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Sacramento family law judge left lucrative litigation practice.


Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation


The decision to reject the $15 million award comes two weeks after U.S. District Judge William H. Orrick in San Francisco deni...


Labor/Employment, Judges and Judiciary


"Do trial courts have inherent authority to ensure that claims under the Private Attorneys General Act will be manageable at t...


Judges and Judiciary, Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech


“It is almost as if the plaintiffs have proposed a new lawsuit in response to the motion to dismiss,” stated U.S. District Jud...


Sacramento judge values curiosity and willingness to listen.


Land Use, Government


“The Angel Stadium land sale and the resulting $96 million fine shows the [Surplus Land] Act needs more teeth to it,” wrote bi...


Government


“The judgment of the court of appeals should be reversed, and the case should be remanded for appropriate proceedings,” conclu...


Technology, Entertainment & Sports


Tarantino says NFTs are based on Pulp Fiction screenplay

Jun. 23, 2022
By Federico Lo Giudice

“At every turn, the parties bent over backwards to make clear that Mr. Tarantino was not assigning any rights in the screenpla...


Law Practice, Appellate Practice


William Oxley returns to Orrick, after nearly a decade away

Jun. 23, 2022
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

“When I left Orrick, it was already a phenomenal litigation and trial firm, and that has just grown exponentially,” Oxley said.


Technology, Government


“This settlement is historic, marking the first time that Meta has agreed to terminate one of its algorithmic targeting tools ...


Law Practice, Environmental & Energy, Appellate Practice


Legal Services gets $154,000 to help wildfire victims

Jun. 23, 2022
By Federico Lo Giudice

“This funding will help Californians navigate insurance claims, housing issues, document recovery, and more as they seek to ge...


Judges and Judiciary


Superior Court in Santa Ana to begin renovations

Jun. 23, 2022
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Small claims and probate is being moved to a temporary facility in Costa Mesa.


Technology, Banking


“After 5.5 years in big law as a crypto and corporate specialist, I’m excited to announce that I’m leaving Fenwick’s crypto te...


Government


“These are incredibly important positions in communities,” said the bill’s author, Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, D-Sacramento. “T...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals



“The government expects to move to dismiss the remaining counts of the indictment after sentence is imposed,” reads the docume...


“The company believes that the decision undermines the ability of companies to rely on official actions taken by expert regula...


Judges and Judiciary


New group to draft guidelines for remote civil proceedings

Jun. 22, 2022
By Federico Lo Giudice

The working group will collect data to help create a proposed list of recommendations, which are due to the Legislature and Go...


Labor/Employment, Contracts


Hair care company settles lawsuit filed by whistleblower

Jun. 22, 2022
By Federico Lo Giudice

The plaintiff said John Paul Mitchell Systems breached his contract and fired him because of his age. He also said the company...


Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech, Government


Committee OKs Newsom’s homeless court bill

Jun. 22, 2022
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Much of the debate around CARE Court has focused on whether it makes the mental health care system more coercive or less. A 38...


Technology, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


The complaint argues at its core that Uber and Lyft’s conduct “harms competition in both the labor market as well as the consu...


State Bar & Bar Associations


“There are other ways to increase access to justice,” Assembly Judiciary Committee Chairman Mark Stone said


Judges and Judiciary


“We welcome Judge de Alba to the federal trial bench with open arms!” Chief District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller of the Eastern ...


Technology, Labor/Employment


“In this age of hyper-partisanship and gridlock, ballot initiatives empower the people to take back control and enact practica...


Real Estate/Development, Law Practice


17 real estate lawyers join Holland & Knight in Los Angeles

Jun. 21, 2022
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

The lawyers came from from Pircher, Nichols & Meeks and are based in Century City


Intellectual Property, Contracts


Columbia Pictures, Amazon, Disney, Paramount, Warner Bros. and Universal Pictures filed a complaint for copyright infringement...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Government


“It seems like they’re a lobbying group, but none of them are registered lobbyists, so that’s concerning,” said Micha Star Lib...


California Supreme Court


Supreme Court rejects challenges to pandemic trial delays

Jun. 21, 2022
By Federico Lo Giudice

In 2 criminal cases, defendants asked the state Supreme Court to grant relief citing speedy trial laws. In one case, Justice G...


U.S. Supreme Court, Labor/Employment, Government


“We are exploring every avenue to make sure workers are protected from exploitative employers — including guidance in the cour...


Technology, Data Privacy


Plaintiffs accuse Facebook of parsing information from hundreds of medical provider patient portals on millions of patients an...