9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Contract employee screeners can be liable for queries
By Craig Anderson
The state Supreme Court ruling, if adopted by a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel that asked the question, would revive ...
“There is certainly no comparable case law to recite. But it would be perverse to find no duty based on the corporate defendan...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Sacramento appeals order against clearing homeless camps
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The city asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to review an order by U.S. District Judge Troy L. Nunley extending the pr...
Health Care & Hospital Law
British COVID test maker accuses Innova of fraud
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Disruptive Nanotechnology Ltd. said that after Innova secured a $138 million deal to provide tests to the U.K. government, Inn...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Judge dismisses consumer antitrust claim against Google, Apple
By Jonathan Lo
U.S. District Judge Edward J. Davila wrote that the vague and conclusory allegations plaintiffs put forward are insufficient t...
"The court is willing to make certain changes in this week's trial schedule in order to accommodate Dr. Eastman's surrender in...
Has the recent Hollywood strike exerted any influence on the realm of documentaries? Could this strike potentially offer a boo...
Join podcast host Sunidhi Sridhar and Dykema associate attorney Jasmina Aragon as they delve into California's meal and rest b...
In this episode, attorney David Schnider from Nolan Heimann chats with podcast host Sunidhi Sridhar about the intricacies of d...
DLA Piper employment law partner, Holly Lake, lends her expert insights into how the affirmative action ban shapes diversity i...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit must again consider homeless initiatives
By Craig Anderson
The case brings the homelessness crisis playing out in cities across the nation, particularly in the West, to the appellate co...
When the attorneys first broke away from Lewis Brisbois in May, they were known as Barber Ranen. However, that almost immediat...
Litigation & Arbitration
Sacramento residents sue to close homeless shelter, citing ballot initiative
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Voters passed Measure O in November with 52% of the vote. According to the law’s ballot title, it requires the city to build m...
Judges and Judiciary, Law Practice
Retired Los Angeles County judge joins Signature Resolution
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
“I loved being a lawyer. I love working with lawyers. I love being a judge, and I did that for 31 years, but at some point, as...
The appointees have a mix of backgrounds: two from private practice, two prosecutors, two public defenders and two from other ...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Supreme Court appoints new State Bar board leaders
By Devon Belcher
Effective Sept. 22, Brandon Stallings, a Kern County deputy district attorney, will chair the bar’s board of trustees and José...
Health Care & Hospital Law
Biomedical companies go to trial over trade secret claims
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Skye Orthobiologics LLC, based in El Segundo, claims that Bryan Banman, the CEO of CTM Biomedical LLC in Florida, stole confid...
Superior Court Judge Joseph M. Lipner recused himself from the lawsuit challenging Measure ULA 10 days after getting assigned ...
The plaintiffs say that Meta misled investors about harmful effects of social media use, as well as its commitment and attempt...
Class Action
X seeks dismissal of age bias class action based on Musk quotes
By Wisdom Howell
"Plaintiff provides no nexus between Musk's human-longevity comments and the reduction in force selections that plaintiff chal...
Daugherty Lordan, the firm created by a mass exodus from Lewis Brisbois, has shuttered
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
When the attorneys first broke away from Lewis Brisbois in May, they were known as Barber Ranen. However, that almost immediat...
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar says discipline trial of former director should proceed
By Devon Belcher
“Respondent makes repeated factual assertions about what he claims the Review Department decided and what he says the State Ba...
Judges and Judiciary
Tearful Lassen County judge describes stressful intra-court disputes
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Judge Tony Mallery is facing Commission on Judicial Performance charges that he made co-workers feel unsafe, but he testified ...
Constitutional Law
State wants pause in free speech suit pending injunction appeal
By Sunidhi Sridhar
A judge granted the AIDS Healthcare Foundation a preliminary injunction in November, saying it was likely to succeed on its cl...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Idaho can’t ban transgender athletes in women’s sports
By Craig Anderson
Judge Kim McLane Wardlaw wrote that the U.S. Department of Education has proposed policies, not before the court, that “attemp...
Health Care & Hospital Law
Medical privacy case against Meta to proceed, judge says
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Senior U.S. District Judge William H. Orrick denied Meta’s motion to dismiss claims of extraterritoriality and wiretap act, Ca...
Criminal
California’s domestic abuse law extends to financial harms, Court of Appeal rules
By Wisdom Howell
The 4th District Court of Appeal reversed a trial judge in Riverside.
State Bar & Bar Associations
Witnesses are afraid to testify, Eastman lawyer says
By Skyler Romero
Both houses of the Legislature on Thursday approved bipartisan changes to the California Environmental Quality Act that suppor...
Robert Weisberg, co-director of the Stanford Criminal Justice Center, explained that the opinion corrects a “mundane error” in...