California

  • August 30, 2024

    Hotel Chains, Software Co. Fight Algorithmic Pricing Suit

    Major hotel chains and software provider SAS Institute Inc. have asked a California federal court to toss a proposed class action from hotel guests alleging the companies used a shared pricing algorithm to fix and raise room rates nationwide.

  • August 30, 2024

    Period Tracker App Users Seek Class Cert. In Data-Selling Suit

    Users of the menstrual cycle tracking app Flo Health Inc. are seeking class certification in their suit against Flo, Google and Meta, telling a California federal judge the proposed class would include millions of users whose personal health information was sold to the ad giants without consent.

  • August 30, 2024

    Alvarez & Marsal Appoints Tax Experts As Managing Directors

    Alvarez & Marsal Tax LLC appointed tax experts from Anderson and Deloitte as its new managing directors, the firm announced.

  • August 30, 2024

    Manilow Says IP Biz Didn't Deliver 'Copacabana' TikTok Trend

    Singer Barry Manilow has hit British music royalties outfit Hipgnosis with a California federal court lawsuit alleging he was falsely promised a "Copacabana dance trend" on TikTok, the marketing of a "Copacabana" drink kit and over a million dollars in bonuses. 

  • August 30, 2024

    Uber Owes Drivers Duty Of Care In Rider Match, 9th Circ. Says

    A Ninth Circuit panel said Friday that Uber Technologies Inc. can't dodge liability after one of its drivers was murdered in a carjacking, finding rideshare companies have a duty to their drivers to use reasonable care to match them with riders.

  • August 30, 2024

    UTA Atty Fights For More Fees After Beating $125M Suit

    An attorney representing Liner Freedman Taitelman & Cooley LLP urged a California state judge at a hearing Friday to reconsider a tentative ruling that granted less than the attorney fees sought for defeating a $125 million defamation suit brought by MediaLink's founder, saying the suit threatened the very existence of the firm.

  • August 30, 2024

    Construction Litigator Rejoins Gordon Rees In San Francisco

    Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP is growing its Northern California team, welcoming back as a partner in its San Francisco office a construction litigation expert most recently with Sawyer & Labar LLP.

  • August 30, 2024

    Off The Bench: NFL Lets PE In, Ex-NBA Pro Denies Agent Deal

    In this week’s Off The Bench, the NFL shakes up its ownership rules and joins the rest of the pro sports world, while a former NBA player says his agency is trying to cling to him after he moved on. In case you were sidelined this week, Law360 is here to catch you up on the sports and betting stories that had our readers talking.

  • August 30, 2024

    Firm Accused Of Botching Arbitration In Tribal Lending Row

    Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP and one of its former attorneys have been hit with a California federal court suit accusing them of negligence in their representation of a consulting business and its president in a 2018 arbitration they say caused them at least $17.5 million in damages.

  • August 29, 2024

    'No Hesitation' On $7M Atty Fees For $10B Verdict, Judge Says

    A California judge held up a phone book-sized printout Thursday of the 20-year docket for a case that resulted in a $10 billion verdict for four brothers who claim their real estate empire was stolen by another brother, and said she has "no hesitation" granting the plaintiff $7 million in attorney fees.

  • August 29, 2024

    'You Don't Need To Be Obnoxious': Ch. 11 Hearing Gets Rowdy

    A California bankruptcy judge on Thursday slammed an attorney for what he called her "obnoxious" courtroom behavior, while the lawyer argued that a proposed liquidation plan for a defunct law firm could enrich the professionals managing the case and leave little for claimants.

  • August 29, 2024

    Broadcom Looks To Toss Samsung's Chip Antitrust Case

    Broadcom has urged a California federal court to toss a case from Samsung accusing the chipmaker of blocking competitors from the market, saying the companies' supply agreement was not exclusive and did not tie the sale of any product to another product.

  • August 29, 2024

    2nd Circ. Allows Google Advertisers To Wait To Appeal Loss

    The Second Circuit on Wednesday allowed a group of Massachusetts-based gym and spa businesses to drop their challenge of an order tossing their antitrust claims from multidistrict litigation accusing Google of monopolizing digital advertising, but permitted them to refile it once the trial judge decides the MDL's remaining claims.

  • August 29, 2024

    SEC Says PE Firm Ran $3.3M Real Estate Investment Scam

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has filed a suit in California federal court accusing a private equity firm and its managing partner, who was previously convicted of financial crimes, of fraudulently raising $3.3 million through a Ponzi-like real estate investment scheme.

  • August 29, 2024

    Sutter Health Kickback Fight Likely Headed To Nov. Trial

    A California federal judge indicated Wednesday she's likely to send at least some claims in a whistleblower's kickback suit against Sutter Health and a surgical-practice group to a November trial, saying during a hearing there are disputes over the credibility of certain evidence and that's "the providence of the jury."

  • August 29, 2024

    DLA Piper Steers Tech-Focused SPAC GigCapital's Latest IPO

    GigCapital7 Corp., the latest special-purpose acquisition company led by technology-focused entrepreneur Avi Katz, began trading Thursday after completing a downsized initial public offering that raised $200 million, represented by DLA Piper and underwriters' counsel Lucosky Brookman LLP.

  • August 29, 2024

    Chancery Gavels In Ex-Jurist As Band Journey's Custodian

    Retired Delaware Vice Chancellor Joseph R. Slights III has taken a court-ordered, tie-breaking, front-row seat in the recently messy business of managing the iconic rock band Journey, with the lead bandmates sending up a few sour notes just ahead of the choice.

  • August 29, 2024

    Schwab's 'Cash Sweep' Paid For TD Ameritrade Buy, Suit Says

    The Charles Schwab Corp. has been hit with a proposed class action in California federal court by three customers alleging that the investment bank obtains "outsized benefits" from its cash sweep programs and used a significant amount of the cash to finance its $26 billion acquisition of TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. several years ago.

  • August 29, 2024

    Seattle Biotech Can't Immediately Force Out LA Times Owner

    Billionaire and Los Angeles Times owner Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong will not be forced to recuse himself from a Seattle-based biotech research institute board while the nonprofit's breach-of-fiduciary duty lawsuit against him is pending, a Washington federal judge said on Thursday.

  • August 29, 2024

    Nektar Can't Get Docs It Says Show Lilly As 'Thieves, Liars'

    A California federal judge Thursday rejected Nektar Therapeutics' request for internal Eli Lilly documents related to separate litigation as Nektar pursues allegations Eli Lilly ruined prospects for a drug the companies were developing together despite Nektar's counsel saying it would "expose Lilly for being thieves, liars."

  • August 29, 2024

    Democrats Condemn Lawsuit Against New Green Card Rule

    Two Democratic senators from Western states rallied on Thursday for the Biden administration's new program to grant parole to noncitizen spouses and stepchildren of U.S. citizens seeking green cards, which a federal court recently halted temporarily.

  • August 29, 2024

    Coding Platform Hits Unicorn Status After $150M Fundraise

    Artificial intelligence-powered code acceleration platform Codeium, advised by Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC, on Thursday revealed that it reached unicorn status in less than two years from its inception after closing its latest funding round with $150 million in tow.

  • August 29, 2024

    SunPower Eyes Sept. Auction As IP Objection Nixed For Now

    A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Thursday overruled an objection to bidding procedures for the assets of residential solar technology company SunPower Corp. from a former subsidiary, finding the dispute over use of the SunPower brand should be heard later.

  • August 29, 2024

    Mintz Settles Suit Over Clients' $4.3M IP Legal Tab

    Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC settled a dispute over $4.3 million in legal fees and interest owed by parking meter provider Duncan Parking Technologies Inc. and its parent company, CivicSmart Inc., according to a Thursday filing.

  • August 29, 2024

    9th Circ. Says Trucking Group's Brief Is Too Late In AB 5 Row

    The Ninth Circuit declined to take up a California trucking industry group's bid to upend a lower court decision that rejected their challenge to the Golden State's independent contractor classification law, known as A.B. 5, saying the group failed to file an opening brief on time.

Expert Analysis

  • Calif. Budget Will Likely Have Unexpected Tax Consequences

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    A temporary suspension of net operating loss deductions and business incentive tax credits, likely to be approved on June 15 as part of California’s next budget, may create unanticipated tax liabilities for businesses that modeled recently completed transactions on current law, says Myra Sutanto Shen at Wilson Sonsini.

  • Patent Lessons From 7 Federal Circuit Reversals In May

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    A look at recent cases where the Federal Circuit reversed or vacated decisions by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board or a federal district court provide guidance on how to succeed on appeal by clarifying the obviousness analysis of design patents, the finality of a judgment, and more, say Denise De Mory and Li Guo at Bunsow De Mory.

  • Litigation Inspiration: Attys Can Be Heroic Like Olympians

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    Although litigation won’t earn anyone an Olympic medal in Paris this summer, it can be worthy of the same lasting honor if attorneys exercise focused restraint — seeking both their clients’ interests and those of the court — instead of merely pursuing every advantage short of sanctionable conduct, says Bennett Rawicki at Hilgers Graben.

  • Politics In The Workplace: What Employers Need To Know

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    As the 2024 election approaches and protests continue across the country, employers should be aware of employees' rights — and limits on those rights — related to political speech and activities in the workplace, and be prepared to act proactively to prevent issues before they arise, say attorneys at Littler.

  • Lean Into The 'Great Restoration' To Retain Legal Talent

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    As the “great resignation,” in which employees voluntarily left their jobs in droves, has largely dissipated, legal employers should now work toward the idea of a “great restoration,” adopting strategies to effectively hire, onboard and retain top legal talent, says Molly McGrath at Hiring & Empowering Solutions.

  • 9th Circ. Ruling Shows Lies Must Go To Nature Of Bargain

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    The Ninth Circuit’s recent U.S. v. Milheiser decision, vacating six mail fraud convictions, clarifies that the key question in federal fraud cases is not whether lies were told, but what they were told about — thus requiring defense counsel to rethink their strategies, say Charles Kreindler and Krista Landis at Sheppard Mullin.

  • 4 Ways Businesses Can Address Threat Of Mass Arbitration

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    Attorneys at DLA Piper examine the rise of mass arbitration in light of JAMS' new procedures and guidelines, and provide four steps e-commerce businesses can take when revising their dispute resolution provisions to maximize the chances those revisions will be held enforceable.

  • What High Court Ruling Means For Sexual Harassment Claims

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    In its recent Smith v. Spizzirri decision, the U.S. Supreme Court held that a district court compelling a case to arbitration is obligated to stay the case rather than dismissing it, but this requirement may result in sexual harassment cases not being heard by appellate courts, says Abe Melamed at Signature Resolution.

  • Trademark In Artistic Works 1 Year After Jack Daniel's

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    In the year since the U.S. Supreme Court's Jack Daniel's v. VIP Products ruling, courts have applied Jack Daniel's inconsistently to deny First Amendment protection to artistic works, providing guidance for dismissing trademark claims relating to film and TV titles, say Hardy Ehlers and Neema Sahni at Covington.

  • 9th Circ. Ruling Broadens Sweep Of Securities 'Solicitation'

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    The Ninth Circuit's recent revival of a putative securities fraud class action against Genius Brands for hiring a stock promoter to write favorable articles about it shows that companies should view "solicitation" broadly in considering whether they may have paid someone to urge an investor to purchase a security, say attorneys at Simpson Thacher.

  • NCAA Settlement May End The NIL Model As We Know It

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    The recent House v. NCAA settlement in California federal court, in which the NCAA agreed to allow schools to directly pay March Madness television revenue to their athletes, may send outside name, image and likeness collectives in-house, says Mike Ingersoll at Womble Bond.

  • Opinion

    The FTC And DOJ Should Backtrack On RealPage

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    The antitrust agencies ought to reverse course on their enforcement actions against RealPage, which are based on a faulty legal premise, risk further property shortages and threaten the use of algorithms that are central to the U.S. economy, says Thomas Stratmann at George Mason University.

  • How Federal And State Microfiber Pollution Policy Is Evolving

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    Growing efforts to address synthetic microfiber pollution may create compliance and litigation issues for businesses in the textile and apparel industries, so companies should track developing federal and state legislation and regulation in this space, and should consider associated greenwashing risks, says Arie Feltman-Frank at Jenner & Block.

  • Series

    Fishing Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Atop the list of ways fishing makes me a better lawyer is the relief it offers from the chronic stress of a demanding caseload, but it has also improved my listening skills and patience, and has served as an exceptional setting for building earnest relationships, says Steven DeGeorge​​​​​​​ at Robinson Bradshaw.

  • Opinion

    It's Time To Defuse The Ticking Time Bomb Of US Landfills

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    After recent fires at landfills in Alabama and California sent toxic fumes into surrounding communities, it is clear that existing penalties for landfill mismanagement are insufficient — so policymakers must enact major changes to the way we dispose of solid waste, says Vineet Dubey at Custodio & Dubey.

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