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Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports


A group of baseball fans purchased tickets for the 2020 season and filed a lawsuit earlier this spring, alleging violations of...


Community News


More than 2,500 people turned up online Tuesday night to celebrate the work of the venerable public interest law firm and cont...


Intellectual Property, Technology, U.S. Supreme Court



Insurance


The pandemic is dragging on too long and there is too much uncertainty, they say.


Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property


Amazon and Dropbox were accused in 2011 of infringing on PersonalWeb's data processing system patents. It related to Amazon's ...


Judges and Judiciary


LA court selects assistant presiding judge

Oct. 8, 2020
By Blaise Scemama

Samantha P. Jessner will serve with Presiding Judge-elect Eric C. Taylor, who was elected by the court's bench last month.


Civil Litigation, Environmental & Energy


The rarely granted post-dismissal sanctions were sought by defendant PricewaterhouseCoopers, known as PwC, represented by New ...


Civil Litigation, Criminal


The defendants have 30 days from Sept. 24 to reconsider advance refund payments to prisoners who are entitled to checks based ...


Civil Litigation


Kramer Vineyard Properties LLC filed its eminent domain challenge Oct. 1 in the Central District of California, alleging viola...


Legal Education, State Bar & Bar Associations


Bar exam takers have fewer problems on 2nd day

Oct. 7, 2020
By Henrik Nilsson

Some schools, such as California Western School of Law, have provided accommodations for test-takers who can’t take the exam a...


Obituaries


Nott died Saturday at 80 after a 10-year battle with Parkinson's disease.


Covid Court Ops, Judges and Judiciary


Budget woes prompt 7 state courts to reduce operations

Oct. 7, 2020
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The Judicial Council website shows seven counties have posted notices of reduced services for a 60-day public comment period, ...


Intellectual Property, Technology


The motion sets up a classic clash between big technology companies, which are often defendants in patent infringement lawsuit...


Legal Education, State Bar & Bar Associations


"Our experience is broadly consistent with the national data that indicates the overwhelming majority of test-takers entered t...


Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property, Technology


The lawsuit accuses Pfizer and BioNTech of working together to develop their BNT162 vaccine by using Allele's technology witho...


California Supreme Court, Judges and Judiciary


If confirmed by the Commission on Judicial Appointments, Jenkins will replace Justice Ming W. Chin, who retired Aug. 31. Jenki...


Entertainment & Sports, U.S. Supreme Court


The case involving classes of plaintiffs from across the nation will return to U.S. Chief Magistrate Judge Joseph C. Spero of ...


Civil Litigation, Data Privacy


The complaint filed in federal court in San Francisco on Friday accused Noom of employing FullStory to collect sensitive data,...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Civil Litigation, Immigration


In a published opinion, the panel ruled the 1997 Flores agreement requires the government transfer minors to a licensed progra...


Civil Litigation, Insurance


The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation allowed more limited actions against insurance companies in California, Mi...


Criminal, Government


The two candidates accused each other of allowing violent crime and not being aggressive in prosecuting police.


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports, Intellectual Property, U.S. Supreme Court


Aside from the fact the case involves Led Zeppelin as a defendant, it was closely watched in the music industry, which has see...


Corporate, Labor/Employment


Assembly Bill 979 requires publicly-held companies that are headquartered in California to have at least one member on their b...


California Supreme Court, Judges and Judiciary


If confirmed, Jenkins will replace Justice Ming W. Chin, who retired Aug. 31. Jenkins, who is Black, would also be the court's...



Doing the work

Oct. 5, 2020

Margolis & Margolis helps traumatized lawyers get through the bar discipline procedure


Appellate Practice, Law Office Management


Jean-Claude "J.C." André will handle commercial litigation and co-lead the appellate and supreme court group alongside partner...


Legal Education


“Obviously, we’re really proud of the ranking, but I think more than that we’re proud of the skills that it represents,” said ...


Immigration, Labor/Employment


U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White's ruling only applies to organizations that sued President Donald Trump's administration ove...


Judges and Judiciary


New San Francisco County presiding judge elected

Oct. 5, 2020
By Craig Anderson

"I am confident that with the support of our court family of judges and staff, our court will continue its dedicated service t...


U.S. Judge Stephen V. Wilson calls NRA's request for $483K in attorney fees excessive, duplicative in First Amendment case