News published on Northern California Record in August 2023

The following cases categorized as "fl" were on the docket in the Contra Costa Superior Court on July 31. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:

SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - NBA legend Stephen Curry finds himself a defendant in a recent class action over the failed crypto exchange FTX.

Workers who claim they weren't paid for waiting in closed stores for supervisor release will receive up to $77 each, while lawyers could get $24M

A letter co-authored by Oakland NAACP president urges elected leaders to pull the city out of a “doom loop” of rising crime, depopulation and economic stagnation by rejecting a “no-consequences” approach to public safety and “defund the police” rhetoric.

Global law firm Greenberg Traurig LLP was once again a sponsor of the annual National LGBTQ+ Bar Association Lavender Law® Conference and Career Fair held this year in Chicago, July 24-26.

The yearlong wait on the future of California’s Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) has yielded a conflicting opinion from the state Supreme Court, which recently ruled that collective PAGA claims can proceed in court, even when the lead plaintiff's case is already in arbitration.

SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - A sex-abuse trial involving a school teacher that was halted after several days can only resume after the judge makes a more thorough determination of whether the plaintiff can be asked about a subsequent episode of abuse, California’s highest court ruled.

Sheppard Mullin is pleased to announce that partners Martin Bruehs, Scott Liebman and Lorna Tanner have been named to the LMG Life Sciences 2023 awards shortlist in the categories of Patent Strategy Attorney of the Year – DC Metro, Regulatory Attorney of the Year: FDA Pharmaceutical and Patent Strategy Attorney of the Year – California, respectively.

Private schools aren't required to conduct in-person hearings with cross examination, even with expulsion on the line, when dealing accusations of sexual misconduct or intimate partner violence, the state high court said