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From The Archive
Consumer Protection Law
MCLE
Arbitration clauses in commercial contracts: Strategic advantage or unnecessary constraint?
Commercial arbitration can offer privacy, expertise and s...
By Louis TambaroCIPA meets the modern web: California's data-tracking disputes and the path forward
As courts weigh whether routine website tracking violates...
By David S. Cunningham IIIProposed SB 690 eliminates pen register CIPA claims but leaves website privacy litigation intact
SB 690 could wipe out most pending pen register claims an...
By Logan Leonard
Special Coverage
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court returns to 9th Circuit as new term opens
By Craig Anderson
The justices have already agreed to hear six appeals from the 9th Circuit, nearly matching last term's total, as major dispute...
Today's News
Business Law
Bike shipper claims 180 athletes' bicycles were held 'hostage'
By Devon Belcher
TriBike Transport claims companies involved in shipping 180 athletes' bicycles home from a 2023 race withheld them for three months to collect disputed debts...
Technology
Meta defeats lawsuit over tracking on California DMV website
By Daniel Schrager
Senior U.S. District Judge Susan Y. Illston ruled that information transmitted to Meta about users' activity on the California DMV website was not sufficien...
Torts/Personal Injury
Jury awards $11.5M to bicyclist injured by raised PCH sidewalk
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
A Los Angeles County jury found Caltrans liable for a longshoreman's traumatic brain injury after evidence showed the agency had 19 opportunities to address ...
Education Law
UCLA faces 2 Title VI battles under sharply different legal standards
By Skyler Romero
Justice Department actions targeting UCLA Law admissions and the university's response to alleged antisemitism invoke the same civil rights law but require d...
Government
He napped on a courthouse bench. Now he's asking voters to keep him on one.
By Laurinda Keys
Justice Victor A. Rodríguez of the 1st District Court of Appeal, who spent his career in public service and ran Alameda County's first dedicated domestic vio...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Law firm challenges Thomson Reuters' $650M Casetext acquisition
By Daniel Schrager
A Carlsbad law firm claims Thomson Reuters bought AI legal research upstart Casetext to eliminate a lower-cost rival and preserve Westlaw's pricing power in ...
Columns
Constitutional Law
The Supreme Court takes up the AR-15: What's at stake for California
By Arash Hashemi
The Supreme Court's review of AR-15 bans could clarify which arms the Second Amendment protects, with potentially sweeping con...
The growing use of artificial intelligence in law and the courts risks replacing essential human judgment and interaction, whi...
How technology and a multi-stage drafting and review process have made appellate brief writing more efficient, thorough and ef...
Verdicts & Settlements
| Unfair Competition | Christina Chiechi, individu... | $14,993,930 |
| Malpractice | John Doe v. Roe Hospital, R... | $4,750,000 |
| Dangerous Condition of Public Property | Natasha Asatryan, Vartan As... | $4,500,000 |
| Negligence | Constance Brady v. City of ... | $4,000,000 |
| Unfair Competition | In re: STIIIZY Inc. Data Br... | $2,950,000 |
| Elder Abuse/Neglect | John Doe v. Roe Nursing Fac... | $2,200,000 |
| Wage and Hour | Rathy Sy and Sergio Villare... | $2,000,000 |
| Wage and Hour | Brigit Navarro, an individu... | $1,800,000 |
| Wage and Hour | Marissa Riemann, individual... | $1,290,000 |
| Breach of Contract | Joshua Adam Bartholomew Fer... | $950,000 |
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Featured Content
Insurance defense attorneys have long been on the front lines for their clients. Now they're facing a new threat: the carriers...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
JAMS neutrals examine how evolving PAGA reforms, shifting case law and data-driven claims are reshaping mediation strategies i...
Community News
RCBA Chief Financial Officer Christopher G. Jensen of Reid & Hellyer; Lord & Brooker APC and Master of Ceremonies Michelle M. Brooker, RCBA 2026-27 President Elisabeth A. Lord, and Solomon D. Droge
(Ret.) Jeffrey J. Prevost and Harlan B. Kistler of Law Offices of Harlan B. Kistler
Lucy Matevosyan of Matevosyan Law Group, honoree Virginia M. Blumenthal of Blumenthal & Moore APLC and RCBA 2026-27 President Elisabeth A. Lord of Lord & Brooker APC
Deputy Public Defender Steven L. Harmon, "James H. Krieger Meritorious Service Award" recipient and "E. Aurora Hughes Award for Service" recipient Virginia M. Blumenthal of Blumenthal & Moore APLC
Thompson & Colegate LLP's law clerk Laiba Malik and associate Jazmyne D. Alverson
Daniel E. Katz of Reid & Hellyer, RCBA 2026-27 President Elisabeth A. Lord of Lord & Brooker APC and (Ret.) Judge Kira L. Klatchko of JAMS
(Ret.) Judge Craig G. Riemer, Peter J. Mort of Murrieta and (Ret.) Jeffrey J. Prevost
Stephanie Barraza, Associate Business Manager at JAMS; San Bernardino County Deputy Public Defender Andrea J. Garcia and Juvenile Courts Attorneys' Desireá M. Tucker
Paul J. Molinaro of The Law Offices of Fransen & Molinaro LLP and Thomas W. Dominick of Fullerton Lemann Schaefer & Dominick LLP
Luz E. Essenwanger of Redlands and Michael Saavedra of Represent Justice
Riverside Unified School District Teacher Teri Stamen and Superior Court Judge Carol A. Greene
Teresa Sarenana, Giro Bevinetto, Arlene M. Dashkovitz of Law Office of Arlene Marie Cordoba and paralegal Sharol Vampola
Stream Kim's Elizabeth V. Duran, Amy Zhou, Michaele M. Gonzalez, Amy J. Osborne and Antonieta T. Leal
Riverside County Superior Court’s Presiding Judge Jacqueline C. Jackson and Supervising Judge Dean Benjamini
Financial Adviser Micki Hicks, U.S. Magistrate Judge David T. Bristow and Financial Adviser Karl Hicks
RCBA Past President Megan J.G. Demshki and Casey R. Johnson, both of Aitken Aitken Cohn
RCBA 2026-27 Vice President Lauren M. Vogt of Rizio Lipinsky Heiting and Past President Megan J.G. Demshki of Aitken Aitken Cohn
(Ret.) Judge Gloria C. Trask, Gordon W. Trask III of Glendora and Superior Court Judge Randall S. Stamen
(Ret.) Judge David S. Cohn of JAMS and Michael J. Marlatt of Thompson & Colegate LLP
Gary T. Montgomery of Thompson & Colegate LLP, 4th District Senior Appellate Court Attorney Mary Ann Forrest and Donald R. Lee of Dietz Gilmor & Chazen
Deputy City Attorney Neil D. Okazaki of Corona and Superior Court Judge Christopher B. Harmon
Reel Fathers Rights' David L. Taub, Merritt L. McKeon and Priyanka Bhattacharya
Juvenile Courts Attorneys' Desireá M. Tucker; Rizio Lipinsky Heiting's associate Joseph M. Ernatt, manager Joey Ross and associate Briana A. Heiting, also an RCBA Member-at-Large
Oliver P. Cleary of Law Office of Oliver P. Cleary, Jean-Simon Serrano of Rizio Lipinsky Heiting and Superior Court Commissioner Kelly Moran
RCBA Member-at-Large Edgar B. Lopez of Law Office of Edgar Lopez APC and Leo Herrera of Herrera Law PC
Senior Presiding Justice Manuel Ramirez and Jackie Hoar, settlement conference administrator at the 4th District Court of Appeal
JAMS' mediators (Ret.) Judge David S. Cohn and (Ret.) Judge Chad W. Firetag
RCBA Barristers President Nolan B. Kistler of the Law Offices of Harlan B. Kistler, Heather A. Green of Blumenthal & Moore APLC and Christopher A. Johnson of Reid & Hellyer
Paul Grech Jr. of Law Offices of Grech Packer & Hanks and (Ret.) Judge Harold W. Hopp
Wade Pyun, chief legal officer of Altura Credit Union and Ellen M. Peng of Riverside
RCBA 2026-27 President Elisabeth A. Lord of Lord & Brooker APC (center) with past presidents, board members, and honorees
RCBA Recognition of 50-Year State Bar Members: Daniel E. Olson of Riverside, Senior Presiding Justice Manuel Ramirez and James O. Heiting of Heiting & Irwin
Arturo M. Cisneros of Malcolm Cisneros, Teresa Cisneros and Superior Court Judge Randall S. Stamen
Virginia M. Blumenthal and Steven L. Harmon presented each other with the association's top service awards as Elisabeth A. Lord was installed as RCBA president.
Daily Appellate Report
Trusts and Estates
Modification: Sandford v. Sandford
A trust's equalization provision cannot be used to circumvent the statute of limitations on claims beyond the provision's express terms.
Habeas Corpus
Castillo v. Bean
Habeas petitioner's case fell within the narrow class of cases where attorney error in state postconviction relief (PCR) proceedings excused a state law procedural default.
Qualified Immunity, Employment Law
MacDonald v. Oregon Health and Science University
No clearly established precedent barred hospital officials from denying a nurse's religious COVID-19 vaccine exemption, entitling them to qualified immunity.
Education, Employment Law
Washington v. Alta Loma School Dist.
Employee hired as a temporary teacher for three years was misclassified where they were not hired because a permanent employee had been granted leave or was experiencing long-term illness.
Trusts and Estates
Nelson v. Nelson
The "paper contest" exception does not apply where a trust's No-Contest clause is subject to enforcement under the current statutory scheme that governs No-Contest clauses.