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The municipal law specialists at the OMLO firm celebrate diversity and inclusion in practice.


The court's decision in Huerta v. CSI Electrical Contractors provides helpful guidance to employers and employees on th...



Employers should review their application forms and interview questions to remove any inquiries about criminal history. They s...


California has a Planning and Zoning Law that allows for mediation in various types of land use and environmental lawsuits, bu...



The power of words

Apr. 22, 2024

Words can be used to create, resolve, or escalate conflicts. Mediators play an important role in facilitating objective assess...


Acquisitions in the artificial intelligence space are becoming increasingly common. Lawyers must have a strong understanding o...



Trial dates set in clergy abuse cases

Apr. 19, 2024
By Skyler Romero

The proceedings cover lawsuits filed against the Catholic Church in California since the 2019 approval of AB 218, which extend...


Proponents of the measure claim Attorney General Rob Bonta’s title for the measure is prejudicing prospective signatories agai...



Judge shopping battle rages in SpaceX's NLRB case

Apr. 19, 2024
By Craig Anderson

The case has been the subject of an increasingly common struggle over venue and is not done even after Wednesday's 5th Circuit...


Lawyers representing consumer plaintiffs in the case accusing the manufacturers of selling cars with substandard anti-theft fe...



The company allegedly withheld some orders to extract a higher price from customers.


The first trial of dozens of lawsuits is scheduled for October 2025. The companies argue that the plaintiffs' claims are barre...



Casting website accused of exploiting actors

Apr. 19, 2024
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

Casting Networks' fee model is in breach of state law and exploits actors, according to a new class complaint.


Lawsuit over 'Yesterday' trailer dismissed with prejudice

Apr. 19, 2024
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

The suit was filed in relation to a scene appearing in a trailer for the 2019 film which did not ultimately make it into the f...



Superior Court Judge Stephen P. Acquisto wrote that AG Rob Bonta's title of "Restricts Rights of Transgender Youth" was "accur...


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...


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...