A federal magistrate judge in Northern California reinstated a $25.7 million jury verdict in favor of EchoSpan, rejecting Medallia’s attempt to overturn the damages award after the Ninth Circuit ruled the jury had a reasonable basis for its findings.
A federal magistrate judge ruled that insurers and Belong Inc. never formed a binding contract because they failed to agree on material terms, including the scope of the release and payment deadlines.
A federal judge in the Northern District of California invalidated a key GoPro patent claim as obvious, vacating a $8.2 million damages award against the camera maker.
A federal judge in San Francisco compelled a former Nordstrom employee to arbitrate his labor claims, finding his electronic signature valid and his unconscionability arguments insufficient to void the agreement.
A federal judge denied Sony’s request for dispositive sanctions in a contract dispute with ESC-Toy, ruling that Sony failed to prove a former executive’s advice constituted 'transactional taint' warranting dismissal.
A federal judge in San Francisco denied a motion to transfer a single claim in an equity dispute over an AI startup to Delaware, ruling that splitting the case would create piecemeal litigation, while dismissing the plaintiff’s fraud and declaratory...
A federal magistrate judge ordered Third Party HireRight, LLC to produce consumer reports and background checks for four Uber drivers passenger sexual assault multidistrict litigation.
A federal judge in Northern California has ordered a trial on whether a plaintiff electronically signed an arbitration agreement, denying a motion to compel arbitration in a putative class action alleging California labor violations.
The Northern District of California ruled that a motion to transfer grant-termination claims to the Court of Federal Claims triggers a partial automatic stay under 28 U.S.C. § 1491(d)(4), but allows challenges to the underlying Department of Energy memo to...
A federal magistrate judge in San Francisco tentatively concluded that the HR tech company engaged in sanctionable discovery misconduct but ordered the parties to negotiate a resolution before imposing penalties.
A Northern District of California judge ruled that an Iranian asylee’s discrimination claims against JPMorgan Chase must proceed in arbitration, but severed the bank’s waiver of public injunctive relief, allowing that specific claim to remain in federal court.
A federal judge ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s biological opinion on the pesticide malathion was arbitrary because it relied on flawed usage data and species range estimates, vacating key parts of the agency’s jeopardy and critical habitat...
A Northern District of California judge denied Deckers Outdoor Corp.’s motion to exclude Last Brand Inc.’s late-produced patent apostilles and rejected the defendant’s bid to shield its CEO from trial testimony, clearing the way for both witnesses to appear...
A Northern District of California magistrate judge ruled that excess insurers must produce group communications involving primary carrier CNA and file their privilege logs publicly, finding the common interest doctrine did not shield the materials.
A federal judge in the Northern District of California has restricted semiconductor company Mattson Technology’s discovery scope in its trade secret lawsuit against Applied Materials, ruling that the plaintiff cannot pursue claims related to unpleaded...
A Northern District of California magistrate judge ordered escalating daily sanctions against attorney Jessica Barsotti for failing to serve prior court orders on her client, Karl Gregoire, in a case marked by repeated missed deadlines.
U.S. District Judge Beth Labson Freeman denied all nine motions in limine Financial Trust’s $1.7 billion lawsuit against the FDIC, allowing the regulator to introduce evidence of the bank run and permitting the Trust to call an economics expert to testify...
A federal judge in San Francisco approved a stipulation allowing relator Ronda Osinek to receive $50.7 million of her share of a $556 million False Claims Act settlement, ruling that a third-party claimant lacked standing to block the payment.
A federal judge in California dismissed a Diocese lawsuit seeking to recover 400 boxes of artifacts from a state university, ruling that a tribal coalition protected by sovereign immunity was an indispensable party whose absence required dismissal.
A federal judge dismissed a class action against Saatva, ruling that its website claims did not violate a California labeling law and that the plaintiff failed to prove imported parts exceeded a 5 percent safe harbor.