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9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


San Francisco has not tried to impose civil or criminal penalties on the airlines, but Shay Dvoretzky, an attorney for Airline...


Insurance


The defendant, Farmers Group Insurance, said it could not have been an employer because the plaintiffs operated their insuranc...


Class Action, Environmental & Energy


LA city sued over ordinance banning oil drilling

Apr. 21, 2023
By Skyler Romero

Plaintiff Bridgeland Resources LLC states in the lawsuit that the city was capricious and acted unconstitutionally in adopting...


Technology


Judge Sunil R. Kulkarni told the parties that he was indifferent about whether the case remains on his docket or is moved. Tri...


Litigation & Arbitration


Manslaughter charges dropped against Alec Baldwin

Apr. 21, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

The tragedy on the set of “Rust” has prompted lawmakers and industry professionals to take action to improve safety standards ...


The Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit last fall alleging that the Interior Department has not been adequately re...


Labor/Employment


Embattled San Diego County public defender is retiringe

Apr. 21, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Randy Mize said he would likely leave in mid-June.


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


This is the governor’s effort to place people who are mentally ill and persistently homeless into court-supervised treatment p...


Litigation & Arbitration


Activision’s landlord sues over lease extension dispute

Apr. 21, 2023
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

“As our lease was about to end, Regus tried to hike the rent (by 59%!) and we said no. So Regus apparently sent an email with ...


According to a minute order of Thursday’s hearing, Carter denied the settlement while lifting a stay on proceedings in the law...


The committee approved the nominations of Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Wesley L. Hsu, a former federal prosecutor, ...


Environmental & Energy


Greenpeace argues that the area in Quebec known as the Montagnes Blanches does not have a clear, consistent definition of what...


Brianna Fuller Mircheff was formerly chief of appeals at the Federal Defender’s office,


Civil Rights


Report: Board diversity increased despite legal setbacks

Apr. 20, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The report released by New York-based Out Leadership, which works to increase LGBT+ presence on corporate boards, said the num...


Technology


SB 662 gives court reporters the right of first refusal to transcribe any hearing. But it would expand rules that allow for el...


Data Privacy


The complaint arises from a ransomware cyberattack in December 2022 in which the medical information and Social Security numbe...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Senior U.S. District Judge William B. Shubb in June 2020 permanently enjoined the state from requiring Monsanto put a cancer w...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The ruling — written by 9th Circuit Judge Mark J. Bennett, an appointee of President Donald Trump — said other circuits have g...


California Supreme Court


The court also directed the bar to develop and report to the court policies for when and how often the board of trustees shoul...


Litigation & Arbitration, Real Estate/Development


Stefanie Pollack accuses her former colleague at Keller Williams Realty, Dennis Chernov, of breach of contract, fraud and unju...


Class Action, Entertainment & Sports


Female athletes cleared to sue San Diego State

Apr. 19, 2023
By Sunidhi Sridhar

This is the first Title IX lawsuit related to athletic scholarships to ask for damages in addition to injunctive relief, plain...



Deloitte, SAP win summary judgment against city

Apr. 19, 2023
By Skyler Romero

Deloitte Consulting was accused of improperly colluding with SAP to win a bid to implement a software system to keep track of ...


Civil Litigation, Criminal


Joshua Ritter said he felt he had a learning curve when he started practicing civil litigation but soon realized that it is ba...


The case was considered an important referendum on the Southern California industrial rental equipment industry


Civil Litigation


AB 1547 would open a one-year window in the statute of limitations for civil cases arising from sexual assaults that took plac...


California Sen. Dianne Feinstein has given no indication she is considering resignation, and the options for Democrats are lim...


Class Action


Stone countertops cause lung disease, lawsuit claims

Apr. 19, 2023
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

The complaint, filed by Metzger Law Group, names 39 defendants. It says that the material safety data sheets supplied with the...


The case is being handled by superb teams of lawyers on both sides, and the Dominion v. Fox case will be talked about for many...


Environmental & Energy


“If every local jurisdiction enacted its own version of Rule 2305, the impact on the nation’s logistics industry would be noth...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Environmental & Energy


Berkeley can’t bypass preemption by banning natural gas piping within buildings rather than banning natural gas products thems...