Technology, Communications Law
Babylon Bee, Minds Inc. challenge state hate speech law
By Malcolm Maclachlan
AB 587 passed on a combined 99-3 vote in the California Assembly and Senate, with several Republicans voting yes. But a Senate...
Trial courts await guidance on challenges to cannabis social equity programs
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Some municipalities across the county, including Los Angeles and Sacramento, are introducing cannabis licensing programs that ...
Two California district attorneys called for amendments to AB109, passed in 2011, which requires certain convicts to be housed...
Civil Litigation
JUUL settles with 6 states for $462M in teen targeting case
By Wisdom Howell
California Attorney Rob Bonta’s office had sued Juul on behalf of the Los Angeles County District Attorney and the County of L...
Litigation & Arbitration
Monster gets permanent injunction against Vital
By Jonathan Lo
Monster said Vital Pharmaceuticals falsely claimed to potentially billions of people its BANG is superior to other energy drin...
Technology
More school districts sue social media, alleging harm to kids
By Skyler Romero
The case is the latest that this coalition of law firms has filed on behalf of school districts against the California-based s...
McDermott Will & Emery
Litigation & Arbitration
PG&E employee’s counsel sanctioned $3K in discovery spat
By Wisdom Howell
The plaintiff’s counsel, Dow W. Patten of Forthright Law PC argued that PG&E “jumped the gun” and didn’t meet and confer b...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
US judge wrongly applied statute of limitations on securities class action
By Sunidhi Sridhar
If facts relevant to the claim are discovered after the statute of limitations has expired, the claim should still be consider...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Disbarred lawyer challenges repayment of security fund
By Devon Belcher
Julius M. Engel is alleging the State Bar won’t reinstate him until he repays funds the agency gave to a former client, though...
The California Public Defenders’ Association has thrown its support behind the bill after its author made several changes they...
Litigation & Arbitration
Draft federal Colorado River plan could set off chain of litigation
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
The Bureau of Reclamation, which oversees water resources in the West, is in a race against time to manage a rapidly declining...
Litigation & Arbitration
Elderly Girardi client ‘can wait’ to pursue funds, defense counsel argues
By Skyler Romero
Attorneys for the client seeking allegedly misappropriated funds asked that ex-Girardi Keese lawyer David Lira’s deposition su...
U.S. District Judge Jacqueline S. Corley dismissed the gamers’ initial complaint without prejudice on March 20 because she fo...
Environmental & Energy
Earthjustice says it is settling suit over small refineries’ pollution
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
The settlement would have the South Coast Air Quality Management District “revise their regulations to remove the exemptions, ...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit hears arguments on LA County eviction ban
By Sunidhi Sridhar
“Then how can he possibly not have standing to challenge the constitutionality of the act that’s being applied to him?” 9th Ci...
Intercontinental Exchange Inc. and Black Knight Inc. own the two most dominant loan origination systems in the nation.
Real Estate/Development
City had duty to affirmatively create housing, panel finds
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The comprehensive, 98-page ruling took a strict view of the definition of “substantial compliance” with the housing element la...
According to the complaint, the Air Force failed to provide deaf employees and applicants with American Sign Language interpre...
“The causation holding in the opinion is a significant victory for policyholders and a significant clarification of the law in...
Real Estate/Development
AG seeks penalties, injunction against Huntington Beach over housing
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
City attorney, Michael Gates said the state was wasting taxpayer money with its lawsuits, and that the city would fight back.
Litigation & Arbitration
State drops caste bias action against 2 Cisco employees
By Wisdom Howell
Suhag Shukla, executive director of the Hindu American Foundation, which has opposed designation of caste as a protected class...
Litigation & Arbitration
Sweetgreen changes name of burrito to end Chipotle’s claim
By Sunidhi Sridhar
The settlement was announced two days after Chipotle filed a trademark infringement lawsuit.
The Church of the Celestial Heart claims state and federal agents ignored U.S. Supreme Court precedent when they conducted a 2...
Wills, Estates & Trusts
Receiver for Skid Row Housing Trust says $5M needed for cleanup
By Skyler Romero
Granting the Los Angeles city attorney’s urgency petition, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mitchell L. Beckloff allocated $50...
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar seeking members for specialized committees
By Devon Belcher
“Where specialized experience or credentials are required, for example, the Committee of State Bar Accredited and Registered S...
California Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero administered the oath of office to all three jurists.
Litigation & Arbitration, Labor/Employment
Kanye West’s school lacks chairs, has too much sushi, suit says
By Skyler Romero
The rapper, who acts as CEO, secretary and CFO of the Donda Academy in Simi Valley, is a defendant in the case filed by Ronald...
US judge refuses to grant class status to protestors suing San Jose police
By Jonathan Lo
Senior U.S. District Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton ruled that because the NAACP brought claims not only against police leadership ...
The judge’s spouse was on the Judicial Council when it adopted the term limit plan for the Assigned Judges Program, which the ...