I’d like to think I’ve been part of organizations connecting lawyers with people for good for the last thirty years. Our success measured by our level of care and how many people we’ve helped. My latest and maybe my last cause, The Library at LexBlog.
Knowing the loved ones people lost twenty five years ago today and with it realizing…
The trademark fight over Lady Gaga’s Mayhem era is over. In this episode of The Briefing, Weintraub Tobin partners Scott Hervey and Tara J. Sattler break down the dismissal of Lost International’s lawsuit over the use of “Mayhem” on Gaga’s album, tour, and merchandise.They cover:
Trey Hunter graduated from McGeorge’s Master of Public Administration (MPA) program in 2019. Today, he serves as the Acting Budget Director for the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, an enterprise department providing water, power, and sewer services in San Francisco and the broader region.Trey and his team are responsible for an operating budget of about $2 billion a year, supporting…
As U.S. legal education undergoes major changes, a University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law professor is helping to set new standards for law schools across the country.Professor Michael Hunter Schwartz was selected to join the Bar Association Accreditation Council in early August, which is responsible for accrediting all Juris Doctor programs in the U.S. The council brings together…
Twitter (“X”) doesn’t have a limit of 280 characters anymore for premium users – and that seems to include most of the users I’m learning from and engaging.
As you go by your first 280 characters Twitter will display a message that reads “Only the first 280 characters will be visible on the timeline.” Works akin to a headline on…
A recently published California Court of Appeal decision, Morales v. Superior Court, provides an excellent example of why the precise wording of an arbitration agreement matters. A relatively small difference in contractual language ultimately determined whether an employee’s discrimination and wrongful termination claims would be decided in private arbitration or in court. For employees with potentially significant discrimination, retaliation,…
Tyra Banks is suing Netflix over how her interview was edited in the documentary Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model. In this episode of The Briefing, Weintraub Tobin partners Scott Hervey and Tara J. Sattler break down Banks’ defamation and false light claims, the release she signed before filming, and Netflix’s attempt to end the case under California’s anti-SLAPP law.
In this episode, they cover:
Lawyers could learn a lot from artists when it comes preserving the lawyer’s published work.
As Anna Trammel, Project Manager, Community Programs for the Internet Archive puts it,
“Artists today use their websites as more than a business card– they are an online portfolio, CV, document of artistic evolution, and works of art in their own right. They are…
This June, the Internet Archive hosted the National Summit on Local News Preservation through their Today’s News for Tomorrow (TNT) bringing together journalists, librarians, archivists, and researchers to develop recommendations for newsrooms and cultural heritage organizations and for preserving local news.
The preface of their report laid out some dire circumstances.
“Local news in the United States is disappearing, and…
