• September 4, 2019 | Law.com

    What's Next: Bitcoin's Purported Founder Ordered to Fork Over Half His Fortune + Pleading the Fifth with Your Thumb + State Appeals Court Clarifies Concealment in Sexual Blackmail Case

    A self-proclaimed founder of Bitcoin is ordered to split ownership of his estimated $10 billion worth of bitcoin with the estate of his former business partner in a case that some say demonstrates that judges can keep up with crypto nerds.

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  • People v. Trujillo

    Publication Date: 2017-09-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-09-21
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Xavier Becerra, Attorney General, Julie L. Garland, Assistant Attorney General, Michael Pulos and Britton B. Lacy, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: James M. Crawford, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. D071715

    Electronics search condition reasonably related to preventing first-time offender's future criminality (Haller, J.)

  • In re N.R.

    Publication Date: 2017-09-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-09-21
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kamala D. Harris, Xavier Becerra, Attorneys General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Steven D. Matthews, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, and Analee J. Brodie, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Esther R. Sorkin, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: 2d. Juv. No. B278221

    No abuse of discretion in juvenile court's refusal to dismiss delinquency petition and seal record for juvenile offender who dropped out of school (Perren, J.)

  • F.E.V. v. City of Anaheim

    Publication Date: 2017-09-20
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Civil Rights
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Date Filed: 2017-09-19
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Law Offices of Dale K. Galipo, Dale K. Galipo and Melanie T. Partow for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
    for defendant: Kristin A. Pelletier, Acting City Attorney, and Moses W. Johnson IV, Assistant City Attorney, for Defendants and Respondents.

    Case Number: No. G052460

    Justice not served by giving preclusive effect to judgment based entirely on subsequently reversed federal court decision (Fybel, J.)

  • In re C.M.

    Publication Date: 2017-09-18
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-09-15
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas E. Montgomery, County Counsel, John E. Phillips, Chief Deputy County Counsel, and Paula J. Roach, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Jamie A. Moran, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. D072056

    Conditional removal order contravened dependency scheme and violated family's due process rights (Huffman, J.)

  • Sharp Image Gaming, Inc. v. Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians

    Publication Date: 2017-09-18
    Practice Area: Native American Law
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure | Federal Government
    Date Filed: 2017-09-15
    Court: C.A. 3rd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: DLA Piper, Matthew R. Jacobs, Steven S. Kimball and Todd M. Noonan for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Dentons US, Paula M. Yost and Ian R. Barker; Kerr & Wagstaffe, James M. Wagstaffe, Daniel A. Zaheer and Kevin B. Clune; and Mary Kay Lacey for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. C070512

    Indian Gaming Regulatory Act preempted enforcement of gaming machine supplier's unapproved management contracts with Indian tribe (Murray, J.)

  • People v. Leonard

    Publication Date: 2017-09-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-09-13
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Xavier Becerra, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Julie L. Garland, Assistant Attorney General, Collette C. Cavalier and Arlene A. Sevidal, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Patrick J. Hennessey, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. D070980

    Driver need not personally incur traffic violation points in order to be convicted of reckless driving while evading police officer (Huffman, J.)

  • Global Modular, Inc. v. Kadena Pacific, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2017-09-11
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Construction
    Date Filed: 2017-09-08
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Larson & Gaston, John B. Larson, and Gloria G. Medel for Cross-defendant and Appellant.
    for defendant: K&L Gates, Timothy L. Pierce, and Kate G. Hummel for Defendant, Cross-complainant, and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. E063551 No. E063551

    No entitlement to offset where settlement payment and jury award arose from different claims (Slough, J.)

  • People v. Harris

    Publication Date: 2017-09-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-09-06
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Xavier Becerra, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Julie L. Garland, Assistant Attorney General, Barry Carlton and Sabrina Y. Lane-Erwen, Deputy Attorneys General for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Randy Mize, Chief Deputy Public Defender, and Michael Begovich, Deputy Public Defender for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. D070711

    Prop 47 reduction of felony conviction to misdemeanor did not entitle offender to expungement of DNA sample from state database (Benke, Acting P.J.)

  • San Luis Rey Racing, Inc. v. California Horse Racing Board

    Publication Date: 2017-09-07
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Agriculture | Entertainment and Leisure
    Date Filed: 2017-08-14
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Webb & Carey, Patrick D. Webb, and Kevin A. Carey for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Xavier Becerra, Attorney General, Chris A. Knudsen, Assistant Attorney General, Christine Mersten, and Lindsey M. Stevens, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendant and Respondent.

    Case Number: No. D069680

    Stable did not have right to share of race tracks' off-site stabling business (Huffman, J.)