Real Estate/Development
Huntington Beach loses challenge to state’s housing law
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Huntington Beach City Attorney Michael E. Gates said he did not believe the city’s claims were given a full analysis under the...
Litigation & Arbitration, Technology
Twitter seeks dismissal of 4th shareholder complaint over cybersecurity
By Sunidhi Sridhar
The flaws identified by the court were not fixed in the plaintiffs' amended complaint, which regurgitated already rejected leg...
Technology
Social media companies who have "nothing to hide" should not fear California's content moderation law, state lawyer says
By Malcolm Maclachlan
X Corp. is seeking to enjoin the law that it says discriminates by "content and viewpoint" and imposes "significant costs" on ...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Senate confirms 9th Circuit Judge Ana de Alba
By Craig Anderson
No Republicans voted for de Alba and U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-WV, who has consistently supported President Joe Biden’s other n...
Litigation & Arbitration
Study: California pays $23M a year for police misconduct claims
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Gregory M. Fox, who has defended local governments in police misconduct cases, said he worries that if they don't get on top o...
Health Care & Hospital Law
Judge to decide whether constructive fraud claim includes doctor
By Devon Belcher
Attorneys for a doctor said the plaintiffs are attempting to bootstrap a constructive fraud claim onto a medical negligence la...
Litigation & Arbitration
Apple to pay $25M in suit over bias against Americans
By Wisdom Howell
Apple denied any intentional discrimination in settling the case brought by the Department of Justice. It will pay $18.25 mill...
Litigation & Arbitration
Hyundai, Kia ask judge to rethink car theft litigation
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Requiring automakers to install anti-theft devices of the government’s choosing “is an obstacle to the federal regulatory sche...
Community News, State Bar & Bar Associations
Gone With the Dogs
By Jessica Lynn Murray
Judges and Judiciary
Panel chides attorney for accusing judges of corruption
By Skyler Romero
“When briefing an appeal, an ad hominem attack on the trial judge is not only unpersuasive, but also unseemly,” Justice Victor...
Technology
UC Regents sue insurers to recover costs of cyberattack
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
“Defendants have also refused to follow the alternative dispute resolution procedure required by their own policy based on a m...
Community News, Criminal
UC Irvine Law clinic helps release inmate 7 years early
By Devon Belcher
Director Katharine Tinto said it’s the clinic’s 19th successful case since 2017, when its students started compassionate relea...
A federal judge found the coders sufficiently alleged breach of license and injury to property rights and gave them leave to a...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit to hear how pesticide law might apply to social media
By Malcolm Maclachlan
AB 587, the state’s content moderation law, “cannot withstand strict scrutiny, which requires that a law be ‘narrowly tailored...
Intellectual Property
Walmart and Vans settle dispute over knockoffs of ‘iconic’ shoe
By Sunidhi Sridhar
U.S. District Judge David O. Carter enjoined the retailer from selling knockoff Vans shoes last year, which its attorneys argu...
Class Action
Citibank denied credit to Armenian clients for years, lawsuit claims
By Devon Belcher
Citibank responded to the lawsuit Friday: “Regrettably, in trying to thwart a well-documented Armenian fraud ring operating in...
The West Virginia senator, a Democrat, bucked his party to vote against cutting off debate on the nomination of U.S. District ...
Class Action
Another shareholder lawsuit accuses Live Nation of anticompetitive conduct
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Live Nation entered into extended restrictive contracts with artists and venues, charged high fees for its ticketing services,...
Litigation & Arbitration
CPUC discovery objections struck in former official’s lawsuit
By Wisdom Howell
At the heart of the dispute is plaintiff Lucian Filler’s claim that he was fired in March 2021 after he “identified several ar...
While the firm has seen great change, professionalism and regard remain key, its lawyers say.
What would George Washington have said about our current moment?
Pro bono work helps Vietnam veteran gain honorable discharge; legal nonprofit fights for better regulations
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
"The vast majority of these veterans were separated from the military through an administrative process which doesn't afford t...
The small but influential group of veterans in California’s legal community
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
“He is one of the most committed persons you will ever meet, including his years in a uniform and several bullets in his body ...
“Plaintiff’s damages and the damages of the putative class members, if any, have been caused by their own actions or inaction ...
It’s not just JAG lawyers who fill the veteran rank and file of California’s legal community
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
“It’s important for me as a Marine veteran to use my very particular set of skills to advance the cause of soldiers, sailors, ...
AB 1386, signed in October, changes the income thresholds for veterans to obtain housing through California’s Veterans Housing...
Government, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
State’s proposed glyphosate label ‘not purely factual,’ panel says
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
A 9th Circuit panel held 2-1 that California’s proposed warning label for Roundup weedkiller was misleading.
Argued groundbreaking case over rights to Marvel characters
Class Action, Data Privacy, Technology
TikTok wants dismissal of lawsuit over data scraping
By Sunidhi Sridhar
U.S. District Judge Stanley Blumenfeld Jr. in Los Angeles allowed some claims to proceed last month, writing in his order that...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
LA objects to skid row trust receiver’s accounts
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
“Mr. Adams included fees related to his interaction with the press that does not involve work done for the benefit of the Rece...