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Corporate


Brave New World

Jan. 28, 2020

Splunk GC Scott Morgan says the Wild West mentality of the technology sector presents a challenge to thoughtful attorneys to p...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


A $27 million default judgment against an attorney sued by another attorney for malpractice has been slashed to $5 million aft...


Securities, Alternative Dispute Resolution


The Securities Exchange Commission continues to refuse to condemn mandatory shareholder arbitration at the expense of class ac...


Civil Litigation


The settlement, which includes $8.4 million in attorney fees, will pay class members at least $270.


State Bar & Bar Associations, Law Practice


Stuart C. Plunkett, a veteran antitrust and commercial litigator who also serves as president of the Bar Association of San Fr...


Entertainment & Sports


NCAA university presidents discussed the complicated terrain for compliance with California's Fair Pay to Play Act during the ...


The plaintiffs challenged federal rules they say illegally prevent them from making money off of their passion and subject the...


Leo E. Strine Jr., former head of the Delaware Supreme Court, addressed the Securities Regulatory Institute in San Diego on Mo...


Obituaries, Criminal


James P. Fox, the longtime San Mateo County district attorney and former State Bar president who died earlier this month, was ...


Civil Litigation


U.S. District Judge William Alsup ordered PG&E to show why he should not “restrict all bonuses and other incentives for su...


Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation


McKool Smith wins $85 million from Apple

Jan. 27, 2020
By Blaise Scemama

Apple was found to have infringed WiLAN’s 8,457,145 and 8,537,757 patents, which cover technology used in many Apple products,...


Immigration, Government


Plaintiffs’ attorney Harmeet K. Dhillon said she would likely file a new complaint.


Criminal


A federal asset seizure of $120 million, the largest ever in the Eastern District of California, was announced by U.S. Attorne...


Securities, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The high court will consider in March whether to uphold a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals holding that both disgorgement — t...


Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation


Telling a packed courtroom Friday that she had a narrow appellate mandate, a superior court judge ruled those affected by the ...


Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation


Jordan Belfort claims in a new Los Angeles County Superior Court complaint he was convinced to provide the rights to his liken...


Government, Constitutional Law


However, Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of UC Berkeley School of Law, said, “There is no express preemption provision. As for implied...


Government, Constitutional Law


The ACLU is seeking to submit an amicus brief in a southern Lebanese Muslim defendant’s fight to find out why the government h...


Legal Education


The university said $56,000 would be split into smaller amounts to expand the coverage of artificial intelligence in the curri...


Labor/Employment, Education Law, Civil Litigation


The largest teachers union in the state and its national affiliate sued the U.S. Department of Education, alleging it illegall...


Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation, California Supreme Court


In an opening brief, plaintiffs’ attorneys argued Dynamex should be retroactively applied in wage-and-hour violations as well ...


Environmental & Energy, Bankruptcy


Despite "clear guidance" from his office, Gov. Gavin Newsom argued PG&E has "yet to make a single modification" to its pla...


Prosecutors say Katherine Mogal, Jawbone’s former director of customer insights, violated the law by taking valuable user and ...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Judges and Judiciary


The Los Angeles County Bar Association has released its evaluations for upcoming judicial elections, rating most candidates as...


Civil Litigation


Tauler Smith in dispute with former bookkeeper

Jan. 24, 2020
By Blaise Scemama

The firm accuses him of holding its financial records and bank account information in an effort to extort them firm into payin...


Criminal, California Supreme Court


The court overturned the 2nd District Court of Appeal, which upheld four felony counts of accessory after the fact to murder a...


Probate, California Supreme Court


The state Supreme Court on Thursday reversed an appellate ruling many trust attorneys found shocking, and confirmed probate co...


Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


Defunct ride-hailing pioneer Sidecar Technologies, Inc. cannot sue the ride-hailing giant for antitrust violations because it ...


Labor/Employment, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The discount retailer’s attorneys said the 9th Circuit’s ruling contradicted both itself and the state Supreme Court when it a...


Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports


Deborah Dugan alleges Joel Katz, a longtime outside counsel for the Academy and a shareholder at Greenberg Traurig LLP, made s...