Data Privacy
Federal judge limits California call-recording law to traditional phones
By Daniel Schrager
Finding the statute unambiguous, a Northern District magistrate judge ruled that Section 632.7 does not require consent to rec...
DOJ threatens California over handgun roster, Glock restrictions
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The U.S. Department of Justice warned it will sue California unless the state abandons its handgun roster and impending restri...
After participating in roughly 225 jury trials over a 45-year career as a lawyer and judge, retired Santa Cruz County Superior...
The Judicial Council approved revisions to jury service rules, forms and courtroom scripts replacing gendered language with ge...
Torts/Personal Injury
Legislature approves bill to avert Uber-attorney ballot fight
By Malcolm Maclachlan
SB 623 passed unanimously hours before a deadline to pull competing initiatives from the November ballot.
Constitutional Law, Civil Rights
Huntington Beach tentatively ordered to adopt ranked choice voting
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
A tentative ruling finds Huntington Beach's at-large election system violates the California Voting Rights Act, rejects the ci...
Bayer Roundup win expected to doom thousands of claims
By Alicia Alvarez, Craig Anderson
The U.S. Supreme Court's 7-2 ruling that federal pesticide law preempts state failure-to-warn claims over Roundup gives Bayer ...
Torts/Personal Injury
Uber RICO suit accuses injury lawyers of fraud, not advocacy
By Skyler Romero
Defense lawyers argued Uber's racketeering claims target constitutionally protected litigation activity, while the company ins...
Environmental & Energy
Warehouse owner loses bid to erase Carson odor verdict
By Devon Belcher
A Los Angeles judge denied Prologis' effort to overturn an $8.8 million Carson odor verdict but continued hearing arguments on...
U.S. District Judge P. Casey Pitts ruled that ICE failed to justify policies allowing arrests at immigration courthouses and w...
Government
First Amendment Coalition sues San Jose State over World Cup records request
By Alicia Alvarez
A lawsuit alleges San Jose State University and the California State University Board of Trustees violated the Public Records ...
Land Use
Inglewood wins high-stakes battle over event district advertising
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The city defeated legal challenges from entities tied to Hollywood Park and Intuit Dome, preserving a long-term agreement for ...
Acting District Attorney Melinda Aiello, a nearly 30-year prosecutor and longtime Yolo County deputy, was selected by the Boar...
Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech
Judge restores $82 million hospital verdict after appellate reversal
By Devon Belcher, Laurinda Keys
A Los Angeles judge reinstated Pomona Valley Hospital's full verdict against Kaiser after an appellate court ruled jurors prop...
9th Circuit blocks parts of California school gender identity law
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The ruling, which stems from a lawsuit filed by then-Huntington Beach City Attorney Michael Gates, relies heavily on the U.S....
Government
Uber, trial attorneys advance bill to avoid ballot fight
By Malcolm Maclachlan
SB 623 would cap some medical lien recoveries, expand rideshare driver background checks and allow women riders and drivers to...
Intellectual Property
Judge bars Zync from pursuing ITC trade secrets complaint against BMW
By Daniel Schrager
Senior U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer ruled that a forum-selection clause requiring litigation in Munich governs the pa...
Torts/Personal Injury
Supreme Court bars Falun Gong suit against Cisco under Alien Tort Statute
By Daniel Schrager
In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court held that federal courts cannot create new causes of action under the Alien Tort Statu...
The California News Publishers Association recognized Daily Journal work across reporting, opinion and design.
Technology
YouTube settles before second social media addiction bellwether trial
By Devon Belcher
YouTube reached a confidential settlement with the plaintiff in the next social media addiction bellwether trial, leaving Meta...
Government
Judge orders Riverside to refund $40.8M in water rate case
By David Houston
A Riverside judge ordered the city to refund more than $40.8 million to water customers after finding officials improperly div...
Entertainment & Sports
California Supreme Court grants petition for review in Sonoma State University suit
By Alicia Alvarez
The California Supreme Court is set to review a denied appeal in a lawsuit filed by student-athletes against Sonoma State Univ...
Environmental & Energy
Judge dismisses settled Thomas Fire claims as school case heads to trial
By Devon Belcher
A judge dismissed settled Thomas Fire claims Tuesday while questioning the timeliness of Ojai Valley School's motion for summa...
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft has recruited veteran finance attorney Robert Hayes from Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP as ...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Lawsuit claims AI helped drive up California gas prices
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Federal complaint says Kalibrate software helped gas station operators use competitor data to coordinate prices, raising an ea...
Beyond her written opinions and courtroom work, Irion became one of California's most active judicial educators and ambassador...
Environmental & Energy
Carson residents push for new bellwether trial in warehouse fire litigation
By Devon Belcher
The proposal comes after a jury awarded 24 bellwether plaintiffs $8.8 million in February, a verdict now under attack through ...
Labor/Employment
Uber board sued by shareholders over sexual assault liability and compliance risks
By Daniel Schrager
The suit comes after Uber suffered losses in the first two bellwether proceedings in the federal sexual assault multidistrict ...
Appeals court revives UC Berkeley swimmers' abuse claims against Regents
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The court found the athletes plausibly alleged they did not recognize longtime women's swim coach Teri McKeever's conduct as a...
Intellectual Property
BMW seeks to block Zync's ITC trade secrets case despite 'mandatory laws' exception
By Daniel Schrager
A federal judge is weighing whether a Munich forum-selection clause bars startup Zync Inc. from pursuing a trade secrets compl...