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Defendants' actions or failures to act caused water from several sources to combine and cause oversaturation, worsening the pr...


Stanford University has maintained that Li Rui, a personal secretary and later prisoner of Mao Zedong, intended for his works ...



"Because applying the correct standard reveals disputes of material fact regarding whether 'reasonable' users of Google's prod...


The case is reminiscent of a famous 1994 case in which a woman in New Mexico was scalded by hot coffee at a McDonald's drive-t...



Californians can expect further water conservation measures as the state water resources control board proceeds with its "maki...


California's Insurance Department has proposed streamlining property and casualty rate approvals. Public feedback is mixed, wi...



The American Bar Association recently warned of democracy threats, urging lawyers to act. Meanwhile, pundits have focused on T...


Judge ruled Google monopolized search and search ad markets, and found Google liable for using contracts with device makers an...



Hopkins Carley will merge with Lathrop GPM

Aug. 21, 2024
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Hopkins Carley has 62 attorneys in San Jose and Redwood Shores. Lathrop GPM has 360 attorneys in eight states and Washington, ...


The lawmaker behind the bill says it will "mitigate the over penalization of women involved in criminal cases."



One legal expert said that the lawsuit could be deliberately targeting small players in the hope of creating precedent to late...


Shirleen Fujimoto, who worked for Girardi for 26 years, told jurors that clients were calling and emailing daily throughout 20...



"The city had 52 weeks to fix the problem, while the plaintiff had just 1 second to avoid it," Arash Homampour, who represente...


Making insurers wait for victims to be paid in mass torts could be tried elsewhere, plaintiffs' attorneys in the Maui fire lit...



Nanyang Li said she was committed to compiling her father's writings because he spoke highly of the Hoover Institution. Li Rui...


Auto manufacturers are not complying with the California Lemon Law, which requires them to repurchase or replace defective veh...



Gov. Newsom should focus on the root causes of homelessness, not push local governments to hide the problem.


Lawyers have a duty of confidentiality to preserve client secrets, which can sometimes prevent them from sharing information. ...



Recent reforms strike a balance between bolstering enforcement and reducing the potential for abuse, while preserving PAGA's c...


Justice Kelli M. Evans, writing for the majority, said that dependency courts must do extensive diligence to determine if chil...



Lawyers claim Google damages Play Store customers by building its marketing campaign on false and misleading representations a...


Several charts shared with jurors throughout IRS Agent Ryan Roberson's three-day testimony showed that during the final decade...



Here's what criminal law will likely look like in 2025

Aug. 20, 2024
By Malcolm Maclachlan

A recent poll shows Proposition 36, which would roll back some of the criminal justice changes of the past few years, winning ...


The company designs games that prioritize purchases over strategy and skill, according to the latest lawsuit, filed in Los Ang...



Trial began Monday in Oakland in a dispute over the papers and diaries of Li Rui, a personal secretary to Mao Zedong.


His name may be famous, but LA judge treasures the days when someone in his court leaves having faith in the judicial system



The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 established a voluntary Drug Price Negotiation Program to reduce the cost of certa...


Elon Musk, an original co-founder of OpenAI, alleges that the company has abandoned its mission and claims breach of contract,...



The California Supreme Court's decisions in the Wilson and Fraziercases raise concerns about the proper applicat...


Bias is an inherent part of the legal profession, and it cannot and will not ever be eliminated. While intentional bias is h...