The proceedings cover lawsuits filed against the Catholic Church in California since the 2019 approval of AB 218, which extend...
Civil Rights
Court hears debate on transgender disclosure measure's title
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Proponents of the measure claim Attorney General Rob Bonta’s title for the measure is prejudicing prospective signatories agai...
U.S. Supreme Court, Litigation & Arbitration, Administrative/Regulatory
Judge shopping battle rages in SpaceX's NLRB case
By Craig Anderson
The case has been the subject of an increasingly common struggle over venue and is not done even after Wednesday's 5th Circuit...
Lawyers representing consumer plaintiffs in the case accusing the manufacturers of selling cars with substandard anti-theft fe...
Contracts
Solar panel company fails in attempt to toss contract fraud lawsuit
By Wisdom Howell
The company allegedly withheld some orders to extract a higher price from customers.
Consumer Protection Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Litigation
US judge considers potential bellwether cases in social media addiction litigation
By Sunidhi Sridhar
The first trial of dozens of lawsuits is scheduled for October 2025. The companies argue that the plaintiffs' claims are barre...
Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation
Casting website accused of exploiting actors
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Casting Networks' fee model is in breach of state law and exploits actors, according to a new class complaint.
Civil Litigation
Lawsuit over 'Yesterday' trailer dismissed with prejudice
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The suit was filed in relation to a scene appearing in a trailer for the 2019 film which did not ultimately make it into the f...
Civil Rights
Judge tentatively dismisses complaint over ballot title for transgender youth initiative
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Superior Court Judge Stephen P. Acquisto wrote that AG Rob Bonta's title of "Restricts Rights of Transgender Youth" was "accur...
Health Care & Hospital Law
IVF firm faces multiple suits over lab accident
By Skyler Romero
The accident is alleged to have killed embryos which were then transferred to patients who didn’t become pregnant.
Emrani’s attorney, Michael W. Feenberg, told Judge David S. Cunningham III that there is an “ironclad” arbitration provision i...
Retired judge Glenda Sanders regularly employs a facilitative approach to dispute resolution.
Construction, Civil Litigation
Trial remains set for June in Golden Gate dispute
By Wisdom Howell
The case, which relates to an alleged $13 million still owed to a steel producer, has been mired in cross complaints since it ...
Criminal
Voters likely will get a chance to make changes to Prop. 47
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Backers of the initiative said they had collected nearly 1 million signatures, far more than the 546,651 valid signatures they...
Labor/Employment, California Supreme Court
Amici pour in for challenge to gig worker measure
By Craig Anderson
The state Supreme Court has not scheduled oral arguments for the challenge to Prop. 22, which voters overwhelmingly approved t...
Labor/Employment
Insurer must pay $80M to defamed former employees, Sacramento jury says
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
According to the complaint, a vice president at Zurich American Insurance Company sent out an email that accused the employees...
Litigation & Arbitration
Judge approves arbitration in Citibank Armenian bias case
By Devon Belcher
The judge ruled that a 2017 California Supreme Court decision that found pre-dispute arbitration agreements that bar individua...
Intellectual Property
San Francisco accuses Oakland airport of name infringement and confusion
By Sunidhi Sridhar
City Attorney David Chiu argued that changing the name to San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport would damage the ent...
Law Practice, Class Action
Shook Hardy & Bacon welcomes 4 partners to class action practice
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
New partners Steven B. Weisburd and Jan E. Dodd will be based in Los Angeles while Ryan S. Cobbs will work in Miami and Ashley...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Discipline trial of former State Bar director ends
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Both sides agreed Thursday to forgo closing arguments. Dunn is accused of misusing State Bar funds.
Government
Campaign to recall Alameda County DA want special election
By Wisdom Howell
Campaigners behind an effort to recall Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price say they’ve amassed enough signatures to ...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Testy exchanges erupt in discipline trial of Joe Dunn
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The trial has been ongoing, with the sides discussing wrapping up by Thursday.
Education Law
Judge restricts LAUSD’s ability to box out charter schools
By Skyler Romero
The district will be prevented from using the facility other than to lease it to a charter school.
Constitutional Law
USC had legal right to cancel speech, legal experts say
By Craig Anderson
First Amendment scholars warned that similar disputes over speech are likely to rage this year as Israel battles Hamas terrori...
Data Privacy
Judge set to greenlight data breach action against medical group
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
A tentative order from judge Kenneth R. Freeman’s tentative order sustained, in part, and overruled, in part, Regal Medical Gr...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
SF judge weighs contacting federal counterpart overseeing Amazon suit
By Wisdom Howell
Amazon is currently litigating two separate antitrust lawsuits, accusing it of using its agreements with third-party retailers...
Approximately 1,400 pages of search warrants, affidavits, docket sheets and judicial records related to the FBI’s investigatio...
Torts/Personal Injury
Caltrans wants to argue driver of crashed Tesla was playing video game
By Wisdom Howell
Surviving family members of the driver want to exclude “any reference, evidence, opinion, or argument that Mr. Huang was playi...
Sports, Entertainment attorney Jeffrey M. Lenkov takes role as name partner at boutique firm
By Douglas Saunders Sr.