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January 06, 2025
PayPal Steals Influencers' Commissions Via Honey, Suit Says
PayPal hijacks sales commissions from social media influencers using its Honey browser extension by "swooping in at checkout" and swapping out the influencers' affiliate marketing cookies with Honey's own tracking cookies, thereby taking credit for customer purchases, according to a putative class action filed in California federal court.
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January 06, 2025
Holland & Knight Adds Attys From Calif. Private Wealth Firm
Holland & Knight LLP is vastly expanding its private wealth services, announcing Monday it is adding all eight of the attorneys from 17-year-old Los Angeles-based private wealth services boutique Karlin & Peebles LLP.
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January 06, 2025
Fox Sports Host Offered $1.5M For Sex, Harassment Suit Says
A longtime hairstylist at Fox Sports is accusing the network of ignoring sexual harassment and a toxic workplace environment created by its executives and hosts, including an offer by TV host Skip Bayless of $1.5 million to have sex with her, according to a California state lawsuit.
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January 06, 2025
Sheppard Mullin Hires University Of Calif. Health Counsel
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP announced Monday that it has hired two attorneys who previously served in-house at the University of California to bolster its healthcare industry practice group.
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January 06, 2025
Biden Closes Off Coastal Areas To Offshore Drilling
President Joe Biden on Monday announced a ban on new offshore oil and gas drilling in more than 625 million acres of U.S. waters on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts and in Alaska after determining that the environmental and economic risks and harms outweigh the benefits of drilling.
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January 06, 2025
Jenner & Block Faces DQ Bid In Casino Project Dispute
Three Native American tribes want Jenner & Block LLP disqualified from a lawsuit that seeks to block the construction of a new casino in Oregon, claiming the firm previously represented them in the same dispute.
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January 06, 2025
Withers Brings On 8-Atty Trusts And Estates Boutique In LA
International law firm Withers has expanded its Los Angeles office by absorbing the eight-attorney boutique Hoffman Sabban & Watenmaker, Withers announced Monday.
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January 06, 2025
Girard Sharp Launches Into New Year With New Leadership
San Francisco-based Girard Sharp has kicked off the new year with a major leadership change, announcing Monday that Daniel C. Girard had stepped down as managing partner of the prominent plaintiffs complex litigation boutique he founded in 1995 and that longtime partner Dena C. Sharp was taking the reins.
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January 03, 2025
Semiconductor Co. Beats 2nd Suit Over Failed $8B Merger
Semiconductor company MaxLinear Inc. has beaten another suit over its failed $8 billion merger plans with a Taiwan-based company after a California federal jurist found that the investment funds that brought the action didn't have standing to sue since they were investors in the acquisition target, not MaxLinear.
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January 03, 2025
Alaska Air Passengers Refile New Suit Over Boeing Blowout
A group of passengers suing Boeing, Alaska Airlines and Spirit AeroSystems over a door plug blowout on a 737 Max flight last January have relaunched their claims in Washington state court after a Seattle federal judge tossed an earlier version of the complaint at their request last month.
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January 03, 2025
Panera Stiffed Catering Staff Out Of OT Pay, PAGA Suit Says
Panera cheated some employees out of overtime wages and reimbursement for the use of their cars and cellphones working with catering clients, and also manipulated records to inaccurately log break times in violation of California labor laws, according to a representative action lodged Thursday in California state court.
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January 03, 2025
Real Estate Recap: All Eyes On '25
Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including what the experts think is in store for 2025.
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January 03, 2025
Epic Slams Apple's 'Deeply Disturbing' Doc Review Delays
Epic Games Inc.'s counsel expressed shock Friday that Apple has only rereviewed 21,000 of more than 50,000 documents Apple claims are attorney-client privileged in their antitrust fight, telling a California magistrate judge during a hearing the number is "deeply disturbing" and "very low."
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January 03, 2025
Anthropic Will Guard Against Lyric Infringement During Suit
Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has agreed to a partial injunction while fighting music publishers' copyright infringement claims in California federal court, promising to maintain guardrails that prevent its chatbot Claude from reproducing protected lyrics.
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January 03, 2025
CashCall Still On Hook For $134M To CFPB, 9th Circ. Rules
The Ninth Circuit on Friday affirmed a $134.1 million restitution payment CashCall Inc. owes to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, saying in a published opinion that the loan company's voluntary participation in a bench trial meant that it had waived a right to a jury trial.
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January 03, 2025
Netgear, Huawei Settle Calif. RICO Suit Over Wi-Fi SEPs
Netgear and Huawei informed a California federal judge Friday that they have resolved their racketeering dispute and asked for a 30-day stay to finalize their deal, weeks after Netgear sought to block Huawei from seeking injunctions through patent actions pending in foreign courts and a German court found Netgear infringed Huawei's Wi-Fi patents.
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January 03, 2025
Energy Cos. Ask Top Calif. Court To End Climate Change Suits
A half-dozen global energy giants urged California's top court Thursday to review a lower court's decision allowing climate change suits against them to proceed, arguing that California courts don't have jurisdiction over claims stemming from global fossil fuel use.
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January 03, 2025
Calif. Tribes Sue Casino Card Rooms Under New Law
Seven California tribes are taking advantage of a new state law that prohibits games in card rooms to sue a slew of private casinos, accusing them of brazenly profiting from illegal gambling.
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January 03, 2025
Inside Arnold & Porter's Win In Prison 'Rape Club' Case
Aided by attorneys from Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, a group of women incarcerated at a California federal prison recently reached settlements with the Bureau of Prisons, including a consent decree and the agency’s largest-ever monetary settlement, to resolve claims of systemic sexual abuse at the notorious facility.
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January 03, 2025
Meta Wants Advertising Monopoly Suit Nixed
Meta said that a group of advertisers accusing the company of monopolizing the social media advertising market have nothing more than its profits to point to in their damages bid, writing in a new summary judgment motion that extensive discovery has only shown how baseless the suit is.
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January 03, 2025
Cancer Drug Co. Revives Bid To Go Public Via Direct Listing
Brain cancer-focused drug developer NeOnc Technologies Holdings Inc. filed plans on Friday to go public through a direct listing, represented by Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP, as it pursues an alternative to an initial public offering after canceling a prior IPO attempt.
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January 03, 2025
9th Circ. Judge Says Asylum Seekers Can Use Appeals To Stall
A Ninth Circuit judge has called to overturn a 20-year precedent that he said allows people to game their immigration appeals for more time in the country, after a divided panel affirmed the denial of a Ukrainian man's asylum bid.
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January 03, 2025
Staples Faces Another Unpaid OT Pay Class Action In Calif.
Staples forced employees to work through breaks and regularly required them to do tasks like helping shoppers before clocking in and without being compensated, according to a proposed wage class action removed to California federal court Thursday, echoing similar wage violation claims alleged by Staples workers filed in the last year.
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January 03, 2025
LA Clippers Seek To Arbitrate Trainer's Firing Suit
The Los Angeles Clippers have asked a California state court to compel to arbitration a former trainer's lawsuit alleging he was fired for raising concerns about the health of star forward Kawhi Leonard.
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January 03, 2025
Calif. Captive Audience Meeting Ban Hit With Legal Challenge
Two California business groups have filed a lawsuit challenging the state's new ban on so-called captive audience meetings, saying the statute is preempted by federal law and interferes with companies' constitutional rights to express their views on unionization.
Expert Analysis
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Nvidia Supreme Court Case May Not Make Big Splash
The skeptical tenor of the justices' questioning at oral argument in Nvidia v. Ohman Fonder suggests that the case is unlikely to alter the motion to dismiss pleading standard in securities class actions, as some had feared, say attorneys at WilmerHale.
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Defense Insights As PFAS Consumer Product Claims Rise
Amid the recent proliferation of lawsuits seeking damages for failure to disclose the presence of PFAS in consumer products, manufacturers, distributors and consumer product companies should follow the science and consider a significant flaw in many of the filings, say attorneys at Farella Braun.
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Circus Arts Make Me A Better Lawyer
Performing circus arts has strengthened my ability to be more thoughtful, confident and grounded, all of which has enhanced my legal practice and allowed me to serve clients in a more meaningful way, says Bailey McGowan at Stinson.
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How D&O Coverage Can Aid Against Increased AI Scrutiny
The recent increase in regulatory enforcement and securities class actions stemming from corporate use of artificial intelligence should prompt companies to ensure that their directors and officers liability insurance coverage is appropriately tailored to AI-related risks, say attorneys at Reed Smith.
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Purse-Case Scenarios: 'MetaBirkin' Appeal Tests TM Rights
A federal court's finding that "MetaBirkin" nonfungible tokens infringed on Hermes' iconic Birkin bag imagery is now on appeal in the Second Circuit, and the order will have a lasting effect on how courts balance trademark rights and the First Amendment, say attorneys at Venable.
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3 Ways To Train Junior Lawyers In 30 Minutes Or Less
Today’s junior lawyers are experiencing a skills gap due to pandemic-era disruptions, but firms can help bring them up to speed by offering high-impact skill building content in bite-sized, interactive training sessions, say Stacey Schwartz at Katten, Diane Costigan at Winston & Strawn and Lauren Tierney at Freshfields.
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What Cos. Can Learn from Water Microplastics Class Actions
Class actions against companies whose bottled spring water allegedly contains microplastics, challenging claims such as "natural" and "100% spring water," seem to be drying up — but these cases serve as a good reminder to other businesses to review regulatory standards, and carefully vet plaintiff allegations at the outset, say attorneys at Keller and Heckman.
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What Trump Presidency May Mean For Climate Reporting
While the Trump administration will likely take a hands-off approach to climate-related disclosures and rescind regulations promulgated under the Biden administration, state and international ESG laws mean the private sector may not reverse course on such disclosures, say attorneys at Seyfarth.
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The Bar Needs More Clarity On The Discovery Objection Rule
Almost 10 years after Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 34 was amended, attorneys still seem confused about what they should include in objections to discovery requests, and until the rules committee provides additional clarity, practitioners must beware the steep costs of noncompliance, says Tristan Ellis at Shanies Law Office.
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TM Suit Over Google AI Name Points To New Branding Issues
Gemini Data’s recent lawsuit in California federal court alleging Google’s rebranded artificial intelligence chatbot stole its name may have broader implications for the scope of trademark rights for AI-related products and highlights that an evolving marketplace may force companies to recalibrate how they protect their brands, say attorneys at ArentFox Schiff.
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Expect More State-Level Scrutiny Of Noncompetes Ahead
Despite the nationwide injunction against the Federal Trade Commission’s noncompete ban, and the incoming Republican administration, employers should anticipate that state legislatures will continue to focus on laws that limit or ban noncompetes, including those that target certain salary thresholds or industries, says Benjamin Fryer at FordHarrison.
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What's Still Up In The Air After Ruling On Calif. Climate Laws
A California federal court's recent ruling on challenges to California's sweeping climate disclosure laws resolved some issues, but allows litigation over the constitutionality of the laws to continue, and leaves many important questions on what entities will need to do to comply with the laws unanswered, say attorneys at Paul Hastings.
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The Do's And Don'ts Of Commercial Debt Under Calif. FDCPA
Lenders, servicers and attorneys collecting on their behalf should pay careful attention to the consumer protections under the newly expanded California Rosenthal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act that may apply going forward to some commercial debts, say attorneys at Womble Bond.
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A Look At The Hefty Demands In Calif. Employer AI Draft Regs
California's draft regulations on artificial intelligence use in employment decisions show that the California Privacy Protection Agency is positioning itself as a de facto AI regulator for the state, which isn't waiting around for federal legislation, says Lily Li at Metaverse Law.
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Being A Navy Reservist Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Serving this country in uniform has not only been one of the greatest honors of my life, but it has also provided me with opportunities to broaden my legal acumen and interpersonal skills in ways that have indelibly contributed to my civilian practice, says Phillip Smith at Weinberg Wheeler.