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IVF firm faces multiple suits over lab accident

Apr. 19, 2024
By Skyler Romero

The accident is alleged to have killed embryos which were then transferred to patients who didn’t become pregnant.


Career Advice

Apr. 19, 2024



Complaint against Jacob Emrani set to expand

Apr. 19, 2024
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

Emrani’s attorney, Michael W. Feenberg, told Judge David S. Cunningham III that there is an “ironclad” arbitration provision i...


No Pressure

Apr. 19, 2024

Retired judge Glenda Sanders regularly employs a facilitative approach to dispute resolution.



The U.S. EPA announced the first-ever national standards for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also known as “foreve...


The Cohan rule is a legal principle that allows taxpayers to deduct expenses without receipts if they can prove them by other ...



In Ludtke v. Kuhn, Melissa Ludtke claimed that banning her from the clubhouse violated her right to equal protection an...


California should amend its current ballot return process to comply with federal law and protect the dignity and rights of peo...



Parties should draft a comprehensive arbitration clause in an asset purchase agreement, including the process, number and sele...


The State Bar of California filed misconduct charges against John Eastman regarding the 2020 election, but no member of the pu...



The case, which relates to an alleged $13 million still owed to a steel producer, has been mired in cross complaints since it ...


Backers of the initiative said they had collected nearly 1 million signatures, far more than the 546,651 valid signatures they...



Amici pour in for challenge to gig worker measure

Apr. 18, 2024
By Craig Anderson

The state Supreme Court has not scheduled oral arguments for the challenge to Prop. 22, which voters overwhelmingly approved t...


According to the complaint, a vice president at Zurich American Insurance Company sent out an email that accused the employees...



The judge ruled that a 2017 California Supreme Court decision that found pre-dispute arbitration agreements that bar individua...


City Attorney David Chiu argued that changing the name to San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport would damage the ent...



New partners Steven B. Weisburd and Jan E. Dodd will be based in Los Angeles while Ryan S. Cobbs will work in Miami and Ashley...


Discipline trial of former State Bar director ends

Apr. 18, 2024
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Both sides agreed Thursday to forgo closing arguments. Dunn is accused of misusing State Bar funds.



In DeVillier v. Texas, the state removed a takings claim from state court to federal court and then argued that there w...


The California Supreme Court has ruled that amusement rides, such as roller coasters, are common carriers and must use the utm...



A jury found former Medivation executive Matthew Panuwat liable for insider trading by trading in Incyte's stock, based on the...


The Second District Court of Appeals recently applied 231.7 in People v. Uriostegui, reversing the conviction and order...



Campaigners behind an effort to recall Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price say they’ve amassed enough signatures to ...


AT&T opposes new FCC regulations to improve customer data protections and data breach reporting requirements.



Testy exchanges erupt in discipline trial of Joe Dunn

Apr. 18, 2024
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The trial has been ongoing, with the sides discussing wrapping up by Thursday.


The district will be prevented from using the facility other than to lease it to a charter school.



First Amendment scholars warned that similar disputes over speech are likely to rage this year as Israel battles Hamas terrori...


A tentative order from judge Kenneth R. Freeman’s tentative order sustained, in part, and overruled, in part, Regal Medical Gr...



Amazon is currently litigating two separate antitrust lawsuits, accusing it of using its agreements with third-party retailers...


Approximately 1,400 pages of search warrants, affidavits, docket sheets and judicial records related to the FBI’s investigatio...