Data Privacy
Firm sued by client’s former employee after data breach
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Hill, Farrer & Burrill LLP sent a letter about the breach in March 2022, but did nothing since, the lawsuit complains.
“I actually have felt that this is a good example of how a case ought to be handled,” said Senior U.S. District Judge Susan Il...
Without acknowledging fault or liability Google agreed to change its privacy practices for California users, including disclos...
Labor/Employment, Government
Law could export California’s ban on noncompete clauses
By Craig Anderson
Employment attorneys say they do not expect SB 699, which will go into effect Jan. 1, to block out-of-state employers from hea...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Tense exchanges continue at Eastman’s bar trial
By Skyler Romero
Prosecutor Duncan C. Carling continued cross-examining IT professional Garland Favorito, after an objection Thursday by John C...
Government
US judge declines to issue TRO on government over SNAP benefits
By Jonathan Lo
U.S. District Judge Jon S. Tigar heard arguments on an ex parte motion in Oakland from plaintiffs’ counsel and U.S. Department...
Environmental & Energy
Long Beach sued over oil, gas drilling program
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
The lawsuit claims that the city and the State Lands Commission have never conducted a California Environmental Quality Act re...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Bar prosecutor repeatedly objects to Eastman witness testimony
By Skyler Romero
State Bar Court Judge Yvette Roland repeatedly sustained objections by prosecutor Duncan C. Carling on grounds that an informa...
Environmental & Energy
EPA resolves lawsuit over monitoring pesticides’ effects
By Jonathan Lo
The Center for Biological Diversity and Pesticide Action Network North America sued the EPA, saying it failed to consult about...
Criminal
State high court agrees to hear criminal docket backlog suit
By Craig Anderson
The justices agreed to hear the case, which claimed that San Francisco County Superior Court was holding hundreds of defendant...
Government
Elections company sues DA over ‘conspiracy’ rooted charges
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Los Angeles County DA George Gascon accused software company Konnech Inc. of storing elections data in China, but quickly drop...
In the complaint filed by plaintiffs’ counsel — Michael G. Colantuono of Colantuono, Highsmith & Whatley PC and Tiffany E....
SB 331 requires family court judicial personnel to make “appropriate custody decisions” that prioritize child safety and well-...
Judges and Judiciary
Judge charged with wife’s murder can’t work, draws salary
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Orange County Presiding Judge Maria D. took away Judge Jeffrey Ferguson’s calendar after his arrest and requested that his mur...
Neutral Jeanne Behling uses patience and understanding to resolve disputes, attorneys say.
Law Practice
Arnold & Porter's newest partner, daughter of 'Paper Chase' author
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
"I'm marrying my white collar criminal enforcement background with my civil enforcement background, and that is really the ex...
“We are concerned the commissioner will try to produce emergency regulations that allow companies to unreasonably pump their p...
Environmental & Energy
Hawaiian Electric board prioritized green energy over safety, lawsuit says
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
The board of directors “spent millions of dollars towards efforts to achieve a 100 percent renewable energy goal,” earning the...
Civil Rights
Debra Katz’s DC civil rights firm merges with San Francisco firm
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Katz has represented several high-profile figures in politically charged cases, including Christine Blasey Ford who accused U....
“Spencer Fane is very client-driven and desires everyone coming on board to be satisfied in their new positions, whether they ...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
High school wrongly banned Christian group, full 9th Circuit rules
By Craig Anderson
Chief Judge Mary H. Murguia blasted the majority opinion as riddled with factual and legal errors.
Stoner Cats 2 LLC raised $8 million after over 10,000 NFTs — a type of digital asset — were sold in 35 minutes in July 2021, t...
Litigation & Arbitration
Girardi mouths curse at prosecutor during hearing
By Devon Belcher
“Would it have been relevant in your analysis that the defendant just mouthed ‘fuck you,’ to me?” Assistant U.S. Attorney Ali ...
Government
Businesses show no appetite for suing over emissions bill
By Malcolm Maclachlan
SB 253 cleared the Senate on a 25-8, party-line vote on Tuesday and now sits on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk.
Labor/Employment
Judge won’t let Tesla compel arbitration of employee suit
By Wisdom Howell
Superior Court Judge Frank Roesch wrote that enforcing the arbitration agreement would be “substantively and procedurally unco...
Judges and Judiciary
LA judge, Orange County jury will hear judge’s murder case
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
“Under the law — absent a change of venue motion — the case is supposed to have jurors from the victimized jurisdiction. The d...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Circuit strikes ban on gun ads aimed at youth - and state adds new laws
By Craig Anderson
“We’re using every tool we can to make our streets and neighborhoods safer from gun violence,” Gov. Gavin Newsom.
The judge found that the putative nationwide class of users failed to state a claim and many of their claims were time-barred ...
Litigation & Arbitration
Georgia vote machines were vulnerable, Eastman witness says
By Skyler Romero
If convicted, former Chapman University Fowler School of Law dean John C. Eastman faces possible disbarment on a charge of fai...
Litigation & Arbitration
Girardi has progressive dementia, doctor tells competency hearing
By Devon Belcher
Defending against assertions by federal prosecutors that Tom Girardi is exaggerating cognitive decline to avoid trial, one of ...