At least four states have passed right to repair laws since 2020, and up to 20 more including California are considering them.
Civil Litigation
First investor lawsuit filed against Hawaii utility over wildfire
By Jonathan Lo
The lawsuit was filed in federal court in San Francisco by Jennifer Pafiti, Jeremy A. Lieberman and J. Alexander Hood II of Po...
Environmental & Energy
Environmental group may appeal Diablo Canyon case dismissal
By Wisdom Howell
Friends of Earth disagrees with Superior Court Judge Ethan P. Schulman’s sustaining of PG&E’s demurrer to the lawsuit that...
Government
Tribe seeks to claw back provisions of gaming compact
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Nearly two dozen California tribes with casinos have sued Gov. Gavin Newsom for allegedly using compact negotiations to force ...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Stanford professor testifies against John Eastman’s legal theories
By Skyler Romero
Defense attorney Randall A. Miller had asked the State Bar Court judge to abate the bar hearing because of Eastman’s right not...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Bar board mulls new non-exam licensure proposal
By Devon Belcher
If the proposal for licensure following 700 to 1,000 hours of supervised law practice is submitted and rejected by the state S...
Labor/Employment
DOJ says SpaceX is biased against asylees and refugees in hiring
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Elon Musk posted on his Twitter account in 2020 that U.S. law requires people to have “at least a green card” to be hired at S...
Litigation & Arbitration
Bid to enforce San Francisco homeless injunction tabled
By Craig Anderson
U.S. Magistrate Judge Donna M. Ryu denied part of plaintiffs’ motion claiming San Francisco was not complying with her order c...
Law Practice
Former state lawmaker opens solo law firm in Simi Valley
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
One component of Bob Hertzberg's legal practice is providing strategic advice to larger law firms on complex policy issues, re...
Yisrael Gelb of Gelb Law APC in Beverly Hills said in response: “There are existing laws in place to protect speakers who are ...
Entertainment & Sports
Claim against CBS says pitch meeting created implied contract
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
The complaint states that CBS violated what the plaintiff says is a long-standing practice in the entertainment industry in wh...
A unanimous Supreme Court ruled that the appellate court used the wrong standard to decide the case involving minority voting ...
Litigation & Arbitration
Witness: Eastman’s views ‘extraordinary and radical’
By Skyler Romero
John C. Eastman’s attorney, Randall A. Miller, objected to expert witness testimony by a Stanford Law School professor, on the...
Criminal, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Inmates lose bid for monitoring of solitary confinement
By Jonathan Lo
9th Circuit Judge Ryan D. Nelson found that the settlement agreement established narrow conditions for granting 12-month exten...
Attorney's value the opinion of retired Los Angeles County Presiding Judge Daniel Buckley.
State Bar & Bar Associations
State must scrap contracts with outside firms, board says
By Malcolm Maclachlan
But in a series of recent cases, the union representing 4,500 attorneys employed by the state has claimed some agencies are ro...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Antitrust plaintiffs want details of NFL/YouTube deal
By Sunidhi Sridhar
The NFL announced last year that its “Sunday Ticket” television package was moving from DirecTV to YouTube TV.
Litigation & Arbitration
Girardi long-term memory impaired but he’s mentally competent, government expert testifies
By Devon Belcher
A neuropsychologist testified that disbarred and federally indicted attorney Thomas V. Girardi was aware of what happened to h...
Litigation & Arbitration
Chinese family’s suit says DoorDash driver hit them, killing father
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
The question of who is liable in the event of an accident might be an issue because food app companies say that their drivers ...
Health Care & Hospital Law, Data Privacy
UCSF Medical Center to face patient data breach case
By Jonathan Lo
The center and the Regents of the University of California were accused of incorporating Meta Platform Inc.’s Pixel tracking t...
Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy complications scuttle J&J’s $8.9B talc deal, lawyer says
By Skyler Romero
The company’s latest attempt to file for bankruptcy in New Jersey has since been dismissed, with a stay on civil litigation li...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit mulls San Francisco homeless camp injunction opposition
By Craig Anderson
During arguments, the majority of the panel seemed less inclined to vacate entirely an injunction stopping San Francisco from ...
Litigation & Arbitration
Grubhub drivers file misclassification suit in LA
By Wisdom Howell
Grubhub has maintained that its drivers are independent contractor similar litigation.
State Bar & Bar Associations
Eastman surrenders in Georgia, State Bar case to resume
By Skyler Romero
“I am here today to surrender to an indictment that should never have been brought. It represents a crossing of the Rubicon f...
Law Practice
San Francisco area attorney joins ADR Services panel of neutrals
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Robert P. Hamilton has been a lawyer and mediator for 40 years. He retired after 20 years as a partner at Goodman Neuman Hamil...
Law Practice
Hughes Hubbard bolsters China practice with new partner
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
“Geopolitical tensions have kept most law firms away from China. I wanted to join a firm that is hungry and committed to the r...
American Alliance for Equal Rights accused Morrison & Foerster LLP and Perkins Coie LLP of violating the Equal Rights Act ...
Litigation & Arbitration
Accusations of ‘greed’ and ‘revenge’ start trade secrets trial
By Sunidhi Sridhar
All of the defendants have denied the allegations against them in the trade secrets misappropriation and racketeering trial th...
Litigation & Arbitration
Agency sued over letting 2 districts seek cheaper water
By Skyler Romero
The complaint claims that the San Diego County Local Agency Formation Commission failed to substantially review the environmen...
Health Care & Hospital Law
Lawmakers take steps to overhaul mental health care
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Much of the impetus appears to be coming from a governor who has made these his signature issues and federal court decisions t...