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Litigation & Arbitration


“This particular school had problems all year about bullying in the same manner that was done to my client,” said the student’...


Real Estate/Development


An oral agreement among brothers? A fanciful claim to diamonds and property? Decades of fighting among five brothers are to cu...


Technology


U.S. District Judge Beth Labson Freeman granted online trade association NetChoice LLC’s request for a preliminary injunction ...


Judges and Judiciary


San Francisco County Superior Court Judge Rita F. Lin was once a litigator at Morrison & Foerster LLP.


Robert Millman, who’s spent 49 years representing employers at Littler Mendelson PC, predicts “more and more legal fees” becau...


Civil Rights


The two men were targeted because they were both over 50, complained about ongoing illegal practices, tried to form a union an...


Most of the cities’ litigation has been combined before Senior U.S. District Judge James V. Selna in the Central District of C...


Events


Judicate West hosts event for San Diego bar

Sep. 20, 2023
By Doug Sherwin

The Above and Beyond event on Sept. 13 honored members of the San Diego County Bar Association’s 100 Percent Club, past presid...


Judges and Judiciary


Shelley Curran was unanimously selected as the next administrative director of the Judicial Council of California. She will as...


Constitutional Law


San Francisco CARE Court emphasizes free will

Sep. 20, 2023
By Wisdom Howell

Judge Michael Begert, who is presiding over the CARE Court in San Francisco, made clear in an informational meeting for social...


Government, Health Care & Hospital Law


The California attorney general's office has weighed in on the Biden administration's side in a battle with Idaho over whether...


Civil Litigation


The case involved a pre-IPO sale of approximately $424 million in private shares between Carl Icahn and George Soros.


Law Practice


Air National Guard GC says military mirrors values

Sep. 19, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

"The Air Force taught me that successful leaders act decisively, cultivate an overarching vision, and influence people to acco...


Government


“It’s quite a journey for the court, looking through this spaghetti of bureaucracies trying to interact at the expenditure of ...


Intellectual Property


The OMG Girlz trio accused MGA Entertainment of misappropriating its members' likenesses to design its "L.O.L. Surprise! O.M.G...


Data Privacy


Covington to name 6 clients in data breach

Sep. 19, 2023
By Skyler Romero

The SEC sued Covington over a November 2020 data breach of nonpublic client information. The affected clients included 298 com...


Land Use


Griffith Park advocates sue over LA Zoo expansion

Sep. 19, 2023
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

The petition, filed by Michelle Black of Carstens, Black & Minteer LLP, in Los Angeles County Superior Court, says that ef...


Civil Litigation, Criminal


“Based on the information provided by the parties to the court, the possibility of criminal action against Baldwin appears spe...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Judges and Judiciary, State Bar & Bar Associations


State Bar Court Judge Yvette Roland ordered a Nov. 29 trial for Joseph L. Dunn on charges he misled the board of directors abo...


Environmental & Energy


The state is seeking compensation for the tens of billions of dollars it says has been spent to address climate change and the...


State Bar & Bar Associations


“I think the State Bar is well aware of its need to add transparency and accountability, and I think that they’ve actually tak...


Education Law


U.S. District Judge Roger T. Benitez explained in his order that Escondido Union School District’s rule is “in direct tension”...


Data Privacy


Firm sued by client’s former employee after data breach

Sep. 18, 2023
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

Hill, Farrer & Burrill LLP sent a letter about the breach in March 2022, but did nothing since, the lawsuit complains.


Government


“I actually have felt that this is a good example of how a case ought to be handled,” said Senior U.S. District Judge Susan Il...


Data Privacy


Without acknowledging fault or liability Google agreed to change its privacy practices for California users, including disclos...


Government, Labor/Employment


Employment attorneys say they do not expect SB 699, which will go into effect Jan. 1, to block out-of-state employers from hea...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Tense exchanges continue at Eastman’s bar trial

Sep. 18, 2023
By Skyler Romero

Prosecutor Duncan C. Carling continued cross-examining IT professional Garland Favorito, after an objection Thursday by John C...


Government


U.S. District Judge Jon S. Tigar heard arguments on an ex parte motion in Oakland from plaintiffs’ counsel and U.S. Department...


Environmental & Energy


Long Beach sued over oil, gas drilling program

Sep. 15, 2023
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

The lawsuit claims that the city and the State Lands Commission have never conducted a California Environmental Quality Act re...


State Bar & Bar Associations


State Bar Court Judge Yvette Roland repeatedly sustained objections by prosecutor Duncan C. Carling on grounds that an informa...