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California

  • May 21, 2025

    Calif. Justices Weigh Strict Arbitration Fee Law's Validity

    Counsel for a food supply company urged the California Supreme Court on Wednesday to find the Federal Arbitration Act preempts a state statute automatically waiving arbitration rights for a party that doesn't timely pay arbitration fees, saying the law is so draconian that even an earthquake wouldn't excuse late payment.

  • May 21, 2025

    'DIY' Rape Kit Ban Challenge Seems To Leave 9th Circ. Split

    A Ninth Circuit panel appeared divided Wednesday over a company's appeal in its case challenging Washington state's ban on self-administered DNA collection kits for sexual assault survivors, with one judge remarking the product "doesn't do a whole heck of a lot" if the evidence isn't admissible in court.  

  • May 21, 2025

    Latham Leads Pair Of Venture-Backed IPOs Raising $624M

    Artificial-intelligence powered physical therapy startup Hinge Health Inc. raised an estimated $437 million initial public offering at the top of its range Wednesday, leading two venture-backed IPOs that netted more than $624 million combined, both represented by Latham & Watkins LLP.

  • May 21, 2025

    9th Circ. Judge Asks If Apple's Watch Updates 'Ice Out' Rivals

    Two Ninth Circuit judges appeared skeptical Wednesday of Apple Inc.'s arguments against reviving an antitrust suit brought by medical monitoring startup AliveCor Inc. after Apple blocked third-party access to medical data on the Apple Watch, with one judge asking rhetorically whether a "marginal" improvement by Apple could actually be a way to "ice out" competition.

  • May 21, 2025

    Albright Sends Patent Suit Against Amazon To Calif.

    A Texas federal judge transferred a software company's patent infringement suit against Amazon and two affiliates to California federal court on Wednesday.

  • May 21, 2025

    Google Gets Rumble's Video-Sharing Antitrust Case Tossed

    A California federal court on Wednesday agreed with Google that Rumble waited too long to file an antitrust case accusing the tech giant of rigging search results to favor its YouTube unit over the rival video-sharing site.

  • May 21, 2025

    ITC To Eye Qualcomm, Nvidia Circuit Imports Over Onesta IP

    The U.S. International Trade Commission will look into allegations over whether Qualcomm Inc., Nvidia Corp. and others are infringing several electronics patents by importing integrated circuits and electronics devices.

  • May 21, 2025

    Handel's Accused Of Hiding Dyes In Its 'Homemade' Ice Cream

    A Handel's customer filed a false advertising proposed class action in California federal court Wednesday alleging the ice cream retailer claims that its frozen treats are "homemade" using the best quality ingredients with a recipe dating back to 1945, while hiding they contain artificial food dyes and propylene glycol. 

  • May 21, 2025

    Intel Investors Say They Fixed Suit Over Chipmaking Woes

    Intel Corp. investors say a California federal judge should reject the company's bid to dismiss a suit claiming it concealed problems in its domestic computer chipmaking business, arguing they have fixed all potential deficiencies in the suit that previously led to its dismissal.

  • May 21, 2025

    Offshore Wind Farm Foes Back Trump Permitting Pause

    Opponents of a New Jersey offshore wind farm on Wednesday backed the Trump administration's freeze on wind project permitting, telling a Massachusetts federal judge the moratorium is both legal and constitutional.

  • May 21, 2025

    Consumer Ordered To Arbitrate Illegal Gambling Claims

    A California federal judge has ordered a consumer to arbitrate his lawsuit accusing the Cypriot operator of casino-oriented gaming website Stake.us of offering illegal gambling, ruling that an underlying arbitration agreement in its terms specifically empowered an arbitrator to determine the pact's validity.

  • May 21, 2025

    UC Says It's Unclear Students In Bias Suit Even Plan To Apply

    The University of California told a federal judge Tuesday that an organization representing a group of Asian American and white students hasn't shown they are actually "able and ready" to seek admission, arguing the court should toss a suit claiming the school racially discriminated against them.

  • May 21, 2025

    EPA Chief Defends Trump Plan To Halve Agency Budget

    U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin on Wednesday told senators that despite President Donald Trump's proposal to cut the EPA's budget by 55% and an internal reorganization, agency scientists can handle the current workload.

  • May 21, 2025

    What To Know Before VLSI, Intel's Patent License Trial

    Over the last several years, VLSI Technologies has racked up infringement awards in an expansive multibillion-dollar fight against Intel, but those could be rendered moot after a trial next week, when a Texas federal jury reviews a question central to determining whether Intel already has a license to VLSI's patents.

  • May 21, 2025

    Monster Beverage Fails In Bid To Nix Workers' 401(k) Fee Suit

    Monster Beverage can't escape a proposed class action alleging it allowed its employee 401(k) plan to be saddled with unreasonable recordkeeping costs and took excessive amounts from the plan to pad an Employee Retirement Income Security Act benefit account to treat it as a slush fund, a California federal judge has ruled. 

  • May 21, 2025

    Dem Rep. Calls For Withdrawal Of New PTAB Denial Policies

    A Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives representing Silicon Valley told the acting head of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office that she had "serious concern" regarding new policy in which the director has the final word on whether patent challenges should be denied for discretionary reasons.

  • May 21, 2025

    Innoscience Rips Bid To Undo PTAB Win In Chip IP Fight

    Chinese company Innoscience has urged the acting head of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to shut down a California-based semiconductor company's bid to throw out a Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision invalidating one of its patents.

  • May 21, 2025

    Wachtell Guides OpenAI On $6.5B Io Products Acquisition

    OpenAI said Wednesday it will acquire io Products, the hardware startup co-founded by former Apple design chief Jony Ive, in a $6.5 billion transaction that represents the artificial intelligence company's largest acquisition to date.

  • May 21, 2025

    Ex-Atty's Cooperation Deal OK'd In Calif. Debt Firm's Ch. 11

    A California bankruptcy judge on Wednesday approved a deal allowing a disbarred attorney accused of operating a fraudulent debt relief law firm to admit wrongdoing and provide information about the firm's collapse to a court-appointed trustee in an effort to recoup money for creditors.

  • May 21, 2025

    SF Law Firms' Ex-CFO Gets 3 Years For Embezzling $1.3M

    A former chief financial officer of two San Francisco law firms was sentenced to just over three years in prison Wednesday for stealing more than $1.3 million from the firms and others, after one firm's founder said the defendant appeared to enjoy "stabbing us all in the back."

  • May 21, 2025

    Ford Hits Calif. Firms With RICO Suit Over Lemon Law Billing

    The Ford Motor Co. sued several California-based law firms and lawyers in Los Angeles federal court Wednesday, accusing them of conspiring to overcharge clients and defraud major automotive manufacturers by more than $100 million by submitting falsely inflated time sheets in thousands of consumer protection cases.

  • May 21, 2025

    Kronos Bio Shareholder Says Sale Unfairly Benefits Execs

    Kronos Bio is facing a new shareholder suit claiming its plan to be acquired by another biopharmaceutical company will unfairly entitle Kronos executives to "lucrative" benefits unavailable to public shareholders.

  • May 21, 2025

    Apple Lets Fortnite Back In App Store As Appeal Pends

    Apple has allowed Epic Games to put its popular Fortnite video game back in the App Store, while the sides await a ruling on Apple's bid to pause an injunction mandating additional changes to its policies issued after the court found it had violated a previous order.

  • May 21, 2025

    Distributor Can't Duck Revised Crab Price-Fixing Suit

    A California federal magistrate judge added Ocean King Fish Inc. to a list of more than a dozen distributors that must face a proposed class action from crabbers alleging a conspiracy to cap prices paid to fishermen for Dungeness crab in the Pacific Northwest.

  • May 21, 2025

    Sheppard Mullin Lands Alston & Bird, Dechert Attys

    Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP has brought on a former Alston & Bird LLP partner in its Dallas office and a former Dechert LLP partner in its San Francisco office, strengthening the firm's finance and bankruptcy practice and business trial practice.

Expert Analysis

  • Series

    Playing Beach Volleyball Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    My commitment to beach volleyball has become integral to my performance as an attorney, with the sport continually reminding me that teamwork, perseverance, professionalism and stress management are essential to both undertakings, says Amy Drushal at Trenam.

  • Considering The Future Of AI Regulation On Health Sector

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    As Texas looks to become the next state to pass a comprehensive law regulating artificial intelligence, the healthcare industry should consider how AI regulation will continue to evolve in the U.S. and how industry members can keep up with compliance considerations, say attorneys at Kirkland & Ellis.

  • Opinion

    California Climate Lawsuit Bill Is Constitutionally Flawed

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    A bill in the California Legislature that would let victims of climate-related disasters like the Los Angeles wildfires sue oil and gas producers for spreading misinformation about climate change is too vague, retroactive and focused on one industry to survive constitutional scrutiny, says Kyla Christoffersen Powell at the Civil Justice Association of California.

  • How Law Firms Can Counteract The Loneliness Epidemic

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    The legal industry is facing an urgent epidemic of loneliness, affecting lawyer well-being, productivity, retention and profitability, and law firm leaders should take concrete steps to encourage the development of genuine workplace connections, says Michelle Gomez at Littler and Gwen Mellor Romans at Herald Talent.

  • What's At Stake In High Court's Class Member Standing Case

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    The U.S. Supreme Court’s eventual decision in Labcorp v. Davis could significantly alter how parties prosecute and defend class actions in federal court, particularly if the court determines some proof of member standing is required before a class may be certified, say attorneys at Reed Smith.

  • Opinion

    DOJ's HPE-Juniper Challenge Is Not Rooted In Law

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    Legal precedents that date back as far as 1990 demonstrate that the U.S. Department of Justice's recent challenge to the proposed $14 billion merger between Hewlett Packard and Juniper is misplaced because no evidence of collusion or coordinated conduct exists, says Thomas Stratmann at George Mason University.

  • 5 Keys To Building Stronger Attorney-Client Relationships

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    Attorneys are often focused on being seen as the expert, but bonding with clients and prospects by sharing a few key personal details provides the basis for a caring, trusted and profoundly deeper business relationship, says Deb Feder at Feder Development.

  • Notable Q4 Updates In Insurance Class Actions

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    In a continuation of trends in property and casualty insurance class actions, last quarter insurers struggled with defending the merits and class certification of sales tax and fee suits, and labor depreciation cases, but succeeded in dismissing privacy class actions at the pleading stages, says Mathew Drocton at BakerHostetler.

  • How Crypto Firms Should Approach Patchwork Of State Laws

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    The Money Transmission Modernization Act was designed to create uniformity across state digital regulations, but the reality remains far from consistent — as demonstrated by the patchwork of laws in states like Texas, Vermont, New York and California — so as state legislatures convene in the coming weeks, crypto firms should watch closely for developments that could shape the regulatory landscape, say attorneys at Paul Hastings.

  • Opinion

    NFT Bill Needs Refining To Effectively Regulate Digital Assets

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    A recent bill in the U.S. House proposing to regulate nonfungible tokens as digital assets would leave key concepts undefined until the U.S. comptroller general completes an after-the-fact study of NFTs, showing it needs more work before it is comprehensive enough to meaningfully protect the market, say attorneys at Duane Morris.

  • Series

    Racing Corvettes Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    The skills I use when racing Corvettes have enhanced my legal practice in several ways, because driving, like practicing law, requires precision, awareness and a good set of brakes — complete with the wisdom to know how and when to use them, says Kat Mateo at Olshan Frome.

  • The Political Branches Can't Redefine The Citizenship Clause

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    The U.S. Supreme Court’s Wong Kim Ark opinion and subsequent decisions, and the 14th Amendment’s legislative history, establish that the citizenship clause precludes the political branches from narrowing the definition of citizen based on how a parent’s U.S. presence is categorized, says federal public defender Geremy Kamens.

  • Opinion

    Attorneys Must Act Now To Protect Judicial Independence

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    Given the Trump administration's recent moves threatening the independence of the judiciary, including efforts to impeach judges who ruled against executive actions, lawyers must protect the rule of law and resist attempts to dilute the judicial branch’s authority, says attorney Bhavleen Sabharwal.

  • Appealing An Interlocutory Order On Insurer Duty To Defend

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    A recent First Circuit decision on a motion regarding an insurer's duty to defend underlying litigation highlights how policyholders may be able to pursue immediate appeals of interlocutory orders, especially in light of other circuit courts' stances on this issue, say attorneys at Anderson Kill.

  • Rethinking 'No Comment' For Clients Facing Public Crises

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    “No comment” is no longer a cost-free or even a viable public communications strategy for companies in crisis, and counsel must tailor their guidance based on a variety of competing factors to help clients emerge successfully, says Robert Bowers at Moore & Van Allen.

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