A federal judge in Sacramento repeatedly pressed the U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday to explain how California’s so-called sanctuary laws improperly hamper federal immigration enforcement.
Coinbase has been hit with a class action accusing it of tipping off employees to the launch of trading in
#Bitcoin
Cash on its exchange, allowing regular investors to be ripped off.
The judge overseeing data breach claims against Yahoo! Inc. has rejected a proposed $85 million settlement citing a number of problems with the deal—including “unreasonably high” attorneys fees of up to $35 million.
The Arizona lawsuit also names Girardi’s wife, “Real Housewives” cast member Erika Jayne, and claims the couple used funds designated for Girardi & Keese “in order to sustain their lavish lifestyle and maintain their glamorous public image.”
"I actually didn’t ask for $1 billion. I showed them the Monsanto profits for one year—the last year that the Pilliods used Roundup—and it was $892 million. So, I said, when you decide how much the punishment should be, it should be north of $892 million."
The FDA has asked California regulators to hold off on cereal warning labels since cereals are a good source of whole grains, fiber and other beneficial nutrients.
Barring asylum for people who cross through the southern border outside designated ports of entry is a “direct violation of Congress’s clear command that manner of entry cannot constitute a categorical asylum bar,” argue
@ACLU
,
@splcenter
&
@theCCR
This week, just a day after the widow of a Sidley Austin partner wrote about the experience of her own husband’s recent suicide,
@ABAesq
announced that 11 more law firms had signed an ABA pledge to do more to address mental health.
“In general, everyone was overloaded with work and careful not to waste one billable minute of the day. Which put me back at my desk, alone with my documents.” -
@MichelleObama
BREAKING: All 12 Republican Senate Judiciary Committee members voted to forward the nominations of Southern California prosecutor Patrick Bumatay and former Nevada and Montana solicitor general Lawrence VanDyke to the full Senate.
“President Trump’s comments display a disgraceful degree of disrespect for the Supreme Court and role of an independent federal judiciary,” Gibson Dunn's Ted Boutrous said.
The new center aims to advise lawmakers on how to protect low-income consumers and will bring consumer law clinics from across the country together for a conference.
@BerkeleyLawNews
"We love to understand our clients’ businesses and 'own' their problems and challenges as if they were ours..." said Matthew Bartus and Peter Werner, of
@CooleyLLP
's global emerging companies and venture capital practice.
In the suit filed Monday in the Northern District of California, the publisher claims that PayPal never warned that it might ban users for their off-platform speech.
"One good public verdict will do more to deter sexual harassment than 100 arbitrations," said Cliff Palefsky, an employment law specialist at McGuinn, Hillsman & Palefsky in San Francisco.
BREAKING: The Trump administration notched a 2-1 decision allowing expedited construction of a prototype wall in San Diego and replacement of 14 miles of existing "fencing" near San Diego.
Erika Jayne was asked via a tweet "if she feels the need to cut back on her glam squad since her husband is being sued for a huge amount of money." Her reply: "I pay my own bills, so no, I don't."
This week on
#LegalSpeak
: We talk about the cycle of dysfunction in which terrible-boss behavior is passed down from generation to generation inside law firms.
L. Song Richardson replaces the law school's inaugural dean, Erwin Chemerinsky, who left to become dean at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law.
The appeals panel examining a challenge to the $25 million Trump University settlement appeared unlikely to dismantle the deal as they were peppered with questions from the attorney representing an objector to the deal.
"Despite a few victories for women, the midterm elections primarily showed that they are not united and that the
#MeToo
anger that was supposed to knock out President Donald Trump's supporters and the sexism and racism he represents didn't happen."
California Gov. Jerry Brown tapped 33 lawyers for the state’s Superior Courts on Thursday, including Charles Adams, the career clerk for U.S. District Judge Edward Davila, for a seat on the Santa Clara County Superior Court.
"We'll end up in the Supreme Court, and hopefully we'll get a fair shake," Trump said, announcing a national emergency to secure funding for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. "And we'll win in the Supreme Court, just like the [travel] ban."
NEWS today: A record-breaking $50 million gift to George Mason University, announced Thursday, will go to the university’s Antonin Scalia Law School to support 13 new faculty members.
Sarita Venkat, who was recently named director of IP transactions at Apple, co-created a podcast (
@heelsofjustice
) that celebrates trailblazing women in law.
"Suzy Loftus’ experience, competence and widespread and diverse support demonstrate she was the best choice for both the interim role, and the permanent position," write four retired San Francisco Superior Court judges.
NEWS: Gov. Jerry Brown named his deputy legal affairs secretary, Daniel Calabretta, to the Sacramento County Superior Court. Calabretta was previously an associate at Munger, Tolles & Olson between 2005 and 2008.