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Data Privacy


Firm sued by client’s former employee after data breach

Sep. 18, 2023
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

Hill, Farrer & Burrill LLP sent a letter about the breach in March 2022, but did nothing since, the lawsuit complains.


Government


“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...



Data Privacy


Without acknowledging fault or liability Google agreed to change its privacy practices for California users, including disclos...


Labor/Employment, Government


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

Sep. 18, 2023
By Skyler Romero

Prosecutor Duncan C. Carling continued cross-examining IT professional Garland Favorito, after an objection Thursday by John C...


Government


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

Sep. 15, 2023
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


State Bar Court Judge Yvette Roland repeatedly sustained objections by prosecutor Duncan C. Carling on grounds that an informa...



Environmental & Energy


The Center for Biological Diversity and Pesticide Action Network North America sued the EPA, saying it failed to consult about...


Criminal


The justices agreed to hear the case, which claimed that San Francisco County Superior Court was holding hundreds of defendant...



Government


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....



Family


SB 331 requires family court judicial personnel to make “appropriate custody decisions” that prioritize child safety and well-...


Judges and Judiciary


Orange County Presiding Judge Maria D. took away Judge Jeffrey Ferguson’s calendar after his arrest and requested that his mur...




Empathetic Approach

Sep. 15, 2023

Neutral Jeanne Behling uses patience and understanding to resolve disputes, attorneys say.


Law Practice


"I'm marrying my white collar criminal enforcement background with my civil enforcement background, and that is really the ex...



Insurance


Officials look for new ways to shore up fire insurers

Sep. 14, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan

“We are concerned the commissioner will try to produce emergency regulations that allow companies to unreasonably pump their p...


Environmental & Energy


The board of directors “spent millions of dollars towards efforts to achieve a 100 percent renewable energy goal,” earning the...



Civil Rights


Katz has represented several high-profile figures in politically charged cases, including Christine Blasey Ford who accused U....


Law Practice


Missouri law firm acquires boutique in San Jose

Sep. 14, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

“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


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

Sep. 14, 2023
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

Sep. 14, 2023
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


Superior Court Judge Frank Roesch wrote that enforcing the arbitration agreement would be “substantively and procedurally unco...


Judges and Judiciary


“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


“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


If convicted, former Chapman University Fowler School of Law dean John C. Eastman faces possible disbarment on a charge of fai...


Litigation & Arbitration


Defending against assertions by federal prosecutors that Tom Girardi is exaggerating cognitive decline to avoid trial, one of ...