career d...


Constitutional Law


X Corp. has challenged Assembly Bill 587, which as of Jan. 1 would require social media companies with annual gross revenues o...


Judges and Judiciary


“Plaintiffs hosted gun shows at the Orange County Fairgrounds for the past 30 years, and the Orange County Fairgrounds adverti...


Litigation & Arbitration


Each side will propose to the court 10 cases for inclusion in the bellwether discovery pool by Nov. 17. But they argued over t...


Government


No delay for temporary rules on solitary confinement

Oct. 31, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The challenge followed two unsuccessful attempts to convince Gov. Gavin Newsom to sign new comprehensive rules limiting the us...


Community News


Cotchett Pitre & McCarthy LLP partner Niall P. McCarthy was presented with the Lifetime Legal Achievement Award at the 15t...


Technology, Intellectual Property


The plaintiffs, who are represented by the Joseph Saveri Law Firm LLP and sole practitioner Matthew Butterick in Los Angeles, ...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The divided court panel granted an emergency stay of an order from a San Diego judge who struck down the law. The circuit did ...


Litigation & Arbitration


San Diego restaurant accused of weeklong E. coli outbreak

Oct. 30, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

There have been 17 victims identified so far. Of those identified, seven required hospitalization, and one of those seven, a 1...


Litigation & Arbitration


About 150,000 uniforms were shipped to flight attendants by Twin Hill, the manufacturer of the uniforms. Some American workers...


Civil Litigation


Judge Mel “Red” Recana granted the motion to quash Friday but exhibited uncertainty over the existence of related cases. The j...