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Labor/Employment, Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation


A Santa Clara County judge has denied a preliminary injunction in a trade secrets theft case against a solar company and the p...


Environmental & Energy, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Counsel for Oakland and San Francisco described the public nuisance suit against BP P.L.C., Chevron Corporation, Exxon Mobil C...


Civil Litigation, California Supreme Court


State Supreme Court justices peppered attorneys with questions Monday in a case raising the question of whether a company accu...


Law Practice, Labor/Employment


Brendan Dolan and Lucky Meinz started working as partners in Sheppard Mullin’s labor and employment practice group on Tuesday.


Civil Litigation, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Pegging a lawyer’s compensation precisely to a plaintiff’s damage recovery would “create perverse incentives” in civil rights ...


Health Care & Hospital Law, Environmental & Energy


Was a consultant hired by Southern California Gas Company to speak with those affected by the 2015 Aliso Canyon gas leak there...


Native Americans, Civil Litigation


The immunity claim against counterclaims filed by the Picayune Rancheria of the Chukchansi Indians on Tuesday in the Eastern D...


U.S. District Judge David O. Carter said the issue is for policymakers, asking ‘Isn’t this a political question?’


Law Practice


Irell & Manella, long regarded as one of the premier law firms in Southern California, said it is shifting its business s...


Tax, Civil Litigation


The New Orleans Employees Retirement System represented by Jonathan Daniel Uslaner of Bernstein Litowitz Berger and Grossmann ...


Environmental & Energy, Bankruptcy


Federal judge OKs PG&E reorganization plan

Feb. 5, 2020
By Winston Cho

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Dennis Montali allowed a restructuring agreement laying out a tentative reorganization plan for PG&E...


Civil Litigation


The complaint asserts Vivitrol does not wean patients off opioids and leaves them more vulnerable to an overdose.


Law Practice, Civil Litigation


The lawsuit alleges PG&E misled shareholders about its wildfire safety efforts and its preparedness in introducing a progr...


Under SB 908, the state’s Department of Business Oversight would enforce the terms of the Rosenthal Fair Debt Collections Prac...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


After nearly 14 years on the bench, the retired Orange County-based federal judge will soon start work at the mediation firm’s...


Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


“This case should cause concern to every judge in California,” Judge John T. Laettner’s attorney, James A. Murphy, wrote in th...


Law Practice, Civil Litigation, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Having terminated her former counsel for the case against Michael Avenatti in March, Stormy Daniels appeared with new counsel ...


Entertainment & Sports


A federal judge approved two law firms to lead a class action on behalf of shareholders accusing the streaming service Netflix...


Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Civil Rights


A former Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart PC attorney has dropped her gender discrimination lawsuit against the em...


Immigration


In what immigrants' rights advocates are calling a politically motivated move by the Trump administration to make it more diff...


Many of the domestic violence and sexual assault policies proposed by district attorney candidate George Gascon already exist ...


Education Law


This finding appears to contradict one of the arguments made by plaintiffs demanding the UC system drop the use of standardize...


Tax, Criminal


Ex-tax lawyer gets 5 years for tax evasion

Feb. 4, 2020
By Meghann Cuniff

Assistant U.S. attorney Ruth C. Pinkel argued in her sentencing position that James Roy McDaniel deserved “a significant sente...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


In a case that may help determine the course of the many labor suits being filed against gig economy employers, a 9th U.S. Cir...


Environmental & Energy, Bankruptcy


The bankrupt Pacific Gas & Electric Company would be turned into a publicly owned utility under a bill proposed by a stat...


Intellectual Property, Criminal


A jury on Monday quickly rejected federal prosecutors’ allegations that a former technology company employee was guilty of pos...


Bankruptcy


Judge approves Sedgwick bankruptcy plan

Feb. 4, 2020
By Nicole Tyau

A judge approved Sedgwick LLP's revised bankruptcy plan over objections from one of the former firm's non-settling partners.


Judges and Judiciary


Great Expectations

Feb. 3, 2020

Former Marine JAG officer Judge Randy Edwards wants attorneys to be more efficient.


Intellectual Property, Criminal


A San Jose federal prosecutor portrayed a former technology company employee as a criminal who selfishly took valuable researc...


Government, Administrative/Regulatory


The state of California has moved boldly into attempting to regulate online privacy. But how much can any state do on its own?