Law 360

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP and a proposed class of data-breach victims told a California federal court Thursday the law firm has reached a settlement in principle to resolve litigation over a March data breach that purportedly exposed Social Security numbers and other personal information of more than 461,100 individuals.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 25, 2022

1291, calling the lawsuit “abusive ADA litigation.” ” James Shayler filed suit against PCH, LLC (PCH) in 2020, alleging a violation of the ADA and California’s Unruh Civil Rights Act. The post US appeals court upholds reduced award for ‘serial’ ADA litigant appeared first on JURIST - News.

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Law 360

MARCH 28, 2024

A California federal judge indicated Thursday she'll likely deny Tesla's bids to toss or stay the U.S.

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ABA Journal

MARCH 11, 2024

A California lawyer has been accused of filing a class action lawsuit that had been prepared by a lawyer working for his litigation opponent and…

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Law 360

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Holland & Knight LLP announced Monday that a longtime Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP attorney has joined the firm's office in Newport Beach, California, as a litigation partner.

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JURIST

JUNE 16, 2022

The US Supreme Court ruled 8-1 Wednesday that the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) partially preempts a California law that invalidates waivers of the right to assert representative claims under the California Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA). Angie Moriana sued her former employer Viking River Cruises, for Labor Code violations.

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JayS.Rothman&Associates

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

In California State court, the discovery process plays a crucial role in litigation, serving the purpose of ensuring fairness, facilitating the exchange of information, and promoting efficient case resolution. The methods of discovery and the timing associated with them are governed by California’s Code of Civil Procedure.

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LawSites

MARCH 19, 2024

You may know it more through its brands, including ServeNow for finding process servers, One Legal for California court filing, LawToolBox for court calendaring, and the Legal Talk Network group of legal podcasts. says the company is on a mission to innovate and even revolutionize litigation services and the litigation workflow.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 15, 2020

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced Friday that the state of California has filed to join the US Department of Justice in an antitrust lawsuit against tech giant Google. Becerra will be the first Democrat to openly support the Republican-led litigation.

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The IP Law Blog

JUNE 1, 2023

Kewalramani), the Central District of California denied Defendant Netflix’s attempts to compel Plaintiff GoTV Streaming to provide documents and further information as to the source of the litigation funding that GoTV received in conjunction with the patent litigation. Netflix, Inc., 2-22-cv-07556 (CDCA May.

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Law 360

MAY 19, 2023

A California federal judge on Friday granted class certification to a group of Bayer AG investors who launched a suit against the company accusing of it downplaying litigation risks related to the weedkiller Roundup after acquiring Monsanto, finding that the suit isn't trumped by extraterritoriality concerns as claimed by the German multinational.

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HowAppealing

JUNE 18, 2021

“What the Supreme Court Got Right (and Justice Alito Got Wrong) in the Texas ACA Decision: A slightly deeper dive into today’s California v. Texas decision rejecting the effort to turn constitutional litigation into a game of Jenga.” Dorf has a post titled “ Why Did the California v. ” Jonathan H.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 16, 2021

But if states can now shield their laws from review by the federal courts that compare assault weapons to Swiss Army knives, then California will use that authority to protect people’s lives, where Texas used it to put women in harm’s way.

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Patently O

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Stroud is General Counsel at Unified Patents – an organization often adverse to litigation-funded entities. [1] litigation finance boom of the past 20 years—as has been widely reported, private equity now undergirds huge swaths of U.S. Guest post by Jonathan Stroud. Patent assertion finance today is a multibillion-dollar business. [2]

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JURIST

AUGUST 17, 2022

Additionally, there are state court cases filed against GSK in California and Illinois set to begin in February 2023. The post First plaintiff in Zantac litigation drops suit against drug manufacturers appeared first on JURIST - News. Bayer’s case was set to begin Monday in an Illinois state court.

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ABA Journal

JANUARY 31, 2022

As an undergraduate at the University of California at Berkeley, Camila Lopez often watched the 2000 film Erin Brockovich , which is based on the true…

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LawSites

JUNE 29, 2022

Today brings news that Gavelytics , a seven-year-old litigation analytics company, is closing its doors effective tomorrow. We built things never before built and answered litigation-related questions never before answerable. The hardest stories I have to report are the ones about legal tech startups that are forced to shut down.

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Law 360

JANUARY 1, 2024

Legal experts following Golden State courts in 2024 are tracking groundbreaking lawsuits against artificial-intelligence developers brought by content creators, high-stakes antitrust cases against BigTech companies, and a wave of fresh litigation over the scope of California's Private Attorneys General Act.

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Patently O

MAY 7, 2021

2021) (nonprecedential) [ Raytheon Vexatious Litigant ]. He later sued Raytheon in California state for various claims, including trade-secret misappropriation, breach of contract, discrimination, etc. California Code allows for a litigant to be defined as a “vexatious litigant” and Mankaruse was so-named.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

AUGUST 8, 2023

The Securities and Exchange Commission regulations on climate disclosure, first proposed in March 2022 and likely to be issued in final form in October 2023, [1] have drawn considerable controversy and face an uncertain fate in the inevitable litigation. [2] 12] Here are some details about the proposed California legislation.

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LettersBlogatory

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Instead, the judge decided that under California law, only persons in state custody can petition for habeas corpus. The post Elephant Habeas: California Judge Denies Petition appeared first on Folkman LLC. The decision didn’t turn on the NhRP’s “elephants are people” argument.

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OneLegal

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Imagine you’re a paralegal in a small litigation firm in Southern California. The named partner tapped you on the shoulder on a Friday afternoon and asked you to create a privilege log in a pending litigation matter over the weekend.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 28, 2021

Snarr is a class-action lawsuit brought in California against H&R Block and its subsidiaries. The second FAA petition also arises out of California. A state court in California ruled that such a waiver is against California public policy and unenforceable. HRB Tax Group, Inc. In Viking River Cruises, Inc. Louisiana v.

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A People's Choice

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

Getting involved in child custody litigation is no fun, but it is some consolation that many people represent themselves in child custody cases, so it is not necessary to spend money you do not have on a lawyer.

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SCOCAblog

APRIL 23, 2023

Overview The fact that most California criminal cases end in plea bargains presents an unconstitutional conditions problem.[1] 2] Yet California’s unconstitutional conditions doctrine limits the government’s “authority to condition. a privilege or benefit” on waiving constitutional rights.[3] Analysis...

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JURIST

JANUARY 29, 2022

Earlier this month, Los Angeles County filed a petition in California Superior Court to hold Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva in contempt for deliberately and openly ignoring three subpoenas issued by the state Civilian Oversight Commission (COC) last fall. California. low voter turnout.

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NewmanFerraraLLP

DECEMBER 15, 2022

In litigation filed in both California state and federal courts, plant-based food company, Beyond Meat, was sued by Don Lee Farms, a former collaborator, who alleged BM was guilty of false advertising and contract breach. Parties Get to the Meat of the Matter.

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Law 360

AUGUST 9, 2023

Food waste recycler California Safe Soil LLC is urging a Delaware bankruptcy judge to dismiss or stay the Chapter 11 case of KDC Agribusiness LLC, branding it a litigation tactic to avoid a now-sidelined Court of Chancery trial regarding KDC's alleged trade secret misappropriation and a more than $300 million damages claim.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Share A case about a California animal-welfare law became a springboard on Tuesday for the justices to explore how individual states might try to impose their moral views on their neighbors. A lot of policy disputes,” Kagan told California Solicitor General Michael Mongan, “can be incorporated into laws like yours.”

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 17, 2023

Ordinarily in these cases, the customer files a lawsuit (often, as here, a class action), and the business immediately files a motion asking the court to stay litigation and refer the matter to arbitration. The case before the justices arises from two separate disputes with Coinbase. Its argument is simple and linear.

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Above The Law

DECEMBER 22, 2021

The post Seeking Junior To Senior Litigation Associate Attorney appeared first on Above the Law. Position can be located in Los Angeles, San Diego, or San Francisco/Silicon Valley.

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Law 360

JANUARY 23, 2023

A split Ninth Circuit panel on Monday sided with a California man with a long history of bringing Americans with Disabilities Act litigation in his suit over accessible parking at a lobster shop, ruling that a district court cannot rely on his litigation history to question his credibility.

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Law 360

APRIL 22, 2024

A California federal judge presiding over discovery in multidistrict litigation over whether social media platforms' design is addictive warned parties at a hearing Monday not to ask him to resolve disputes over confidentiality designations, asking repeatedly, "Why do they matter?"

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The post When Pigs Litigate: How Pork Law Will Predict Abortion And Gun Jurisprudence appeared first on Above the Law. We could have avoided this whole issue if everyone became a vegan.

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Law 360

MAY 26, 2021

Messner Reeves LLP has snagged a pair of litigation partners from Ropers Majeski PC in a boost to the firm's presence in Southern California, bringing with them dozens of attorneys and personnel.

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Mondaq

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Seyfarth Shaw does it again with the 21st Edition of its annual publication Litigating California Wage & Hour Class And PAGA Actions.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 31, 2022

Across California, officials are doing their best to soften the bleak interiors of county juvenile detention centers with such features and more: comfortable sofas, new gaming consoles, and scent-infused “de-escalation rooms.” Strings of fairy lights adorning fenced-in exercise yards. Bright new paint obscuring cinder block walls.

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