GUEST COLUMNS
Monday, November 27, 2023
Wednesday, November 22, 2023
Tuesday, November 21, 2023
Qualified immunity only serves to deny our clients' Constitutional rights and there is good case law on our side in the 9th Circuit in most cases. When considering whether to take on a case or where it should be filed, it is important to research the key qualified immunity cases to show that the conduct of the police violates clearly established law, which is what is needed to defeat summary judgment and get your case to a jury.
Monday, November 20, 2023
The legal community has seen the emergence of a new law firm structure – virtual or distributed law firms – which allows lawyers to work from any location, set their own hours, billing rates and billing requirements, and provide a lean, non-bureaucratic administrative model.
Friday, November 17, 2023
Legal work is very much a team sport these days, and optimally serving clients in complex matters almost always requires a team of individuals with varied skills and expertise.
Thursday, November 16, 2023
Although The Hague Convention is not a topic we deal with every day, the core values of the Convention are topics that we deal with in nearly every child custody case.
Wednesday, November 15, 2023
Tuesday, November 14, 2023
The death of a man who followed outdated Google Map directions poses the question of whether GPS technology should be considered a product or service for purposes of pursuing a strict liability theory.
Monday, November 13, 2023
Friday, November 10, 2023
Thursday, November 9, 2023
Wednesday, November 8, 2023
Tuesday, November 7, 2023
The heavy penalties for noncompliance have been labeled "extortion" by Pharma. They have also been called "turning up to a fight where only one side has a gun." But Medicare is a completely voluntary program and pharmaceutical companies are not forced to participate in it.
Friday, November 3, 2023
Understanding the limitations on government employees' speech is essential to maintaining the integrity of government institutions, because government employees are often the best situated to identify government waste and corruption.
Opting for patents or trade secrets for your intellectual property come with distinct legal implications and protective scopes.
Why can't California build enough housing to meet its demand, even though the state's population is declining?
In June, the Little Hoover Commission suggested that California's short-lived pollutant reduction law, Senate Bill 1383, a first-of-its-kind legislation aimed at reducing organic waste in landfills, should be paused.
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NEWS
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Monday, November 27, 2023 |
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| "The ruling is a watershed moment for sexual harassment and gender bias cases because it clarifies that the protections of the 2021 Ending Forced Arbitration Act do indeed encompass cases in which sexual overtures are not the focus," plaintiffs' attorney Genie Harrison's statement said. | |
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Monday, November 27, 2023 |
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| Jairo Tomas Santos began writing the fraudulent checks in March 2016, roughly 15 years after he was hired by the firm, according to a news release issued by U.S. Attorney Ismail J. Ramsey. | |
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Monday, November 27, 2023 |
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| The flurry of activity by federal prosecutors and regulators is designed to send a message to entities handling virtual currency, government officials said. | |
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Friday, November 24, 2023 |
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| Consumer attorneys feared concerns the Judicial Council, the California Defense Counsel and the California Employment Lawyers Association might have with SB 652, which changed the burden of proof for expert testimony on medical causation. | |
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Friday, November 24, 2023 |
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| The state Supreme Court's decision will go back to the 9th Circuit panel that asked the question and will decide Gantner's appeal. | |
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Friday, November 24, 2023 |
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| Ron Klain had been a partner at O'Melveny & Myers since April. | |
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Wednesday, November 22, 2023 |
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| SanDisk attorneys deny there is any malfunction that causes its storage drives to become unreadable by computers. | |
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Wednesday, November 22, 2023 |
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| "They really need to focus on the administration of the bar and discipline. Yet they persist in doing these other things. One can only guess why it's being done," said John P. Cotter, a Sacramento partner at Diepenbrock & Cotter LLP. | |
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Wednesday, November 22, 2023 |
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| One of the most significant aspects of the ruling was that it means schools are not subject to the Unruh Act's provisions allowing for treble damages. | |
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Tuesday, November 21, 2023 |
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| Peraton Corp. says Arent Fox got the company to sign a waiver allowing him to represent CACI International in a trade secrets case in Virginia in which Peraton is a defendant. | |
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Tuesday, November 21, 2023 |
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| 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 has already expended more than the loan contract called for. | |
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Tuesday, November 21, 2023 |
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| Joseph W. Cotchett, a partner with Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy LLP who advises Biden on judicial nominees and other issues, praised the decision because it avoids delays. | |
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Monday, November 20, 2023 |
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| Based on an article in WeedWeek article, "plaintiffs filed the present suit, drawing the broad conclusion that all of defendant's Raw Garden Infused Joints products, spanning an unstated time period, were inaccurately labeled," the defense attorneys wrote. | |
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Monday, November 20, 2023 |
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| Design patent bar candidates would be required to take the current registration examination with modified scientific and technical requirements. | |
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Monday, November 20, 2023 |
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| While an attorney for the City of Sacramento argued the case should be decided by state courts, Jeffrey M. Jensen of the Boesch Law Group argued that Chief Judge Kimberly J. Mueller's rationale for denying a business license to Kenneth Gay and his company was riddled with errors. | |
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Friday, November 17, 2023 |
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| X Corp. says the state law discriminates by "content and viewpoint." The state says companies should have "nothing to hide." | |
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Friday, November 17, 2023 |
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| "If a city does not have the resources to address a constitutional problem, is that a defense?" U.S. District Judge William B. Shubb asked. The city's attorney said yes. | |
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Friday, November 17, 2023 |
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| Attorneys with Hueston Hennigan LLP advised Green and Hawaii's attorney general on the initiative, and negotiated on the governor's behalf with Hawaiian Electric, Kamehameha Schools, and Maui County, | |
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Thursday, November 16, 2023 |
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| Gregory M. Fox, who has defended local governments in police misconduct cases, said he worries that if they don't get on top of their costs for police misconduct payouts, they could face an insurance crisis. | |
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Thursday, November 16, 2023 |
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| No Republicans voted for de Alba and U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-WV, who has consistently supported President Joe Biden's other nominees, also voted against her. | |
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Thursday, November 16, 2023 |
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| Apple denied any intentional discrimination in settling the case brought by the Department of Justice. It will pay $18.25 million in back pay to eligible plaintiffs and $6.75 million in civil penalties. | |
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Wednesday, November 15, 2023 |
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| AB 587, the state's content moderation law, "cannot withstand strict scrutiny, which requires that a law be 'narrowly tailored to serve compelling state interests,'" Joel Kurtzberg, a partner with Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, wrote on behalf of X Corp. | |
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Wednesday, November 15, 2023 |
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| U.S. District Judge David O. Carter enjoined the retailer from selling knockoff Vans shoes last year, which its attorneys argued would cost Walmart tens of millions of dollars in profits. | |
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Wednesday, November 15, 2023 |
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| The West Virginia senator, a Democrat, bucked his party to vote against cutting off debate on the nomination of U.S. District Judge Ana I. de Alba for a vacant seat on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. | |
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Wednesday, November 15, 2023 |
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| At the heart of the dispute is plaintiff Lucian Filler's claim that he was fired in March 2021 after he "identified several areas of fiscal and administrative waste, fraud, and abuse, and reported his findings. | |
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Tuesday, November 14, 2023 |
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| A 9th Circuit panel held 2-1 that California's proposed warning label for Roundup weedkiller was misleading. | |
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Tuesday, November 14, 2023 |
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| William James Reed was accused of misleading two families that were victims of the Zamora Fire by representing that they would not have to pay his fee in lawsuits against PG&E. He failed to disclose $400,000 in settlement money he received. | |
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Tuesday, November 14, 2023 |
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| Public Counsel head Monica Ramirez Almadani confirmed to seat on Central District | |
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Monday, November 13, 2023 |
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| 'We are glad that we are able to get some relief for students who came to us for help after so much unexpected turmoil, to help them move on with the next chapters of their promising educational trajectories and careers,' Bryan Schwartz, founder of Bryan Schwartz Law P.C., said | |
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Monday, November 13, 2023 |
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| Showing the nine-member federal jury charts and graphs made by Google's sales team, Epic's attorney argued that despite having to pay Google up to 30% of the money they make from in-app purchases, on average only 10% of developers' revenue was a result of the benefits Google provided. | |
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Monday, November 13, 2023 |
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| AB 824, passed in 2019, changed state law to say that settlement of a patent infringement case over a pharmaceutical drug is anticompetitive if one of the parties agrees not to develop and sell a "generic or biosimilar" version. A coalition of drugmakers challenged the law. | |