On April 15, 2025, after jurors found a line of dolls from the toymaker, MGA Entertainment, Inc. (“MGA”), infringed the trade dress rights of a pop group owned by music artists Clifford "T.I." Harris and Tameka "Tiny" Harris,…
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/ Civil Procedure, Civil Remedies, Intellectual Property
On April 30, 2025, the Federal Circuit issued a decision in Fintiv, Inc. v. PayPal Holdings, Inc. (No. 23-2312), issued on April 30, 2025, upholding the invalidation of Finitiv Inc.’s (“Finitiv”) mobile wallet patents related to…
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/ Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology
In a significant development for California employers, the Court of Appeal in Williams v. Alacrity Solutions Group, LLC recently affirmed the dismissal of a Private Attorneys General Act (“PAGA”) claim brought solely on behalf…
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/ Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
On April 28, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear Celanese International Corp.’s challenge to a Federal Circuit decision which found the company’s patent on the process to create the artificial sweetener used in Coke…
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/ Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology
On May 1, 2025, a federal courtroom in San Francisco became ground zero for one of the most consequential copyright hearings in recent memory. The three hour hearing in Kadrey v. Meta Platforms marked the first major judicial…
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/ Art, Entertainment, & Sports Law, Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology
Until the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Viking River Cruises v. Moriana in 2022, California law had established that Private Attorneys General Act (“PAGA”) claims could not be subject to binding arbitration…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Labor & Employment Law
On April 24, 2025, the California Supreme Court ruled unanimously that a contract provision restricting liability for willful injury was unenforceable under California Civil Code section 1668. This decision was in response to a…
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/ Business Torts, Commercial Law & Contracts
On April 29, 2025, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals revived the copyright infringement case filed by Sound and Color, LLC against Sam Smith, Normani, and related parties (collectively, “Defendants”) concerning the hit song…
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/ Art, Entertainment, & Sports Law, Intellectual Property
In the recent decision of Bradsbery v. Vicar Operating, Inc., a California appellate court addressed the enforceability of prospective written meal period waivers for employees working shifts between five and six hours…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
Q: I am involved in pending litigation and would like to get a receiver appointed. The facts of the case, however, don’t exactly fit into the types of cases enumerated in Cal. Civ. Pro. Code §564(b). Is there some other bases…
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/ Civil Procedure
On April 17, 2025, FDA Commissioner Martin Makary announced a policy directive to limit industry representatives, who are employed by companies regulated by FDA from serving as official members on FDA advisory committees…
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/ Administrative Law, Health
On April 22, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) announced new measures to phase out all petroleum-based synthetic dyes from the U.S. food supply…
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/ Administrative Law, Consumer Protection, Health
On April 10, 2025, the FDA held a public webinar on the updated criteria for companies to use the “healthy” nutrient content claim. This webinar tracked the final rule issued on December 27, 2024…
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/ Administrative Law, Consumer Protection
Less than a year ago, the California Supreme Court in Ramirez v. Charter Communications, Inc. opined, in the context of employment arbitration agreements, that there is no bright line rule that requires a court to refuse…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Labor & Employment Law
The case of Parra Rodriguez v. Packers Sanitation Services LTD., LLC typifies the reason employers and employment counsel must stay on top of arbitration case developments…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
