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Eleven Holland & Knight Attorneys Named Northern California Super Lawyers and Rising Stars for 2023
Super Lawyers has named five attorneys from Holland & Knight's San Francisco office as Northern California "Super Lawyers" and six as "Rising Stars" for 2023.
Contra Costa Superior Court: Actions Taken on July 17
The Contra Costa Superior Court reported the following activity on July 17 in the suits below:
July 17: Contra Costa Superior Court docket for "fl" cases
The following cases categorized as "fl" were on the docket in the Contra Costa Superior Court on July 17. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
Appeals court: Domino's truckers may sue company, rather than arbitrate, over alleged labor law violations
A federal appeals panel says a recent Supreme Court decision doesn't stop their reasoning that the truck drivers are exempted from federal arbitration law, because they are engaged in "interstate commerce," even though they never leave the state to make their deliveries
Uber must face labor class action, even though Plaintiff has to arbitrate
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - Declaring itself to be the “final arbiter” on California law, the California Supreme Court ruled an Uber Eats driver can pursue a class action on behalf of other drivers even though the U.S. Supreme Court last year held the driver himself must submit labor claims to an arbitrator.
California Supreme Court says California Medical Association may sue Aetna over in-network referral mandate
Unanimous ruling holds lower courts' summary judgment for Aetna was improper
Appeals panel agrees embedded Instagram posts aren't copyright violations
Photographers said news organizations used their images without consent
Fox Rothschild LLP Secures Novel IRS Ruling on Water Rights as ‘Real Property’
A Fox Rothschild team secured a favorable private letter ruling, PLR 202309007, from the Internal Revenue Service, which held that certain water rights are “real property,” and therefore qualify for a tax-deferred exchange under Internal Revenue Code Section 1031.
Class action accuses Google of intercepting income tax data without filers' consent
Lawsuit says Google's analytics tool attached to programs used by tax preparers like H&R Block, TaxSlayer and TaxAct, allowed the company to collect prohibited sensitive data, like adjusted gross income
Jury decides Johnson & Johnson negligent in causing man’s mesothelioma in Northern California trial, awards $18.8 million
An Alameda County jury on Tuesday decided that Johnson & Johnson baby powder caused a man's deadly mesothelioma and awarded $18.8 million in damages for negligence and failure to warn
CA Supreme Court ruling against liability expansion in “take-home” Covid cases a big win for CA employers
The California Supreme Court has ruled employers cannot be held liable in court if a worker passes COVID-19 to a member of their household, helping answer questions that arose at the outset of the pandemic, including what is the scope of responsibility for a company to stop a highly contagious virus from spreading.
Shook Adds First-Chair Trial Partner Jessica Grant
Shook welcomes Partner Jessica Grant to expand the firm’s first-chair trial bench.
The 2023 Labor & Employment Supreme Court Roundup: The Cases that Affect the Workplace on July 19, 2023
In the 2022-23 term, the Supreme Court has once again issued several landmark decisions that will affect the workplace and every American.
How to Avoid Big Start-Up Mistakes on July 20, 2023
Join Alidad Vakili, Of Counsel, for a discussion on how to avoid big start-up mistakes.
Split court says Chinese citizens may sue Cisco for allegedly helping Communists quash Falun Gong; Dissenting judge warns of 'serious' foreign policy ramifications
A divided federal court has ruled a California-based technology company, which allegedly helped Chinese Communists crack down on a religious group, can be sued for its alleged involvement in that persecution, but a dissenting judge cautioned such a suit could imperil already tense relations between China and the United States.
Federal judge orders major fee reduction for KLG in VW case, citing “subpar” performance, 'lavish' expenses
Attorneys seeking more than $600,000 in legal fees after they failed to secure a successful outcome for their clients have been reprimanded by a federal judge for assuming they still deserved a big payday after the plaintiffs netted far less than they sought.
Legal reform group alleges ethical violations - fake claimants - in mass arbitrations
A legal reform organization has written to The State Bar of California, calling for investigation of potential ethical violations in mass arbitrations, including possible use of fictitious, deceased or otherwise ineligible claimants in order to leverage higher settlements from businesses.
Legislation threatens California businesses with big new risk from website, app accessibility lawsuits
A new bill that could mean another record filing of California lawsuits on website accessibility is now under consideration by Sacramento lawmakers, following a “gut-and-amend” process that let it replace a different bill that had already been through required legislative channels.
Closing arguments heard in man’s lawsuit over toxic baby powder; Verdict delayed
In a Northern California trial to decide if Johnson & Johnson baby powder caused a man's mesothelioma a jury verdict in the six-week-long case has been delayed
Appeals panel allows parents to sue Google, content creators over YouTube ads for kids' products
Ninth Circuit ruling holds lawsuits under state laws are not always preempted by federal laws prohibiting the same conduct