A California federal magistrate judge barred Kirkland & Ellis LLP from subpoenaing confidential personnel information from a former intellectual property associate's prior employers, Paul Hastings LLP and Fish & Richardson PC, in its defense against her discrimination suit, ruling that Kirkland's subpoena requests are "invasive," irrelevant and "amazingly broad."
A California federal judge questioned the EPA and environmental groups on studies linking fluoride exposure to lower IQs during bench trial closing arguments Tuesday, observing that there's a clear dose-response relationship at high levels of fluoride exposure, but at low levels, "the evidence is mixed we've got evidence going both ways."
A California federal magistrate judge appeared skeptical Thursday of Kirkland & Ellis' bid to subpoena confidential personnel information from a former IP associate's prior employers Paul Hastings LLP and Fish & Richardson PC in Kirkland's defense against her discrimination suit, telling counsel the requests seem overbroad and "at best marginally relevant."
Google and Apple consumers urged the Ninth Circuit Wednesday to revive separate proposed class actions alleging that the tech giants violated New York and Minnesota state statutes by unlawfully retaining personally identifiable information collected in connection with video streaming rentals, arguing both statutes create a private right of action.
Tesla urged a California federal judge Tuesday to send to arbitration two proposed class actions alleging that the company falsely advertised inflated mileage ranges for its electric vehicles at the direction of CEO Elon Musk, arguing that the car owners agreed to arbitrate their disputes when they ordered the vehicles.