“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 ...
Litigation & Arbitration
Judge seeks to disqualify colleague in murder resentencing
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Judge Patrick E. Connolly accuses the judge presiding over the resentencing, Daniel J. Lowenthal, of making comments which sho...
Technology, Litigation & Arbitration
Company suing Apple for secrets theft makes rival watch
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Masimo launched its W1 smartwatch under a year ago.
Technology
Silicon Valley tech partner will chair Goodwin Procter
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Anthony J. McCusker joined Goodwin in 2010 to establish the firm’s West Coast Technology practice.
Litigation & Arbitration
More states move to impose rules on litigation funding
By Malcolm Maclachlan
In 2017, the Northern District of California federal court instituted a standing order requiring plaintiffs in class actions ...
Litigation & Arbitration
Robinhood to pay states $10M for shutting out investors
By Devon Belcher
During the outages, which occurred over several days, investors were unable to buy, sell or trade securities through Robinhood...
Judge Dennis J. Landin’s last assignment on the Superior Court was in the Mandatory Settlement Conference program. There he ga...
The outcome of this case could be significant. Plaintiffs argue that hundreds of people await arraignment behind bars every da...
The Public Utilities Commission has either rejected the suggested measures or is still studying them, Lyft’s attorneys argued,...
Tesla’s counsel maintained in filings the jury reasonably interpreted the evidence before them, especially given the jurors ca...
The company’s new general counsel, Brandon Ehrhart, in a LinkedIn pitch aimed at an “experienced partner at a top law firm,” w...
Stockbridge Treasure Island Investment Company LLC and Wilson Meany seek a declaration from the court that negotiations betwee...
Dole, Dow and Shell settle claims over contaminated water at Atwater plant
By Craig Anderson
Dole Packaged Foods sued the defendant companies for strict product liability, negligence, trespass, and nuisance after accusi...
Litigation & Arbitration
Dow and Shell settle claims over contaminated water at Dow's Atwater plant
By Craig Anderson
Dole Packaged Foods sued the defendant companies for strict product liability, negligence, trespass, and nuisance after accusi...
Neutral Judy Hersher does the research to thoroughly explain her reasoning, attorneys say.
Litigation & Arbitration
Target faces 2 suits over homeless man’s stabbing attack
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
The lawsuits filed by partners of Panish Shea Boyle Ravipudi LLP and E & L LLP accuse the retail chain, its landlord, Broo...
Environmental & Energy
State sued over off-road vehicles in Mojave desert park
By Skyler Romero
The recently adopted Red Rock Canyon General Plan authorizes use of a campground and two roads by off-road vehicles “that will...
Litigation & Arbitration
Undercover LA police officers prepare to sue over release of photos
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The data was posted to WatchtheWatchers.net, a searchable database created by a group called the Stop LAPD Spying Coalition. O...
Technology
Could ebook rights loss harm Internet Archive’s other work?
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Last month, U.S. District Judge John G. Koeltl of the Southern District of New York granted summary judgment to four publisher...
Litigation & Arbitration, Labor/Employment
Athletes file another antitrust case against NCAA over pay
By Jonathan Lo
The plaintiffs, present and former Division I college athletes, are represented by attorneys from Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro ...