Judges and Judiciary
Senate Judiciary Committee approves Alameda County judge for federal vacancy
By Craig Anderson
If confirmed by the full Senate, Judge Noel Wise would replace U.S. District Judge Edward J. Davila of San Jose.
Proposition 5 would lower the threshold to pass bonds from a two-thirds vote to just 55%. It is backed by Howard Jarvis Taxpay...
Attorneys say mediator Stacie Hausner resolves cases with emotional intelligence and persistence.
Contracts, Intellectual Property
Former CNN anchor may have difficulty proving claims against X Corp.
By Wisdom Howell
The dispute stems from Lemon's $1.5 million verbal agreement with Musk and X Corp. which would have given the platform exclusi...
Retired appellate justice Victoria Chaney joins ADR Services Inc.
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Chaney served for nearly a decade as a judge in the Los Angeles County court's Complex Litigation Division.
Sidley Austin expands California presence with new San Diego office
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
"San Diego's strong nucleus of life sciences and technology companies makes our entry into this market a natural fit for our c...
The requirement will resume Thursday for CARE Court, Civil, Family Law, Juvenile Dependency and Probate cases.
Labor/Employment
Former partner settles employment dispute with Lewis Brisbois
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Robert W. Lofton claimed the firm withheld his pay after he underwent emergency surgery.
Abraham Shafi, founder and former CEO of Get Together Inc. is accused of defrauding investors.
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit rejects bid by Cambodian villagers in forced labor lawsuit
By Craig Anderson
The panel rejected the argument that the new law, Abolish Trafficking Reauthorization Act of 2022, clarified a 2003 anti-traff...
Antitrust & Trade Reg., Entertainment & Sports
Judge appears unlikely to uphold $4.7B NFL verdict
By Devon Belcher
U.S. District Judge Philip S. Gutierrez did not issue a ruling during the hearing, but he did not seem persuaded by the plaint...
Government, Land Use
Newsom takes aim at California's building codes
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The order directs the California Department of Housing and Community Development to work with other state agencies to lower th...
Civil Litigation
Judge tosses attempt to keep Golden Gate University's law school open
By Wisdom Howell
Superior Court Judge Richard B. Ulmer gave the plaintiffs, who want to keep the law school open until 2025, a chance to file a...
Santa Monica pays $3M to settle injury claims relating to zip tie handcuffs
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Officers zip-tied plaintiffs' hands after they were arrested at a Black Lives Matter protest. When an officer removed the zip ...
Labor/Employment
Judge orders class notice to proceed in case targeting Google's confidentiality agreements
By Wisdom Howell
Monday's order from San Francisco County Superior Court Judge Ethan P. Schulman came despite the outcome of two appeal decisio...
Civil Litigation, Law Practice
Judge finds evidence to support attorney misrepresented client relationship
By Skyler Romero
The ruling is the latest development in an ongoing dispute between the Cochran Firm and their former employee Ibiere Seck over...
Land Use
Property company sues Sacramento for failing to police vagrancy
By Malcolm Maclachlan
"The City has allowed a vagrancy problem to persist in the neighborhood," wrote the company's lawyer, David A. Diepenbrock.
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Government, Labor/Employment
9th Circuit rules it has no jurisdiction in transit funds dispute
By Craig Anderson
The case revolved around a Labor Department announcement in a 2021 letter that it would deny federal mass transit funds to age...
Civil Litigation
Injured woman accuses LA sheriff of outsourcing force to police dogs
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
The department has "virtually eliminated accountability for force incidents where the instrumentality causing the injury was a...
Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports
Defamation over 'Baby Reindeer' self-inflicted, Netflix says
By Devon Belcher
In a motion to toss the case brought by UK lawyer Fiona Harvey, who claims she inspired the character "Martha," Netflix's coun...
Aileen McGrath, who recently argued a case before the U.S. Supreme Court, joins from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP.
Government, Technology
Meet Gerard de Graaf, the EU's man in California
By Jack Needham
Tech leaders have criticized EU interventions into the sector overseas. Its regulatory reach may be closer to home than they r...
DEI, Labor/Employment
Wells Fargo must answer claims it faked diversity initiatives
By Sunidhi Sridhar
The lawsuit claims that the bank systematically conducted sham interviews and reassured investors about the success of the Div...
Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
Scientology bankrolled elder abuse case
By Skyler Romero
It emerged during the five-day bench trial that the plaintiff's elder abuse case was being bankrolled by the Church of Sciento...
Civil Litigation, Civil Rights
Judge orders UCLA, Jewish students to reach 'agreeable' stipulated injunction over protests
By Devon Belcher
A group of Jewish students are seeking a preliminary injunction against a University of California policy against preemptively...
Constitutional Law, Government, U.S. Supreme Court
Both sides agree: Biden's proposed Supreme Court overhaul is a nonstarter
By Craig Anderson
"Historically, advocating for amendments helped shift national conversations that eventually led to incremental change over t...
Civil Litigation, Consumer Law, Tax
Intuit, H&R Block ask judge to stop each other from misleading tax customers
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Intuit alleges that H&R Block's marketing tactics deceive customers and affect public trust, while H&R Block denies an...
Government
Bonta sues Fresno County for refusing to move DA and sheriff elections
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The lawsuit seeks an injunction invalidating Measure A, which the Board of Supervisors approved last year.
Labor/Employment
Remote worker sues for time spent logging in to computer
By Wisdom Howell
The PAGA complaint claims remote employees of Foundation Partners Group are not compensated for the time it takes them to boot...
Labor/Employment
Judge trims sexual harassment lawsuit against Blackberry, CEO
By Sunidhi Sridhar
U.S. Magistrate Judge Sallie Kim found that the plaintiff had only included three instances related to her hostile work enviro...