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Civil Litigation


Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP sued a Brisbane competitor Wednesday, accusing it of violating the Lanham Act by publicly claim...


Constitutional Law, Government, Civil Litigation


Two men have sued Attorney General Xavier Becerra for allegedly failing to provide a standardized application form for open ca...


Civil Litigation


The request follows months of fighting over the state’s response to interrogatories reviewed by a discovery referee.


Intellectual Property


The video conferencing company was sued in the midst of an initial public offering which could raise more than $668 million.


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The Trump administration is continuing its battle against “sanctuary” cities, refusing to back down in a flood of lawsuits cha...


Criminal


Predictive policing spreads with mixed results

Apr. 11, 2019
By Paula Lehman-Ewing

District attorneys in San Francisco and Contra Costa counties have already completed pilot programs using the technology to fi...


Entertainment & Sports, Education Law


Kim Kardashian West is doing a four-year apprenticeship with a San Francisco criminal advocacy organization founded by Van Jon...


Government, Labor/Employment


Changes in the statement of legislative intent for California's primary discrimination statute codify recent case law, and cou...


Civil Litigation


In response to a class action suit over one of the largest data breaches in history, Yahoo has agreed to pay $117.5 million to...


A trademark dispute that’s scandalized the Asian beauty pageant market has led to an unusual argument in federal court about t...


Government


Police groups signaled Tuesday they might sue if the Legislature passes a proposed bill changing the use of force standard in ...


Government, Immigration


Some asylum seekers already sent back to Mexico face an uncertain future despite a San Francisco federal judge’s order to halt...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Constitutional Law, Civil Litigation


Requiring lawyers to pay bar fees to practice is constitutional and necessary to fund attorney discipline, the State Bar argue...


Government


Attorney General Xavier Becerra has enjoyed a chummy relationship with Democrat-dominated Legislature in Sacramento over the p...


Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation


A recent superior court decision could give local communities and advocacy groups the leverage to challenge how the California...


Civil Litigation


The settlement does not include attorney fees for co-lead counsel at Robins Kaplan LLP and Baron & Budd, P.C.


Corporate, Civil Litigation


Bayer AG-owned Monsanto announced Monday the public release of over 100 internal studies on Roundup’s active ingredient as jur...


Government, Civil Litigation


Los Angeles City Attorney Michael N. Feuer said an investigation found no wrongdoing in settlements made in cases referred to ...


Government, Civil Litigation


Consumer firm Kabateck LLP and litigation attorneys Greenberg Gross LLP are seeking to represent ratepayers in the controversi...


Entertainment & Sports, Intellectual Property


A long and emotional journey over the film “Inside Out” is poised to end, a federal judge indicated Monday.


Longtime genereal counsel Barry Faber and deputy general counsel David Gibber are taking on new roles at Sinclair Broadcast Gr...


Civil Litigation


Johnson & Johnson scores a win in talc lawsuit

Apr. 9, 2019
By Carter Stoddard

Pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson has won the latest in a series of civil suits arguing its talc-based baby powder co...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Government, Civil Litigation


A second attorney involved in the settlement of a water billing lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles has pleaded the Fifth ...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Government, Civil Litigation


Judge rules for law firm he referred to State Bar

Apr. 8, 2019
By Carter Stoddard

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Michael P. Linfield denied a plaintiff’s motion to enjoin a school district represente...


Civil Litigation


A San Francisco federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit accusing Ticketmaster LLC of conspiring with scalpers to “cash in twice”...


Civil Litigation, Government



9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Labor/Employment


Bea will hear equal pay case

Apr. 8, 2019
By Andy Serbe

Judge Carlos T. Bea has been selected to replace the late Judge Stephen Reinhardt on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals en ...


Criminal, Law Practice


In December, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP co-chairman Gordon R. Caplan was in Palo Alto announcing the international law f...


Civil Litigation


Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP won $31 million in compensatory and punitive damages for their client for breach of fiduciar...


California Supreme Court, Law Practice


16th annual Beacon of Justice Award gala on April 10 at the Friends of the Law Library to honor Rex S. Heinke and retired Cali...