Trade secrets defense titan used legendary tactics.
Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation
Class partially denied in suit against Olympic swimming group
By Jonathan Lo
U.S. Magistrate Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley denied the plaintiffs' motion for class certification in part, allowing the inju...
Health Care & Hospital Law, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Trial in federal antitrust lawsuit against Sutter Health begins
By Jonathan Lo
Plaintiffs say the company’s policy of requiring insurance companies to include all of their networks or none at all is anti-c...
Judicate West neutral Thomas Oesterreich, a former plaintiff and defense litigator, urges parties to be patient and positive.
Judges and Judiciary, Criminal
Prosecutor running for judge is fired after investigation
By Kamila Knaudt
Orange County Deputy District Attorney Ebrahim Baytieh allegedly failed to disclose information to defense lawyers
Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation
Federal judge reinstates protections for gray wolves
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Thursday’s order by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey S. White was a significant win for a coalition of environmental groups. Howeve...
Akin Gump partner championed charter schools
Technology, Criminal
US judge likely to grant ex-Uber exec access to rideshare giant's documents
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Joseph Sullivan, Uber’s chief security officer from 2015 to 2017, immediately told his superiors about a 2016 hack that implic...
Civil Litigation, Bankruptcy
$2.7B bankruptcy deal reached in Boy Scouts sex abuse case
By Blaise Scemama
Some of the individual charters, religious and civic organizations affiliated with the scouts and who are named in sexual abus...
Judges and Judiciary, Government, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Nominee for federal court in LA sails through hearing
By Craig Anderson
Orange County Superior Court Judge Fred W. Slaughter drew Republican support and is expected to clear the full Senate.
Civil Litigation
UC will pay $246M to women abused by UCLA gynecologist
By Federico Lo Giudice
The settlement covers 50 cases with allegations that span UCLA gynecologist James Heaps’ 35-year career. 203 women will receiv...
Government, Criminal
DA races in several key counties this year could get heated
By Malcolm Maclachlan
In Orange County, the top candidates are already trading vicious insults. The wildcard is billionaire George Soros, who has no...
Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary, Covid Court Ops
LA County courts will resume all trials on Monday
By Blaise Scemama
“Throughout the pandemic, we have prioritized safe access to justice – and will continue to do so,” Presiding Judge Eric C. Ta...
Civil Rights, Civil Litigation
SF supervisors OKs $700K for man beaten by police officer
By Kamila Knaudt
The deal was temporarily stalled last week after a lawyer for the officer accused the district attorney of withholding exculpa...
Legal Education
Legislation to change UC Hastings name will be introduced later this month
By Diana Bosetti
The UC Board of Regents are reportedly on standby to hasten the name change should the bill be challenged.
Labor/Employment, Government, Civil Litigation
Lawyer for labor union accuses San Francisco of retaliation
By Jonathan Lo
“We’re here for the whistleblowers who have the guts and the courage to speak up against commissioners,” lawyer Angela M. Alio...
“I always did not like the old saying ‘life’s not fair.’ Fairness is a big issue for me,” said Commissioner John Blair.
Law Practice, Civil Litigation, California Courts of Appeal
Client who sued former attorney wins $47M jury verdict in Sonoma County
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Brad A. Bening of Davis, Bengtson & Young APLC said he interviewed the jury, and they disregarded the evidence and instruc...
Judges and Judiciary
San Francisco Judge Angela Bradstreet announces retirement
By Jonathan Lo
An openly gay jurist and a respected trial judge for every type of civil trial, Bradstreet is lauded as a pioneering advocate ...
Judges and Judiciary, Government
‘Equity’ is watchword as debates over court spending begin
By Malcolm Maclachlan
While a Judicial Council representative began a Tuesday informational hearing by praising Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed funding...
The lawyers worked formerly together at Hinshaw & Culbertson and now join Maynard’s Insurance and Financial Services Litig...
Government
Los Angeles DA asks credit companies for help in ghost gun fight
By Kamila Knaudt
“American Express, Mastercard and Visa have the ability to go beyond what any law enforcement agency, legislature or city coun...
Law Practice
Former SEC deputy director to join Debevoise in San Francisco
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Kristin Snyder will join the firm’s White Collar & Regulatory Defense Group on March 14. She is leaving the SEC after 18 y...
Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
With Nvidia, Biden administration gets high-profile antitrust win
By Craig Anderson
Santa Clara technology giant Nvidia Corp. abandoned its $40 billion bid to purchase British chip design provider Arm Ltd. Mond...
Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation
Appeals court mostly affirms CalTech patent infringement verdict against Apple
By Craig Anderson
In January 2020, inventors of Wi-Fi coding technologies won the huge verdict in the Central District of California. Broadcom w...
Law Practice
San Diego attorney has seen how the legal profession has changed over the last six decades
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Attorney Susan L. England, who just celebrated her 85th birthday, was admitted to the California Bar during a time when women...
Immigration, Government, Civil Litigation
LA County gets money to defend immigrants in deportation
By Kamila Knaudt
The $6 million from a settlement over unlawful detention of immigrants, will be divided between the Public Defender and the Al...
Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation
Comedians sue Pandora over rights to their jokes
By Federico Lo Giudice
Although Pandora has licensed the comedians’ recordings, “this does not include the literary jokes themselves. You can’t have ...
Civil Litigation, Banking
Judge dismisses federal claims in suit against Wells Fargo
By Craig Anderson
The lawsuit accused the bank’s directors of failing to address internal problems after it reached an agreement with the Office...