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Class Action


Minors' claim against Pornhub gets class status

Nov. 21, 2023
By Sunidhi Sridhar

“It’s taken tremendous courage and strength for Jane Doe to bring this case and we are very proud to represent her and the cer...


Litigation & Arbitration


The appellate panel overturned a motion to strike, an anti-SLAPP ruling and attorney fees that a Los Angeles judge has issued ...


Labor/Employment, Community News


The Nov. 3 event was held at the Julia Morgan Ballroom in San Francisco's Chinatown.


SB 652 changed the burden of proof for expert testimony on medical causation.


Community News


Consumer attorneys hand out honors at annual convention

Nov. 20, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The Consumer Attorneys of the Year Award went to Deborah Chang, Randi McGinn, Zoe Littlepage with Athea Trial Lawyers LLP in E...


Litigation & Arbitration


In October 2015, the defendant asked South Korean company Wookyung MIT for $5 million in cash for a contract that was supposed...


State Bar & Bar Associations


“They really need to focus on the administration of the bar and discipline. Yet they persist in doing these other things. One ...


Litigation & Arbitration


CAOC takes aim at ruling on school districts

Nov. 20, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan

One of the most significant aspects of the ruling was that it means schools are not subject to the Unruh Act’s provisions allo...


Insurance


Insurance companies sue over Mono County fire

Nov. 20, 2023
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

The matter is related to multiple coordinated lawsuits against Liberty Utilities, many of which were filed in Mono County. Los...


Litigation & Arbitration


According to the lawsuit, the defendants approached Black Angus with a pitch to use its restaurants as ghost kitchens — an arr...


Litigation & Arbitration


SanDisk attorneys deny there is any malfunction that causes its storage drives to become unreadable by computers.


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The argument by Felix Shafir of Horvitz & Levy LLP targeted what he said was an incorrect interpretation of a 2022 U.S. Su...


Litigation & Arbitration


After alerting Meta of the defendant’s accounts, Louboutin executives took action themselves — ordering a pair of counterfeit ...


Law Practice


New boutique litigation is a dream realized

Nov. 17, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

The founders of Frost LLP said the idea of building a firm began decades ago in law school.


Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero will join Los Angeles County Superior Court Presiding Judge Samantha P. Jessner and other comm...


Law Practice, Labor/Employment, Judges and Judiciary


Family law specialist hires lobbyist to get more judges appointed

Nov. 17, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan, David Houston

“I think what they are supposed to do is rattle the cage for you and … motivate the powers that be,” said Mark Minyard, who hi...


Litigation & Arbitration


The lawsuit accuses USC and a technology partner of conspiring to inflate the university’s Rossier School of Education’s ranki...


Class Action


Class designation sought for Postmeds data breach suit

Nov. 17, 2023
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

The Hayward based prescription filling company said health data for 2.3 million people was affected by the August breach.


Litigation & Arbitration


Times Wang of North River Law PLLC said the Chinese government would not allow WeChat to turn over discovery.


Bankruptcy


“That will free up money for professional fees and for the estate to continue to function. It won’t have to reserve such a lar...


Labor/Employment, Civil Rights


San Francisco workers who alleged racism win $1.1M

Nov. 17, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

“The hatred that is racism has no place in San Francisco,” said Angela Alioto, lead trial counsel from The Law Offices of Mayo...


Litigation & Arbitration


The City College of San Francisco says the costs of moving the mural back should be paid by the museum, but the museum says it...


Judges and Judiciary


Joseph W. Cotchett, a partner with Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy LLP who advises Biden on judicial nominees and other issues...


Environmental & Energy


US agrees to review offshore oil platforms

Nov. 17, 2023
By Sunidhi Sridhar

The Center for Biological Diversity claimed the government has allowed four-decade-old development plans to proceed in an area...


Litigation & Arbitration


Virginia must decide if Arent Fox deceived client

Nov. 17, 2023
By Wisdom Howell

Peraton Corp. says Arent Fox got the company to sign a waiver allowing him to represent CACI International in a trade secrets ...


Government


APEC began Saturday and ends Friday, while CAOC begins Thursday night and runs through Sunday. But CAOC was concerned enough a...


Environmental & Energy


Edison sought to share $680 million in liability with Santa Barbara County and four other public entities for the mudslide tha...


California Courts of Appeal


The plaintiffs’ “claims have been soundly rejected as meritless multiple times over the past decade, and we are pleased to hav...



USPTO will establish separate bar for design patents

Nov. 16, 2023
By Sunidhi Sridhar

Design patent bar candidates would be required to take the current registration examination with modified scientific and techn...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


While an attorney for the City of Sacramento argued the case should be decided by state courts, Jeffrey M. Jensen of the Boesc...