Data Privacy
Browser opt-out signals could shift California business models
By David Houston
Companies may adopt policies that offer the option to override a Global Privacy Control signal or pay a subscription fee, acco...
Real Estate/Development
Tenant advocates prevail in libel lawsuit over mocking tweets
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
A Pasadena jury rendered a complete defense verdict for BASTA Inc. and its founder, Daniel J. Bramzon, in the lawsuit over a p...
A Pasadena jury rendered a complete defense verdict for BASTA Inc. and its founder, Daniel J. Bramzon, in the lawsuit over a p...
Santa Barbara County judge kept working, even after 26 years on bench
Real Estate/Development
Office real estate is in crisis, Allen Matkins survey finds
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The office sector is not expected to fully recover until the end of 2026 as underperforming buildings are redeveloped. San Fra...
Technology, Data Privacy
Fertility center exploited patient information, suit says
By Devon Belcher
“Simply put, defendants put their desire for revenue over their patients’ privacy rights,” John R. Parker Jr. of Almeida Law G...
UC Irvine School of Law professor set standard for internet law scholarship
Constitutional Law, Civil Rights
Berkeley Law says it can’t discipline anti-Semitic free speech
By Sunidhi Sridhar
The Louis D. Brandeis Center sued the UC Regents and UC Berkeley last fall, claiming that various campus organizations have en...
California Supreme Court
Should pretrial detainees be paid minimum wage for work?
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Their complaint, filed by Dan Siegel with Siegel, Yee, Brunner & Mehta in Oakland, demanded relief from involuntary servit...
Contracts, Constitutional Law
State made no contract with Hastings Law founder, judge rules
By Wisdom Howell
Superior Court Judge Richard B. Ulmer issued a final order sustaining a demurrer without leave to amend brought by attorneys f...
Labor/Employment, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
States argue Biden can't impose national minimum wage
By Craig Anderson
“Defendants’ federal contractor minimum wage imposes billions of dollars in new costs … all on the assertion that nebulous mo...
Health Care & Hospital Law
Lawsuit filed over recalled Medtronic insulin pumps
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
The company initiated a recall in October 2019 and replaced the pumps with versions that have more durable black retainer ring...
Arcsoft accused of misleading shareholders about finances and planning to go public in China.
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Constitutional Law
Circuit panel stays judge’s order on background checks to buy bullets
By Craig Anderson
The 2-1 decision reverses, pending appeal, a decision by Senior U.S. District Judge Roger T. Benitez that the law is unconstit...
Litigation & Arbitration, Judges and Judiciary
Judges’ age bias case dismissed, appeal promised
By Wisdom Howell
Superior Court Judge Joseph M. Quinn wrote in his order that the plaintiff judges had failed to show that the time limit on pa...
Civil Rights
Citibank denies discriminating against Armenian customers
By Devon Belcher
"Plaintiff's claims are barred because defendant's actions were supported by race-neutral, objective, substantial, and legitim...
Judges and Judiciary
Chief Justice seeks dismissal of retired judges’ lawsuit
By Wisdom Howell
The attorneys representing Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero argued that the plaintiffs’ last remaining claim for age discrimina...
Class Action
Prominent LA personal injury attorney accused of ‘predatory fees’
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The lawsuit said a personal injury firm charged a ‘flat administrative fee’ and separate ‘administrative fee’ to recoup expect...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
State’s vote by mail and other election laws challenged
By Craig Anderson
The plaintiffs seek a declaration that the defendant counties’ lack of uniform vote counting laws and procedures are violation...
Litigation & Arbitration
Anti-SLAPP motion defeats mogul’s $100M suit against McDonald’s
By Skyler Romero
Hueston Hennigan gets $100M racial bias in advertising claim against McDonald’s dismissed with anti-SLAPP motion.
State Bar & Bar Associations, Constitutional Law
ABA: Law schools must adopt policies consistent with 1st Amendment
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
“In the background, but not influencing the creation of Standard 208, were the widely publicized disruption of a speech at Sta...
Naeve confirmed that his final day of practice came on Dec. 31 and spoke fondly of his colleagues at Jones Day, where he led t...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Class certified for Apple Store users in antitrust suit
By Sunidhi Sridhar
The complaint filed 12 years ago by Wolf Haldenstein accused Apple of monopolizing the app market by banning purchases outside...
Real Estate/Development
2 new attorneys join Stoel Rives' real estate group
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Construction industry specialist Adam C. Witt joined in San Diego, Commercial real estate specialist Kenneth R. Whiting Jr. jo...
Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Lassen County judge engaged in misconduct, special masters find
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The report doesn't make a specific recommendation of removal or other punishment for Judge Tony R. Mallery.
McGeorge law professor was influential voice for legal education
Litigation & Arbitration
McKinsey’s $230M opioid settlement gets judicial OK
By Sunidhi Sridhar
The settlements also include attorney fees of $31 million for lawyers representing the government plaintiffs and $2.3 million ...
Labor/Employment
Lawsuit: Fake court interpreters use real interpreters' identities
By Skyler Romero
A lawsuit has been filed against One Call Corporation, a health care network management company, by the Association of Indepen...
Labor/Employment
Fanatics executive fights DraftKings’ noncompete in California
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Fanatics VIP President Michael Z. Hermalyn is challenging noncompete agreements he signed with his former employer, DraftKings...
The City and County of San Francisco have asked a judge to allow their attorneys to depose Rodrigo Santos, the founder of Sant...