U.S. Supreme Court
Costa Mesa takes fight over rehab facilities to Supreme Court, impact could be far-reaching
By Skyler Romero
“The cities have been chomping at the bit to shut these sober living homes down, and their plans to do that are tempered only ...
“At no time have the relevant provisions of the California Constitution stated that non-citizens are categorically prohibited ...
Intellectual Property
Pre-1972 copyright claims dismissed against Pandora
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman of The Turtles, most known for their 1967 hit song “Happy Together,” accused Pandora in 2014 of ...
Litigation & Arbitration
‘Weak’ consumer lawsuit against Kroger/Albertsons merger, judge says
By Craig Anderson
“The best outcome you can hope from me is that [the complaint] is unripe,” U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria said.
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Labor/Employment
A team of 35 lawyers, staff leave Strook for Steptoe & Johnson
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The departures come the same month that Strook and Nixon Peabody called off proposed merger negotiations.
Law Practice
Dispute resolution pioneer joins Signature Resolution
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Dario Higuchi, managing director at Signature, said Bruce Edwards will be a significant addition to the office that Signature ...
Environmental & Energy
New lawsuits aim to force cleanup of San Joaquin Valley air
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The cases illustrate the complexity of air quality regulation, involving multiple government entities and several air quality ...
Technology
Tech companies tell 9th Circuit they shouldn’t be sued for partnering with casinos
By Craig Anderson
The appeal is the latest to raise questions about the reach of Section 230, the 1996 federal law that includes a provision tha...
Civil Rights
Woman files challenge to Compass Group’s diversity initiative
By Sunidhi Sridhar
The woman says she was fired for refusing to participate in the food service company’s diversity training.
Litigation & Arbitration
Children blame dad’s drug death on priest sex abuse
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
"This is the first case where a client died in a manner we could relate to the damage from childhood sexual abuse," said Megha...
“According to Google, they do, and they charge advertisers hefty amounts for the privilege of autoplaying their advertisements...
Technology, Litigation & Arbitration
Tesla says ex-technician’s claim for tuition must be arbitrated
By Wisdom Howell
The technician, represented by Larry W. Lee and Simon L. Yang at Diversity Law Group PC, said she was required to take college...
Judges and Judiciary
Judge erred in cutting fees over ‘contingency-fee risk’
By Skyler Romero
The opinion regards attorney fees in a partial victory in Humboldt County Superior Court for plaintiff Laurance Iloff, who suc...
Health Care & Hospital Law
San Diego agrees to pay $4.8M over deadly crosswalk near hospital
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Approximately one year before the collision that killed Jaime Leonen and injured Joseph “Jorge” Lopez, a San Diego police offi...
No dollar amount for the settlement was disclosed, but both parties are to finalize the terms of their agreement for prelimina...
Cigna’s PXDX, the abbreviation for “procedure to diagnosis,” was scrutinized by Congress earlier this year following accusatio...
Labor/Employment
Judge says he likely won’t separate 5 bias claims against UC regents
By Skyler Romero
“There are numerous common issues of fact that justify holding one trial,” Superior Court Judge Stephen Goorvitch wrote in a t...
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Tax
LA utility rate hike was a tax that violated state law, complaint says
By Skyler Romero
In increasing rates without mitigating the effect on the utilities tax, the complaint read, the city violated the state consti...
Technology, Litigation & Arbitration
Activision sanctioned $35K for discovery requests of state lawyers
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Activision said that Rumduol Vuong and Sue J. Noh of the California Civil Rights Department committed ethics violations by wor...
Technology, Litigation & Arbitration
Activision seeks quick end to claim by YouTube music critic
By Sunidhi Sridhar
In 2021, Fantano uploaded a video about pizza slices on TikTok, and the audio has been used in hundreds of thousands of videos...
Based on how the U.S. Supreme Court handled the Trump asylum rules, the Biden administration may stand a good chance of gettin...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit OKs limits on employers’ COVID liability
By Jonathan Lo
"It was obvious from the opinion that the 9th Circuit was pleased with the thoroughness of the response from the Supreme Court...
Law Practice
Retired state court justice joins Signature Resolution
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
On the 2nd District Court of Appeal, Justice Halim Dhanidina reviewed nearly 1,000 appeals spanning a variety of practice area...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Former State Bar director wants remaining charges dismissed
By Devon Belcher
In May, a State Bar Court review panel affirmed Judge Yvette Roland’s dismissal with prejudice of most of the charges because ...
Health Care & Hospital Law
Protecting geodata is complicated, lawmakers find
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Law enforcement officials warned that limiting access to geodata near abortion clinics would hurt investigations. Then came th...
“This case belongs in California Superior Court because plaintiff’s claim under California’s Unfair Competition Law is about d...
Real Estate/Development
Landlords sue LA, say rent hike ban reduces housing units
By Skyler Romero
“By preventing landlords from raising rents even modestly to account for the drastic cost of living increases and sky-high inf...
“EssilorLuxottica is the instigator and primary enforcer of a national price-fixing scheme in the consumer eyewear market,” as...