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In support of their motion to compel, at a hearing in Santa Clara County Superior Court, lead counsel for the plaintiffs, Jo...



Experienced Empathy

May 19, 2023

Neutral Richard Aronson is 'respectful but clear' about the strength of parties cases


Health Care & Hospital Law


More than 77,000 people have sued GSK plc, formerly GlaxoSmithKline plc, in Delaware state court. They allege that the ulcer d...


Litigation & Arbitration


A Taco John’s franchisee in Minnesota came up with “Taco Twosday” to promote two tacos for 99 cents on a slow day of the week,...


“This is a disappointing decision that puts endangered jaguars at risk,” Marc Fink, an attorney at the Center for Biological D...


Litigation & Arbitration, Government


U.S. District Judge Fernando L. Aenlle-Rocha’s said doctors could not be punished for refusing to assist suicide but he left t...


“After watching our students start to own the courtroom and overcome that fear of facing a judge, they started to win with con...


Technology, Labor/Employment, Corporate


“Plaintiffs ignored a critical term within the merger agreement: the mandatory forum selection clause, which requires that all...


Litigation & Arbitration


Elizabeth J. Cabraser, partner at Lieff Cabraser, said Wednesday that this trial and settlement had a ripple effect: defendant...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Senate Republicans portrayed U.S. District Judge Ana I. de Alba as soft on crime, citing a sentencing decision in a child porn...


Litigation & Arbitration


The plaintiff’s counsel, Kyle R. Tracy of Tracy Law PC, filed the lawsuit saying Uber allowed its drivers to discriminate agai...


Litigation & Arbitration


“We believe it is a fair settlement and great result for investors,” said plaintiffs’ attorney James E. Barz, partner with Rob...


Government


Judge prohibits pre-arraignment bail in LA County

May 17, 2023
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

The ruling came hours after Superior Court Judge Lawrence P. Riff denied without prejudice an ex parte application by a crime ...


Technology, Litigation & Arbitration


Two content moderators hired to look through and filter offensive videos on TikTok, including necrophilia and child abuse, sai...


Technology


Charges in his case and four other cases were unsealed Tuesday as the Department of Justice unveiled a new multiagency unit, T...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Judge Richard B. Ulmer issued his ruling in a lawsuit brought against PG&E by Winding Creek Solar LLC, an alternative ener...


Litigation & Arbitration


Interim lead class counsel Dennis S. Ellis of Ellis George Cipollone O’Brien Annaguey LLP said in a statement Tuesday, “Black ...


The agency’s objection is not the same as the usual policy concerns concerning mergers. Instead, the FTC worries that Amgen wi...


Four years ago, the former chief operating officer sent a letter to state officials outlining his concerns about poor accounti...


Labor/Employment


E-discovery firm lays off 10% percent of workforce

May 16, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

The layoffs are among several throughout the legal industry in recent weeks. Disco, another e-discovery company, reportedly ju...



Fund misled investors in gold, silver sales, SEC says

May 16, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

“The defendants used fear and lies to defraud investors out of millions of dollars from their hard-earned retirement savings,”...


The defendant, Dr. Edward P. Miranda, and his attorney, Elisabeth A. Madden of the Law offices of Madden & Lynch PC, argue...


“The ultimate timing may move, but the decision has been made,” confirmed diocese spokesman Kevin Eckery on Monday.


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Two San Francisco employees refused to take the Covid-19 vaccine because it was developed using stem cells.


Government, Criminal


City asks high court to review ruling on beach bullying

May 16, 2023
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

“If public entities can now be found liable for violating the Coastal Act based upon the conduct of private citizens on public...


Immigration


“With 236,136 cases pending at the 10 courts in California as of the beginning of the year, the judges anticipate that new cas...


Criminal


Veteran treatment courts operate in hundreds of jurisdictions, but participation is often restricted to minor offenses, and on...


Health Care & Hospital Law


John Puente was deputy director and chief counsel at the California Department of Health Care Services and Heather Claus was s...


Litigation & Arbitration


“The Kennedy lawsuit was the catalyst that changed long-standing California law,” Los Angeles Judge Michael L. Stern wrote in ...



Revised budget proposes cut to Judicial Branch funding

May 15, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Nearly $21 million of the courts’ lost revenue will come out of an “ability to pay” fund designed to backfill declining fine a...