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Consumer Law


SF ticket processor accused of concealing fees

Sep. 23, 2024
By Wisdom Howell

Peek Travel is accused in a California state court of breaching New York statute by adding fees at check out and failing to pr...


Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


An amicus curiae brief filed by a host of religious denominations said a 9th Circuit panel decision to revive former member J...


Land Use


Newsom threatens to sue more cities over housing

Sep. 20, 2024
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Newsom boasted of his success in suing cities that have bucked his earlier housing initiatives.


Evie Pei Jeang, who specialized in cross-border divorces, is accused of stealing from a client-trust account.


Intellectual Property


For the third time in two years, a jury is hearing counterclaims from members of a defunct female pop group, the OMG Girlz, wh...


Corporate, Civil Rights


Lead plaintiffs' counsel Dennis S. Ellis, a partner at Ellis George LLP, said he took issue with the fact that his colleague f...


Data Privacy


The putative class action differs from other cases targeting the use of pixel tracking technology by seeking relief under an A...


Slater Slater Schulman LLP said it represents more than 100 former students of the teacher, who is now imprisoned.



Savors the Battle

Sep. 20, 2024

Arbitrator Michael Solner likes watching good attorneys ply their craft.


State Bar & Bar Associations, Business Law


2024 Association of Business Trial Lawyers Northern California President Ragesh K. Tangri shares his insights on tech-related ...


Labor/Employment, Banking


A former Bank of the West worker claims the bank and its parent company, Bank of Montreal, retaliated against him after he air...


Technology, Government


A lawsuit seeking injunctions was filed less than an hour after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two laws to ban parody or deceptive v...


Intellectual Property


The Oakland Port Commission unanimously voted this year to transform Oakland International Airport into San Francisco Bay Oakl...


Amazon promotes the yet-to-be-released show as "the world's largest live gameshow" with the "biggest single prize in the histo...


The February 2022 investment was structured as a promissory note with personal guarantees.


Judges and Judiciary


She was appointed to the superior court in 2012 by Gov. Jerry Brown and has worked as supervising judge of the civil division ...


International Law, Government


The stolen art bill was inspired by family of man who gave Nazis a painting in exchange for an exit visa.


Real Estate/Development, Government


MV Realty is accused of engaging in a predatory scheme targeted at vulnerable homeowners looking for financial help.


Bankruptcy


The dispute concerns whether the FDIC, as receiver for the defunct bank, has the right to all its documents, including those t...


Entertainment & Sports, Antitrust & Trade Reg., 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


"While FINA never imposed sanctions on any athletes for participating in non-FINA events, plaintiffs point to ample evidence t...



Judge rejects Target's attempt to dismiss stabbing case

Sep. 18, 2024
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

The company had an affirmative duty to the customers who were stabbed by a man who entered a Los Angeles store and grabbed a k...


Labor/Employment


One Workplace is accused of forcing its employees to attend meetings off the clock, in a lawsuit filed in Santa Clara County.


Civil Procedure, Civil Litigation


The claims of a conspiracy by importers, certifiers and packers of foreign honey failed the particularity requirement for frau...


Environmental & Energy


Sites Reservoir project puts new laws to the test

Sep. 18, 2024
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Donald B. Mooney, representing the Friends of the River, told appellate justices that new laws speeding up environmental revie...


The complaints detail 217 reported auto collisions on the short stretch of highway between 2012 and 2023.


RPMG "literally treated their embryos like trash," said plaintiffs' attorney Adam Wolf.



Newport Beach doctor accused in lawsuit of sexual assault

Sep. 18, 2024
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

The doctor, already facing criminal charges in relation to his alleged sexual assault of patients, is being sued by one of hi...


Government, Civil Litigation


Like many other states, California has been grappling with a shortage of skilled court reporters. Even a $30 million annual ap...


Experts say a recent ruling in Los Angeles invalidating a local ban on oil drilling highlights the tension between city- and s...


The latest lawsuit accuses Beverly Hills of imposing illegal requirements on the property developer to avoid deciding on the p...