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Attorney Ryan C. Griffith said the amended complaint remedied "technical defects" that he claims led to the original being tos...


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


"I perceive no basis for concluding that Meta, in operating such unprecedented legally-hybrid platforms, has any sort of super...



Timm Alan Browne told a Los Angeles judge that he saw evidence of an improper dynamic between city officials and residents whi...


Sally Hammitt, chief of the Community Engagement & Reintegration Service at VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare, took the st...



Gov. Gavin Newsom said on Thursday that he would use next year's state budget cycle to withhold funds from local governments t...


The lawsuit alleges that the defendants failed to provide adequate security measures, including proper screening of attendees...



Civil Litigation, Securities


Judge OKs $200M Uber-shareholder deal

Aug. 12, 2024
By Sunidhi Sridhar

Stockholders claimed Uber's information about its IPO hid plans to expand into new markets despite greater risk to passenger s...


Banking, Corporate, Government


FDIC must face SVB suit for $2B

Aug. 12, 2024
By Sunidhi Sridhar

U.S. District Judge Beth Labson Freeman in San Jose was skeptical of the federal agency's argument that the bank's claims deal...



Plaintiffs had argued that the imposition of minimum taxes on companies with only a passing interest in the state was unconsti...


Intellectual Property


Defense lawyers say the allegedly stolen code had no value because it was open source. Plaintiffs say that its then-novel feat...



California Supreme Court, Insurance


The decision turned aside claims under the illusory coverage doctrine, and follows the nationwide trend of rejecting business ...


Class Action, Government


The decision to remove a key barrier to veterans' eligibility for housing assistance was a "direct result" of an ongoing trial...



The death sentence was overturned following an investigation into allegations of historical prosecutorial misconduct in the Al...


Target's attorneys raised security concerns after Judge Anne Hwang had tentatively ruled to compel the retailer to allow an in...



Former Girardi Keese attorney Alexa F. Galloway testified in Tom Girardi's $15 million wire fraud trial his explanations for n...


Attorney James Nevin said the case "was considered a bellwether case, because it's the first of many hundreds, if not thousands."



Corporate, Data Privacy, Technology


The airline's potential claims could be challenging due to liability disclaimers and a high bar for proving gross negligence o...



Lawmakers ready bills for potential retail theft reform

Aug. 9, 2024
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Several bills now include portions that lay out how they should be interpreted in scenarios where voters pass -- or reject -- ...



The attackers pleaded no contest to companion criminal charges and since then have faced other legal troubles.


Research and more than two hours in cross-examination of a police detective showed the jury that a false confession had been p...



Civil Rights, Government


A new bill is mobilizing some of the same groups that opposed a vetoed state law banning caste discrimination.


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


A 9th Circuit panel cited a 1997 precedent when affirming the dismissal of the lawsuit against a San Marcos school district. T...



Civil Litigation, Civil Rights


The magistrate judge dismissed most of her original injunction that stopped the city from clearing the streets. She gave the p...


Torts/Personal Injury


Under the terms of the settlement agreement, utility maintenance company Osmoe denies claims that it contributed to the start ...



Civil Litigation


A Los Angeles County judge ruled in June that the landlord of Barrington Plaza in West LA did not intend to permanently exit t...


According to the lawsuit, data collected under California's Racial and Identity Profiling Act shows that while less than 5% of...




YouTube giant CoComelon awarded $6.7M in legal fees

Aug. 8, 2024
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

This comes on the heels of a $23 million jury verdict against Babybus for willful copyright infringement.


Criminal


The first witness in the wire fraud trial, Joseph Ruigomez, testified that Girardi promised him $5 million from a 2013 settlem...



J. Clark Kelso would monitor the use of $100 million in fines against the prisons department.


Civil Litigation


The UC Regents had accused the toy giant of reneging on the promised donation, and instead offering in-kind contributions such...