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Theranos prosecutor joins Jones Day in Silicon Valley

Apr. 27, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

During 17 years in the U.S. attorney’s office, Jeff Schenk worked on a number of high-profile criminal cases, including his re...


Class Action


The O’Melveny & Myers partner filed a 77-page complaint accusing the Florida governor of “a targeted campaign of governmen...


State Bar & Bar Associations


The majority of the 1,416 comments received opposed the recommendations of the Blue Ribbon Commission on the Future of the Bar...


“We are fully activating the tools that Congress gave us,” FTC Chair Lina M. Khan said during event at Berkeley.


During the first bellwether trial over Juul’s electronic cigarettes, both parties’ lawyers thoroughly questioned the first exp...


“I hasten to add that the court is not a policymaking institution. This goes back to my Day One conversation about separation ...


Litigation & Arbitration


“He could not face members of the community and face the victim of nine years of sexual abuse. He did not have the courage to ...



Bay Area firm opens office in Arizona, hires 5 attorneys

Apr. 26, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Van Dermyden Makus, which conducts workplace assessments and investigations, has offices in Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Diego...


Civil Litigation


Judge Richard L. Fruin granted the stay as David Lira, Girardi’s son-in-law and business partner and the last remaining defend...


Criminal


Judge Lawrence P. Riff is considering the plaintiffs’ injunction request and is seeking expert testimony on what the consequen...


Litigation & Arbitration


“The jury verdict alone is not sufficient to deter the improper, frivolous, and bad faith litigation conduct described above,”...


Civil Rights


Several recent lawsuits have centered on alleged mistreatment of members of the so-called Dalit or “untouchable” caste in Sili...


Litigation & Arbitration


“[T]he [direct action plaintiffs] have failed to come forth with ‘specific evidence tending to show that [the defendants were]...


Because of a waiver of liability signed by the student’s parents, the school district has been dismissed as a defendant in a l...


Litigation & Arbitration


The Judicial Council agreed to disband the civil assessment programs that were enforced by 10 trial courts across the state. T...


Legal Education


Of the president’s 30 nominees to the 9th Circuit and California district courts, 25 have attended one of six elite law school...


Cross-examination was handled by Brian L. Stekloff, who sought to portray the Juul e-cigarettes as similar to other competing ...


Immigration


2 men declared factually innocent under new law

Apr. 25, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

The law was originally enacted in 2017 to stop immigration deportations after a conviction was overturned, but it was amended ...


Technology


Presiding judges, and others, were advised by the Supreme Court Committee on Judicial Ethics Opinions “to be especially carefu...



Media owner trying to intimidate, McDonald’s says

Apr. 25, 2023
By Sunidhi Sridhar

Byron Allen took out a newspaper advertisement attacking the fast food giant on the eve of mediation.


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The law, which Gov. Gavin Newsom signed last year, declares doctors who spread “misinformation” about COVID-19 are engaging in...


The county’s attorney said Monday the agreement did give the judge authority to act if provisions of the deal weren’t met, and...


Technology


“Apple’s restrictions create a heterogenous market for app-transaction platforms which, as a result, increases interbrand comp...


Constitutional Law


Greenpeace had argued that it was exercising its First Amendment right to freedom of speech because the area it alleged Resolu...


The school district alleged that Altria aimed its marketing efforts to attract kids to Juul by downplaying its nicotine conten...


Labor/Employment


Plaintiffs’ attorney J. Gary Gwilliam of Gwilliam, Ivary, Chiosso, Cavalli & Brewer said that the case hinges on convincin...


Technology


Defense win from 1st jury to judge Tesla Autopilot

Apr. 24, 2023
By Sunidhi Sridhar

The automaker said it never claimed the Autopilot feature was a substitute for an attentive driver.


Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office announced statewide guidance to help prevent discriminatory housing practices caused by so...


Environmental & Energy


Senior U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer did not seem to lean toward either party during oral arguments Friday, but did as...



DEL Records employee said he was fired for helping DEA

Apr. 24, 2023
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

The complaint, filed on Thursday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, describes an office environment in which the company’s ...