Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Boutique Kesselman Brantly Stockinger marks 10th anniversary
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Founded in 2014, the firm has established itself as a nimble competitor in antitrust and other highly competitive practices.
Neutral Kevin Culhane finds satisfaction in resolving cases like wrongful deaths of children.
Law Practice
Is law requiring pro bono reports to State Bar hardship for small firms?
By John Roemer
The reporting mandate takes effect in 2026, though the State Bar will ask lawyers to provide their 2024 pro bono totals as par...
Civil Litigation
TV producer can pursue defamation case against Warner Bros discovery
By Skyler Romero
Los Angeles judge previously denied an anti-SLAPP motion from Warner Bros. on the condition that Dan Schneider submit a decla...
Technology, Labor/Employment
Google employee who put off having child, sues over maternity firing
By Wisdom Howell
The plaintiff was one of 12,000 employees Google laid off in 2023. Her complaint argues that she and several other women on ma...
Technology
Injunction issued in dispute that could define open-source future
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The case illustrates the sometimes uncomfortable "push-pull" that can occur between an entity that maintains a technology plat...
Civil Litigation
United Healthcare subsidiary OK'd to arbitrate wrongful death case
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
U.S. Behavioral Health Plan, California is accused of denying plaintiff Ryan Matlock's addiction rehabilitation coverage in co...
Criminal, Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit en banc panel disinclined to overturn ban on felons with firearms
By Craig Anderson
Assistant Federal Public Defender Sonam A.H. Henderson, who represents defendant Steven Duarte on the appeal of his conviction...
Criminal
Accused white supremacist has served enough time, attorney argues
By Devon Belcher
The Department of Justice says its years-long prosecution of Robert Rundo was constitutionally just and did not warrant any re...
DOJ seizes $215M from shuttered sex trafficking website in historic forfeiture case
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Under the settlement, more than 80% of seized assets - including cash, cryptocurrency, and San Francisco real estate used in o...
Judges and Judiciary
Senate confirms Alameda County judge to federal bench
By Craig Anderson
Noel Wise is a former U.S. Department of Justice attorney in its environmental and natural resources division who subsequently...
Judges and Judiciary
Santa Barbara judge admonished for behavior, misleading CJP
By Laurinda Keys
Most of the announcement detailed the judge's misleading of the Commission on Judicial Performance about his retirement plans ...
Technology, Constitutional Law
State's social media limit laws likely face 'compelled speech' challenges
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A bill to require warning labels on social media emerges amid a shifting legal and political landscape that is increasingly ho...
California Supreme Court
Less restrictive electronic court recording sought
By Jack Needham
Family Violence Appellate Project, represented by Covington & Burling LLP and Community Legal Aid SoCal, and Bay Area Lega...
Law Office Management, Government, Civil Rights
Harmeet Dhillon, picked for DOJ post, focused on civil rights
By Craig Anderson
Dhillon Law Group partner Krista L. Baughman wrote in an email Tuesday that the firm - which has grown to 26 attorneys in five...
The former ambassador to Mexico, Christopher Landau, is attached to the Washington office of Ellis George LLP.
Civil Litigation
Meta accuses states of violating discovery orders in MDL
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Meta claimed it made meaningful concessions to the state plaintiffs, but their delays have left negotiations over search terms...
Labor/Employment
Cognizant opposes class counsel's $26M interim fee request
By Devon Belcher
The motion followed a unanimous jury verdict in October for a plaintiffs' class who claimed Cognizant - founded in India - had...
Intellectual Property
Dropbox attorneys claim key documents in patent dispute are now fair game
By Wisdom Howell
Dropbox's attorneys with Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP claim that plaintiff Entangled Media "continues to assert privilege o...
Authorities uncovered many cases involving victims who paid thousands of dollars for immigration services that were never deli...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Attorneys in Danny Masterson case recommended for disciplinary investigations
By Skyler Romero
Masterson, known for roles in the TV sitcoms "That 70s Show" and "The Ranch," was found guilty by a jury on two counts of rape...
Judges and Judiciary
Senate confirms California State Bar Court judge to federal judgeship
By Craig Anderson
A 1995 graduate of UCLA School of Law, Valenzuela Dizon was national head of litigation for the Mexican American Legal Defense...
Data Privacy
Healthline website owners accused of tracking users with TikTok code
By Wisdom Howell
The putative class action complaint claims that the TikTok pixel uses a unique process called "fingerprinting" and collects "a...
Criminal
Prison for Girardi will send message, establish justice, US says
By Devon Belcher
Former attorney Tom Girardi does not remember anything about his month-long jury trial or guilty verdict, his counsel claimed ...
Government, Class Action
Consent decree for closed Dublin prison should go nationwide, attorneys say
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The consent decree announced Friday covers about 500 prisoners once held at Federal Correctional Institution, Dublin. Many hav...
Litigation & Arbitration, Alternative Dispute Resolution
Umberg urges bar to use new ADR oversight powers
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Sen. Tom Umberg, chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said parties "should have an opportunity to know who" their decision...
Judges and Judiciary
Judge agrees with 'implicit bias' and 'microaggression' accusations by appeal justices
By Laurinda Keys
The concurrence said Superior Court Judge Randolph M. Hammock "committed a microaggression," that his "unwitting remarks ... i...
Securities
Federal judge tosses indictments against recycling company investors
By Skyler Romero
While the two defendants had tried to promote the Loop Industries stock and keep values afloat, there was no evidence that the...
Harmeet Dhillon has been nominated by President-elect Donald Trump as assistant attorney general for civil rights.
