Labor/Employment
San Francisco can’t force airlines to offer certain employee benefits
By Sunidhi Sridhar
The two civil penalty provisions in the Healthy Airport Ordinance “carry the force of law and thus render the city a regulator...
Litigation & Arbitration
Designer says Erika Girardi incited US probe to get money back
By Skyler Romero
The lawsuit filed on Tuesday claims the U.S. Secret Service opened an investigation into Christopher Psaila and his company, M...
Litigation & Arbitration
Hawaii venues for wildfire suits may give utility better defenses
By Jonathan Lo
In California — not Hawaii — utilities can be held liable just because their equipment was there, even if it was well maintain...
Law Practice, Education Law, Criminal
Gregory Trimarche denied all the allegations of illegal activity or misconduct — including charges of assisting or inducing ot...
Construction
Construction company claims $30M owed for West LA project
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
William L. Miltner of Miltner & Menck states that the project’s general contractor, Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction Co. su...
Technology
Bribery charge reinstated against Apple’s security chief
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Thomas Moyer, represented by attorneys at Swanson & McNamara LLP in San Francisco, was indicted in 2020 for allegedly offe...
Technology, Litigation & Arbitration
Samsung arbitration contracts one-sided, judge rules
By Jonathan Lo
Santa Clara County Judge Evette D. Pennypacker said the company can’t restrict an employee to arbitration but reserve its own ...
Litigation & Arbitration, Education Law
Bonta sues school district over LGBT disclosure policy
By Skyler Romero
On July 20, the Chino Valley Unified School District adopted a mandating that teachers notify parents within three days when t...
Litigation & Arbitration
ByteDance says plaintiff’s forgery claims hurt his credibility
By Wisdom Howell
ByteDance’s counsel, Charles Thompson of Greenberg Traurig LLP, cited two documents which bear signatures that plaintiff Yinta...
Litigation & Arbitration, Criminal
Women sue restaurant for porn actor’s assaults
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
“Rainbow Bar would give permission and would knowingly allow … Ron Jeremy, to use the employee’s restroom to sexually assault ...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Illumina sets up major challenge to FTC authority
By Craig Anderson
“The Commission asks this Court to do what no court ever has: Affirm an unprecedented exercise of administrative power to bloc...
Civil Litigation
Family files first wrongful death claim over Maui fire
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The lawsuit was filed by California firm Singleton Schreiber. Also, Maui County sued power companies over the wildfire. The co...
Parker S. Kennedy donated $10 million for law student scholarships and another $1 million for an endowed professorship.
Judges and Judiciary
Chief justice announces Judicial Council appointments
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Many of these appointees are returning to committee leadership, which will help us make steady progress on our ongoing priorit...
Justice Leondra R. Kruger, writing for the California Supreme Court court on Thursday, reversed a 6th District Court of Appeal...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit: Trial judges can rule on MDL common funds
By Sunidhi Sridhar
After settling the claims, the law firms moved to exempt the recoveries of their clients whose cases were not included in the ...
At least four states have passed right to repair laws since 2020, and up to 20 more including California are considering them.
Civil Litigation
First investor lawsuit filed against Hawaii utility over wildfire
By Jonathan Lo
The lawsuit was filed in federal court in San Francisco by Jennifer Pafiti, Jeremy A. Lieberman and J. Alexander Hood II of Po...
Environmental & Energy
Environmental group may appeal Diablo Canyon case dismissal
By Wisdom Howell
Friends of Earth disagrees with Superior Court Judge Ethan P. Schulman’s sustaining of PG&E’s demurrer to the lawsuit that...
Government
Tribe seeks to claw back provisions of gaming compact
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Nearly two dozen California tribes with casinos have sued Gov. Gavin Newsom for allegedly using compact negotiations to force ...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Stanford professor testifies against John Eastman’s legal theories
By Skyler Romero
Defense attorney Randall A. Miller had asked the State Bar Court judge to abate the bar hearing because of Eastman’s right not...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Bar board mulls new non-exam licensure proposal
By Devon Belcher
If the proposal for licensure following 700 to 1,000 hours of supervised law practice is submitted and rejected by the state S...
Labor/Employment
DOJ says SpaceX is biased against asylees and refugees in hiring
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Elon Musk posted on his Twitter account in 2020 that U.S. law requires people to have “at least a green card” to be hired at S...
Litigation & Arbitration
Bid to enforce San Francisco homeless injunction tabled
By Craig Anderson
U.S. Magistrate Judge Donna M. Ryu denied part of plaintiffs’ motion claiming San Francisco was not complying with her order c...
Law Practice
Former state lawmaker opens solo law firm in Simi Valley
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
One component of Bob Hertzberg's legal practice is providing strategic advice to larger law firms on complex policy issues, re...
Yisrael Gelb of Gelb Law APC in Beverly Hills said in response: “There are existing laws in place to protect speakers who are ...
Entertainment & Sports
Claim against CBS says pitch meeting created implied contract
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
The complaint states that CBS violated what the plaintiff says is a long-standing practice in the entertainment industry in wh...
A unanimous Supreme Court ruled that the appellate court used the wrong standard to decide the case involving minority voting ...
Litigation & Arbitration
Witness: Eastman’s views ‘extraordinary and radical’
By Skyler Romero
John C. Eastman’s attorney, Randall A. Miller, objected to expert witness testimony by a Stanford Law School professor, on the...
Criminal, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Inmates lose bid for monitoring of solitary confinement
By Jonathan Lo
9th Circuit Judge Ryan D. Nelson found that the settlement agreement established narrow conditions for granting 12-month exten...