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Labor/Employment


In a tentative ruling, Sacramento County Judge Timothy W. Salter found the Department of Human Resources had failed to show th...


“The court finds the state board abused its discretion in reversing the district board’s and county board’s decision to deny t...


“This type of speech by an attorney misrepresenting an affiliation with the Los Angeles Police Department encouraging violence...


Real Estate/Development


The petition, filed by attorney Michael W. Shonafelt, accuses Redondo Beach of violating the law that mandates approval of a h...


Civil Litigation


Since the Legislature passed Assembly Bill 218 in 2019 and extended the statute of limitations for alleged victims of child se...


“Anyone who attempts to compromise our public contracting process will face consequences,” said City Attorney David Chiu.


Microsoft and its counsel have pointed to Sony as the biggest player in the video game console market to make their main argum...


Judges and Judiciary


Newsom names 15 judges to 9 superior courts

Jun. 28, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Several of the judges filled new positions created last year.


Entertainment & Sports


“Columbia Pictures relied on the fact that the story was a work for hire,” Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP partner Kelly M. Kla...


Government, Civil Litigation


State courts to get 2-plus years for remote proceedings

Jun. 27, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The amendments added on Saturday to AB 133 and SB 133 would allow courts to hold remote proceedings in civil and juvenile proc...


"Whatever happens in trial court isn't going to end this litigation. It's so big -- so much money is at stake -- it's going to...


Civil Litigation


“Under California’s pleading rules, however, truth, scientific or otherwise, usually cannot be determined on demurrer,” 2nd Di...


U.S. Supreme Court


The university will have to try again on damages, and on the third patent, but it prevailed against Apple’s argument that the ...


A Redwood City software company, Zuora Inc., which provides customer subscription management services, aims to end a lawsuit f...


Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation, Bankruptcy


Johnson & Johnson has maintained throughout the litigation that there is a lack of scientific evidence that its products c...


Technology


The FTC is seeking to enjoin Microsoft from consummating its deal until it can finish its administrative review. Microsoft has...


State Bar & Bar Associations


John C. Eastman declined to answer a State Bar prosecutor when asked to identify people with whom he had discussed alternate e...


U.S. Supreme Court


U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, writing for a court majority that included all the justices appointed by Republica...


U.S. Supreme Court


Pork producers and Attorney General Rob Bonta reached a deal that gives farmers six months to get rid of current stock before ...


Criminal


Crime victims group can’t intervene in LA bail case

Jun. 26, 2023
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

In his order denying Crime Survivors Inc.’s motion to intervene, Judge Lawrence P. Riff noted that if a prospective intervenor...


Environmental & Energy


U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer said Volkswagen's software updates to the devices that were meant to cheat on emissions ...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, a Biden appointee, dissented, accusing the government of essentially rewriting the statute in o...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Facebook has denied the allegation that it created discriminatory exclusion tools in its platform in a motion to dismiss that ...


Civil Litigation


The attorneys said they should be awarded 25% of the $725 million settlement fund for nearly 150,000 hours of work and more th...


Judges and Judiciary


Judge Danny Chou will sit on the 1st District Court of Appeal and Judge David Rubin will sit on the 4th District.


Labor/Employment


Marriott sued over extra fees for worker safety

Jun. 23, 2023
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

Junk fees — surprise charges that drive up purchase prices — cost consumers billions of dollars every year. Bills against them...


Environmental & Energy


Debate over specialized CEQA courts draws strong opinions

Jun. 23, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan

“You will get increased expertise, presumably. But I would suggest that the specificity of that subject matter and its importa...


Government, California Supreme Court


The rule, opposed by many California attorneys, will go into effect Aug. 1.


State Bar & Bar Associations


“We’re being faced with a situation where I have no bullets in my gun on this,” stated Eastman’s attorney, Randall A. Miller o...


Criminal


ACLU, LA County settle lawsuit over jail conditions

Jun. 23, 2023
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

The settlement requires the county to beef up its mental health facilities and services so that mentally ill jail inmates get ...