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April 22, 2025
Girardi's Son-In-Law Wants Chicago Client Theft Case Tossed
Disbarred attorney Tom Girardi's son-in-law Tuesday urged an Illinois federal court to toss a superseding indictment accusing him of helping steal millions from clients of the now-defunct Girardi Keese, saying prosecutors created confusion around the charged offenses by highlighting California legal ethics rules without explaining their relevance, "if any."
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April 22, 2025
Wyndham Must Face Suit Alleging It Enabled Sex Trafficking
A New Jersey federal judge Tuesday rejected Wyndham Hotels' bid to escape a woman's lawsuit accusing the company and one of its franchisees of ignoring signs she was trafficked for sex at a Hawthorne Suites in Northern California, finding the woman sufficiently alleged Wyndham was liable for her injuries.
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April 22, 2025
All He Wants For Christmas Is To Not Pay $186K Fine To Carey
Telling a California federal court that he was an "elderly man now without vast resources," one of the co-writers of a minor 1989 hit is pointing to his modest means in fighting off $186,000 in legal fines surrounding a poorly argued motion from his failed copyright case against Mariah Carey.
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April 22, 2025
FTX Ch. 11 Trust Says Ex-Exec's Wife Spent $600K Since Dec.
The FTX Recovery Trust urged a Delaware bankruptcy judge to enjoin the wife of former FTX executive Ryan Salame from spending additional money that the trust said was fraudulently taken from the company before its bankruptcy filing, saying Michelle Bond has spent more than $600,000 since mid-December on legal fees, luxury vacations and credit card bills.
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April 22, 2025
Audit Finds Calif. Universities' Repatriation Efforts Still Slow
The University of California system, despite years of demands for compliance to a federal law designed to protect Indigenous burial sites, still lacks accountability and urgency to return to tribes the thousands of Indigenous remains and artifacts in its collections, according to a state audit on the process.
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April 22, 2025
Firms Vie To Lead Trade Desk Investor Suit Over AI Rollout
Robbins Geller, Bernstein Litowitz and other firms are seeking to represent a proposed class of investors in a suit alleging global digital marketing venture The Trade Desk Inc. hid snags that ultimately delayed the rollout its artificial intelligence-driven ad-buying platform.
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April 22, 2025
9th Circ. Affirms Otonomo's Escape Of Calif. Car Tracking Suit
The Ninth Circuit on Tuesday unanimously refused to revive a California man's proposed class action accusing autotech company Otonomo Inc. of surreptitiously tracking drivers' movements in violation of California privacy law, finding that a device installed in the man's BMW wasn't an "electronic tracking device" under the relevant state law.
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April 22, 2025
Credit Sesame Users Say Data Breach Leaked Personal Info
Financial services provider Credit Sesame is facing a proposed class action filed Monday in California federal court by two customers who said their personally identifiable information was compromised in a data hack earlier this month and that the company did not follow common industry standards to protect their sensitive information.
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April 22, 2025
Tesla Reaches Settlement With Widow In Wrongful Death Suit
Tesla Inc. has reached a settlement resolving a woman's wrongful death suit claiming her husband was killed after his Tesla Model Y suddenly accelerated and crashed into a gas station pump support column, according to a notice filed Monday in California federal court.
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April 22, 2025
23andMe Has Received 'Significant Interest' In Ch. 11 Auction
Genetic testing company 23andMe has received significant interest in the Chapter 11 auction for its assets, its counsel told a Missouri bankruptcy judge Tuesday at a hearing where it received final approval of a $35 million financing package to fund its bankruptcy case.
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April 22, 2025
DOJ Wants Time During 9th Circ. Vegas Room Rate Arguments
The U.S. Department of Justice has asked to participate in the Ninth Circuit argument for an appeal from Las Vegas casino-hotel guests accusing the operators of using software to inflate room rates, the first algorithmic price-fixing case to reach an appeals court.
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April 22, 2025
Calif. Judge Who Shot Wife Convicted Of 2nd Degree Murder
A Santa Ana jury on Tuesday found Orange County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Ferguson guilty of second-degree murder in the August 2023 shooting death of his wife, convicting the judge in a retrial just weeks after a previous jury hung on the charges.
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April 22, 2025
Intel Asks For Final End To Claims Over Chipmaking Problems
Intel Corp. has told a California federal judge that a group of investors on a second try failed again to show that the company concealed problems in its domestic computer chipmaking business before posting results on Aug. 1 that led to its largest single-day stock decline since 1985.
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April 22, 2025
Calif. Judge In Migrant Kids' Funding Suit Keeps Aid Flowing
A California federal judge denied Monday the Trump administration's request to dissolve a temporary restraining order blocking the government from cutting off migrant legal services programs for unaccompanied minors, rejecting the government's arguments that the stay runs afoul of a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling.
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April 22, 2025
Grindr Closer To Arbitrating Suit By 'Outed' Catholic Priest
A California judge said Tuesday he may send to arbitration a suit filed against Grindr for allegedly selling a Catholic priest's sensitive personal information and causing him to lose a coveted position in the church, saying the argument that the app cannot prove he agreed to the arbitration agreement falls short.
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April 22, 2025
Dunkin' Unit Beats Disability Bias Suit Over Nondairy Milk Fees
A California federal judge dismissed a lawsuit from lactose-intolerant customers accusing a Dunkin' Donuts unit and its franchisees of disability discrimination for charging extra for nondairy milk, ruling Monday that because the surcharge applied to all customers it didn't violate the Americans with Disabilities Act or a state law against discrimination.
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April 22, 2025
Litigation Firm Says Ex-Client's Subpoena Warrants Sanction
The New York-based employment litigation boutique that represented a former Kirkland & Ellis LLP attorney in her now-settled sex discrimination suit against the BigLaw firm has asked a California federal court to quash a subpoena she filed seeking confidential firm information and sanction her.
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April 22, 2025
Chase Bank Can't Ditch Claims It Aided $119M Ponzi Scam
A California federal judge trimmed on Monday SiliconSage Builders LLC receiver's lawsuit accusing JPMorgan Chase of allegedly helping the now-defunct real estate developer carry out a massive $119 million Ponzi scheme, tossing an unjust enrichment claim, but allowing the bulk of the aiding-and-abetting allegations to survive.
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April 22, 2025
Ramey Firm Turns To Supreme Court In Sanctions Fight
Texas-based patent firm Ramey LLP told the Federal Circuit that it is fighting California sanctions before the U.S. Supreme Court, after a magistrate judge in the Golden State determined three attorneys must make monetary payments and face other penalties for filing litigation in bad faith.
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April 22, 2025
Wilson Sonsini Adds Ex-Pinterest GC To Residence Program
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC announced the latest addition to its general counsel in residence program on Tuesday, selecting a firm alum who previously was Pinterest's top attorney.
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April 22, 2025
Goodwin Brings On Kirkland Investment Funds Ace In Calif.
Goodwin Procter LLP has grown its private investment funds practice with the addition of a Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner in California, the firm said Tuesday.
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April 22, 2025
Save Mart Reaches $20.5M Deal On Nonunion Retiree Benefits
California-based Save Mart Supermarkets will pay about $20.5 million to escape a suit from workers who alleged the company unlawfully revoked a monthly health reimbursement that it promised to nonunion retirees and their spouses for life, according to a proposed deal filed in federal court.
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April 22, 2025
Anticipating NIL Deal, NCAA Changes Athlete Pay Rules
The NCAA has officially adopted policy changes that will allow college athletes to be paid, to go into effect when the $2.78 billion antitrust settlement between schools and athletes receives final court approval.
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April 22, 2025
Wells Fargo 'Sham' Hiring Suit Delayed For Mediation
A California federal judge agreed to move deadlines in a proposed investor class action accusing Wells Fargo of conducting "sham" job interviews to meet diversity targets that later triggered a stock drop when the practice was revealed, citing plans to attempt mediation in May.
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April 22, 2025
Nossaman Health Atty Talks Staffing, Evolving Calif. Law
A former Procopio Health attorney has made the jump to Nossaman LLP at a time when California law around peer and judicial review processes for medical staff is evolving.
Expert Analysis
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Opinion
Commercial Tree Thinning Should Be Part of Wildfire Control
The devastating wildfires currently afflicting California make it clear that the U.S. Forest Service should step up its use of methods including commercial tree removal to lower fire risk — but litigation that drags on for years stymies many of these efforts and endangers the public, says Jeffrey Beelaert at Givens Pursley.
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High Court Could Further Limit Deference With TCPA Fax Case
The Supreme Court's decision to hear McLaughlin Chiropractic Associates v. McKesson, a case involving alleged junk faxes that centers whether district courts are bound by Federal Communications Commission rules, offers the court a chance to possibly further limit the judicial deference afforded to federal agency interpretations of statutes, says Samantha Duke at Rumberger Kirk.
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5 Ways To Create Effective Mock Assignments For Associates
In order to effectively develop associates’ critical thinking skills, firms should design mock assignments that contain a few key ingredients, from messy fact patterns to actionable feedback, says Abdi Shayesteh at AltaClaro.
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More Environmental Claims, More Greenwashing Challenges
As companies prepare for the 2025 greenwashing landscape, they should take heed of a D.C. appellate decision that shows that environmental claims are increasingly subject to attack and provides plaintiffs with a playbook for challenging corporate claims of sustainability, say attorneys at Sidley.
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And Now A Word From The Panel: How MDLs Fared In 2024
A significant highlight of the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation's practice during 2024 was the increase in the percentage of new MDL petitions granted by the panel, with 25 granted and only eight denied — one of the highest grant rates in years, says Alan Rothman at Sidley.
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Opinion
Legal Personhood Can Give Natural Entities Their Day In Court
Granting legal personhood to natural entities like the River Thames, or vulnerable species like the Pacific bearded seal and Arctic ringed seal, could protect them from ecological threats and the vagaries of politics, and help us transform our relationship with nature, says Sachin Nandha at the International Centre for Sustainability.
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Calif. Cannabis Decision Deepens Commerce Clause Divide
In Peridot Tree v. Sacramento, the Eastern District of California joined a growing minority of courts that have found the dormant commerce clause inapplicable to state-regulated marijuana, and the Ninth Circuit will soon provide important guidance on this issue, say attorneys at Perkins Coie.
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A Defendant's Guide To 4 Common CFPB Discovery Tactics
With the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's recent flurry of new lawsuits showing no signs of stopping, defendants should know the bureau's most relied-upon discovery strategies — and be prepared to resist them, say attorneys at Goodwin.
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Insurance Considerations For LA Wildfire Recovery
Businesses and homeowners affected by the destructive Southern California wildfires must act swiftly and strategically to navigate the complexities of the insurance recovery process, including by identifying all applicable policies, documenting damage thoroughly and keeping abreast of relevant state law, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.
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10 Key Worker-Friendly California Employment Law Updates
New employment laws in California expand employee rights, transparency and enforcement mechanisms, and failing to educate department managers on these changes could put employers at risk, says Melanie Ronen at Stradley Ronon.
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Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: Nov. And Dec. Lessons
In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy discusses five federal court decisions and identifies practice tips from cases involving takings clause violations, breach of contract with banks, life insurance policies, employment and automobile defects.
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Mentorship Resolutions For The New Year
Attorneys tend to focus on personal achievements or career milestones when they set yearly goals, but one important area often gets overlooked in this process — mentoring relationships, which are some of the most effective tools for professional growth, say Kelly Galligan at Rutan & Tucker and Andra Greene at Phillips ADR.
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Trump's Energy Plans For Generation, Transmission And More
The executive orders and presidential memoranda issued by President Donald Trump on the day of his inauguration, unwinding the Biden administration's energy policies and encouraging development of fossil fuels, may have significant impacts on the generation mix, electric transmission construction and the state regulatory environment, say attorneys at Polsinelli.
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LA Wildfires' Effect On Calif. Insurer Of Last Resort
Attorneys at Willkie discuss the background of California's insurer of last resort — known as the Fair Access to Insurance Requirements Plan — and examine the process of assessing member insurers and relevant recent property insurance market developments in light of the destruction from the ongoing Los Angeles wildfires.
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How PAGA Reform Can Inform Employer Strategies In 2025
While recent changes to California's Private Attorneys General Act will not significantly reduce PAGA claims, employers can use the new law to potentially limit their future exposure, by taking advantage of penalty reduction opportunities and more, say attorneys at Thompson Coburn.