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California - January, 2015

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• Warner Bros. Scores Win In 'Gravity' Dispute With Novelist
• Uber Bid To Call Drivers 'Contractors' Unpersuasive: Judge
• OCZ Trustee And Ex-Brass Spar Over Investigation
• OmniVision Investors Get $12M In Apple Supplier Status Row
• Popcorn Lung Verdict Reversed Over Immigration Info
• Shell Pays $90M To Escape Calif. Contamination Suit
• CVS Accuses Former Director Of Stealing Trade Secrets
• LA Hotels Must Be Able To Contest Searches, High Court Told
• Latham's Shake Shack IPO Grabs Spotlight Amid Busy Week
• Fla. Judge Grants Apple Transfer In Photo Sharing IP Suit
• Zipcar Can't Ditch Claims It Gouged Drivers On Late Fees
• Urban Outfitters Wants Law Firm Sanctioned For Duplicate Suit
• Flight Schools Flew Away With Cash, Foreign Students Say
• Allstate Asks High Court To Review Adjusters' OT Class Cert.
• DOJ Drops 9th Circ. Appeal In Patriot Act FOIA Dispute
• Coupa Can't Ditch Rival Ariba's Trade-Secret Theft Claims
• KeyPoint Misclassified Investigators To Deny OT, Suit Says
• Abbott Labs Escapes Class Cert. Bid By Ensure Drinkers
• Aveta Demands Whistleblower Fork Over Docs In Fraud Row
• Michael Jackson's Mom Loses Bid For New Trial Against AEG
• Chipmaker Can't Nix Claims It Misled Investors Before Offering
• 9th Circ. Won't Rehear AUO's $500M LCD Antitrust Appeal
• It's A Harsh Winter For 'All Natural' Food Class Actions
• Transparency Group Wins IRS Docs In New Format
• Calif. Judges Can Hear Some Cases They Worked On As ADAs
• Thoughts On Consolidating Federal And State Antitrust Cases
• A General Counsel's Top 10 Tips On Calif. Wage-And-Hour Law
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Ogletree's Danielle Ochs
• AutoNation Case Shows High Bar To Undo Arbitrator Awards
• Protegrity Gets Flak For Bid To Centralize Patent Battles
• Sex Assault Case Is Latest Lawsuit Againt Uber
• Christmas Ignorance Not Enough For Asylum Denial: 9th Circ.
• Judge Slams Timing Of Plea To Update Zynga IP Claims
• Juror Bias Claim Rejected In Emblaze-Apple IP Battle
• DirecTV Technicians Ask JPML To Consolidate FLSA Actions
• REIT Pays Ohana $360M For Laguna Beach Resort
• Employment Laws 'Outdated,' Judge In Lyft Wage Row Says
• AIG Units Must Defend Victaulic In 3 Product Liability Suits
• NCAA Athletes Should Get Publicity Pay, SAG Tells 9th Circ.
• Calif. Court Says No Proof Company Favored H-1B Workers
• Calif. Bill Would Keep Drones Out Of Neighbors' Yards
• Quest Diagnostics Accused Of Building Calif. Monopoly
• $40B Alibaba Spinoff Could Make Yahoo An Attractive Target
• Seyfarth Scoops Up Ex-Greenberg Traurig Real Estate Pro
• Country Club Can't Force Arbitration With Late Bylaw Change
• Electronic Arts Tries To Sack NFL Legend's Publicity Suit
• Debt Collector Escapes Suit Over Deceptive Practices
• Calif. Lawmaker's New Bill Tackles Cheerleader Exploitation
• Adobe Says Forever 21 Is Pirating Photoshop
• Insurer Must Cover Target, Lingerie Co., Court Told
• Calif. Anti-Bullying Law To Add Fuel To Worker Litigation
• Lawmakers Push For SF To Collect $25M In Airbnb Back Taxes
• Attune False Labeling Suit Hinges On FDA
• Exide Faces New Waste Violations At LA Battery Plant
• Time For Calif. Employers To Check Hours Worked Policies
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Nossaman's Alfred Smith
• Key Questions When Selecting E-Discovery Vendors
• Hartford Overpayment Suit Is Time-Barred, 9th Circ. Says
• Cypress Loses 2nd Bid To End SRAM Monopoly Suit
• Apple Beats Bid To Recertify Calif. Warranty Suit On Appeal
• Tobacco Laws Should Cover E-Cigs, Calif. Dept. Of Health Says
• SEC Names New Associate Director Of Enforcement In SF
• Calif. Appeals Court OKs CarMax Employees' PAGA Claims
• Manatt Snags Veteran Energy Partner From K&L Gates
• HomeAway's SF Rental Ordinance Dispute Axed On Standing
• Beyonce Photos Stolen By Gossip Site, Paparazzi Co. Says
• Reed Smith Adds Ex-DLA Piper Atty To NY And SF Offices
• Yahoo's $40B Spinoff Bolsters Large Cap-Hungry Activists
• Class Action Accuses Uber Of Lying About Safety Checks
• LA Coliseum's Bribery Suit Against Rave Promoters Is Revived
• Adaptix Ramps Up AT&T, HTC Patent Feud Despite Setback
• NY, LA Lead 33 Mayors' Support Of Obama Immigration Action
• Atara Joins Flood Of Life Science Cos. Tapping Market
• Quincy Jones Slams Sony Over Docs In 'Bad' Royalties Row
• Iskanian V. CLS Will Continue To Divide Calif. Courts
• TracFone Will Pay $40 Million In FTC Throttling Suit
• Contractor Funds Can't Be Withheld In Price Rows: Calif. Court
• Ivanhoe, Veritas Drop $190M To Grow San Francisco Portfolio
• How To Fix College Football's Legal Issues
• Calif. Appeals Court Backs Authors Of Ozzy Guitarist Book
• 'American Idol' Winner Launches Fight To End Talent Deal
• Sly Stone Wins Contract Suit Against Ex-Manager, Atty
• Jury Says Rox Willfully Infringed Quiksilver's Roxy Mark
• Calif. Judge Must Rethink Immigrant's Claim Over Atty Advice
• And Now A Word From The Panel: 2014 JPML Practice Trends
• Calif. Court Lacks Jurisdiction In Arkansas Insurance Row
• Real Estate Rumor Mill: RXR Realty, San Diego, Mirae
• Walgreen Must Face Ex-Worker's National Origin Bias Suit
• Nordstrom Denied Quick Appeal In 'Made In USA' Suit
• Employment Atty Accused Of Groping Worker Can't Hide Name
• 9th Circ. Says Asylum Bid Withstands 'Trivial' Flaws
• Feds' $5B Suit Against S&P Gets September Trial Date
• No Appeal Of Battery Price-Fixing MDL Trimming, Judge Says
• Safeway Tries Again To Escape Class Action Over Recalls
• Embattled Aerospace Co. Head Wins Stay Of Shareholder Suit
• Weintraub Hires Ex-Covington Partner To Head IP Practice
• 9th Circ. Won't Revive EBay Sellers' Contract Claims
• '12 Years A Slave' Soundtrack Facing Copyright Lawsuit
• HP Investors Push For Cert. In Suit Over $11B Autonomy Buy
• Hyundai Takes Another Swipe At Santa Fe Defect Suit
• Verizon Will Face Bulk Of $20M Contract Suit, Judge Says
• Silicon Valley Bank Parent Prices $350M In Senior Notes
• DOI May Owe Attys' Fees In Mining Permit Row, 9th Circ. Says
• Lands' End Tries To Sink 'Made In USA' Class Action
• Ex-Workers Hit Scotts With Class Action Over Biz Expenses
• US Gets $2M In FCA Settlement With Drone Manufacturer
• Kirkland Grabs Its First LA Tax Lawyer From Skadden
• Zosano's $50M IPO Kicks Off 9 Expected Life Science Debuts
• EHealth Accused Of Failing To Warn Investors Of Shortfall
• Muscle Milk Nutrition Claims Are Lean On Facts, Class Says
• Normal Contract Rules Apply For E-Signing In Calif.
• Caution To Landlords: Calif. Nonwaiver Clauses Revisited
• Marvin Gaye Recordings Barred From 'Blurred Lines' Trial
• Judge Fines Himself $25 For Tardiness In Clothing TM Row
• Adaptix Patents In Apple, AT&T, Verizon Suits Ruled Invalid
• 9th Circ. Upholds Conviction Of Harry Reid Fundraiser
• Developers Can't Shake $19M Suit Over 'Looted' Funds
• Real Estate Rumor Mill: Aju Hotels, Interpublic Group
• LA Bank's Proposed $52M Merger Raises Shareholder Hackles
• Fairchild Loses Bid To Invalidate IP Behind $105M Verdict
• REIT LaSalle Hotel Pays $350M For Downtown SF Property
• Marvell Escapes Investor Suit Over $1.5B Patent Suit Loss
• Steel Cos. 'Potentially Responsible' In L.A. CERCLA Suit
• USCB To Pay $2.7M To Settle TCPA Class Action
• Hitachi, Toshiba Deny CRT Price-Fixing Claims
• Sonus Pushes Back Against Inventergy's Licensing Pressure
• Calif. Trucking Co. Hit With Unpaid Wages Class Action
• Sandoz Says Amgen Biosimilar Claims Conflict With ACA
• Judge Nixes 'Petal-Plucking' Expert In OpenText Patent Row
• Target's 'Walk of Shame' Drove Cashier To Suicide, Suit Says
• Calif. DMV Retracts Commercial-Plate Alert For Uber, Lyft
• LeapFrog Hid Muffed Rollout And Buckling Demand, Suit Says
• Judges Must Leave Boy Scouts Over Bias: Calif. High Court
• Calif. Appeals Court Limits Negligence Claims
• Navy Ad Co. Asks Justices For Immunity From TCPA Suit
• Investors Fight Violin Memory's Bid To Ax $146M IPO Suit
• Aerospace Part Maker Hit With Unpaid Wages Class Action
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Ballard Spahr's Peter Haviland
• LA County, Medical Billing Co. Off Hook For Stolen Records
• Ex-Arent Fox Bankruptcy Pro Joins Fox Rothschild In LA
• Kaiser Can't Duck Calif. Home Care Nurses' Wage Row
• Ocwen Shells Out $2.5M To Keep Calif. Mortgage License
• Veggie Packer Dodges Violations Thanks To ICE Agent Mix-Up
• Human Egg Donors Near Cert. Of Antitrust Class In Pay Row
• 2 IPOs Raise $375M As Slew Of Others Prepare Debuts
• Stanford Says PTAB Wrong To Nix Prenatal Testing Patent
• High Court Takes Up FSIA Case Over Austrian Train Injury
• Holland & Knight Snags LA Real Estate Partner From Goodwin
• Deals Rumor Mill: Electricite, Banco Santander, Dodgers
• 9th Circ. Flips Kimberly-Clark Unit's Pain Pump Win
• Hulu Viewers Say Actual Knowledge Preserves Privacy Claims
• Uber Feels Calif. Heat With Commercial Plate Requirement
• Generic Drug Cos. Face Failure-To-Warn Claims In Calif.
• HP Takes 4th Crack At Deal In Autonomy Buy Shareholder Suit
• Kaiser Hit With Suit Over Doctor's Alleged Sexual Assaults
• McMillin's Construction Defect Coverage Suit Revived
• SF Noodle House Says Upstart Rival Copied Logo, Name
• Harley-Davidson Can't Kick Dealer's Relocation Contract Row
• 5-Hour Energy Makers Can't Dump False Ad MDL
• Google, Apple, Sony Hit Over Pre-1972 Songs
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Covington's Stanley Young
• Cloud Co. Box Soars 40% In IPO After Pricing Above Range
• Calif. Land Grant Case May Change Railroad Rights Of Way
• 5 Employment Laws Calif. Businesses Should Know In 2015
• Disney Unlikely To Duck Background Check Suit, Judge Says
• 'Whale Wars' Host Can't Sink Ship Owner's $3M Libel Suit
• 'Joke' Defense Can't Shoot Down Eagles Singer's IP Suit
• NXP Slams Marvell With Patent Suit Over Xbox Wireless Chip
• King Of Pop's Mom Tries To Revive AEG Wrongful Death Suit
• TruAmerica, Allstate Ink $482M Deal For Calif. Portfolio
• Apple Sued Over Same Features As In Nixed $625M Verdict
• A Data Security Checklist For Companies Hiring Law Firms
• Apple's Beats Music Sued Over Pre-1972 Records
• No Early Trial In Suit Alleging Groping At Employment Firm
• 'Girls Gone Wild' Trustee Accuses Atty Of Fraudulent Transfers
• Cellphone Cos. Duck Some Claims In Consumer Privacy MDL
• Buyers Say NFL, Reebok Licensing Deals Harmed Competition
• Chatham Aims For $105M Offering To Back Hotel Buy
• Bieber-Chasing Photog Gets Calif. Driving Law Fight Revived
• Visa Decisions Need Court Review, Supreme Court Told
• Athletes Tell 9th Circ. NCAA Pay-Rule Ban Is Appropriate
• Audio Specialist Harman Puts Up $950M For Car Software Cos.
• Pot Dispenser Co. Faces Suit Over Fraudulent Finances
• Wal-Mart Can't Duck False Ad Suit Over Heart Supplement
• Oracle Says Its Antitrust Defenses Are Viable In Sun IP Row
• High Court's Refusal To Hear PAGA Case To Spur New Fights
• IntenseX Falsely Touted As Sex-Enhancing Pill, Suit Says
• Insurer's Win Upheld In Negligence Suit Over $20M In Emeralds
• California Pols Float Aid-In-Dying Law To Match Oregon's
• DOD, Sikorsky Appeal Ruling In FOIA Data Fight
• Calif. Appeals Court Favors Title Insurer In Bad Mortgage Row
• SunEdison Nabs $106M Funding For UK Solar Farms
• Grape Patent Owner Targets Farm's Unauthorized Vineyards
• Waste Co. Says Iskanian Dumps Driver's Suit Into Arbitration
• Life Sciences Cos. Eye $1.5B Through Follow-On Offerings
• Market Rumors: Uber, Red Star, PT Ciputra Property
• Farella Braun Snags Latham IP Partner In San Francisco
• Cos. Say Rival Got Confidential Docs In Diabetes Drug MDL
• Duane Morris Kicked Off Concierge Medicine Antitrust Suit
• Cleantech Co. Hid Termination Of Sales Exec, Investor Says
• Confusion Persists Over Medical Marijuana Enforcement
• Google Fights Bid To Amend Android App Privacy Action
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Fish & Richardson's Brooks
• Top 10 Trade Secrets Developments Of 2014: Part 2
• High Court Snub To Teva Labeling Case Puts Focus On FDA
• Ex-Clients Try To Revive Girardi Suit Over $100M Quake Deal
• Edward Wildman Hit With Malpractice Suit Over EFT Fraud Row
• 'Nothing Inventive' In Open Text Collab IP Claims, Judge Says
• Dish's Hopper Not Barred By Aereo, Judge Says
• Apple, AT&T, Verizon, HTC Get Win In Adaptix IP Suits
• LinkedIn Exploited Users' Images In Email Ads, Suit Says
• Visa Sued For Infringement Of Copyrighted Hotel Pics
• Ex-DLA Piper Atty Sues Firm Over Disability Coverage
• Kobre & Kim Names New IP Head To Open San Fran Office
• Synopsys Circuit-Design Patent Claims Invalid Under Alice
• High Court Lets Teva Drug Labeling Suit Go Ahead
• Kroger Wins Arbitration In Calif. Employment Spat
• 6 Ways Technology Hobbles Attorney Efforts To Recruit Clients
• Dell, Philips Resolve Claims In Cathode Ray Tube MDL
• Judge Nixes Most Of Al Jazeera Defenses In DirecTV Feud
• 9th Circ. Revives Calif. Tribe's Bid For New Casino
• Stockton Holdout Can't Stop Ch. 9 Plan During Appeal
• Costco Ducks 9th Circ. Watch IP Row On 1st-Sale Doctrine
• Spark Eyes $108M IPO As Slew Of Life Science Cos. Set Terms
• Bridgestone Hopes For Justices' Eyes Despite Iskanian Snub
• High Court Lets Samsung's Panasonic Antitrust Suit Go On
• Hogan Lovells Faces Disqualification Bid In Cleanup Row
• Judge Shutters Photog's Suit Over Celeb Photos On EBay
• Can Silence Keep You Safe? New Debate On 10b-5 Liability
• Health Care Mergers In 2014: The Enforcers Strike Back
• High Court Turns Away Calif. PAGA Carveout Case
• Dish, Fox Pause Hopper Battle For 'Highly Likely' Settlement
• App Store Privacy Fraud Claims Too Vague, Apple Says
• Boeing Botched Discovery, Russian Satellite Partner Says
• Real Estate Rumor Mill: Georgetown, Donahue Schriber
• Calif. Lawmaker Proposes Amendments To Online Poker Bill
• UnitedHealth Can't Sell On Calif. ACA Market In 2016
• Justices To Decide Raisin Producers' Federal Takings Suit
• Satellite JV Partner Drops Some Claims In $350M Boeing Suit
• Audio Tech Co. Investors Get Tentative Class OK In IPO Row
• Calif. Legal Costs Battle Leaves Employment Deals In Limbo
• Arden, TPG Dodge Class Action Over $394M Gelson's Buy
• IPhone Class Takes Apple Antitrust Battle To 9th Circ.
• Wet Seal Hit With Class Action Over Store Closures
• EBay Pays $6.4M To Settle Recurring-Fee Class Action
• Fracking Bans May Trigger Civil Authority Coverage After All
• Prosecutors Aided 'Sham' Wildfire Probe, Sierra Pacific Says
• USCIS Decision On Medical Manager Job Nixed In Visa Row
• Sports Precedents Die Hard In 9th Circ.
• Calif. Appeals Court Frees Donors In $162M UCLA Hotel Suit
• Plaintiff In $185M AutoZone Bias Case Defends Attys' Actions
• Clarity And Confusion: FTAIA Developments In 2014
• Statutory Compliance In Calif. Just Got More Technical
• B/E Aerospace Tries To Flush Rival's Toilet Patent Claims
• Key Contractor, Navy Officer Admit Guilt In Bribery Scandal
• Calif. Supreme Court To Hear Solus Explosion Fines Row
• Amkor To Pay Tessera $155M To Settle Chip Patent Suit
• Pepsi Drinkers' Cancer-Warning Class Action In Jeopardy
• Apple, AT&T, Verizon, HTC Lose Bid To Slip Adaptix IP Suit
• Bridgepoint Investors Win Cert. In Failed Accreditation Suit
• Calif. High Court To Hear Trust Transfer Tax Dispute
• Southwest Guts Suit Over Phony Boarding Upgrades
• Reed Smith Reps Yahoo In Lease At Tishman's LA Campus
• Apple, Google Ponying Up $415M In New Anti-Poaching Deal
• 9th Circ. Shuts Out San Jose Antitrust Suit Against MLB
• Ex-Criminal Atty Gets 2 Years For Laundering Client's Money
• Ex-CalPERS Exec. Kills Himself Before $3B Pay-To-Play Trial
• Calif. Judges Win Cert. In Suit For Pay, Pension Bumps
• Costco Gets Mortgage Shopping Patents Nixed Under Alice
• Fight Over Jurisdiction Revived In Case Of Facebook Post
• Stroock Faces Malpractice Suit Over Ryan Reynolds Film Fight
• Software-Focused PE Shop TVC Rakes In $115M For 3rd Fund
• Hyundai Can't Squeeze Out Of Lemon Law Suit
• Calif. High Court Won't Revisit Anonymous Online Speech Row
• 9th Circ. Axes Class Cert. Appeal In Disk Drive Price-Fix MDL
• Stock Heir Says Franklin Resources' Ex-CEO Hid $156M
• MetLife Clients Lose Cert. Bid In Suit Over $216M Ponzi Scam
• Calif. Personal Injury Firm Discloses Client Data Breach
• Alice Wrecks Claims In Open Text's Patents, Box Says
• Wal-Mart, Bidart Hit With Suit Over Contaminated Apples
• Alcatel-Lucent Can't Invalidate Fiber Optic Patent, Judge Says
• Lagunitas Drops IPA Trademark Suit After Web Firestorm
• Real Estate Rumor Mill: Oceanwide, Marcus, Cheung Kong
• PG&E Ordered To Release 65,000 Emails With Calif. Regulators
• Darwin Must Pay $8.7M To Cover Millennium False-Ad Suits
• 23andMe Clients Can't Arbitrate False Ad Claims As Class
• LG Settlement In Cathode Ray MDL Gets Judge's Nod
• Legal Services Would Be Taxed Under Calif. Sen. Proposal
• Jury Says Wal-Mart Not Racist But Negligent In Guards' Acts
• 'Girls Gone Wild' Trustee Seeks To Recover Tax Funds
• Calif. Tech Co. Fights For $4M In Research Tax Credits
• Apple In The Doghouse Over Alleged Misuse Of Puppy Photos
• TPG Leads $186M Funding Round For Online Education Outfit
• Hausfeld Adds Antitrust Litigator To San Francisco Office
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Sacks Glazier's Terrence Franklin
• Graffiti Artists Seek IP Credentials: 4 Recent Cases
• Calif. Poised To Take Another Look At Secondary Exposure
• Apple, Google Reach New Deal In Anti-Poaching Suit
• Plaintiffs Firms Seek To Join Forces In Sony Breach Suits
• Ticketmaster Buyer Class Seeks OK For $397M Discount Deal
• Wolfgang Puck Serves Up $1.7M Restaurant Worker OT Deal
• Calif. Bar Warns Blogging Lawyers To Rein In Self-Promotion
• Diablo Can't Halt Chip Sale Ban As Rival's IP Trial Looms
• Calif. AG Sets Sights On Influential Role At US Senate
• Calif. Regulator Wants Ocwen Mortgage License Suspended
• Transwest Lender Takes Westin Ch. 11 Plan Feud To 9th Circ.
• Franklin Aims To Hold Up Stockton's Ch. 9 Pending Appeal
• Eddie Bauer Secretly Recorded Californians' Calls, Suit Says
• US, Tax Shelter Ordered To Finish Suit Over Loss Deductions
• Market Rumors: Mindbody, OneMain, Hyundai Motor
• Welch Labeling Suit 'Tailor-Made' For Class Cert., Court Told
• PetSmart Pays $1M To End Suit Over ATM-Card Severance Pay
• Calif. Judge Enforces Oral Settlement In Medicaid FCA Suit
• Lagunitas Sues Sierra Nevada Over 'IPA' Trademark Rights
• Barclays Dodges Antitrust Claims In Libor Class Action
• Cold Medicine Co. Can't Escape False Ad Suit
• Hertz, Dollar Thrifty Say Employee Bonus Suit Lacks Facts
• Girardi Keese Fights Off Ex-Clients' Class Cert. Revival Bid
• Grocery Startup Instacart Grabs $220M In Latest VC Funding
• O'Melveny Rips Sanctions Bid In Sirius' Pre-1972 Fight
• Apple Argues Anti-Poaching Shareholder Suit Bypassed Rules
• Judge Urged To Delay Sanctions In Dental Implant IP Suit
• Hedge Fund Pushes JDS To Ease Board Nomination Rules
• Kenyon Hit With Discovery Sanctions In Pinterest IP Row
• Calif. AG Kamala Harris Launches Bid For Boxer's Seat
• Chrysler Dodges Antitrust Claims In Calif. Dealership's Suit
• Dewey & LeBoeuf, Proskauer Rose Face Tax Malpractice Suit
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Irell's Ellisen Turner
• A Survey Of Patent Invalidations Since Alice
• Injunction Issued On Chips For SanDisk, IBM Memory Products
• High Court Won't Review Convention Center Antitrust Row
• TMZ Gives Defamation Suit By Country Star's Ex The Boot
• Ross Gets Co-Tenancy Provision Upheld In Calif. Lease Row
• Calif. Sen. Floats Bill To Curb Disability Access Suits
• Justices Won't Take Up Case Over Calif. Fish Protections
• High Court Nixes Appeal Over Calif. Atty Discipline Rulings
• Mercury Slapped With $27.5M Fine Over Improper Premiums
• Azalea Blocks Ex-Boyfriend From Releasing Early Recordings
• 9th Circ., Amid Heavy Dissent, Won't Rehear Gay Marriage Suit
• Disney, DreamWorks Say Anti-Poaching Suit Filed Too Late
• State Farm Nixes Mortgagee's Suit Over $2.9M Fire Deal
• Almond Theft Plotter's Prison Term Is Nuts, 9th Circ. Told
• Beats Must Refile Suit Over Rival's Co-Founder Claims: Judge
• FDA Targets Calif. Apple Plant In Deadly Listeria Outbreak
• AIDS Nonprofit Ducks LA County's $5.2M Overbilling Claim
• Real Estate Rumor Mill: BB&B, Decron, Whole Foods
• Chefs' Warehouse Puts Up $192M For Calif. Meat Supplier
• Sheppard Mullin Flubbed Sibling Trust Row, $13M Suit Says
• 2014 Class Action Litigation Year In Review
• Universal Music Sues Over Prisoner Mixtapes
• Life Alert Rival Tells 9th Circ. No Harm Done In IP Spat
• Judge Rejects Class Cert. Bid In ConAgra Labeling Row
• Wal-Mart ZIP Code Class Ruling Ups Stakes For Retailers
• Jury Nails Insurer For Millennium Lab's False-Ad Coverage
• Dodgers Urge Toss Of $15M Giants Fan Beating Verdict
• Gov. Pitches $3.7B To Calif. Judiciary On Heels Of Audit
• Elizabeth Banks' Attys Rip Rival Tactics In Stolen Script Row
• Suit Targeting Law Firm, Debt Collector Barred By Privilege
• Trucking Cos. Lack Standing In Tailpipe Rule Row, EPA Says
• Calif. AG Says BP Treated State As Golden Goose
• New Calif. Clean Energy Goals Need Projects Of All Sizes
• Sanctions Sought Against Macy's, Others In Celeb Chef Row
• SF City Atty Sued By Ex-Deputy Over Alleged Retaliation
• Calif. Real-World Training Rules May Spark National Trend
• Convicted Terrorist Freed After Feds Admit Withholding Docs
• Con-Way Freight Wins Green Light For $2M Trucker Pay Deal
• JAG Reservist Says Bezaire Ledwitz Booted Him For Service
• Toyota, Sirius Hit With TCPA Class Action Over Data Sharing
• Adobe Escapes Class Action Over Cloud Subscription Fees
• Sunrun Secures $195M To Finance Rooftop Solar Projects
• Law Schools Are (Finally) Teaching 'The Biz' Of Lawyering
• Fed. Circ. Skirts Biologics Law In Sandoz Ruling
• Ozzy Guitarist's Family Can't Block Book, Authors Argue
• SoHo House Pays $2.8M To Clear LA Workers' Class Claims
• Apple Ducks Class Action Over Defective Laptops
• Feds Blast Calif. Regulator Over Sloppy Pipeline Oversight
• Beats Rips Bid To Nix Competitor's Co-Founder Claims
• Calif. High Court Says Guards Should Be Paid For Sleep Time
• Trucking Co. Meets CAFA Removal Burden In Employment Suit
• CAFA Threshold Assumptions Must Be 'Reasonable': 9th Circ.
• MGM, NBCUniversal Settle Flap Over James Bond Knockoff
• Senate Enviro Leader Barbara Boxer To Step Down In 2016
• Allergan Can't Tighten Time Frame For Cancer Risk Claims
• NFL, Reebok Blast Class Cert. Data In Antitrust Suit
• Davis Wright Gobbles Up Beverly Hills Entertainment Firm
• LegalZoom Launching in UK After License OK'd
• Insurer Asks For Atty Sanctions For Counsel Choice Suit
• CPPIB Buys $219M Office Stake, Forming Hudson Pacific JV
• Walgreen Escapes False Ad Suit Over Homeopathic Ear Meds
• Biotech Co. Xencor Sets Stage For $150M Follow-On Offering
• Class Certification Tees Up Another True Lender Case
• Gilead Wins Dismissal Of Defective Drug Fraud Suit
• San Bernardino Creditors Sue Over CalPERS Payment Plan
• Troubled Atty Faces Probe For Bailing On Homeaway Suit
• Kaye Scholer Guides JW Childs Deal For Motorcycle Gear Co.
• What Constitutes An Enforceable E-Signature?
• InvenSense Hyped Apple Rumors Before Stock Drop, Suit Says
• The Year Ahead In Pro Bono, US And Abroad
• Activist Starboard Bears Down On Yahoo-AOL Merger Push
• Calif. Fixes Timing Problem For Post-Trial Motions
• 2015 To See More AG-Led Multistate Enforcement Actions
• Trade Secrets And 3rd Parties: Litigation Traps To Avoid
• Yamaha Motor-Corrosion Suit Dead In The Water, Judge Rules
• Azalea Asks Judge To Block Album Based On Ex's 'Forgery'
• Calif. Foie Gras Ban's Goose Is Cooked By Fed. Preemption
• GSK Stuck With Experts From First Abbott HIV Drug Trial
• Wet Seal Loses Arbitration Bid On Appeal In Calif. Wage Suit
• Vitamin Shoppe Supplement Not Organic, Suit Says
• Amgen Tries To Force Sandoz Biosimilar Disclosures
• Calif. Courts Blew $30M On High Salaries, Other Costs: Audit
• Web Postings Removal Ordered In NuScience IP Row
• Paramount Buries Credit Check Disclosure, Suit Claims
• P&G Can't Flush Hygienic Wipes False Ad Claims
• Sears' $1.6M Wages Deal Gets Judge's OK After Changes
• Citibank, JPMorgan Get RICO Claims Chopped In Fraud Suits
• 99 Cents Only Stores Pays $2.4M In Dumping Settlement
• Turtles Eye O'Melveny Sanctions In Sirius Pre-'72 Case
• KBS REIT Gets $77M From BofA For Calif. Office Buy
• Navy Officer Pleads Guilty In Bribery-Prostitution Scandal
• A NY Practitioner's Guide To Interstate Discovery
• Olive Oil Importer Can't Escape Class Action Over Quality
• Loeb & Loeb Snags Goodwin Patent Partner In LA
• The Advantages Of Calif.'s Medical Foundation Clinics
• BMW Can't Shake Class, State Claims In Water Damage Suit
• Fracking Bans Don't Trigger Civil Authority Coverage
• Hueston, Hennigan Ditch Irell To Form White Collar Boutique
• Sly Stone Manager Swiped $6.8M, Song Rights, Calif. Jury Told
• Atty Puts Screws To Azalea's Ex Over 'Bootleg' Album Deal
• Monster Sues Beats, Dr. Dre For Fraud Over Headphone Deal
• Owners Of Philly Office Tower Seek Ch. 11 Protection
• American Apparel's Ethics Policy Could Bolster M&A Hopes
• Judge Won't Nix Ameranth Casino Patents Under Alice
• EA Can't Cite Free Speech To Use Old NFL Stars: 9th Circ.
• Rams Owner Announces NFL Stadium Plans For Los Angeles
• Guess Licensee Blasts Zurich's Proposal For 3-Phase Trial
• Penske Asks Justices To Review 9th Circ.'s Truck-Break Ruling
• California Bar Wants More Input On E-Discovery Ethics
• Scotts Denies 'Scare Tactics' In Toxic Bird Food Suit
• Perjury Vs. Obstruction Of Justice In Barry Bonds Case
• Toshiba, Circuit City Resolve CRT Price-Fixing Claims
• Data Security Co.'s Investors Sue Over Changing Biz Model
• Calif. Watchdog Targets Skimpy Health Insurance Networks
• Ocular Disease-Focused Biotechs Eye Follow-On Offerings
• Honest Tea Can't Shake Antioxidant Labeling Class Action
• Shangri-La Can't Escape $1.2M From Discrimination Verdict
• Kirkland Reps Brentwood In Excelligence Learning Buy
• $1.75M AlliedBarton Class Deal A 'Horse Trade,' Judge Says
• Oracle Says No-Poach Class Action Based On Flimsy Evidence
• White & Case Snags 2 Ex-DLA Piper Tax Experts For LA Office
• Adobe Says Digital Reg Must Pay Fees After Patent Fight
• Centex Insurers' Atty Choice Suit Is Premature, Judge Says
• Investor Wins Remand Of Suit Over Software Co.'s $108M IPO
• Panasonic Again Urges High Court To Nix Memory Cartel Row
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Gibson Dunn's Debra Wong Yang
• City, State And Federal Actions On Minimum Wage In 2014
• Toyota Unleashes 5,700 Fuel Cell Patents For No-Royalty Use
• Facebook, LinkedIn Nix Bascom Patents With Alice Defense
• 'On-Call' Rest Breaks For Workers OK: Calif. Appeals Court
• Calif. County Drug Cleanup Law Is Illegal, High Court Told
• Attys Scolded For Feud After $36M EW Bank Verdict
• Developers Say Malibu's Chain Retail Reg Is Discriminatory
• Mayer Brown Leads Clarion's $96M Calif. Property Sale
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• Safeway To Pay $9.9M To Settle Waste Disposal Claims
• AT&T Says It's Out Of FTC's Jurisdiction In 'Throttling' Suit
• 9th Circ. Rejects Challenge To Idaho Timber-Thinning Project
• Governor Wants Half Of Calif.'s Power To Be Green By 2030
• Fox Accuses NBC Of Trying To Hide Dish Deals
• Calif. High Court Urged To Weigh Anonymous Online Speech
• Former Jones Day Tax Partner Heads to Sheppard Mullin
• Calif. Market Chain Inaccessible To Disabled, Class Says
• Class Says Macy's 'Made In USA' False Labeling Suit Has Legs
• Ex-Qualcomm Director Settles Insider Trading Row With SEC
• Elkins Kalt Guides Hudson Pacific On $89M Calif. Office Sale
• Gibson Dunn Snags Patent Pro From Jones Day
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Susman Godfrey's Srinivasan
• Former SF 49ers Managers Hit Team With Age Bias Suit
• Guitar Center Stores Aren't Handicap Accessible, Suit Says
• 12 Building Blocks Of A Digital Law Library
• Sony Taps WilmerHale For Data Breach Class Actions
• 9th Circ. Latest To Say No To Fannie, Freddie Transfer Tax
• Uber Must Hand Over CEO, Exec Emails In Tips Class Action
• Ex-Orioles Player Not Safe From Insider Charges, US Says
• 9th Circ. Rebuffs Consumer Attack On Home Warranties
• Walgreen Beats FCA Claims Over Prescription Refills
• FWS To Consider Monarch Butterfly ESA Protection
• Ecolite's Negligence Claim Against Insurance Broker Fails
• Security Co. Waived Arbitration With Discovery Requests
• Class Wins Cert. In Wal-Mart ZIP Code Collection Suit
• Facebook Can't Dodge Message Privacy Claims
• 9th Circ. Shuts Down Facebook Ad Buyers' Overcharge Suit
• Apple Hit With False Ad Suit Over iPhone Storage Capacity
• California Cases To Watch In 2015
• Howrey Trustee Settles With Wiley Rein, Dissolution Panel
• $1B Solar Project's Owners Can Intervene In Tribes' DOI Suit
• Lyft Spied On Ex-COO's Uber Hire Emails, Exec's Suit Says
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