U.S. Supreme Court
Caltech mostly prevails in patent fight with Apple, Broadcom
By Craig Anderson
The university will have to try again on damages, and on the third patent, but it prevailed against Apple’s argument that the ...
A Redwood City software company, Zuora Inc., which provides customer subscription management services, aims to end a lawsuit f...
Bankruptcy, Civil Litigation, Health Care & Hospital Law
Defendants open in outlier J&J talc case, allowed by bankruptcy judge because of plaintiff's health
By Wisdom Howell
Johnson & Johnson has maintained throughout the litigation that there is a lack of scientific evidence that its products c...
The FTC is seeking to enjoin Microsoft from consummating its deal until it can finish its administrative review. Microsoft has...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Eastman invokes privilege when asked to name others
By Skyler Romero
John C. Eastman declined to answer a State Bar prosecutor when asked to identify people with whom he had discussed alternate e...
U.S. Supreme Court
Defendant can stay case while seeking interlocutory appeal
By Craig Anderson
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, writing for a court majority that included all the justices appointed by Republica...
U.S. Supreme Court
State's pork importing rule must be implemented now, rights groups say
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Pork producers and Attorney General Rob Bonta reached a deal that gives farmers six months to get rid of current stock before ...
In his order denying Crime Survivors Inc.’s motion to intervene, Judge Lawrence P. Riff noted that if a prospective intervenor...
Environmental & Energy
Volkswagen wins summary judgment on updates to ‘defeat devices’
By Wisdom Howell
U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer said Volkswagen's software updates to the devices that were meant to cheat on emissions ...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
High court: Law against inducing illegal migration not too broad
By Craig Anderson
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, a Biden appointee, dissented, accusing the government of essentially rewriting the statute in o...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Facebook can be sued for alleged bias in housing ads
By Wisdom Howell
Facebook has denied the allegation that it created discriminatory exclusion tools in its platform in a motion to dismiss that ...
Civil Litigation
Cambridge Analytica plaintiffs’ attorneys ask for $181M in fees
By Devon Belcher
The attorneys said they should be awarded 25% of the $725 million settlement fund for nearly 150,000 hours of work and more th...
Judges and Judiciary
2 justices confirmed to California courts of appeal
By David Houston
Judge Danny Chou will sit on the 1st District Court of Appeal and Judge David Rubin will sit on the 4th District.
Labor/Employment
Marriott sued over extra fees for worker safety
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Junk fees — surprise charges that drive up purchase prices — cost consumers billions of dollars every year. Bills against them...
Environmental & Energy
Debate over specialized CEQA courts draws strong opinions
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“You will get increased expertise, presumably. But I would suggest that the specificity of that subject matter and its importa...
California Supreme Court, Government
State Supreme Court approves ‘snitch rule’ for lawyers
By Sunidhi Sridhar
The rule, opposed by many California attorneys, will go into effect Aug. 1.
State Bar & Bar Associations
Evidence rulings prejudice John Eastman, attorney says
By Skyler Romero
“We’re being faced with a situation where I have no bullets in my gun on this,” stated Eastman’s attorney, Randall A. Miller o...
The settlement requires the county to beef up its mental health facilities and services so that mentally ill jail inmates get ...
Government
State high court denies immunity to Riverside County sheriff’s deputies
By Craig Anderson
The unanimous ruling only addressed one of the county’s defenses, but one that has been successfully employed by state governm...
Microsoft’s attorney, Beth A. Wilkinson of Wilkinson Stekloff LLP, said of the deal in her opening remarks, “By definition it’...
Real Estate/Development
Renters’ advocate lacks standing to challenge zoning regulations, county says
By Wisdom Howell
Santa Clara County claims that the regulations have not reduced the “residential capacity” of an area near Stanford University.
Herbert Hoffman gives clients a clear picture of their chances at trial or settlement.
The rule, opposed by many California attorneys, will go into effect Aug. 1.
First Republic misled on portfolio’s rate hike vulnerability, suit says
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
A proposed class action says the bank downplayed the risks that rising interest rates posed to First Republic’s interest earni...
Civil Rights
Class action filed against Orange school alleges unfair discipline process
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The complaint alleges Black and brown children are disciplined at 2 to 3 times the rate of white students.
Civil Litigation
Decision on clergy abuse bellwether cases due this week
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Attorneys for plaintiffs and Catholic dioceses disagreed about whether having well-known accused offenders would make the case...
BSD Crown Ltd. alleged that despite Amazon’s prior knowledge, its subsidiaries Amazon Web Services Inc. and Twitch Interactive...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit rules 26 COVID cases belong in state court
By Craig Anderson
Adam R. Pulver, an attorney with Public Citizen Litigation Group, said plaintiffs in other cases have been waiting for months ...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Pence’s lawyer says Trump’s counsel helped incite riot
By Skyler Romero
Greg Jacob, testifying against John Eastman in a State Bar trial, said he was offended “by the advice that I had seen given, a...
Labor/Employment
New suit says Musk hasn’t paid bonuses to ex-employees
By Wisdom Howell
Elon Musk’s attorneys have argued in previous lawsuits that the sale agreement requires employee actions be arbitrated and pro...
