Litigation & Arbitration, Technology
Tesla says ex-technician’s claim for tuition must be arbitrated
By Wisdom Howell
The technician, represented by Larry W. Lee and Simon L. Yang at Diversity Law Group PC, said she was required to take college...
Judges and Judiciary
Judge erred in cutting fees over ‘contingency-fee risk’
By Skyler Romero
The opinion regards attorney fees in a partial victory in Humboldt County Superior Court for plaintiff Laurance Iloff, who suc...
Health Care & Hospital Law
San Diego agrees to pay $4.8M over deadly crosswalk near hospital
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Approximately one year before the collision that killed Jaime Leonen and injured Joseph “Jorge” Lopez, a San Diego police offi...
No dollar amount for the settlement was disclosed, but both parties are to finalize the terms of their agreement for prelimina...
Cigna’s PXDX, the abbreviation for “procedure to diagnosis,” was scrutinized by Congress earlier this year following accusatio...
Labor/Employment
Judge says he likely won’t separate 5 bias claims against UC regents
By Skyler Romero
“There are numerous common issues of fact that justify holding one trial,” Superior Court Judge Stephen Goorvitch wrote in a t...
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Tax
LA utility rate hike was a tax that violated state law, complaint says
By Skyler Romero
In increasing rates without mitigating the effect on the utilities tax, the complaint read, the city violated the state consti...
Litigation & Arbitration, Technology
Activision sanctioned $35K for discovery requests of state lawyers
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Activision said that Rumduol Vuong and Sue J. Noh of the California Civil Rights Department committed ethics violations by wor...
Litigation & Arbitration, Technology
Activision seeks quick end to claim by YouTube music critic
By Sunidhi Sridhar
In 2021, Fantano uploaded a video about pizza slices on TikTok, and the audio has been used in hundreds of thousands of videos...
Based on how the U.S. Supreme Court handled the Trump asylum rules, the Biden administration may stand a good chance of gettin...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit OKs limits on employers’ COVID liability
By Jonathan Lo
"It was obvious from the opinion that the 9th Circuit was pleased with the thoroughness of the response from the Supreme Court...
Law Practice
Retired state court justice joins Signature Resolution
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
On the 2nd District Court of Appeal, Justice Halim Dhanidina reviewed nearly 1,000 appeals spanning a variety of practice area...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Former State Bar director wants remaining charges dismissed
By Devon Belcher
In May, a State Bar Court review panel affirmed Judge Yvette Roland’s dismissal with prejudice of most of the charges because ...
Health Care & Hospital Law
Protecting geodata is complicated, lawmakers find
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Law enforcement officials warned that limiting access to geodata near abortion clinics would hurt investigations. Then came th...
“This case belongs in California Superior Court because plaintiff’s claim under California’s Unfair Competition Law is about d...
Real Estate/Development
Landlords sue LA, say rent hike ban reduces housing units
By Skyler Romero
“By preventing landlords from raising rents even modestly to account for the drastic cost of living increases and sky-high inf...
“EssilorLuxottica is the instigator and primary enforcer of a national price-fixing scheme in the consumer eyewear market,” as...
Judges and Judiciary
Biden likely to select more traditional judge nominees as election nears, supporters say
By Craig Anderson
People involved in the selection process say one desire is to avoid embarrassing exchanges between nominees and U.S. Sen. John...
Technology
Irvine technology company wins $26M for breach of contract
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Latham & Watkins was hired late in the litigation to try the case against the Taiwan-based defendant company.
U.S. Supreme Court
3 rules on attorney civility await Supreme Court’s OK
By Devon Belcher
If approved by the state high court, the rules would require lawyers to annually affirm or reaffirm the oath when paying their...
Humane Society asks to join state’s defense of exotic skins import ban
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“Granting applicants ‘full party’ status in this case … would only serve to delay the proceedings, unnecessarily complicate th...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility, State Bar & Bar Associations
The main change is that bar trustees must report foreseeable financial conflicts, rather than the current requirement to repor...
Judges and Judiciary
Judicial Council changes courthouse name policy
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Courthouses may now be named for the living or recently deceased, opening up possibilities other than geographical designations.
Criminal
Judge leaning against Girardi’s expert witness, a defense lawyer
By Sunidhi Sridhar
The judge said she had the “greatest respect” for criminal defense attorney Katherine T. Corrigan but wondered why her testimo...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Panel: Halt at state line doesn’t moot arbitration clause
By Craig Anderson
Attorneys for Domino’s argued that the shipment of mushrooms, cheese and other pizza toppings was a two-step process that came...
“On March 13, 2023, Orrick detected that an unauthorized third party gained remote access to a portion of its network, includi...
Judges and Judiciary
CPUC head’s meetings with utilities not protected, judge rules
By Skyler Romero
With Friday’s ruling, Superior Court Judge Mitchell L. Beckloff found that the requested meeting invitations do not constitute...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Bar board agrees to report all financial interests, reject expensive gifts
By Devon Belcher
“These proposed changes will conform the code to the Political Reform Act, including by requiring trustees to report all finan...
The plaintiff, represented by attorneys from the Center for American Liberty, said she has a constitutional right to make this...