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...
Judges and Judiciary
Biden likely to select more traditional judge nominees as election nears, supporters say
By Craig Anderson
People involved in the selection process say one desire is to avoid embarrassing exchanges between nominees and U.S. Sen. John...
Technology
Irvine technology company wins $26M for breach of contract
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Latham & Watkins was hired late in the litigation to try the case against the Taiwan-based defendant company.
U.S. Supreme Court
3 rules on attorney civility await Supreme Court’s OK
By Devon Belcher
If approved by the state high court, the rules would require lawyers to annually affirm or reaffirm the oath when paying their...
Humane Society asks to join state’s defense of exotic skins import ban
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“Granting applicants ‘full party’ status in this case … would only serve to delay the proceedings, unnecessarily complicate th...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
The main change is that bar trustees must report foreseeable financial conflicts, rather than the current requirement to repor...
Judges and Judiciary
Judicial Council changes courthouse name policy
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Courthouses may now be named for the living or recently deceased, opening up possibilities other than geographical designations.
Criminal
Judge leaning against Girardi’s expert witness, a defense lawyer
By Sunidhi Sridhar
The judge said she had the “greatest respect” for criminal defense attorney Katherine T. Corrigan but wondered why her testimo...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Panel: Halt at state line doesn’t moot arbitration clause
By Craig Anderson
Attorneys for Domino’s argued that the shipment of mushrooms, cheese and other pizza toppings was a two-step process that came...
“On March 13, 2023, Orrick detected that an unauthorized third party gained remote access to a portion of its network, includi...
Judges and Judiciary
CPUC head’s meetings with utilities not protected, judge rules
By Skyler Romero
With Friday’s ruling, Superior Court Judge Mitchell L. Beckloff found that the requested meeting invitations do not constitute...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Bar board agrees to report all financial interests, reject expensive gifts
By Devon Belcher
“These proposed changes will conform the code to the Political Reform Act, including by requiring trustees to report all finan...
The plaintiff, represented by attorneys from the Center for American Liberty, said she has a constitutional right to make this...
Environmental & Energy
US Forest Service sued over EIS for logging project
By Jonathan Lo
The plaintiffs argue that the Forest Service only prepared three Environmental Assessments and associated Findings of No Signi...
Civil Rights
Parents of disabled Jewish children seek injunction on state policy
By Sunidhi Sridhar
The plaintiffs do not have standing because they could not show that the religious schools the children attend are “able and r...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Does State Bar have sovereign immunity on admissions?
By Craig Anderson
The State Bar says yes, but the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals voted in a decision announced Friday that the question needs...
Judges and Judiciary
Witness says court staff were hostile to Lassen County judge now facing discipline
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Clerks and officials were angry when Judge Tony R. Mallery was elected, a former court operations manager testified in his def...
Immigration
State to provide free legal services to farmworkers
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
“Farmworkers are the backbone of our economy, and we won’t stand by as bad actors use the threat of deportation as a form of e...
Labor/Employment
Staffing agency prevails in dispute with workers’ comp carrier
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The dispute between State Compensation Insurance Fund and ReadyLink Healthcare centered on whether premiums were owed for per ...
Litigation & Arbitration
Family company dispute sees lawyers partially disqualified
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Judge Kevin C. Brazile agreed that attorneys from De Castro Law Group PC would likely be witnesses at trial in a dispute among...
Civil Litigation
49ers to settle data breach lawsuit with 21,000 plaintiffs
By Jonathan Lo
The San Francisco football team maintained it was not liable for negligence and breach of implied contract.
The circumstances surrounding the Chabad of Poway shooting brought to the California Legislature’s “attention that, unless cla...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
4 judges say circuit expanded ‘state-created danger’ law
By Craig Anderson
“But the state-created danger exception finds no support in the text of the Constitution, the historical understanding of the ...
Google did not show that the plaintiff’s claims, which differed between his original and amended complaints, were made in bad ...
