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Intellectual Property


“The estate hopes that the award of a permanent injunction and attorney’s fees will be sufficient to dissuade others who may h...


Government



Intellectual Property


"Walt Disney Pictures appreciates the jury's careful attention to this complex case and is gratified that the jury properly re...



C-suite Conversant

Dec. 22, 2023

Edward Weiss' general counsel experience is a strong suit, lawyers say.


Law Practice, Legal Education


“Legal institutions are always easy boogeymen,” observed Adam D. Winkler, a UCLA School of Law professor with a political scie...


Bohm Law Group Inc. founding principal Lawrance A. Bohm represented the winning plaintiff, Kathleen Armstrong, whom the nursin...


Civil Litigation


Plaintiff siblings Areej Al-Sadhan and Abdulrahman Al-Sadhan claimed that Twitter cooperated with the Saudi government because...


U.S. Supreme Court


Theane D. Evangelis, a partner with Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, represents Grants Pass, Oregon in its attempt to get the ...


Legal Education


“I chose LMU Loyola Law School as my professional home because of its mission. Its mission is to advance academic excellence, ...


Environmental & Energy


Justice warns CPUC over solar electricity rate policy

Dec. 21, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Last year, the commission greatly reduced the rebates owners of small rooftop solar arrays receive when they pump power back i...


Labor/Employment


Company must defend its noncompete clauses in California

Dec. 21, 2023
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

The dispute could have far-reaching consequences in California, where the state’s Supreme Court just granted Lockton Companies...


Torts/Personal Injury


Man crushed in conveyor belt accident, widow sues

Dec. 21, 2023
By Wisdom Howell

“The last few moments of Mark’s life were terrifying. He was doing his job but the machine malfunctioned through no fault of h...


Constitutional Law


Federal judge enjoins state ban on handguns in certain public areas

Dec. 20, 2023
By Sunidhi Sridhar, Craig Anderson

Despite repeated inquiries from the U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney, the Department of Justice attorney could not pinpoint h...


Judge aims to provide tools for people to solve problems


Judges and Judiciary


“On issue after issue, the jury sided with counsel, notwithstanding the evidence and this court’s instructions,” said the moti...


Labor/Employment


9th Circuit to rehear challenge to gig worker law

Dec. 20, 2023
By Craig Anderson

The question in the case is whether AB-5, written by Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez, D-San Diego, targeted Uber and other gig-...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


Epic criticized the settlement Google and the states. The company called it a one-time payout before trial with no true relief...


Labor/Employment, Litigation & Arbitration


X’s attorneys argued that the plaintiff’s request “simply seeks to harass Musk, increase the burden and costs to defendants of...


Criminal


Panelists tell lawmakers retail theft is a problem

Dec. 20, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan

There is little agreement about how big the problem is, what caused it, and how to fight it.


State Bar & Bar Associations


Although the bar court abated two disciplinary cases against David R. Lira on self-incrimination grounds due to his pending pr...


Insurance


On Monday, Downey Brand LLP Partner William R. Warne filed a notice of settlement with the court. Attorneys for Orbital Scienc...


State Bar & Bar Associations


An attached chart said that of 2,814 comments submitted, 71% disagreed with its proposal. Among attorneys, the opposition was ...


Corporate, Entertainment & Sports


"We are pleased with the court's decision granting summary judgment in favor of our client, Endeavor, holding plaintiff's ide...


Community News, Judges and Judiciary


6 California judges honored by National Judicial College

Dec. 20, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Several judges were honored for adhering to the law and Constitution despite opposing public opinion, political pressure and p...


California Supreme Court, Community News, Criminal


The article "describes the extent to which the state's realignment legislation and the subsequent initiative measures in the p...


Alternative Dispute Resolution, Law Practice


Home today to a roster of just over 100 neutrals and about 85 employees, Judicate West operates offices in Santa Ana, downtown...


Litigation & Arbitration


Plaintiffs’ attorney Sarah R. London of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP responded that because there was so much wo...


Insurance


“Defendants weaponized addiction and pushed relapse to prevent recovery,” the complaint reads. “Far from performing services f...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


Federal Trade Commission Bureau of Competition Director Henry Liu hailed the company’s decision as “a major win for the FTC as...


Constitutional Law


If the state is allowed to avoid an “adverse ruling” by “voluntary cessation” of a law that attempted to restrict doctors’ fre...