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Insurance


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


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


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


California Courts of Appeal, Civil Litigation


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


Civil Litigation, Environmental & Energy


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...


Environmental & Energy, Government


“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...


Entertainment & Sports, Intellectual Property


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


Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports


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


Civil Litigation, Government


“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.


Discipline, State Bar & Bar Associations


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


Civil Rights, Real Estate/Development


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


Environmental & Energy, Land Use


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


Civil Litigation, Technology


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


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


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


Civil Litigation, Technology


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


Judges and Judiciary, Labor/Employment



Immigration


“The Department has withheld and unreasonably delayed the adjudication of Plaintiffs’ diversity visa applications by failing t...


Government, Land Use


Caltrans said the encampment is a threat to public safety as fires frequently break out in the area. Twelve fires have occurre...


Civil Litigation


DAs’ case against ADA law firm likely doomed

Aug. 29, 2022
By Ricardo Pineda

"The court issued a tentative ruling dismissing the case without leave to amend," David J. Darnell, a supervising trial attorn...


Civil Litigation, Environmental & Energy


$13M deal would end misdemeanors over oil spill

Aug. 29, 2022
By Craig Anderson

As part of the agreement, Amplify Energy Corp. and its subsidiaries would be required to improve training for all employees in...


California Supreme Court, Civil Litigation


The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a challenge to the state’s ban on the sale of pork derived from breeding pigs confin...


California Supreme Court



Civil Litigation


“I’m an eternal optimist despite the apparent difficulties for a potential new magistrate judge to go through about 900 teleco...


Securities


“Granite is committed to conducting our business ethically and transparently, and we have implemented numerous remedial action...


Civil Litigation, Environmental & Energy


“In the second quarter, SCE resolved approximately $400 million of claims. In total, the utility has resolved nearly 90% of it...



Making a difference

Aug. 29, 2022

Schonbrun Seplow Harris Hoffman & Zeldes combine human rights law with everything else



Soft Touch

Aug. 26, 2022
By Shane Nelson

JAMS neutral Alan Perkins doesn't believe haranguing litigants helps to resolve disputes.