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Environmental & Energy


Former White House clean energy director joins Covington

Jun. 2, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

“As the energy transition unfolds, clients will require law firms who not only have a deep understanding of the legislative, p...


Litigation & Arbitration


Both rulings cite an obscure, decades-old opinion that takes on a seemingly philosophical question: When litigation involves a...


Entertainment & Sports


One of Deutsch’s recent accomplishments includes representing New Republic Pictures in a multi-picture co-financing deal with ...


U.S. Supreme Court


Supreme Court appears to sanction direct listings

Jun. 2, 2023
By Craig Anderson

Justice Neil M. Gorsuch wrote that the securities law “requires a plaintiff to plead and prove that he purchased shares tracea...


State Bar & Bar Associations


The changes would allow out-of-state attorneys under discipline to ask the California bar to rule on their moral character bef...


Technology


Kathleen J. McMahon of Joseph Saveri Law Firm LLP said the plaintiffs still want to go forward with the depositions now becaus...


Mayor London Breed defended the idea of a race based guaranteed income program in a news release when she announced it in Sept...


Criminal


Disbarred attorney on the lam from criminal charges

Jun. 1, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Kelly DuFord Williams is accused of stealing client money.


Government, Criminal


Recalled San Francisco district attorney Chesa Boudin also said he would not run for public office in 2024.


According to the complaint, the outdoor clothing brand recently opted not to renew its dealer agreement with Nordstrom after a...



New boutique litigation law firm opens up in Los Angeles

Jun. 1, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

This trio of attorneys, each with their own unique set of skills, have made a name for themselves through their hard work and ...


California Courts of Appeal


In a 2-1 decision, a 2nd District Court of Appeal panel granted Leslie Van Houten’s petition challenging Gov. Gavin Newsom’s r...


Civil Litigation


The plaintiffs claimed that the companies’ business models exploited their drivers and suppressed their pay by preventing driv...


Environmental & Energy


The Senate passed, 29-5, one of the most closely watched housing bills. SB 423 by Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, would ex...


Civil Litigation


The settlement followed a setback for the district attorney’s office when Shasta County Superior Court Judge Daniel E. Flynn t...


Civil Litigation


“What we learned at trial was that there were multiple instances where [the dog] was reported to have bitten people or to have...


On Wednesday, a unanimous California Senate passed SB 829, which would bar ticket vendors from demanding exclusive contracts w...


In order to maximize client objectives and minimize income and transfer taxes, Giordano-Lascari assists clients in structuring...



Cosmetics makers latest to challenge Prop. 65 labels

May 31, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The complaint filed Friday uses similar arguments to ones used for a coffee byproduct — and uses the same attorney to make the...


Environmental & Energy


A similar complaint was filed in New York last year against KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.


Civil Litigation


$12M for Olympic hopeful injured at Camp Pendleton

May 31, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

“While at the training camp, Perry and other professional wrestlers were placed into a military weapons training exercise and ...


Immigration


The case concerns a Nicaraguan citizen who became a legal permanent resident of the United States in 1990 and then was twice c...


Civil Litigation


Attorney withdraws from stabbing defense

May 31, 2023
By Skyler Romero

“How could I ethically represent somebody, ever, that I had a conflict of interest with in the beginning? Do you understand?” ...


Health Care & Hospital Law


At the heart of the matter is a report cited in the complaint from the San Francisco Department of Health in June 2019 that “a...


Civil Rights


The plaintiff alleges she was wrongfully terminated following medical absences for three gender-affirming surgeries last year....


Labor/Employment


Most noncompete agreements are illegal, NLRB says

May 31, 2023
By Craig Anderson

Attorneys who handle such disputes say the latest move, following a U.S. Federal Trade Commission proposal in January to ban n...



Ghost gun maker can no longer do business in California

May 31, 2023
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

The legal settlement stems from a lawsuit that the City of Los Angeles filed against Polymer80 in 2021 following an ambush on ...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Circuit Judges Kim McLane Wardlaw, Paul J. Watford and Eric D. Miller unanimously rejected the petitioner’s challenges to his ...


Civil Litigation


“Workers in San Bernardino County can’t possibly protect these children because of their high caseloads, no matter how hard th...


Technology


The federal jury in San Francisco found that Google had not proved by clear and convincing evidence that any of the infringed-...