By Kat Black | July 1, 2024
The suit, originally filed in November 2021, consolidated two separate whistleblower retaliation complaints brought by Dr. Jeannie Lochhead and Dr. Michele Nelson, both former faculty members at UC Riverside's Department of Psychiatry and Neuroscience. The case, which alleged that the UC Regents violated the California Whistleblower Protection Act, went to trial on May 17.
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By Adam J. Levitt | July 1, 2024
Arguing Class Actions is a monthly column by Adam J. Levitt for the National Law Journal.
By Michael A. Mora | July 1, 2024
"Were this not the law, the private emails of all professors or others with experience purportedly related to their public duties thereafter would be subject to endless, intrusive discovery," Jorge Tenreiro of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission argued in the letter motion.
By Jimmy Hoover | July 1, 2024
In its decision, the high court sent internet industry challenges back to the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fifth and Eleventh circuits to examine whether the statutes' unconstitutional applications "substantially outweigh" the constitutional ones.
By Ross Todd | July 1, 2024
Speaking at the federal courthouse in Seattle last week, Ninth Circuit Chief Judge Mary Murguia and her colleagues Consuelo Callahan and Kim McLane discussed their career paths and the biggest challenge about taking on trial and appellate court roles.
By Chris O'Malley | July 1, 2024
"There could be certain employees who choose not to report internally because they have a prospect of a whistleblower award at DOJ," said Steve Fagell, a Covington & Burling partner.
By Cheryl Miller | June 28, 2024
Testifying at the State Bar Court trial of private attorney Michael Libman, Feuer said he didn't know until years later that lawyers working for his city attorney's office crafted a lawsuit meant only to serve as a favorable settlement vehicle.
By Kat Black | June 28, 2024
A Los Angeles jury ordered the NFL on Thursday to pay $4.7 billion in damages to residential subscribers and $96 million to businesses. Federal antitrust law could treble the damages to more than $14 billion.
By Cedra Mayfield | Patrick Smith | June 28, 2024
In this week's Legal Speak episode, Holwell Shuster & Goldberg attorneys Scott Danner and Vincent Levy open up about their prevailing trial strategy that helped plaintiffs counsel secure an $81.3 million jury verdict in Washington on behalf of aircraft startup Zunum Aero Inc. in an underlying trade secret dispute with aerospace giant Boeing.
By Maydeen Merino | June 28, 2024
"This is just another example of a court that is highly skeptical of power being exercised by administrative agencies," said Cary Coglianese, a University of Pennsylvania law professor.
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