Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Apple prevails in antitrust suit over heart rate app
By Sunidhi Sridhar
AliveCor’s lawsuit challenged Apple’s ability to improve important capabilities of the Apple Watch that consumers and develope...
Judges and Judiciary, Law Practice
Retired Napa County judge joins ADR Services Inc.’s panel of neutrals
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
“Clients seem to really appreciate the simplicity and transparency of ADR Services’ business model,” retired Judge Victoria Wo...
Administrative/Regulatory, Government
Fired Oakland police chief sues city for ousting him
By Wisdom Howell
LeRonne Armstrong’s attorneys accused the mayor of firing him after he publicly criticized an investigation led by federal mon...
Labor/Employment
Musk gets nothing for funding lawsuit against Disney, lawyer says
By Devon Belcher
“They’re not taking a percentage of the recovery and they’re, you know, not demanding that the legal expenses that they devote...
Government
Biden nominates Sacramento County judge for seat on Eastern District
By Craig Anderson
Judge Dena Coggins, who is presiding judge of juvenile court in Sacramento County, was picked to fill the position being vacat...
Judges and Judiciary
Humboldt County judge accused of groping, anti-Semitic comments
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Judge Gregory J. Elvine-Kreis has denied the Commission on Judicial Performance accusations. His attorney said most of them da...
Data Privacy
Browser opt-out signals could shift California business models
By David Houston
Companies may adopt policies that offer the option to override a Global Privacy Control signal or pay a subscription fee, acco...
Real Estate/Development
Tenant advocates prevail in libel lawsuit over mocking tweets
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
A Pasadena jury rendered a complete defense verdict for BASTA Inc. and its founder, Daniel J. Bramzon, in the lawsuit over a p...
A Pasadena jury rendered a complete defense verdict for BASTA Inc. and its founder, Daniel J. Bramzon, in the lawsuit over a p...
Santa Barbara County judge kept working, even after 26 years on bench
Real Estate/Development
Office real estate is in crisis, Allen Matkins survey finds
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The office sector is not expected to fully recover until the end of 2026 as underperforming buildings are redeveloped. San Fra...
Data Privacy, Technology
Fertility center exploited patient information, suit says
By Devon Belcher
“Simply put, defendants put their desire for revenue over their patients’ privacy rights,” John R. Parker Jr. of Almeida Law G...
UC Irvine School of Law professor set standard for internet law scholarship
Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
Berkeley Law says it can’t discipline anti-Semitic free speech
By Sunidhi Sridhar
The Louis D. Brandeis Center sued the UC Regents and UC Berkeley last fall, claiming that various campus organizations have en...
California Supreme Court
Should pretrial detainees be paid minimum wage for work?
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Their complaint, filed by Dan Siegel with Siegel, Yee, Brunner & Mehta in Oakland, demanded relief from involuntary servit...
Constitutional Law, Contracts
State made no contract with Hastings Law founder, judge rules
By Wisdom Howell
Superior Court Judge Richard B. Ulmer issued a final order sustaining a demurrer without leave to amend brought by attorneys f...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Labor/Employment
States argue Biden can't impose national minimum wage
By Craig Anderson
“Defendants’ federal contractor minimum wage imposes billions of dollars in new costs … all on the assertion that nebulous mo...
Health Care & Hospital Law
Lawsuit filed over recalled Medtronic insulin pumps
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
The company initiated a recall in October 2019 and replaced the pumps with versions that have more durable black retainer ring...
Arcsoft accused of misleading shareholders about finances and planning to go public in China.
Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Circuit panel stays judge’s order on background checks to buy bullets
By Craig Anderson
The 2-1 decision reverses, pending appeal, a decision by Senior U.S. District Judge Roger T. Benitez that the law is unconstit...
Judges and Judiciary, Litigation & Arbitration
Judges’ age bias case dismissed, appeal promised
By Wisdom Howell
Superior Court Judge Joseph M. Quinn wrote in his order that the plaintiff judges had failed to show that the time limit on pa...
Civil Rights
Citibank denies discriminating against Armenian customers
By Devon Belcher
"Plaintiff's claims are barred because defendant's actions were supported by race-neutral, objective, substantial, and legitim...
Judges and Judiciary
Chief Justice seeks dismissal of retired judges’ lawsuit
By Wisdom Howell
The attorneys representing Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero argued that the plaintiffs’ last remaining claim for age discrimina...
Class Action
Prominent LA personal injury attorney accused of ‘predatory fees’
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The lawsuit said a personal injury firm charged a ‘flat administrative fee’ and separate ‘administrative fee’ to recoup expect...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
State’s vote by mail and other election laws challenged
By Craig Anderson
The plaintiffs seek a declaration that the defendant counties’ lack of uniform vote counting laws and procedures are violation...
Litigation & Arbitration
Anti-SLAPP motion defeats mogul’s $100M suit against McDonald’s
By Skyler Romero
Hueston Hennigan gets $100M racial bias in advertising claim against McDonald’s dismissed with anti-SLAPP motion.
Constitutional Law, State Bar & Bar Associations
ABA: Law schools must adopt policies consistent with 1st Amendment
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
“In the background, but not influencing the creation of Standard 208, were the widely publicized disruption of a speech at Sta...
Naeve confirmed that his final day of practice came on Dec. 31 and spoke fondly of his colleagues at Jones Day, where he led t...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Class certified for Apple Store users in antitrust suit
By Sunidhi Sridhar
The complaint filed 12 years ago by Wolf Haldenstein accused Apple of monopolizing the app market by banning purchases outside...
Real Estate/Development
2 new attorneys join Stoel Rives' real estate group
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Construction industry specialist Adam C. Witt joined in San Diego, Commercial real estate specialist Kenneth R. Whiting Jr. jo...