The court's decision in Huerta v. CSI Electrical Contractors provides helpful guidance to employers and employees on th...
Employers should review their application forms and interview questions to remove any inquiries about criminal history. They s...
California has a Planning and Zoning Law that allows for mediation in various types of land use and environmental lawsuits, bu...
Words can be used to create, resolve, or escalate conflicts. Mediators play an important role in facilitating objective assess...
Acquisitions in the artificial intelligence space are becoming increasingly common. Lawyers must have a strong understanding o...
Trial dates set in clergy abuse cases
By Skyler Romero
The proceedings cover lawsuits filed against the Catholic Church in California since the 2019 approval of AB 218, which extend...
Court hears debate on transgender disclosure measure's title
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Proponents of the measure claim Attorney General Rob Bonta’s title for the measure is prejudicing prospective signatories agai...
Judge shopping battle rages in SpaceX's NLRB case
By Craig Anderson
The case has been the subject of an increasingly common struggle over venue and is not done even after Wednesday's 5th Circuit...
Lawyers representing consumer plaintiffs in the case accusing the manufacturers of selling cars with substandard anti-theft fe...
Solar panel company fails in attempt to toss contract fraud lawsuit
By Wisdom Howell
The company allegedly withheld some orders to extract a higher price from customers.
US judge considers potential bellwether cases in social media addiction litigation
By Sunidhi Sridhar
The first trial of dozens of lawsuits is scheduled for October 2025. The companies argue that the plaintiffs' claims are barre...
Casting website accused of exploiting actors
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Casting Networks' fee model is in breach of state law and exploits actors, according to a new class complaint.
Lawsuit over 'Yesterday' trailer dismissed with prejudice
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The suit was filed in relation to a scene appearing in a trailer for the 2019 film which did not ultimately make it into the f...
Judge tentatively dismisses complaint over ballot title for transgender youth initiative
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Superior Court Judge Stephen P. Acquisto wrote that AG Rob Bonta's title of "Restricts Rights of Transgender Youth" was "accur...
IVF firm faces multiple suits over lab accident
By Skyler Romero
The accident is alleged to have killed embryos which were then transferred to patients who didn’t become pregnant.
Complaint against Jacob Emrani set to expand
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Emrani’s attorney, Michael W. Feenberg, told Judge David S. Cunningham III that there is an “ironclad” arbitration provision i...
Retired judge Glenda Sanders regularly employs a facilitative approach to dispute resolution.
The U.S. EPA announced the first-ever national standards for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also known as “foreve...
The Cohan rule is a legal principle that allows taxpayers to deduct expenses without receipts if they can prove them by...
In Ludtke v. Kuhn, Melissa Ludtke claimed that banning her from the clubhouse violated her right to equal protection an...
California should amend its current ballot return process to comply with federal law and protect the dignity and rights of peo...
Parties should draft a comprehensive arbitration clause in an asset purchase agreement, including the process, number and sele...
The State Bar of California filed misconduct charges against John Eastman regarding the 2020 election, but no member of the pu...
The case, which relates to an alleged $13 million still owed to a steel producer, has been mired in cross complaints since it ...
Voters likely will get a chance to make changes to Prop. 47
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Backers of the initiative said they had collected nearly 1 million signatures, far more than the 546,651 valid signatures they...
Amici pour in for challenge to gig worker measure
By Craig Anderson
The state Supreme Court has not scheduled oral arguments for the challenge to Prop. 22, which voters overwhelmingly approved t...
Insurer must pay $80M to defamed former employees, Sacramento jury says
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
According to the complaint, a vice president at Zurich American Insurance Company sent out an email that accused the employees...
The judge ruled that a 2017 California Supreme Court decision that found pre-dispute arbitration agreements that bar individua...
San Francisco accuses Oakland airport of name infringement and confusion
By Sunidhi Sridhar
City Attorney David Chiu argued that changing the name to San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport would damage the ent...