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Intellectual Property, Law Practice


Baker McKenzie adds former DLA cybersecurity lawyer in LA

Jul. 18, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

“I look forward to partnering with a stellar group of professionals across the firm to further deepen and expand our offerings...


Criminal


Crime Survivors Inc., has tried twice to intervene in the case, saying the city and county have made a weak defense of cash ba...


Appellate Practice


“The staff attorney also does not work on any appeal involving the subject matters at issue in the civil class actions” or cri...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Circuit hears doctors’ challenge to COVID law

Jul. 18, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The 9th Circuit heard consolidated challenges to AB 2098, which declares “the dissemination of misinformation or disinformatio...


Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports


The lawsuit was filed seven years ago, by the manager, who said Robinson owes 10% of all compensation the singer received sinc...


Labor/Employment


“In sum, where a plaintiff has filed a PAGA action comprised of individual and non-individual claims, an order compelling arbi...


Environmental & Energy


“Halting these wells is the right thing to do, but they shouldn’t have been approved in the first place,” Elizabeth A. Jones, ...


Insurance


The company, Mobile Auto Glass, said State Farm Insurance waited too long to enforce the settlement judgment and denied there ...


Litigation & Arbitration


"An order compelling arbitration of individual claims does not strip the plaintiff of standing to litigate non-individual clai...


Civil Litigation


The lawsuit does not ask the court to resolve the underlying co-location dispute at the heart of the case, the complaint said,...


Law Practice


National Managing Partner Greg Katz said the firm has been in a constant state of growth for 44 years.


Civil Litigation


Yintao Yu’s claims of potential copyright infringement raised a federal question under the Copyright Act and thus the suit is ...


Civil Litigation


RICO lawsuit says Chinese retailer copies designs

Jul. 17, 2023
By Sunidhi Sridhar

"For all the scrutiny given to TikTok, it's surprising that Congress has not considered more dramatic action against" Shein, D...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Dissenters argued that the panel decision should have been reconsidered en banc because the visa decisions of U.S. consulates ...


The plaintiff, Cyrus Hodes, alleges that Mostaque told him the London based company was “essentially worthless” in October 202...


McKesson, the nation’s largest wholesale distributor of prescription drugs, was found to be one step removed from being an act...


Environmental & Energy


The plaintiff, Evergreen Capital Management LLC, filed the lawsuit after the stock price of the trust created by Pacific Coast...


The panel is sticking with a briefing schedule for the FTC’s appeal of U.S. District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley’s Thursday ...


Litigation & Arbitration


The city could now be subject to a "builder's remedy" -- a state action allowing developers of affordable housing to bypass zo...


Litigation & Arbitration


"We understand the FTC's desire to set new precedents around consumer marketing, and we are happy to settle this matter with t...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


“It was just not necessary for David to have three state bar lawyers on these cases,” said Edith Matthai of Robie & Mattha...


Judges and Judiciary


Tara McGrath had been an assistant U.S. attorney in San Diego for a decade. She most recently has been a legal adviser to the ...


Intellectual Property


Pop group wants new IP trial against dollmaker

Jul. 14, 2023
By Sunidhi Sridhar

The motions cite last month’s U.S. Supreme Court decision regarding a dog toy that resembled a bottle of Jack Daniels.


Civil Litigation


‘Perfect storm’ led to $107M asbestos verdict

Jul. 14, 2023
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

“The jury pool in Torrance is unfavorable to plaintiffs,” explained Benjamin H. Adams of Dean Omar Branham Shirley LLP. “There...


Judges and Judiciary


“The elective process is corrupted by populism, whereas the appointment process is corrupted by politics and patronage, but in...


“I guess in the Western District they require the claim chart attached to the complaint. So what we have here is a claim chart...


Law Practice


Womble announces 2nd merger with California firm this week

Jul. 14, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

On Thursday, Los Angeles-based Gordinier Kang & Kim LLP said it would join the international law firm. On Tuesday, San Fra...


Environmental & Energy


In his tentative, Los Angeles Judge Curtis A. Kin found that an agreement between Glendale and Los Angeles stipulated that the...


Technology


The rejection of the FTC’s bid was widely expected on a day in which the commission and Chair Lina M. Khan faced setbacks in t...


Judges and Judiciary


Court employee says judge created atmosphere of paranoia

Jul. 13, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Crystal Jones testified in the third day of discipline proceedings against Lassen County Judge Tony R. Mallery.