Health Care & Hospital Law
Strange bedfellows unite to oppose homeless plan
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“I think everybody can acknowledge the problem with have with housing, homelessness and mental health issues. But additional d...
Technology
X asks for dismissal of child porn and sex trafficking claims
By Jonathan Lo
Twitter’s attorneys also argued it is shielded from liability because of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act and pla...
Civil Rights, California Courts of Appeal
State Supreme Court urged to rule on Racial Justice Act
By Craig Anderson
In his dissent, 2nd district Court of Appeal Justice Kenneth R. Yegan wrote, “I am aware of no instance in the history of Cali...
Environmental & Energy
Both sides seek judgment in desert off-roading dispute
By Wisdom Howell
Environmental groups say the U.S. Bureau of Land Management is not following the law by allowing routes for off-highway vehicl...
Litigation & Arbitration
Museum wants college to take its Diego Rivera mural back
By Wisdom Howell
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art says the mural’s presence and the college’s inaction on removing under contract terms i...
Technology
Minors’ social media addiction claims to proceed to trial in Los Angeles
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, and YouTube are accused of intentionally including features designed to get minors addi...
The Kent Pincin Law duo learned about court strategy as children.
Jason G. Sheasby, an Irell & Manella partner based in Los Angeles, said the verdict is a win for small business innovation.
ABA, LA bar leader managed two LA law firms and worked to enhance the profession.
The “Yes in God’s Back Yard” law gives “use by right” status to new affordable housing on land owned by churches and higher ed...
Litigation & Arbitration
Google to pay $23M, change 3rd party disclosures
By Jonathan Lo
Users claimed Google violated the Stored Communications Act for divulging their information.
LS Carlson Law handles business litigation, real estate disputes, estate planning, contractor disputes, employee retention cre...
Data Privacy
TikTok must answer class claims of illegal data scraping
By Sunidhi Sridhar
“This case is about the defendants’ unauthorized use of non-TikTok users’ highly personal data whenever the non-TikTok users v...
Litigation & Arbitration
Sonoma County jury awards $33M in elder abuse case
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Mary Joann Cooley fell between 20 and 25 times between June 2019 and September 2020, when she lived at Arbol Residences.
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit migrant detention precedents ‘no longer good law’
By Craig Anderson
A previous precedent “about the appropriate procedures for those bond hearings — which also arose under different statutory pr...
Litigation & Arbitration
IBM settlement might be a 1st under commissions law
By Jonathan Lo
The plaintiffs’ attorneys said they extrapolated “a case theory involving unpaid commissions that had previously only been app...
Law Practice
Firm accused of filing duplicate suit in gas leak litigation
By Skyler Romero
“The allegation is that money that was received in this lawsuit went to, as we understand it, a law firm that was working with...
Data Privacy
Google seeks 30-day deadline for PAGA plaintiff to sift data
By Wisdom Howell
“To avoid any confusion, Google is not requesting that plaintiff be ready to try her case in 30 days — it merely seeks to keep...
Intellectual Property
Superhero comic writer Stan Lee faced ‘villains,’ lawsuit says
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
“Many who presented themselves as apparent allies and collaborators turned out to be masked opportunists, secretly scheming to...
Neutral Ronald Prager knows how to tell people what they don't want to hear.
Government
State sues LA school district over loss of charter school tenant
By Skyler Romero
California voters approved bonds in four elections to provide districts money for charter schools, and it is a misuse of funds...
Health Care & Hospital Law
GlaxoSmithKline settles 4 bellwether Zantac cases in Alameda County
By Wisdom Howell
The London based biopharmaceutical company denied liability in a news release Wednesday. Though it has secured a summary judgm...
Litigation & Arbitration
$135M verdict in decades-old school abuse case
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The case was made possible by a 2019 law that created a three-year window to file civil suits over old claims of sexual abuse ...
Legal Education
Dean of UC Davis School of Law steps down after 16 years
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The university plans to launch a nationwide search for Kevin R. Johnson’s replacement in November, with a goal of having a new...
SB 244 is part of a wave or “right to repair” bills across t he nation that have targeted everything from computers to farm tr...
Litigation & Arbitration
Security guard sues for emotional distress after shooting Target stabber
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
A Target guard said the store created an unsafe work environment by putting kitchen knives on display in a dangerous area and ...
U.S. Supreme Court
San Francisco loses bid to move homeless case from judge who issued injunction
By Craig Anderson
Jen Kwart, communications director for San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu, wrote: “We are disappointed with the Court’s ru...
Labor/Employment
Local prosecutors get expanded authority to enforce state Labor Code
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“This is probably the most expansive local labor law enforcement in the country, as far as I know,” said Caitlin Vega, general...
Environmental & Energy
Caltrans settles longrunning litigation over stormwater pollution
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Los Angeles Waterkeeper and the Natural Resources Defense Council sued Caltrans in 1993 over untreated water that runs into Sa...
Litigation & Arbitration
80 sex assault cases against Uber moved to San Francisco
By Jonathan Lo
The results of the litigation by 10,000 plaintiffs — who demand policy changes at the company — could massively impact the rid...