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Linda Nguyen v. Advanced Management Company

Jul. 26, 2024
By Skyler Romero


SFSUPERIOR

Jul. 26, 2024
By Wisdom Howell



Superior Court Judge Theodore C. Zayner expressed concerns about the adequacy of Rivian's investigation into two former Tesla ...


FAIR Plan coverage limits are illegal, lawsuit claims

Jul. 26, 2024
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Attorney Dylan L. Schaffer says his lawsuit seeking FAIR's compliance with minimum coverage requirements asks the court to do ...



Disney had failed to substantiate that it employs public-facing actors for the purpose of promoting values including respect a...


In remarks delivered at the 9th Circuit Judicial Conference, Justice Elena Kagan also said that the court is issuing too many ...



Associate Justice Goodwin H. Liu wrote that Proposition 22 does not conflict with the Legislature's ability to create and enfo...


Mixed reactions to Newsom's order on encampments

Jul. 26, 2024
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

Thursday's order directs state agencies to draft protocols for removing homeless encampments, relying on the U.S. Supreme Cour...



Despite the finding against the bar's former executive director, Judge Yvette D. Roland recommended a lesser punishment than t...


The word "identical" is found in a different provision of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act, and Congress "intentionally and...



Github

Jul. 26, 2024
By Sunidhi Sridhar


While overall recidivism rates decreased slightly, the number of individuals convicted four or more times increased by 12%.



The plaintiff's attorneys argued that a forklift operator failed to ensure Aguirre was in a safe position before moving the eq...


The recent widespread disruption caused by the CrowdStrike software defect underscores the need for redundancy in law firm tec...



'Blunt Assessor'

Jul. 26, 2024

Working as a neutral has enabled retired Judge Dalila C. Lyons to be more informal.


A trade association submitted an amicus curiae brief in a case brought by a new digital asset exchange against the SEC, seekin...



In a recent case, street vendors in Los Angeles successfully challenged the city’s onerous regulations, marking their second v...


The fallacy of incommensurate balancing is a common issue in legal cases where judges are expected to balance attributes that ...



The “Great Wealth Transfer” is estimated to transfer trillions of dollars from one generation to the next within 20 years. Est...


PLS

Jul. 26, 2024
By Sunidhi Sridhar



The unanimous decision left room for the Legislature to amend the workers compensation law.



Newsom relied on the U.S. Supreme Court's decision last month in City of Grants Pass v. Johnson that ease the way for municipa...


Elizabeth B. Prelogar told a meeting of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that she tries out her Supreme Court arguments o...



18 plaintiffs between the ages of 8 to 17 sued the agency on claims it violated the U.S. Constitution and Clean Air Act by adm...


San Mateo County agrees to pay SWAT team member $8M

Jul. 25, 2024
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Carryn Barker claimed that she was harassed and assaulted by a supervisor.



"What I've seen in the last 10 years is a bit of erosion of the rights of victims," the new president of the National District...


The real causes of the affordable housing crisis are market forces and lack of housing subsidies, not CEQA, which has been ame...



The strongly-worded dissent warned that this ruling would hinder bankruptcy courts in managing cases with numerous abuse claim...


Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo ...