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Apple fends off lawsuit from company it didn't want to buy, hired employees away from
SAN JOSE, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – “Costly” litigation against Apple has possibly come to a close with a victory in a California appeals court. -
Lawyers lose $242K in fees in ADA case as court rules they weren't 'prevailing party'
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – Disabilities lawyers are out of luck after a California appeals court found they aren’t entitled to the hundreds of thousands of dollars they requested in a lawsuit against a Rio Nido restaurant. -
Hostage who jumped out of car during gunfight loses lawsuit against police
SAN JOAQUIN, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – A bank employee taken hostage who threw herself out of a car during a high-speed police chase has lost her lawsuit against the California city of Stockton. -
Employees win $416 for unpaid rest breaks after two trips to appeals court
SAN JOAQUIN, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - Farmworkers who said they weren’t paid for rest breaks won a total of $416 after a California appeals court rejected for a second time their claims they should be paid not only the minimum wage for time they spent on rest breaks but an additional hour of pay under a separate section of the state Labor Code. -
NBA's Warriors still owe millions after leaving Oakland, court rules
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – The NBA’s Golden State Warriors must keep paying for renovations at Oakland Arena even after deciding to stop playing their games there. -
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Ruling might help Calif. dispensary get its thousands of marijuana plants back
SAN JOSE, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – A marijuana dispensary that ran afoul of Santa Cruz County might get its 2,000 plants back, thanks to a California appeals court ruling. -
Chemistry group loses effort to keep DINP off California's Prop 65 list
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – A California court has affirmed a judgment that puts a chemical used to soften vinyl on the state’s Prop 65 list as a possible cancer-causing agent, over the objection of the American Chemistry Council. -
Lawyer who told client 'I'm done' faces $300K malpractice ruling
FRESNO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – A lawyer will stay on the hook for a $300,000 malpractice verdict after walking out on a client who was unhappy with the way settlement talks in a divorce were going. -
Plastic-surgery-gone-wrong verdict of $6.3M reinstated by Calif. court
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – A California appeals court has reinstated a $6.3 million jury verdict that was struck down by the trial judge. -
Landlords win challenge of Oakland garbage franchise fees
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) — A California appeals court in March ruled in favor of Oakland landlords challenging the legality of garbage collection franchise fees paid to the city by private companies. -
SHEPPARD MULLIN: Sheppard Mullin Announces 2020 Partner Class
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP is pleased to announce that 21 attorneys have been promoted to partner. -
Monsanto appeals $87 million award in Roundup case
A widely used weed killer is not responsible for the cancer with which a California couple has been diagnosed, and a 2019 verdict that awarded them more than $2 billion — later reduced to $87 million — should be overturned, Monsanto stated in an appeal filed Feb. 7. -
GREENBERG TRAURIG LLP: Greenberg Traurig’s Cris O’Neall Presents at the 2019 WSPA Property Tax Education Forum
Greenberg Traurig, LLP Shareholder Cris K. O’Neall will participate at the 2019 Western States Petroleum Association (WSPA) Property Tax Education Forum in Oxnard, CA. -
BREMER WHYTE BROWN & O'MEARA LLP: Another Week of Major Achievements for Bremer Whyte Brown & O’Meara!
San Diego Partner Vik Nagpal and Associate Tim McNulty recently prevailed on behalf of their clients before the California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District. After BWB&O’s clients successfully obtained a defense verdict at the trial court on a breach of contract claim, Plaintiff appealed on the grounds that she had been improperly denied a right to a jury trial by the trial court. -
GREENBERG TRAURIG: Greenberg Traurig’s Cris O’Neall Recognized as ‘Tax Advocate of the Year’
Cris K. O’Neall of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP’s Orange County office has been recognized as “Tax Advocate of the Year” by the California Alliance of Taxpayer Advocates (CATA). -
First Appellate District Court affirms setting aside default judgments in asbestos injury suits
SAN FRANCISCO – The 1st Appellate District Court of the California Court of Appeal, Division Five affirmed an order that set aside default judgments in asbestos injury cases that were served on a company that ceased operating in the 1970s. -
THOMPSON COBURN LLP: California fraudsters beware: Protection by ‘integration clause’ less than rare
Parties to contracts sometimes want it both ways: They want solid, ironclad contracts that can’t be altered or disputed, but they also want an escape hatch if it turns out they were defrauded in the formation of the agreement. -
DRINKER BIDDLE REATH LLP: Do Your Employees Use Cell Phones for Work While Driving?
Many employers have policies regarding the use of cell phones while driving, including the requirement to use the car’s hands-free, Bluetooth phone system, and abide by all applicable laws. -
Appeals court says minor's due process rights were not violated in conservatorship ruling
SAN FRANCISCO — A California appeals court upheld the appointment of a public guardian as a conservator of a minor, despite the minor’s arguments that the conservatorship failed to comply with the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act (LPS Act) as well as violated her due process rights. -
California judge grants motion to quash in a dispute between businesses seeking to provide Indonesian pay TV service
SAN FRANCISCO – Judge Kathleen M. Bank has ruled in favor of a motion to quash and threw out the claims of another in a dispute between D-Rock Holdings and Axxis Financial of California.