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"Defendants told these lies, and never stopped, because it was a better story than the truth, and better stories make money," ...


U.S. District Judge Vince G. Chhabria received a call from a plaintiff in the Roundup litigation who said that she had refused...



"We have a trail of documents that tell the truth of what happened," Susman Godfrey LLP partner Amanda K. Bonn told jurors. "T...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


New rules published by the FTC mean the scope of conduct that can be considered as anti-competitive is much broader than it ha...



Data Privacy, Technology


The company is accused of using software from TikTok and Salesforce to build profiles of users.


Criminal, Mergers & Acquisitions


British tech mogul Mike Lynch and former Autonomy vice president Stephen Chamberlain were acquitted after an 11-week trial in ...



Civil Litigation


Quinn Emanuel disqualified from appeal of $10B dispute

Jun. 7, 2024
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

The hearing on the motion to disqualify was punctuated by Quinn Emmanuel senior counsel Kathleen M. Sullivan addressing the ju...


Criminal, Law Practice


Andrew P. Young played a pivotal role in "Operation Trojan Shield".



Civil Litigation, Data Privacy


Lead counsel named in 23andMe litigation

Jun. 7, 2024
By Sunidhi Sridhar

23andMe, which recently announced a new goal of mining genetic data and partnering with pharmaceutical companies for research ...


California Supreme Court, Environmental & Energy


The ruling marks a political shift, with People's Park - once a symbol of the 1960s Berkeley counterculture - having no suppor...



Roderick Thompson tailors his dispute resolution approach to best fit each case.


"The court essentially determined this is a political question and the County of Los Angeles is in the driver's seat," counsel...



Civil Litigation, Torts/Personal Injury


Attorneys for a medical transportation company had argued that the circumstances of a 2023 crash, while "distasteful," were no...


California Supreme Court, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


The question revolves around a 1986 law, the Civil Discovery Act, and whether trial court judges have independent authority to...



Terren Peizer's case marks the first time the Department of Justice has sought criminal insider trading charges against an exe...


Environmental & Energy


Gov. Gavin Newsom signed SB 149 last year, which allows governors to certify some important projects to resolve environmental ...



Immigration



Ethics/Professional Responsibility


The State Bar found 200 client files when it raided her office on May 29.



The lawyer sued Uber following its April 2016 launch in Argentina, claiming the company knowingly concealed the fact that he w...


Community News


Christen Press and Tobin Heath of the U.S. women's national soccer team were honored for their dedication to the cause.



Administrative/Regulatory, Criminal


Assembly votes to extend remote criminal proceedings

Jun. 5, 2024
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The Assembly passed SB 92, which would extend remote criminal proceedings until 2026, by a 6-0 vote despite opposition from la...


The case is the first time the Department of Justice has brought criminal insider trading charges solely based on an executive...



Administrative/Regulatory, Government


"On information and belief, the city has rarely, if ever, allowed a lease action to lapse for over 15 months, making this a ca...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


The panel ruled that U.S. Magistrate Judge Laurel D. Beeler of San Francisco failed to instruct the jury to determine whether ...



The issues raised by the executive order, announced Tuesday, are in "some ways less justifiable" than similar measures announc...


Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports, Intellectual Property


The settlement includes claims related to several blockbuster movies, including "Deadpool," "Guardians of the Galaxy," and "Av...




Music industry lawyer gives $5M to Occidental College

Jun. 5, 2024
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

John Branca said he wants the money used to help promising music majors at local community colleges to transfer to Occidental.


Law Practice


Financial services team joins Holland & Knight in LA

Jun. 5, 2024
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

The team includes Paul W. A. Severin, who was until recently vice chairman of Loeb & Loeb LLP.



Former in-house lawyer Brian C. Wheeler joined the firm this week.


Girardi's attorneys compared Girardi's situation to that of Stormy Daniels' former attorney, Michael Avenatti, whose fraud tri...