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Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment


Riot Games argued in court papers that its private agreements with former employees precluded the state’s statutory authority.


Antitrust & Trade Reg., Civil Litigation, Technology


The appeal is in response to a federal judge’s order in a high profile legal battle waged by Epic Games, creator of the online...


Appellate Practice, Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property, Technology


The companies — including Google LLC and Juniper Networks Inc. — aren’t winning every mandamus motion, but U.S. Court of Appea...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Judges and Judiciary, Law Practice


“When you read the whole thing, or even a summary, the list of things that the judges should not do is so long and so comprehe...


Civil Litigation, Government


After criticism from the judge, the LA city attorney dismissed a 5-year case against retailers potentially worth millions of d...


Law Office Management, Law Practice


The firm now known as Ellis George Cipollone will include a team of Washington lawyers led by Pat Cipollone


Civil Litigation, Environmental & Energy


Third-party entities could be brought into litigation as direct defendants by plaintiffs or as cross-defendants by Amplify Ene...


Civil Rights, Labor/Employment


In a motion filed late Wednesday, the state Department of Fair Employment and Housing said the proposed $18 million settlement...


Criminal, Government


“By the nature of the law changing, it will ultimately result in additional claimants coming forward. That’s the purpose for i...


Civil Litigation, Tax


U.S. District Judge Mark C. Scarsi found that all persons and entities who purchased Mattel stock from Aug. 2, 2017 to Aug. 8,...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Government, Law Practice


Proposed initiatives would cap contingency fees

Oct. 8, 2021
By Craig Anderson

The Civil Justice Association of California — backed by oil, pharmaceutical, insurance, manufacturing, health care, and techno...


Civil Litigation, Health Care & Hospital Law


Bayer wins case over weedkiller

Oct. 7, 2021
By Henrik Nilsson

A Los Angeles County jury handed down the verdict on Tuesday, saying that a child’s alleged exposure to Roundup was not a subs...


Obituaries


Larry D. Morse II, 1957-2021

Oct. 7, 2021
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Ex-Merced prosecutor, state DAs’ group lobbyist was ‘whirling dervish’


Civil Litigation, Law Practice


While declining Mayer Brown’s request to apply an adjustment that would have bumped the attorney fee award to $26 million, and...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Judges and Judiciary


“The factual evidence that was before me was uncontroverted by plaintiffs that the risk of transmission of COVID is greater wh...


Law Office Management, Law Practice


Best Best & Krieger to merge with Oregon firm

Oct. 7, 2021
By Pete Escobar

The merger with Karnopp Petersen LLP will add 15 attorneys to BB&K.


Criminal, Government


Greg Totten, chief executive officer of the California District Attorneys Association said additional funding was approved for...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


“Liberty depends on opportunity and opportunity depends on free, fair and competitive markets. The antitrust laws play a vital...


Government, Judges and Judiciary


Courts can’t use remote tech to deny physical access

Oct. 7, 2021
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The new law will also require courts to provide “a public audio stream or telephonic” access when physical access is not possi...


Criminal, Health Care & Hospital Law


Judge sentences child rapist to 960 years

Oct. 6, 2021
By Kamila Knaudt

Tulare County Superior Court Judge Nathan G. Leedy used his discretion to order the 15-year penalty for each of 64 felony char...


Civil Litigation, Environmental & Energy


Law firms line up oil spill cases

Oct. 6, 2021
By Gina Kim

Alex R. Straus, senior counsel at Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman, filed the first proposed class action Monday in fe...


Civil Litigation, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


The claims were made in a case involving the billion-dollar estate of movie theater tycoon Robert A. Naify.


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Constitutional Law, Criminal, Immigration


Circuit reverses ruling on private prisons law

Oct. 6, 2021
By Craig Anderson

The three-judge 9th Circuit panel ruled that AB 32, signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2019, improperly interferes with t...


Criminal, Health Care & Hospital Law


The advisement serves, along with the conviction on a drug crime charge, as proof of implied malice if homicide charges are br...


Law Office Management, Law Practice


Former US attorney joins MoFo in San Diego

Oct. 6, 2021
By Pete Escobar

Adam L. Braverman, a former U.S. Justice Department official whose nomination to serve on the U.S. District Court in San Diego...


Civil Litigation, Environmental & Energy


“These settlements will enhance groundwater quality in Los Angeles County by requiring the responsible polluters to clean up t...


Civil Rights, Labor/Employment, Technology


The $137M verdict was issued ahead of an annual shareholder meeting on Thursday in which there will be a vote on a proposal ur...


Civil Litigation, Government


On. Aug. 31, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the bill inspired by the case being handled by Richard A. Schwartz of Browne George Ross...


Civil Litigation, Criminal


“Modification of the penalty is appropriate because dismissal is out of proportion to the proven misconduct,” the Personnel Bo...


Civil Litigation, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Judges and Judiciary


3 judges recuse themselves from Apple patent case

Oct. 5, 2021
By Henrik Nilsson

According to the Southern District of California docket, U.S. District Judge Gonzalo P. Curiel, Magistrate Judge Michael S. Be...