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Litigation & Arbitration, Technology


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


The opinion regards attorney fees in a partial victory in Humboldt County Superior Court for plaintiff Laurance Iloff, who suc...


Health Care & Hospital Law


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...


Insurance


Cigna uses algorithm to deny claims, lawsuit says

Jul. 26, 2023
By Sunidhi Sridhar

Cigna’s PXDX, the abbreviation for “procedure to diagnosis,” was scrutinized by Congress earlier this year following accusatio...


Labor/Employment


“There are numerous common issues of fact that justify holding one trial,” Superior Court Judge Stephen Goorvitch wrote in a t...


Shudder, which offers horror, thriller and supernatural content, uses a tracking pixel sold by Meta Platforms.


In increasing rates without mitigating the effect on the utilities tax, the complaint read, the city violated the state consti...


Litigation & Arbitration, Technology


Activision said that Rumduol Vuong and Sue J. Noh of the California Civil Rights Department committed ethics violations by wor...


Litigation & Arbitration, Technology


In 2021, Fantano uploaded a video about pizza slices on TikTok, and the audio has been used in hundreds of thousands of videos...


Immigration


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


"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

Jul. 25, 2023
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


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

Jul. 25, 2023
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


“By preventing landlords from raising rents even modestly to account for the drastic cost of living increases and sky-high inf...


Class Action


“EssilorLuxottica is the instigator and primary enforcer of a national price-fixing scheme in the consumer eyewear market,” as...


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

Jul. 24, 2023
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


If approved by the state high court, the rules would require lawyers to annually affirm or reaffirm the oath when paying their...


“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

Jul. 24, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Courthouses may now be named for the living or recently deceased, opening up possibilities other than geographical designations.


Criminal


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


Attorneys for Domino’s argued that the shipment of mushrooms, cheese and other pizza toppings was a two-step process that came...


Insurance


Orrick data breach affected dental insurer’s clients

Jul. 24, 2023
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

“On March 13, 2023, Orrick detected that an unauthorized third party gained remote access to a portion of its network, includi...


Judges and Judiciary


With Friday’s ruling, Superior Court Judge Mitchell L. Beckloff found that the requested meeting invitations do not constitute...


State Bar & Bar Associations


“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...