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Entertainment & Sports, Intellectual Property


“Ye’s musical composition, with its distinctive arrangement and unique elements, constitutes a trade secret due to its economi...


Civil Rights, Health Care & Hospital Law


MoFo drops race, sex requirements for fellowships

Sep. 8, 2023
By Craig Anderson

Perkins Coie LLP, which faces a nearly identical complaint filed Aug. 22 in the Northern District of Texas, has retained the l...



Tailored Approach

Sep. 8, 2023

JAMS mediator Elizabeth Laporte applies a bespoke method to each dispute resolution.


Litigation & Arbitration


The car owners' attorneys responded that Tesla failed to show that their clients clearly and unmistakably agreed to arbitratio...


Judges and Judiciary


LA judge admonished for incivility and absences

Sep. 7, 2023
By Devon Belcher

Superior Court judge Emily T. Spear stated she did not know that judges were expected to be at the courthouse during court hou...


Real Estate/Development


Goodkin APC partner Michael A. Shakouri accused one of the Regus LLC tenants of transferring their assets and interests to oth...


Bankruptcy


“His extensive experience and knowledge synergies with our M&A and Private Equity practices both in Los Angeles and across...


Insurance


At Boeing, Robert Haney settled claims from and against suppliers, conducted executive level negotiations and secured internat...


Health Care & Hospital Law


“Allowing county agencies carte blanche to specifically search for and report to the court any information in medical records”...


State Bar & Bar Associations


John C. Eastman faces possible disbarment if convicted in the State Bar trial, where he is accused of making false statements ...


Government


Later in the day, President Joe Biden announced he was nominating Assistant U.S. Attorney Kirk E. Sherriff to fill an upcoming...


Environmental & Energy


Initiative would end CEQA private right of actions

Sep. 7, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan

“It’s very challenging to do CEQA reform through the Legislature. A ballot initiative is the other path,” said UC Davis School...


Law Practice


The unit’s first case was filed under Penal Code 487m, which allows theft of wages to be charged as a felony.


After the recusal by a Judicate West discovery referee, Cooley LLP wants three discovery orders vacated, including an order co...


Judges and Judiciary


Orange County Superior Court Judge Justin Glenn-Leistikow allowed the defendant to plead guilty to one misdemeanor count, be p...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


he case will return to U.S. Magistrate Judge Donna M. Ryu, who ruled in December 2022 that homeless plaintiffs would likely pr...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


Lawyers for Google, the putative class of 21 million consumers, and the State of Utah told U.S. District James J. Donato that ...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Former President Trump’s lawyer, John Eastman, can fight criminal and bar discipline trials at same time, judge says


Labor/Employment


Despite the first round of incentives in February, court reporter vacancies “have remained relatively unchanged, with the numb...


Law Practice


Helen B. Kim defends clients in shareholder derivative suits, nationwide securities class actions, and securities and commodit...


Litigation & Arbitration


Men claim women-only self-defense class are illegal

Sep. 6, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Newark-based attorney Greg Adler sued on behalf of two men who claimed they paid $80 each for a “Women Only Basic Pistol/Revol...


Law Practice


Adrienne Gurley has also been a federal prosecutor and enforcement counsel at the SEC.


Government


“Hopefully we get to a spot where the city realizes its mistakes and repeals the ‘no-vending zones’ ordinance,” said Katherine...


U.S. District Judge Susan Illston dismissed the plaintiff’s claim related to infringement of other sites’ data and also denied...


“You can’t make this stuff up — it’s a flawed system and a groundless ruling,” Intuit spokesperson Tania Mercado said.


Government


Gov. Gavin Newsom, who as San Francisco mayor sponsored a successful ballot initiative in 2010 that restricted sitting or lyin...


Stuart G. Gross of Gross Klein PC argued that Tesla failed to meet its burden of establishing the consumers clearly and unmist...


Judges and Judiciary


Judge shortages will get worse, Jessner predicts

Sep. 6, 2023
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

“There are public sector positions that pay in excess of what judges make. Some deputy DAs make more money than judges,” said ...


Government


“I think that the verdict highlights the danger of fentanyl and the danger of any sort of distribution of it that it is differ...


Judges and Judiciary


“From his many decades of experience as a judge presiding over complex matters, it was his belief that understanding how and w...