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California - December, 2018

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• 5 Most-Read Legal Industry Guests Of 2018
• Top 5 International Tax Cases Of 2018
• 5 Top Federal Tax Decisions Of 2018
• SEC's 1st Robo-Adviser Fines Hit Wealthfront, Hedgeable
• Winner's Playbook
• Ex-Paul Weiss, Munger Atty Confirmed To Calif. High Court
• California Nursing Facility Cleared In Elder Abuse Appeal
• Kaiser Settles Calif. Suit Over Alleged 'Patient Dumping'
• Venable Adds Veteran Trial Atty As Partner In LA Office
• State AGs Want To Block Trump Birth Control Rules Again
• 9th Circ. Won't Revive Almond Milk Labeling Suit
• State Energy Plans Leaned Clean And Green In 2018
• CVS Unit's Doubled $1.3M FCRA Deal 'Odd,' Judge Says
• FDA Tells Stem Cell Cos. Regulatory Eyes Fixed On Them
• Calif. Court Revives Suit Over Worker Crash In Company Car
• Join Suits Over HIV Drugs In Calif., Patients Urge JPML
• DOL, Groups Fight To Tank Association Health Plan Suit
• Calif. Atty Owes Former Client $800K For Mishandled Case
• Invalid PAGA Waiver Dooms PennyMac's OT Arbitration Bid
• Ex-Tinder Worker Must Arbitrate Sex Harassment Claims
• Witness Collusion Accusations Fly In Airline Price-Fixing Suit
• Occidental Says Phillips 66, Others Liable For Calif. Cleanup
• Fidelity Says Ex-VP Using Info He Stole To Aid Morgan Stanley
• Ex-Silicon Valley Exec Gets 3 Years For $1.5M Investor Fraud
• Spotify Settles $1.6B IP Suit Brought By Tom Petty's Publisher
• Key Trade Secret Developments Of 2018: Part 1
• Pircher Nichols Snags 2nd Sidley Real Estate Atty In A Month
• Calif. Federal Judge Blocks Trump Asylum-Seeker Entry Rules
• Fiat, BLM Settle Suits Over Jeep-Linked Calif. Wildfire
• 18 Firms Ask 9th Circ. For Cut Of $175M Fees In VW MDL
• Litigation Funder On Hook For $8.9M Award, Cotton Cos. Say
• $480M Wells Fargo Investor Deal OK'd, Attys Get $96M
• Schumer To Trump: No End-Of-Year Deal On Judges
• Ex-NFLers Face Skeptical 9th Circ. In Career-Killer Drug Suit
• SF Becomes Latest To Sue Pharma Cos. Over Opioid Crisis
• Retailers Chop Chicken Of The Sea From Tuna Price-Fix MDL
• Cocaine Anesthetic Not FDA-Approved, Rival Drugmaker Says
• Apple Loses In Second Bite At Qualcomm Discovery Battle
• Direct Capacitor Buyers Cut $120M Deal In Price-Fix Suit
• Just 1 Claim Spared In TCF Auto Loan-Backed Securities Suit
• 3 D&O Questions Regarding Event-Driven Securities Litigation
• Smart Toys Under The Tree Raise Privacy Concerns
• Questions Follow 9th Circ. Solidification Of Escobar Test
• Postmate Workers Must Arbitrate Independent Contractor Row
• Facebook Row Fair Game For Ill. Privacy Law, 9th Circ. Told
• Riders Accusing Uber Drivers Of Rape Agree To End Suit
• Where 5 Top MDLs Stand At The End Of 2018
• Gov't Defends Census Citizenship Question Before High Court
• NCAA's Antitrust Violation 'Pretty Clear,' Judge Says
• Medtronic, Ex-PTAB Chief Settle Gay Discrimination Suit
• Attys Want $2.7M Fee In TurboTax Refund Fraud Deal
• FTC Gets Qualcomm Expert Nixed Before Antitrust Trial
• DPW Says It Plans To Float Technology Unit
• Jury Clears Ramen Noodle Makers In Antitrust Suit
• 9th Circ. Skeptical Of Union Fees Refund Appeal
• Panasonic, Others To Pay $33M To Indirect Resistor Buyers
• AT&T Points To 9th Circ. Decision In Bid To Toss 401(k) Suit
• Real Estate Rumors: Equity LifeStyle, Sugar Hill, TH
• Nikon Cameras Don't Infringe Zeiss, ASML Patents, Jury Says
• Rapper Sues NBA 2K Game Makers Over Dance Moves
• The Moments That Mattered Most For Legal Ethics In 2018
• Will Fed. Circ. Consider The Competitor Standing Doctrine?
• Trump And Cohen: What Lawyers Can Learn
• State Legislatures May Be Next Stop For Oil And Gas Regs
• The Year #MeToo Rocked In-House Law Departments
• 'Fresh Prince' Actor Sues Game Makers Over 'Carlton' Dance
• Facebook Data Suit Paused To Allow Chancery Records Trial
• Schwab Can't Ditch ERISA Duty Claims, Participants Say
• Calif. Regulator Says PG&E Faked Records For Years
• Jackson Lewis Picks Up Employment Atty In Los Angeles
• Kia, Hyundai Defect Causes Cars To 'Erupt In Flames': Suit
• Gwen Stefani Can't Escape Concert Stampede Injury Suit
• Movie Studios Want VidAngel's Fair Use Defense Knocked Out
• Unilever Wins Suit Over Safety Of St. Ives Face Scrub
• Calif. Panel Nixes Allstate, Farmers Inspectors' Cert. Bid
• Advocates Urge 9th Circ. To Protect Immigrant Abuse Victims
• Facebook Says Cambridge Analytica Episode Is Old News
• High Court Can Skip Atty's Defamation Row, Yelp Says
• Calif. Federal Jury Finds Glitches In Finjan Malware Patent Suit
• State AGs Can Lead The Fight For Online Privacy Protection
• Ex-NWA Rep's 'Straight Outta Compton' IP Suit Nears Toss
• The Verdicts That Left A Mark In 2018
• Silicon Valley CPA Gets 8 Mos. For $18M Tax Return Scheme
• Health Care Co. Hid $1B Tax Debt Before Merger: Investors
• FCC Ruling Sinks Calif. Proposal To Tax Texts
• Apple Off The Hook In Fatal Facetime Car Crash Suit
• K&L Gates Adds Ex-Fox Rothschild Real Estate Pro In Calif.
• Divers Get $50M Settlement Over Defective Scuba Computers
• Destroying Main Street To Save It: Calif. Implements Wayfair
• Calif.'s Top Employment Law Developments In 2018
• Reed Smith Adds Ex-Squire Corporate Pro As Partner In LA
• Judging A Book: Mills Reviews 'Mississippi's Federal Courts'
• Companies Must Beware Street Artists' IP Suits
• TCPA Suit Over Hotel Booking Text Messages Tossed
• SF Chronicle Illegally Limited Union Access: NLRB Judge
• Mirage Must Arbitrate Food Workers' Unpaid Vacation Bid
• New Year, New Opportunities For State Governments
• House Dems Press For CFPB Military Lending Oversight
• PayPal Dodges Stock-Drop Suit Over Data Breach
• Molina Escapes Investor's Suit Over Growth Misstatements
• 9th Circ. Upholds BIA Snub Of Pakistani's Bad Counsel Claim
• Adviser Who Took $1.2M From Athlete Agrees To SEC Deal
• Airport Food, Retail Workers Win $2.2M In Class Action
• Deals Rumor Mill: Sprint, McAfee, Bankia
• Lyft Driver Says He Can Sue Because He Declined Arbitration
• Abbott Labs Wants Atty DQ'd In Worker's Gender Bias Case
• African Workers Denied Cert. In Gov't Contractor Bias Suit
• 9th Circ. Pares Nationwide Block Of ACA Birth Control Rules
• Investors Accuse Calif. Company Of Concealing Crypto Focus
• Glaser Weil Aids Tricky Hotel, Marina And Retail Deal
• The 6 Biggest Law Firm Mergers Of 2018
• Auto Groups Side With VW In 9th Circ. Emissions Dispute
• The Biggest Transportation Rulings Of 2018
• The Biggest Personal Injury And Med Mal Cases Of 2018
• The Latest On Article III Standing In False Ad Class Actions
• Ex-Sacramento Kings Exec. Admits To $13.4M Fraud Scheme
• SAP Can't Duck Data Co.'s Copyright, Tying Claims
• The Subtle Art Of Fred Fielding
• Chevron Moves Calif. Anglers' Greenhouse Suit To Fed. Court
• The Biggest Sports Cases Of 2018
• Qualcomm Can't Block Huawei, LG Docs From Antitrust Case
• Gov't Seeks To Ax Extra-Record Info On Trump's Asylum Rule
• Biotech Biz Zymergen Lands $400M Series C Funding
• China's 'Steve Jobs' Risks Losing Calif. Property Over Loan
• 6 Things That Rocked The Legal Industry In 2018
• Rimon Lands Private Funds Atty From VLP In California
• Davis Wright Nabs Entertainment Litigator In LA
• Ford Transmission Case Belongs In Federal Court: 9th Circ.
• CVS-Only HIV, AIDS Drugs Aren't Discriminatory, Judge Says
• 9th Circ. Won't Revive Long-Running Raytheon FCA Suit
• 2018 State And Local Tax Policy: Year-In-Review
• Downtown LA Real Estate Veteran Joins Cox Castle
• Dr. Seuss-'Star Trek' Mashup Maker Seeks End To IP Row
• Nikon Says Zeiss, ASML 'Stretching' IP Claims Against It
• Flawed Verdict Form Triggers New Trial Against Calif. Hospital
• VW Banks On Federal Shield To Beat States' Emissions Suits
• 9th Circ. Urged To Dredge 'Shape Of Water' Copyright Row
• AMC To Face Ex-'Walking Dead' Exec's $300M Royalties Suit
• Calif. To Vote On Controversial Text Message Tax Proposal
• Feds Call For CPA To Be Imprisoned For Role In $18M Fraud
• Chase Says Workers Reneged On Deal To End Seating Suit
• Google Tracking Class Actions Consolidated In Calif.
• 'Blurred Lines' Copyright Suit Ends In $5M Judgment
• Calif. Wildfires' Insured Losses Top $9B, Official Says
• Uber Ran Rival Off Road With Fake Ride Requests, Suit Says
• Nixon Peabody Snags Corporate Pro For San Francisco Office
• 10 Tips For Law Firms To Drive Revenue Via Sports Tickets
• Inside Key ABA Guidance On Attorneys' Cybersecurity Duties
• TC Heartland's Impact In 2018
• Calif. High Court OKs Meal Break Waiver For Health Workers
• High Court Pushed To Block Calif. Tribal Casino
• Stormy Daniels Owes Trump Attys $300K In Fees, Sanctions
• Calif. Adopts $100K Threshold For Tax On Remote Sellers
• Court Reporting Co. Must Follow Calif. Regs
• 9th Circ. Upholds Ruling In Calif. Tribal Leadership Dispute
• California's Harris To Keep Senate Judiciary Seat
• Dental Products Maker Expands IP War Against Rival At ITC
• DOJ Joins Medicare Advantage FCA Suit Against Sutter Health
• VW Slams Bondholder's Bid To Redo Emissions Fraud Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Cisco Systems, Plaid, Nvidia Corp.
• General Mills Escapes Suit Over Trans Fat Use
• Nooksack Members Say Tribal Officials Can't Avoid RICO Suit
• Promise Healthcare Nets Extra $1.3M In Rehab Facility Sale
• Insurer Says It Doesn't Owe USC Coverage In Abuse Suits
• NFL Illegally Relocated Raiders To Vegas, Oakland Says
• 9th Circ. Hears Arguments Over Migrant Kids' Right To Atty
• Testing Reveals No Chinese Microchip Spying, Co. Says
• Climate Report Proves Carbon Regs Must Stick, EPA Told
• Accountant Seeks No Prison Time For $18M Tax Return Fraud
• ImmunoCellular Investors Seek OK Of $1.1M Stock Hype Deal
• AGs Ask SSA To Set Up ID Theft Prevention Database, Fast
• Contractor Admits Role In Sending Unqualified Guards To IRS
• PE-Backed Blank Check Co. Files $375M IPO Guided By Weil
• Feds Nix Most Of Suit Over End Of Obama Immigrant Program
• Hoffman La-Roche Can't Keep Malaria Drug Suit In Fed. Court
• Drone Injury At Wedding Not Covered, Judge Rules
• A Review Of US Economic Sanctions In 2018
• FTC Can't Block Qualcomm Evidence Ahead Of Antitrust Trial
• Most Claims Stick In ConAgra Cooking Spray Label Suit
• Greenberg Traurig Brings In Ex-Knobbe Martens IP Pro
• Opening Comments: A Key Strategic Decision In Mediation
• 9th Circ. Won't Revive Sex Assault Suit Against NBA Star
• Acosta Sales Unit Agrees To $3M Deal To End OT Suit
• Alsup Probes Patent Trial Jury Pool On UFOs, Telekinesis
• Supreme Court To Review Merchant Seaman Injury Suit
• Medical Device Exec Beats Charges Of Tipping Orioles Player
• FINA Has Stranglehold On Swimming Competitions, Suit Says
• Scotts To Pay Up To $85M Over Pesticide-Tainted Bird Seed
• Justices Flush Kimberly-Clark's Appeal In Wipes Case
• 9th Circ. Won't Stay Order Blocking Trump's Asylum Policy
• Stradling Nabs Ex-Sheppard Mullin M&A Partner
• Property Damage Is Not Necessarily Physical In Calif.
• Couple Seeks 9th Circ. Redo On $35M EB-5 Fraud Judgment
• The Romaine Health Advisory: Scope And Implications
• Kellogg's Breakfast Bars Contain Pesticide, Buyers Say
• Top 10 Whistleblowing And Retaliation Events Of 2018
• Post-Teva Expert Disclosure Trends In 2 Patent-Rich Districts
• More State Issues The Blue Wave May Shape In 2019
• Calif. School Vaccine Law Upheld As Panel Pans 'Hyperbole'
• Quad/Graphics Must Pay Pension Fund, 9th Circ. Says
• Thrift Preemption No Help For Chase In Calif. Suit: Judge
• Atty Asks To Stay In NFL Suit Despite Disciplinary Charges
• Telecom Contract Row Paused Pending Arbitrator Ruling
• Student Loan Co. CEO Arrested On Charges Of $28M Fraud
• Amazon Cuts Deal With Calif. DAs Banning Foie Gras Sales
• VW Tells 9th Circ. Counties' Emissions Claims Preempted
• Facebook Health Site Tracking Legal, 9th Circ. Says
• Amazon Wage Suit Survives, But Class Claims Are Nixed
• Tara Reid Wants $100M Bite Out Of 'Sharknado' Merchandise
• Impax Says Investors' Drug Price-Fixing Suit Still Fails
• Live Nation, Ticketmaster Settle ADA Suit Over 49ers' Stadium
• Construction Litigator Joins Gordon Rees In SF Office
• Calif. Privacy Act Will Increase Data Breach Liability
• Health Hires: Hooper Lundy, King & Spalding, Williams Mullen
• Taxpayers Should Note These 2 Items From Calif. Tax Regs
• Data-Driven Lawyer: Morgan Lewis' J. Kyle Poe
• Moderna Leads IPO Pair Raising $735M
• Franklin Templeton, Workers Agree To Settle ERISA Suit
• Class Cert. Evidence Standard Likely Headed To High Court
• KKR REIT Loans $267M For California, New York Properties
• Uber Is Impeding Arbitrations By Refusing To Pay, Drivers Say
• Blockvest Ruling Reminds Token Issuers To Push Back
• Walmart's Revised $65M PAGA Seating Deal Gets Green Light
• Nikon Cameras Are 'Designed To Infringe,' Expert Tells Jury
• $10M Pa. Investor Suit Adds To Bankrupt OneJet's Woes
• Calif. Bill Floated To Undo Dynamex Worker Classification Test
• Twitter Seeks Classified Declaration In Free Speech Suit
• Ex-Insight Global Employee's Suit Over Firing Remains Intact
• Target Inks $7.4M Deal Over Calif. Waste Disposal Claims
• Ohio House Passes Bill Exempting Tampons From Sales Tax
• Hueston Hennigan Associates' Bonuses To Exceed Cravath's
• Virginia AG Joins Colleagues In Group Fighting Robocalls
• Oakland Is Interfering With Shipping Terminal, Developer Says
• Real Estate Rumors: Lewis Brisbois, Hamleys, Mercantil Bank
• Calif. Law At Issue As Qualcomm Fights Giant Class Cert.
• Sabra Health Care REIT To Sell 38 Properties For $385M
• Data-Driven Lawyer: Ogletree's Evan Moses
• Salvadoran Who Reported Gangs May Get Asylum: 9th Circ.
• 'Milly Rock' Rapper Says 'Fortnite' Video Game Swiped Dance
• Calif. Justices Hear Payroll Cos.' Wage Liability Appeal
• Medical Groups Back States In Association Health Plan Row
• Don't Water Down Calif. Privacy Law, Lawmakers Told
• Motorcoach Co. Must Face Fraud Suit Over Bus Startup
• PG&E Caused Worst Fire In Calif. History, Suit Says
• EPA Dings Calif. For Years-Late Air Quality Plan
• House Dems Call On Gov't Watchdog To Probe TPS Rollback
• Kerr & Wagstaffe Closes As Rent Rises, Attys Form New Firms
• Woman Takes France Terror Attack Claims To 9th Circ.
• Wyoming Looks To Take Yellowstone Grizzly Fight To 9th Circ.
• Real Estate Rumors: E&A, Landmark, Branch Banking & Trust
• Sen.'s Bid To Protect Mueller Again Delays Vote On Judges
• Robert Shapiro Faces Deposition Over LegalZoom Claims
• FCC Smartly Deregulated Copper Networks, 9th Circ. Told
• 9th Circ. Asked To Curtail Audit Power Of Tax Software Co.
• Valero Wins Bid To Decertify Gas Buyers In Pricing Suit
• Nike 'Jumpman' Copyright Case Taken To Supreme Court
• FTC, Qualcomm Fight Over Evidence Ahead Of Antitrust Trial
• Health Co. Coughs Up $1.75M To End EEOC Pregnancy Suit
• Ares Closes Latest Real Estate Fund With $1 Billion
• Harley-Davidson Settles Brake Defect Suit On Eve Of Trial
• Tesla Faces Securities Suit Over $1.8B Bond Offering
• Zales Didn't Honor Jewelry Repair Plans, Consumers Say
• LA Calls For Nationwide Block On Anti-Sanctuary Grant Rules
• NutriBullet Makers Can't Get Suit Kicked To New Zealand
• Data-Driven Lawyer: Kilpatrick Townsend's Kate Gaudry
• A Closer Look At New Calif. Pension Fund Climate Law
• Jewish Family Seeking Art Stolen By Nazis Gets Day In Court
• 'I Am Not Co-Plaintiff Counsel,' Judge Scolds At Walmart Trial
• Canning Whistleblower Wasn't A Fiduciary Breach: 9th Circ.
• Calif. Legislator Again Offers Menstrual Product Tax Bill
• Body Glove's Tactics Didn't Hurt Asia Licensee, Jury Says
• TerraVia Says Investors' Stock-Drop Action Baseless
• Promise Healthcare's Ch. 11 Bid Protections, Financing OK'd
• Amazon Can't Duck Bias Claims Over Job Ads, Judge Hears
• Anaheim Ducks' Arbitration Win Over Ex-Risk Manager OK'd
• Encouraging Unauthorized Immigrants Is Protected: 9th Circ.
• Chicken Farm Can't Avoid Groups' Suit Over '100% Natural' Ad
• Charter Asks Full 9th Circ. To Nix Bias Suit, Cites Constitution
• Airline Group Urges Justices To Hear Wash. Family Leave Row
• Data-Driven Lawyer: Littler's Scott Forman
• Shook Hardy Kicked Off Monster Energy False-Ad Suit
• Property And Casualty Insurers Face A Genomics Revolution
• Calif. Ethics Board Floats Political Disclosure Guidance
• Trump Nears Attys' Fees For Beating Stormy Daniels Suit
• 9th Circ. Gives EBay, Sotheby's Attys' Fees In Royalties Row
• Calif. Jury Clears Alere In Bio Test Cup Patent Suit
• Travelers Can't Take Suspended Corp.'s Place In Defect Suit
• Knight Truck Drivers Get Cert. In $25M Calif. Break Suit
• 9th Circ. Refuses To Revive Trump's Asylum Proclamation
• Marriott Hit With Multiple Suits After Massive Data Breach
• NCAA Says Athletes' Antitrust Closings 'Smuggle In' Evidence
• Alaska Air, Virgin America Settle Woman's Sex Assault Suit
• 9th Circ. Upholds $1.3B Award Over Payday Loan Scheme
• Fed. Circ. Agitated Over Samsung, Huawei FRAND Fight
• Ramen Noodle Buyers Seek Sanctions In Price-Fixing Trial
• Supreme Court Won't Hear IP Appeals By TVEyes, DHL
• Insurer Wants Out Of Coverage For Hertz's Toll-Pass Partner
• Judging A Book: Ginsburg Reviews 'The Curse Of Bigness'
• Extreme Networks Reaches $7M Deal In Stock-Drop Suit
• 5 Things You Should Know About New Rule 23 Amendments
• Data-Driven Lawyer: DLA Piper's Eric Falkenberry
• Pircher Nichols Nabs Real Estate Partner From Sidley Austin
• Border Wall Can Skip Enviro Review After Justices Snub Case
• Calif. Firm NewView Capital Closes $1.35B Debut Fund
• DLA Piper Snags Entertainment Atty From Greenberg Traurig
• The Data-Driven Lawyers Of 2018