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The owner of a horse the New York Jockey Club believes was named for a Kentucky lawyer says a California agency violated his c...



On the Team

May 10, 2024

Being a former union worker helps retired justice James Lambden connect with parties.


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


Flannery Associates sued the owners a year ago, claiming they violated federal antitrust law by conspiring to drive up the sal...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Constitutional Law


The ruling could wipe out hundreds of firearms-related convictions.


Civil Litigation


The complaint forms part of a broader drama involving an alleged scam to gain ownership of a commodities trading company.


Judges and Judiciary


Law faculty from California schools say that the decision by a handful of federal judges unfairly punishes students.


Judge Charles D. Novack is one of nine bankruptcy judges on the Northern District of California.


U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers told the witness that she could not imagine a logical reason for the updated design...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


A 9th Circuit panel found that the basic biographical data is not personal enough to warrant an expectation of privacy.


Business Law


PayPal recently informed Uber of a "new interpretation of the parties' Global Merchant Agreement," according to a complaint fi...


The news organization had challenged an investigation by San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu into the compiling of its hosp...


California Supreme Court, Constitutional Law


Justices also expressed concern, however, about removing the measure from the ballot before the November election.


The lawsuit claims that City Council Member Traci Park held an improper bias toward preserving the site, and the city intentio...


Civil Litigation


A tentative order by Judge James C. Chalfant on Tuesday awarded the attorneys a reduced fee award under the California Public ...


State Bar & Bar Associations


"The law needs diverse voices and experiences and the maturity and wisdom that you have are assets, not barriers," said Nava D...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Education Law


Lawyers for the parents and two Orthodox Jewish schools sued the state and the Los Angeles Unified School District, arguing th...


Civil Litigation, Constitutional Law


Congress has not produced a single legislative finding indicating that the relationship between ByteDance and the Chinese gove...


Civil Litigation, Consumer Protection Law, Evidence, Torts/Personal Injury


Attorneys in the case against some of the nation's biggest cosmetic manufacturers and retailers expressed doubt that the case ...


Intellectual Property


The dispute concerns the use of a photograph of the jazz icon as a guide to ink a tattoo.



Santa Monica patent boutique adds partner

May 7, 2024
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Dennis Courtney was on the team representing filmmaker Quentin Tarantino in a lawsuit brought by Miramax Studios over NFTs.


The sanctions issue is part of a broader dispute between the law firm and Global Industrial Investment LTD over enforcement of...


Vidhya Prabhakaran is the immediate past president of the Bar Association of San Francisco.



State attorneys continue to fight to work from home

May 7, 2024
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Some of these disputes stem from a letter Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration sent to heads of state agencies last month. Cabin...


Administrative/Regulatory, Criminal


Other counties may be watching. A growing body of academic research claims that full-time public defenders provide better repr...


The lawsuit listed four causes of action under AB 2777, which temporarily lifted the statute of limitations period for recover...


California Supreme Court, Labor/Employment


The ruling is the second in a class action against Spectrum Security Services Inc., where the court previously ruled that secu...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Burns presided over several high-profile cases in San Diego including the bribery prosecution of then-Congressman Randy "Duke"...


Intellectual Property


The defense argues that R. Lance Hill's 1986 screenplay was created as a "work made for hire."


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Vanessa A. Zecher said she chose JAMS because its neutrals are familiar to her and understand the issues that arise in family law


Civil Litigation, Health Care & Hospital Law


The plaintiffs' counsel has requested discovery to address time-sensitive issues, but the judge has indicated that he may gran...