Intellectual Property
Lawsuit that claimed ‘Stranger Things’ copying is dropped
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Jeffrey Kennedy, the owner of Irish Rover Entertainment, sued Netflix in 2020, claiming copyright infringement of four screenp...
The team of lawyers, who came to the firm from Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, have extensive experience defending ...
Litigation & Arbitration
Judge revives Uber worker claim arbitrator said was time-barred
By Wisdom Howell
The plaintiff’s attorneys contend that her termination for “poor performance” in March 2019 created a new statutory time clock...
Civil Litigation
Cellphone snaps make Maui litigation easier, as first suits filed
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Alexander “Trey” Robertson IV of Robertson & Associates LLP and Robert Curtis of Foley Bezek Behle & Curtis LLP repres...
Environmental & Energy
Climate change ruling is symbolic, environmentalists say
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Bill Tarantino, a partner in the ESG practice at Morrison Foerster LLP, said Judge Kathy Seeley’s decision was “a remarkable r...
Litigation & Arbitration
Southern California lawyers file lawsuit over Maui wildfire
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
The class complaint filed Sunday in Hawaii's First Circuit Court names as defendants Maui Electric Company; Hawaiian Electric ...
Technology
Microchip startup CEO pleads guilty to fraud on Qualcomm
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Executives at Abreezio told Qualcomm that their technology was developed by a Canadian graduate student. They did not disclose...
Technology, Litigation & Arbitration
Activision drops suit against YouTube music critic
By Sunidhi Sridhar
According to the complaint, Activision Blizzard uploaded a video to its TikTok page using an audio recording by the music crit...
Litigation & Arbitration
Palos Verdes fails to bifurcate case from menacing surfers’
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
The outcome of the case could expand liability for municipalities for conduct within their jurisdiction.
Litigation & Arbitration
FTC defends attempt to block Illumina merger
By Craig Anderson
The legal dispute is the latest battle between the FTC — led by Chair Lina M. Khan, an appointee of President Joe Biden — and ...
Education Law
Harvard Law professors’ brief says state can’t punish professor for testimony
By Devon Belcher
A contract between the state Department of Education and a research center prohibits researchers from testifying against the g...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Bar prosecutors oppose pause in John Eastman’s discipline trial
By Devon Belcher
“Respondent has not been charged with a crime, he has not received a target letter, and none of the Trump indictment’s allegat...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Apple to pay $310M over iPhone battery issues
By Craig Anderson
The class action, filed in 2018, is based on allegations that Apple issued software updates that slowed down the performance o...
Litigation & Arbitration
Ticketmaster can't arbitrate ticket hike claims, US judge says
By Sunidhi Sridhar
While the judge accepted that Live Nation and Ticketmaster’s arbitration clauses unmistakably delegate issues of enforceabilit...
Zuora Inc. was accused of hiding ahead of its initial public offering that its two flagship software products were incompatibl...
Labor/Employment
Judge approves $1.9M settlement between Cisco and workers
By Wisdom Howell
Cisco denied it violated wage and hour and other labor laws, while the plaintiffs said it did so deliberately.
Criminal
Orange County judge accused of murdering his wife to be tried in LA
By Skyler Romero
"The people contend that schedule bail of $1,000,000 -- without supplemental non-monetary conditions -- is insufficient to pro...
Criminal
County failed to protect child killed by gangs, suit says
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
“If Child Welfare Services and the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office had discharged their mandatory duties, this tragedy could ha...
Law Practice
Music lawyer joins Barnes & Thornburg in Los Angeles
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Brian L. Schall’s clients include entertainment entrepreneurs, concert promoters, chefs, social influencers, fashion designers...
The lawsuit pitted longtime Hollywood lawyer Martin D. Singer for the plaintiff against Beverly Hills attorney Ronald Richards...
Litigation & Arbitration
Judge urged to rule on fees, damages after Monster bought rival
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Vital’s former CEO, fired after the verdict against his company, told U.S. District Judge Jesus G. Bernal that he had been lef...
Insurance
Insurers, policyholders rush to file briefs on COVID coverage question
By Craig Anderson
The question is: “Can the actual or potential presence of the COVID-19 virus on an insured’s premises constitute ‘direct physi...
Litigation & Arbitration
Coinbase locked EU clients out of hacked accounts, suit says
By Wisdom Howell
The complaint, filed in federal court in San Francisco, claims that Coinbase’s wallet and account services “lacked adequate wa...
“Use of the CBP One smartphone app has effectively become the sole mechanism to access the U.S. asylum process at a [Port of E...
LA registrar mostly prevails in case seeking voter records of DA recall attempt
By Skyler Romero
“Los Angeles County’s registrar has resisted transparency and disclosure at every turn,” Eric M. George of Ellis George Cipoll...
Neutral Keith Koeller uses pressure point lists and issue sheets to devise resolutions.
The funds "will be used to address the impacts of the leak, including on local air quality, public health, and customers. The ...
Litigation & Arbitration
Panel upholds San Francisco noncitizen voter program
By Laurinda Keys
“Neither the plain language of the Constitution nor its history prohibits legislation expanding the electorate to noncitizens,...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Ex-bar board chair cleared of misconduct in Girardi discipline case
By Devon Belcher
A State Bar investigation has absolved former Board of Trustees Chair Sean Selegue of wrongdoing in a disciplinary matter agai...
Litigation & Arbitration
Judge tosses libel suit against LA Times by celebrity attorney
By Devon Belcher
Judge Wendy Chang granted the newspaper’s motion to strike in its entirety under the anti-SLAPP statute, finding that the repo...