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Immigration, Government, Civil Litigation


The federal government has been sued for refusing give a stimulus check to a U.S. citizen because her spouse is in the United ...


Data Privacy


A federal judge in San Jose threw out a class action accusing Google of illegally recording, listening to and profiting off of...


Environmental & Energy


Pacific Gas & Electric Co. fined $1.937B for starting 2017-18 wildfires.


Workers' Comp., Labor/Employment


A state executive order that shifts the burden of proof almost entirely to employers for workers' compensation claims related ...


The law amended California’s felony murder rule to eliminate liability for murder under the natural and probable consequences ...


Government, Civil Rights


Many attorneys say Newsom’s right to make such orders is pretty firmly grounded in constitutional and statutory law. But other...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Attorneys who have accepted referrals from LegalMatch could, therefore, be in trouble since there are no disclaimers on its we...


Immigration, Government


The petition, filed April 22 by Harmeet K. Dhillon of the Dhillon Law group and the Center for American Liberty, said the paym...


Judges and Judiciary, Government


Orange County C Superior Court eliminates case management conferences and won’t take case management statements until the end ...


Labor/Employment


By taking out a federal loan to meet growing demands for unemployment benefits across the state, California might be positioni...


Labor/Employment


Uber is allegedly violating an agreement to expand its financial assistance program to provide paid sick leave for drivers les...


Civil Litigation


The University of Southern California is the latest educational institution hit with class actions from students fighting to g...


Judge Samantha P. Jessner said the $75 million didn’t rise to a significant level of harm to taxpayers.


Government


The California Bankers Association and the California Credit Unions League opposed the bill, saying it is too broad.


U.S. District Judge Virginia Phillips said the county “has failed to demonstrate that it is currently taking adequate precauti...


Labor/Employment, Government, California Supreme Court


The California Supreme Court considered arguments Tuesday over a 2013 law that reduced some retirees’ pension benefits in what...


“Interpretation of the producer agreements was solely a judicial function, yet the trial court allowed the jury to perform tha...


LA County Judge Daniel Crowley does a complete analysis of issues before him.


The Los Angeles Registrar-Recorder County Clerk will now accept electronically signed and notarized documents, according to an...


Judges and Judiciary


San Diego County Superior Court plans to re-open May 26. The court's suspension of all non-emergency services is effective thr...


Patricia A. Donahue has been appointed U.S. Magistrate Judge for the Central District.


Labor/Employment, Government


New lawsuit questions recent guidelines issued by the U.S. Treasury Department and Small Business Administration reimposing a ...


Insurance


Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP is escalating its battle against insurers for refusing to cover restaurant losses c...


Labor/Employment


The pandemic's strain on state unemployment funds likely motivated the lawsuit state entities filed against Uber and Lyft Tues...


Government, Civil Rights, California Supreme Court


Governor is taking “legally justified and morally necessary” action says his spokeswoman.


Government


Plaintiffs suing Gov. Gavin Newsom over his emergency orders are starting to get some of what they want, though generally not ...


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


A divided 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel denied the U.S. government's request to stay an Oregon district judge's orde...


Government, Constitutional Law


US judge says governor has the right to close churches

May 5, 2020
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The judge said police actions such as disrupting a church service would be barred “under normal circumstances. ... But sometim...


The complaint filed in the Northern District of California alleges multiple violations of constitutional guarantees, including...


Labor/Employment, Entertainment & Sports


The U.S. women's national soccer team was a victim of its own success when a federal judge dismissed the team's equal pay clai...