Civil Litigation, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
No profits, no restitution, CashCall lawyer tells circuit panel
By Craig Anderson
Kristin Bateman, an attorney with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, argued that CashCall’s expenses didn’t matter beca...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Judges and Judiciary, Community News
OC Bar Association hosts event honoring Judge Andrew Guilford one year after retirement
By Nicole Tyau
Judge Guilford spent nearly 14 years on the federal bench before joining Judicate West last year.
Technology, Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation
TV journalist sues Facebook for flagging his videos as false, misleading
By Winston Cho
John Stossel, a former ABC and Fox news and reporter and presenter, alleged in a lawsuit filed on Wednesday that Facebook’s fa...
Judges and Judiciary, Government
Governor signs bill to further eliminate arbitration delays
By Malcolm Maclachlan
SB 762 requires arbitration providers to produce invoices that clearly lay out cost, fees and due dates.
Mergers & Acquisitions, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Small deals let big tech evade antitrust scrutiny, FTC says
By Winston Cho
“When we singly review serial acquisitions, we may miss the bigger picture patterns of anticompetitive roll-up strategy,” Comm...
Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation
Ex-patent office chief to help defend $1.9B patent judgment
By Henrik Nilsson
Andrei Iancu is now a member of the Irell & Manella LLP team aiding defense of Centripetal Networks’ award against Cisco S...
Corporate, Community News, Books
Corporate counsel group CEO pens book on reaching goals
By Nicole Tyau
Veta Richardson’s book is “Take Six: Essential Habits To Own Your Destiny, Overcome Challenges, And Unlock Opportunities.”
A petition for writ of mandate was filed in Orange County Superior Court on Tuesday by Starbuzz Tobacco Inc., based in Foothil...
Criminal
Judge denies Scott Peterson deposition of one of his jurors
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“Arranging for a deposition especially during a pandemic would take much more time than Juror No. 7’s live testimony and provi...
Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg., 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Most tuna eaters weren’t harmed by conspiracy, lawyers say
By Craig Anderson
Gregory G. Garre, a partner with Latham & Watkins LLP who represents StarKist Co., said about 28% of the class suffered no...
Judges and Judiciary, Criminal
Suit asks court to enjoin itself over delayed trials
By Kamila Knaudt
The lawsuit’s venue is not a major issue, San Francisco Public Defender Manohar P. Raju said Wednesday. “Regardless of what ju...
Government, Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation
Loopholes for refinery toxic emissions must end, judge says
By Blaise Scemama
Valley Air argued it had the authority to create exemptions for petroleum refineries not refining crude oil but still operatin...
Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary
Judge Glenn Yabuno elected San Bernardino Court presiding judge
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Judge Lisa M. Rogan was elected assistant presiding judge.
Securities, Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation, Administrative/Regulatory
Blizzard’s top legal officer leaves as SEC investigates
By Henrik Nilsson
The company is being sued by several current and former employees and by the California Department of Fair Employment and Hous...
Civil Litigation
No Hulu, Netflix franchise fees for city, judge rules
By Blaise Scemama
Lancaster, in northern LA County, sought to charge Netflix Inc. and Hulu LLC 5% of their gross income derived from providing v...
Data Privacy, Criminal, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Panel vacates child porn conviction over privacy rights
By Craig Anderson
Google reported to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that defendant Luke Wilson had uploaded four images ...
Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, California Supreme Court
Judges told how not to see what they shouldn’t
By Craig Anderson
To avoid ethical quandaries, a state Supreme Court advisory committee released guidance Tuesday to judges who routinely search...
Criminal, Appellate Practice
Panel tosses murder convictions, says juror strike ‘tied to race’
By Henrik Nilsson
During jury selection, the defendants filed Batson/Wheeler motions against the prosecutor’s exercise of a peremptory strike ag...
Corporate, Civil Litigation
Judge questions need for quotas on corporate boards
By Gina Kim
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Maureen Duffy-Lewis said she has noticed the “pendulum swing” in academic settings, an...
Law Practice, Law Office Management, Data Privacy
New partner will colead Loeb & Loeb’s privacy, security, data practice
By Kamila Knaudt
Tanya Forsheit moved from Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC, where she was supervising partner of the Los Angeles office an...
Labor/Employment, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Proposition 22 is not retroactive, unanimous 9th Circuit panel rules
By Winston Cho
Writing for the court, Judge William A. Fletcher sent the case back to a district court to decide if Grubhub misclassified a d...
Law Practice, Law Office Management, Labor/Employment
4-attorney employment team joins Baker & Hostetler
By Kamila Knaudt
McGuireWoods partners Matthew C. Kane and Sylvia J. Kim, senior associate Amy Beverlin and associate Kerri H. Sakaue made the ...
Legal Education, Law Practice
Animal law specialties edge into mainstream
By Malcolm Maclachlan
"When I started, I could count the number of animal lawyers I knew of on two hands, and half of them were academics," said Bru...
Labor/Employment, Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation
LA can't fire half of firefighters, lawyer says in challenge to vaccine
By Blaise Scemama
Los Angeles attorney Kevin McBride of McBride Law PC, who represents a newly formed organization called the Firefighters 4 Fre...
Cofounder of Munger, Tolles & Olson ‘brought out the best in people’
Securities, Civil Litigation
Twitter agrees to pay $809M to settle securities fraud litigation
By Craig Anderson
The complaint, filed by Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP along with Motley Rice LLC, alleged the San Francisco company con...
Real Estate/Development, Land Use, Government, Administrative/Regulatory
Governor signs bill to build multiple housing units in single family neighborhoods
By Blaise Scemama
Senate Bill 9, one of four Newsom signed Thursday, will allow as many as two duplexes — two houses with attached units for a t...
Civil Litigation
Judge gives Capitol Annex saviors another chance
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Sacramento County Judge Laurie M. Earl said she was seeking additional briefs because neither side had cited the case on which...
Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation
State civil rights agency accused of hampering Riot Games settlement
By Gina Kim
Lawyers for the Department of Fair Employment and Housing objected to the plaintiffs and the gaming giant proceeding with a ma...
Law Practice, Appellate Practice
Veteran Public Justice attorney to launch Bailey & Glasser appellate practice
By Kamila Knaudt
“Bittersweet is a perfect word for it. It’s heartbreaking and at the same time, incredibly exciting,” said Leslie Brueckner, w...