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Former employee claims Fidelity National Information Services Inc. owes unpaid wages
LOS ANGELES – A former hardware planner alleges he was misclassified as being exempt and denied overtime and meal and rest periods by his Los Angeles County employer. -
BMW allegedly infringed upon numerous patents
SAN DIEGO — A California company has filed a lawsuit against a major car manufacturer for alleged patent infringement for an infotainment system. -
Agency alleges Gannett's USA Today used Taylor Swift photos without license
LOS ANGELES – A Redondo Beach celebrity photograph agency alleges a publisher used two photographs without a license or permission. -
FEMA allegedly refused to provide documents to the Ecological Rights Foundation
SAN FRANCISCO — An advocacy group has filed suit against a government agency for allegedly withholding requested documents under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). -
Informer alleges government failed to pay him for tipping off the FBI
SAN DIEGO — An informer has filed suit against a presidential nominee, a national political party and various other officials for allegedly failing to pay him for a tip to the TV show The FBI's Most Wanted List and for others' comments supposedly made about the situation. -
Netlist Inc. accuses South Korean company's products of patent infringement, seeks to stop products from entering US
LOS ANGELES – Netlist Inc., a California-based manufacturer of memory subsystems used in global data centers and other high-performance communications systems, is accusing a South Korean company of patent infringement. -
Class action says Post advertising Shredded Wheat as 'natural' is deceptive
SAN JOSE – The cereal company Post Foods has been hit with a class-action lawsuit over its use of the word “natural” on branding and advertisements of Shredded Wheat. -
Pentagon files appeal not to release information in subcontracting plan
PETALUMA – The Pentagon has filed an appeal in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in the Freedom of Information case against it regarding the Comprehensive Subcontracting Plan Test Program (CSPTP). -
LA Bar Association offers flat-fee options to consumers
LOS ANGELES – California’s largest voluntary bar association, the Los Angeles County Bar Association (LACBA), has launched its own flat-fee service in an attempt to remain competitive with online companies that use the internet to offer consumers low-cost legal services. -
Intellectual property knowledge expert James Pooley joins Orrick
SILICON VALLEY – More than 30 years of intellectual property knowledge (IP) is being added to Orrick. James Pooley, Orrick's new senior counsel, is bringing his passion for protecting trade secrets, his decades of cybersecurity knowledge and his international experience with him to Silicon Valley. -
Investigation under way regarding California’s fuel prices
SACRAMENTO – Subpoenas have been issued to several oil refiners by the California attorney general in an investigation on how gas prices are put in place in California. -
IRS makes Form 990 machine readable following suit
SAN FRANCISCO – In response to a lawsuit brought upon by a governmental transparency group, the Internal Revenue Service has now made its tax-exempt Form 990 available as machine-readable. -
Lawyer: Dual agency doesn’t comport with transparency in real estate transactions
SAN FRANCISCO – Dual agency in real estate transactions is coming under scrutiny by the California Supreme Court. -
Civil Justice Association of California leader sounds off on Facebook tagging class-action suit
SAN FRANCISCO – A Northern California case involving three young men whose privacy violation allegations against Facebook were recently upheld has spurred a practical response from a legal expert who cautions consumers and companies alike against “meritless” cases. -
High Sierra Hikers Association files suit for requested documents
SAN FRANCISCO – A volunteer organization concerned with the management of the federal lands in the Sierra Nevada alleges that it has not received documents as requested. -
Panel selects California federal court for Viagra MDL
So far, nearly 30 individual lawsuits over the drug’s alleged melanoma risks have been transferred to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, and many more are expected to be filed there. -
Few developments in education lawsuit since data release order, state DOE spokesman says
SACRAMENTO – Not much has happened in a five-year-old education lawsuit since a federal court ruling ordering 10 million California students' personal data be released and a deadline to opt out of that release has passed, a state education spokesman said. -
Latest additions to Electronic Communications Privacy Act might be too much, lawyer says
SAN FRANCISCO – California has always been at the forefront of data security, but three recent updates to the Electronic Communications Privacy Act have left some legal experts wondering if the state has gone too far. -
First class of the Knight-Hennesy Scholars Program at Stanford starts in 2018
STANFORD – Some law students at Stanford University will have a unique opportunity starting in the fall of 2018 when the Knight-Hennessy Scholars program’s first class officially begins. -
Journalist sues DOJ, FBI over alleged violation of FOIA
SAN FRANCISCO – A San Francisco journalist is suing two federal government entities over allegations of violating the Freedom of Information Act.