Kat Black

July 19, 2024 | The Recorder

The unanimous jury verdict was released Thursday following a two-week trial in federal court. Plaintiff Michael Ho, formerly a co-founder and CEO of US Bitcoin Corp. and now chief strategy officer at bitcoin mining company Hut 8 Corp., was represented by David Affeld and Edward Johnson.

By Kat Black

3 minute read

July 19, 2024 | The Recorder

The panel followed a hearing by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on the laws at issue, California's Age-Appropriate Design Code and California Assembly Bill 587, which cover online transparency.

By Kat Black

6 minute read

July 18, 2024 | The Recorder

Stephen Cazares served as a lead defense attorney in the case against Theranos President Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani.

By Kat Black

4 minute read

July 17, 2024 | The Recorder

Tesla attorneys A. Louis Dorny, Alex Hanna and Aengus Carr argued in a complaint filed Monday that JecoEV markets its "dangerous" Charging Adapter product to drivers who want to charge non-Tesla electric vehicles at Tesla's Supercharger network, which they said is the "largest and most reliable DC fast charging network for electric vehicles in North America."

By Kat Black

4 minute read

July 16, 2024 | The Recorder

Eisner Law filed the suit in Los Angeles County Superior Court, Central District, just two months after it was confirmed that rapper Travis Scott and Live Nation had settled nine of 10 wrongful-death lawsuits linked to the fatal stampede.

By Kat Black

4 minute read

July 12, 2024 | The Recorder

Dovel & Luner alleged that Ventura, California-based Patagonia employed AI technology from a third-party data intelligence company, Talkdesk, to intercept, record, evaluate and mine data from Patagonia customers' phone calls.

By Kat Black

4 minute read

July 12, 2024 | The Recorder

The Santa Monica plaintiffs firm filed proposed suits against Evry Jewels, Brooklyn Bedding and Frontgate in the California Central District Court in June. All three complaints argued that the retailers intentionally used deceptive phrases and font choices to dupe consumers into believing that regularly priced items were heavily marked down during limited-time promotions.

By Kat Black

3 minute read

July 11, 2024 | The Recorder

In an order released Tuesday in the California Northern District Court, Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler dismissed most of the claims made against London-based HSBC Holdings, HSBC entities HSBC USA (HUSI) and HSBC UK (HBUK), current HBUK employee and former SVB senior executive David Sabow and six former SVB employees.

By Kat Black

4 minute read

July 10, 2024 | The Recorder

The Brown Law Firm in New York, filed the derivative lawsuit. The case was assigned to U.S. District Judge André Birotte Jr.

By Kat Black

5 minute read

July 09, 2024 | The Recorder

A complaint filed on June 17 by Pomerantz in the California Northern District Court alleged that Gritstone bio Inc., which develops vaccines and immunotherapies for cancer and infectious diseases, misled investors about the timeline of a proposed COVID-19 vaccine study in earnings calls, news releases and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filings.

By Kat Black

4 minute read