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Civil Litigation


Medical industry weighs in on talc appeal

Apr. 15, 2019
By Justin Kloczko

Three statewide medical associations have filed an amicus brief siding with Johnson & Johnson regarding the pending appeal...


Criminal


The dismissal motion follows testimony from a co-defendant that the man was wrongly convicted.


Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property


Outdoor gear and apparel company Patagonia Inc. is suing Anheuser-Busch InBev, accusing it of illegally obtaining a trademark ...


Labor/Employment


The National Labor Relations Board has narrowed the terms under which new management must adhere to a standing collective barg...


Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports


NCAA defendants were denied a stay Friday on $45M in attorney fees and a 120-day extension to respond to plaintiffs representi...


Education Law, Civil Rights


A U.S. judge put on hold the next in a series of trials over whether Monsanto’s popular weedkillers cause cancer. The judge sa...


Supporters say a 2020 ballot initiative is well underway to overturn the law limiting noneconomic damages in medical malpracti...



Generating Results

Apr. 15, 2019

Weinberg Gonser’s clientele is mostly entrepreneurs and established businesses looking to grow.


U.S. Supreme Court, Civil Rights


Pressure is mounting on the U.S. Supreme Court to revisit a decades-old, judge-made doctrine that stymies civil rights lawsuit...


Judges and Judiciary, Government


Auditor’s report on judicial commission due April 25

Apr. 12, 2019
By Malcolm Maclachlan

State Auditor Elaine Howle reported this week she was satisfied with the Judicial Council’s efforts to fix problems with its t...


Civil Litigation


The AIDS Healthcare Foundation has again sued pharmaceutical drug company Gilead Sciences Inc. over the safety of its HIV drug...


Criminal, California Supreme Court


State high court tweaks Proposition 47

Apr. 12, 2019
By Carter Stoddard

The state Supreme Court issued a written opinion Thursday that upheld retroactive reductions for non-violent crimes and specif...


Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports


Two former athletes from The Alliance of American Football have sued the league itself, along with CEO-Founder Charlie Ebersol...


Civil Litigation, Alternative Dispute Resolution


After suffering permanent brain damage in 2014, Shernoff and Trauma Law Center attorneys won more than $8.8 million for plaint...


Civil Litigation


Avenatti indicted and jet is seized

Apr. 12, 2019
By Meghann Cuniff

Michael J. Avenatti bilked clients to fund a lavish lifestyle built on a Ponzi scheme of bank fraud, tax evasion and perjury, ...


Securities, Corporate


Uber Technologies Inc., the ubiquitous ridesharing app, announced plans Thursday to become a publicly-traded company. Share vo...


Civil Litigation, Government


The California attorney general is looking into allegations of fraud involving the $67 million Los Angeles incorrect water bil...


Civil Litigation


Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP sued a Brisbane competitor Wednesday, accusing it of violating the Lanham Act by publicly claim...


Civil Litigation, Government, Constitutional Law


Two men have sued Attorney General Xavier Becerra for allegedly failing to provide a standardized application form for open ca...


Civil Litigation


The request follows months of fighting over the state’s response to interrogatories reviewed by a discovery referee.


Intellectual Property


The video conferencing company was sued in the midst of an initial public offering which could raise more than $668 million.


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The Trump administration is continuing its battle against “sanctuary” cities, refusing to back down in a flood of lawsuits cha...


Criminal


Predictive policing spreads with mixed results

Apr. 11, 2019
By Paula Lehman-Ewing

District attorneys in San Francisco and Contra Costa counties have already completed pilot programs using the technology to fi...


Entertainment & Sports, Education Law


Kim Kardashian West is doing a four-year apprenticeship with a San Francisco criminal advocacy organization founded by Van Jon...


Labor/Employment, Government


Changes in the statement of legislative intent for California's primary discrimination statute codify recent case law, and cou...


Civil Litigation


In response to a class action suit over one of the largest data breaches in history, Yahoo has agreed to pay $117.5 million to...


A trademark dispute that’s scandalized the Asian beauty pageant market has led to an unusual argument in federal court about t...


Government


Police groups signaled Tuesday they might sue if the Legislature passes a proposed bill changing the use of force standard in ...


Immigration, Government


Some asylum seekers already sent back to Mexico face an uncertain future despite a San Francisco federal judge’s order to halt...


Civil Litigation, Constitutional Law, State Bar & Bar Associations


Requiring lawyers to pay bar fees to practice is constitutional and necessary to fund attorney discipline, the State Bar argue...