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March 05, 2025
Coinbase Investor Drops Direct Listing Suit After Slack Ruling
A Coinbase investor Wednesday dropped a proposed class action accusing the cryptocurrency platform and its top brass of offering false and misleading materials that caused its stock price to plummet following the company's debut with an $86 billion valuation, after the Ninth Circuit tossed a similar case against Slack Technologies.
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March 05, 2025
Los Angeles County Sues SoCal Edison Over Eaton Fire
Los Angeles County joined the many dozens suing Southern California Edison over the devastating Eaton Fire on Wednesday, as the most populous county in the United States alleges in its lawsuit that the utility's faulty equipment caused the destructive blaze.
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March 05, 2025
US Looks For Pause In PetroSaudi $380M Seizure Suit
The United States has asked a California federal court to stay its suit to seize part of a $380 million arbitral award issued to a PetroSaudi unit, saying the civil case is up in the air because the oil producer's sole owner was convicted in August in Swiss criminal court.
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March 05, 2025
BCBS Hit With New Antitrust Suits By $2.8B Deal Opt-Outs
Dozens of hospitals and healthcare systems that opted out of a landmark $2.8 billion Blue Cross Blue Shield antitrust settlement filed fresh Sherman Act lawsuits against the insurance entities in Pennsylvania, California and Illinois federal courts Tuesday, accusing them of colluding to restrict competition for the purchase of healthcare services.
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March 05, 2025
Justices Asked To Recuse Fitbit Judge Over Google Ties
A Silicon Valley-based patent-holding company that lost its infringement case against Fitbit is telling the U.S. Supreme Court that a California federal judge and her husband's financial ties to Fitbit parent Google are so strong that "if these circumstances do not warrant recusal ... then nothing does."
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March 05, 2025
Igloo Must Pay For Finger-Chopping Coolers, Consumer Says
A California man is suing beverage storage company Igloo over its popular coolers and ice chests that he says have pinched, broken and even amputated fingertips, saying in a federal suit that the company's remedial efforts haven't been enough.
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March 05, 2025
Disney Doesn't Allow IP Theft, 'Moana' Co-Creator Testifies
One of the creators of "Moana" testified in a California federal copyright trial Wednesday that he "would never" use another writer's idea without permission, noting that one of his projects was killed after The Walt Disney Co. was unable to buy source material.
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March 05, 2025
Ex-USF Ballplayers Denied Class Cert. In Sex Harassment Suit
A group of former University of San Francisco baseball players on Wednesday lost a bid to have their lawsuit alleging that ex-coaches for the Jesuit university created a sexually abusive environment go forward as a class action.
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March 05, 2025
9th Circ. Upholds Arizona's Wine Retailer Law Challenge
Arizona isn't being discriminatory by requiring companies that want to ship alcohol to people's homes to have a business location in the state, the Ninth Circuit has declared in a split ruling that upheld the state's win against a challenge to the law laying down that mandate.
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March 05, 2025
Parameters Set For Final NIL Deal Approval Hearing
The California federal judge overseeing the massive $2.78 billion name, image and likeness settlement between the National Collegiate Athletic Association and former and current student-athletes has released guidelines for the deal's final approval hearing in April.
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March 05, 2025
401(k) Forfeiture Suits Are Prompting Plan Changes
It remains unclear whether a California federal judge keeping alive a proposed class action that challenges the use of forfeited funds in a Clorox employee 401(k) plan means similar cases will gain traction, but experts say plans are already getting tweaked to stave off forfeiture claims.
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March 05, 2025
Jay-Z, Buzbee Dispute Threats, Confession In Rape Case
The monthslong legal feud between Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter and prominent plaintiffs attorney Tony Buzbee has reached a new pitch, as Carter claims to have evidence proving he did not rape a 13-year-old alongside disgraced rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs, while Buzbee claims Carter is trying to menace the victim into silence.
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March 05, 2025
Fed. Circ. Keeps Lenovo, Databricks Patent Fights In Texas
The Federal Circuit has turned down efforts by Lenovo and Databricks to ship separate lawsuits they are facing from patent-holding companies out of the Eastern District of Texas.
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March 05, 2025
GSA Publishes, Then Pulls List Of Properties It Could Dispose
The U.S. General Services Administration on Wednesday removed a list of 440 properties that it considered inessential and said warranted disposal — including several courthouses and buildings used as headquarters for various agencies — the day after announcing it had identified them as "non-core assets."
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March 05, 2025
DC Judge Skeptical Of Trump's Power To Oust NLRB Member
A Washington, D.C., federal judge hearing a former National Labor Relations Board member's challenge to her January removal appeared Wednesday to buy the fired official's side of a closely watched debate over the vitality of foundational U.S. Supreme Court law on the president's power over independent agencies.
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March 05, 2025
University Of California Facing Fed Probe Into Antisemitism
The U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday the government has opened a civil investigation into whether the University of California has fostered antisemitism on its campuses following President Donald Trump's January executive order prioritizing federal probes into alleged antisemitic harassment on school grounds.
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March 05, 2025
Broadcom Slams 'Meritless Retaliatory' Netflix Patent Suit
Technology giant Broadcom blasted a patent infringement lawsuit filed by Netflix over five software patents Broadcom contends are invalid and urged a federal California court to toss the litigation, calling it a "meritless retaliatory case" meant to distract from Netflix's "rampant infringement of patents owned by Broadcom-related entities."
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March 05, 2025
Boy Band, Music Exec Hit With $3.4M Verdict In Fla. Trial
A Florida state court jury has awarded an entertainment company $3.4 million in a lawsuit that accused a former California boy band manager of tortuously interfering with the contracts of individual band members, and also accused the members of defamation for remarks that they were abused and held hostage in their own homes.
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March 05, 2025
CashCall Wants 9th Circ. Redo Of Order To Pay CFPB $134M
CashCall Inc. has asked for a rehearing of its Ninth Circuit loss that kept it on the hook for a $134 million restitution payment to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, arguing that when the online lender was fined in 2016, CashCall could not relinquish its "known right" to a jury trial because the right did not exist at the time.
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March 05, 2025
Defense Biz Epirus Clinches $250M Funding Round
National security-focused technology company Epirus announced Wednesday it closed an oversubscribed Series D fundraising round after securing $250 million from investors, bringing the startup's total venture funding to more than $550 million.
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March 05, 2025
Revived Bill To Add Judges Teed Up For Another House Vote
The House Judiciary Committee voted out of committee three bills on Wednesday along party lines, including legislation to add more federal judgeships that the federal judiciary says are needed desperately but has become subject to partisan fighting.
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March 05, 2025
Seyfarth Names Real Estate Atty As Co-Lead In San Francisco
Seyfarth Shaw LLP has named a longtime real estate attorney to be the new co-managing partner of its San Francisco office, the firm announced Wednesday.
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March 05, 2025
Biotech Co. Maravai Hit With Investor's Internal Controls Suit
Health research tools company Maravai LifeSciences Holdings Inc. has been hit with a proposed shareholder class action alleging it failed to report that it had issues with its internal reporting controls ahead of its announcement that an inaccurate report led to the misallocation of $3.9 million.
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March 05, 2025
UK Clears $35B Synopsys, Ansys Merger
The Competition and Markets Authority said Wednesday it has cleared Synopsys' planned $35 billion acquisition of fellow U.S. software company Ansys under certain divestiture and monitoring conditions.
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March 05, 2025
Senators Press Trump's NIH Nominee On Grant Cuts, Vaccines
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya vowed to support research into chronic diseases but repeatedly refused Wednesday to express an opinion on cost-cutting efforts at the National Institutes of Health, sidestepping bipartisan questions during a hearing on his nomination to run the biomedical research agency.
Expert Analysis
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Series
Adventure Photography Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Photographing nature everywhere from Siberia to Cuba and Iceland to Rwanda provides me with a constant reminder to refresh, refocus and rethink the legal issues that my clients face, says Richard Birmingham at Davis Wright.
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What Vinyl Acetate's Prop 65 Listing Means For Cos.
California's recent move to add vinyl acetate to the Proposition 65 list of carcinogens, with enforcement starting later this year, will have sweeping compliance and risk implications for businesses in the retail, food and beverage, paint, adhesive, industrial manufacturing, and personal care product industries, say attorneys at Alston & Bird.
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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.