Civil Litigation
New filing claims 'no guarantee' that Golden Gate students can transfer to other law schools
By Wisdom Howell
The plaintiffs, a group of students and GGU's alumni association, are seeking an injunction to keep the J.D. program open thro...
U.S. Supreme Court, Government, Bankruptcy, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Kennedy urges judges and attorneys to promote civility at 9th Circuit Judicial Conference
By Craig Anderson
9th Circuit Chief Judge Mary H. Murguia said the court is working to update its case filing system with a new system, the Appe...
Technology, Law Practice
After ransomware attack, LA Superior Court is nowhere near back to business as usual
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
One attorney has resorted to printing out case files and having them messengered to the court, while several judges continued ...
Technology, Law Practice
Presiding Judge Samantha P. Jessner advised attorneys and other court users not to expect the court to "function fully and com...
Government
Attorneys in California give high marks to Harris' work as DA and AG
By Malcolm Maclachlan
"She had a unique ability to connect with people," former Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O'Malley said.
Technology, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Huawei says Netgear trying to turn contract dispute into racketeering
By Devon Belcher
Attorneys for Huawei Technologies say claims the conglomerate "intends to 'dominate the world' and 'illegally dominate the mar...
Data Privacy
Law firm files state lawsuits targeting Google's Incognito mode
By Wisdom Howell
In its federal filing, Potter Handy accused one of the law firms leading a class action against Google of drafting the settlem...
Labor/Employment, Civil Procedure
Judge skeptical of request to keep identity secret in Blackberry harassment suit
By Sunidhi Sridhar
"I will tell you that the federal courts believe in openness, transparency, and information made public," U.S. Magistrate Judg...
Technology, Law Practice
LA County court closed because of ransomware attack
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
As of Monday afternoon, it was unclear if normal court operations would resume Tuesday. Law firms have struggled to file new c...
Government
San Francisco sues Temple Nightclub owners over missing settlement payments
By Wisdom Howell
The County and City of San Francisco is suing the company seeking roughly $171,000 that was to be paid to current and past emp...
Real Estate, Government
Biden's 'moderate' rent control policy unlikely to see daylight
By Jack Needham
Real estate and tenant rights lawyers weigh in on what a recent proposal to cap rental increases nationally would mean for the...
U.S. Supreme Court, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit conference opens with a review of Supreme Court's term
By Craig Anderson
"This was a John Roberts term," Stanford Law School professor Jeffrey L. Fisher told attorneys and judges at the conference in...
Served as a justice on the California Supreme Court.
Technology, Law Practice
LA Superior Court closed Monday due to ransomware attack
The attack occurred in the early hours of Friday morning and is unrelated to the global IT outage caused by CrowdStrike softwa...
Class Action, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit appears inclined to reinstate class action over Chrome browser
By Craig Anderson
Plaintiffs argue that the company violated its promise that any personal information provided while using Chrome would not be ...
Labor/Employment
Judge pauses Wonderful unionization efforts
By Skyler Romero
Judge Bernard C. Barmann Jr.'s ruling on Thursday said Wonderful was likely to prevail in its claims that United Farm Workers ...
Contracts
Marathon Digital Holdings was found to have violated its contract with the individual after failing to compensate him for prov...
Community News
San Diego attorney honored for pro bono work with nonprofit and entrepreneurial organizations
By Diana Bosetti
Erik T. Johnson was recognized by the California Lawyers Association with a Labor and Employment Law Pro Bono Achievement Awar...
Technology, Labor/Employment
Growing scrutiny for bias in AI hiring software
By Sunidhi Sridhar
A novel discrimination lawsuit against Workday Inc.'s applicant screening software has been filed by Derek Mobley, a 50-year-o...
Criminal, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Appeals court reinstates rioting charges against white supremacist group leader
By Craig Anderson
The decision is a sharp rebuke of now-retired U.S. District Judge Cormac J. Carney of Santa Ana.
Civil Litigation
Southwest accused of failing to protect minor against in-flight assault
By Devon Belcher
The lawsuit claims the airline's staff knew the industry had a growing problem with reported in-flight sexual assaults, and th...
Civil Litigation
Outed priest sues gay dating app developer over privacy violations
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Attorneys for Jeffrey Burrill claim that Grindr LLC concealed from him that his data would be sold to third parties and that i...
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Law Practice
Several state courts have advised that their operations have been impacted by the outage, caused by an issue with Microsoft an...
Government
LA reaches settlement with street vendors banned near iconic sites
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
"We got everything that we asked for from the court and more," said Katherine J.G. McKeon, an attorney with Western Center on ...
Insurance, California Supreme Court
State Supreme Court rules in favor of plaintiff in insurance code dispute
By Sunidhi Sridhar
The court overturned a divided appellate court, stating that the one-year deadline outlined by Sec. 2071 of the California Ins...
Judge concerned Girardi continuance request was 'long in the making'
By Devon Belcher
U.S. District Judge Josephine L. Staton granted the disgraced lawyer's motion to sever himself and co-defendant Christopher Ka...
Criminal, Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit to reconsider handgun possession conviction under Bruen
By Craig Anderson
The court will reconsider the case following a U.S. Supreme Court decision last month reversing a 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Ap...
Obscure federal act at center of challenge to LGBTQ+ parental notification ban
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 allows parents to access and challenge school records. It could be in li...
Real Estate
Shoe brand Allbirds accused of failing to pay rent on SF headquarters
By Wisdom Howell
The lawsuit claims that Allbirds' back rent payments amount to $51,486 but seeks damages of more than $1 million.