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Civil Litigation


“Violence and harassment are not tolerated on the Lyft platform, and drivers or riders who engage in such behavior or otherwis...


Insurance, Government


Ironshore Specialty Insurance Co. alleges San Bernardino County entered into the settlement with Colonies Partners without con...


Bankruptcy


“As in any complex matter, a settlement that would provide a distribution to creditors is more favorable than a protracted lit...


Obituaries


Robert Douglas Dalton, 1929 — 2022

Sep. 1, 2022
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Criminal defense lawyer represented famous and infamous


Intellectual Property


“This partnership with FedArb leverages off the strengths of both institutions and deepens SIAC’s ties with the California arb...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


“Although we properly affirmed the dismissal of Javier Vanegas’ false-arrest claim on qualified immunity, I’m left wondering w...


Real Estate/Development, Judges and Judiciary


The pair were romantically involved in June 2015, and Tricia Bigelow – who retired last year from the appellate court has retu...


Health Care & Hospital Law, Government


“This bill also comes with real accountability for local governments that don’t comply with court-ordered treatment plans,” Go...


Technology, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Before a 9th Circuit panel, counsel for the plaintiffs — Jonathan Levine of Pritzker Levine LLP in Emeryville and David S. Gol...


California Supreme Court


The issue has been a major fight in the district attorney’s office, pitting Gascon against line prosecutors, and was a flashp...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Discipline


Lawyer who says judges acted wrongly may face sanction

Aug. 31, 2022
By Christer Schmidt

Edward C. Chung of Seattle wrote he would boycott the hearing by Senior U.S. Circuit Judge A. Wallace Tashima, citing Washingt...


Insurance


“Insureds and additional insureds are mandated to cooperate with Travelers with regard to all aspects of its coverage, includi...


Civil Rights, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


“It’s a great ruling for activists like Morgan Simon who are working with others to champion change. Having the anti-SLAPP sta...


Civil Litigation, California Courts of Appeal


“Plaintiff contends the insurance policy’s civil authority endorsement covered its business losses because the public health o...


Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation


The agricultural biotech giant claimed that the chemical at issue, glyphosate, was deemed to not cause cancer in humans and th...


Health Care & Hospital Law


“Many varieties [of Tylenol products] contain titanium dioxide (TiO₂), a heavy metal and artificial colorant that is harmful u...


Judges and Judiciary


Bill to extend remote civil hearings killed by author

Aug. 31, 2022
By Malcolm Maclachlan

SB 848 would have allowed courts to conduct remote civil proceedings until Jan. 1, 2026. The current rules expire on July 1, 2...


Government, Environmental & Energy


“There’s been a lot of recent talk about whether the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) indirectly overrides West Virginia v. EPA,”...


Intellectual Property


The long-running dispute between the sides has enough strange details to fill up movie comedy: drug-laced candies, an incendia...


Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports


“The plaintiff’s dance is performed by humans in the physical world and the defendant’s emote by animated characters in a virt...


Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation


Molly M. Lens of O’Melveny & Myers LLP said that when the court reads the piece, titled “Top Guns” and published by Califo...


Government, Civil Litigation


“The bullying traumatized Eleri Olive Irons so much that she suffered PTSD, cut herself and sought refuge in the school nurse’...


Civil Litigation


Evan Borges, who represents Erika Girardi, said after the hearing that this was the first time any judge has ruled in her favor.


State Bar & Bar Associations, Discipline


“The State Bar has argued that the harm to the plaintiff members is fleeting on the purported grounds that these confidential ...


Real Estate/Development, Civil Rights


“The Court of Appeal erred in holding that the demonstration outside Geiser’s home did not constitute speech in connection wit...


Land Use, Environmental & Energy


“The bottom line is that Venoco created an emergency when it threatened to leave unmanned a facility that required constant mo...


Technology, Civil Litigation


The class of plaintiffs agreed to settle claims that the company violated state and federal law by facilitating the data harve...


Civil Rights, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


“More than a whiff, a stench of animus against the students’ religious beliefs pervades the Pioneer High School campus,” wrote...


Technology, Civil Litigation


According to the complaint, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has received hundreds of complaints in the las...


Labor/Employment, Judges and Judiciary