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James R. Asperger

Dec. 7, 2022

QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN, LLP


Environmental & Energy, Government


“Amargosa voles are on the brink of extinction, but federal officials are looking the other way while people party around the ...


Ediscovery, Environmental & Energy


There was a hearing Monday in Santa Ana on intervenor defendant Cosco Shipping Lines Co. Ltd.’s motion to dismiss the amended ...


Labor/Employment, Technology


In the notice of appeal, the plaintiffs stated they were discriminated against because Meta, the parent company of Facebook, w...


State Sen. Tom Umberg said his bill was a response to theft of client money by high-profile attorneys.


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Government, Technology


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Lucy H. Koh questioned whether plaintiff Colleen Huber hadn’t raised a “reasonable inf...


Appellate Practice, Law Practice


The former O’Melveny & Myers managing partner and WMBA owner has worked in-house since 2015.


Discipline, Judges and Judiciary


CJP declines to discipline Orange County judge

Dec. 7, 2022
By Don DeBenedictis

The Commission on Judicial Performance adopted a panel of special masters’ conclusions that Orange County Superior Court Judge...


Government


Superior Court Judge James C. Chalfant granted the Committee to Support the Recall of District Attorney George Gascón access t...


Class Action, Government, Health Care & Hospital Law, Torts/Personal Injury


The litigation includes over 8,500 personal injury cases, more than 1,400 government entity cases and 34 tribal cases.



Diplomacy Dreams

Dec. 6, 2022

Mandatory settlement conferences should be positive experience, L.A. County Judge Zaven Sinanian says


Judges and Judiciary


This cycle affects the pipeline of attorneys with the experience to be named to federal judgeships. Meanwhile, a large percent...


Criminal


U.S. District Judge James V. Selna dropped all other pending charges, at the request of the U.S. attorney’s office, and ordere...


Appellate Practice, Law Practice


Offit Kurman already has several offices on the East Coast. Merger with Clark & Trevithick adds 15 attorneys and downtown ...


Intellectual Property


Counsel for DocuSign — Michael J. Sacksteder of Fenwick & West LLP in San Francisco — argued that the case had to be dismi...


Torts/Personal Injury


“Our understanding of the verdict is that it might be the largest slip and fall case against McDonald’s, especially one where ...


Antitrust & Trade Reg., Entertainment & Sports


“Ticketmaster has effectuated this anticompetitive scheme by forcing fans of musicians to exclusively use Ticketmaster for pre...



Problem Solvers

Dec. 5, 2022

Attorneys at Bick Law help companies tackle a host of environmental challenges.


Appellate Practice, Law Practice


Perkins Coie adds 3 partners from MoFo in San Francisco

Dec. 5, 2022
By Douglas Saunders Sr.


Obituaries


H. Gilbert Jones, 1927 — 2022

Dec. 5, 2022
By Wisdom Howell

Lewis Brisbois of counsel had ‘genius for friendships’


Class Action, Technology


Yelp said this case was a first of its kind, where plaintiffs are asserting claims based on one-sided recordings. The company ...


Administrative/Regulatory, Judges and Judiciary


Budget worries after record funding, criminal case delays, farewell to the Chief, mark Judicial Council meeting.


Civil Litigation


U.S. District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley said the concern about disbarred attorney Thomas V. Girardi’s perceived influence ...


Government, Judges and Judiciary, Real Estate/Development


Attorney Michael Aguirre, on behalf of a plaintiff tax payer, took issue with a tentative ruling Superior Court Judge Joel R. ...



The human touch

Dec. 2, 2022

James Emerson puts people at ease to quickly get to the crux of disputes.


Government, Tax


Would an oil windfall profits tax go to consumers?


Government, Labor/Employment


The plaintiff, Assistant D.A. Victoria L. Adams “has been banished onto an island where she has no meaningful work to perform,...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Judges and Judiciary


Thursday’s vote advanced to the Senate floor Montana professor Anthony D. Johnstone for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals;...


Labor/Employment


A complaint filed four years ago alleged that McKesson executives participated in an unlawful price-fixing scheme with manufac...


Judges and Judiciary


“The point is not that any federal judge in the Central District of California would have any actual bias in this case; it’s ...