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Plaintiffs claimed the city improperly adopted an urgency ordinance that required non-profit entities to acquire a Conditional...


Civil Litigation


Attorneys with Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP and Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP argued in the complaint filed ...


Citing the 9th Circuit, a district judge in LA tentatively granted the EPA's motion to dismiss a lawsuit that claims it discri...


Technology, Government


Opponents raised worries that even though SB 1047 was not written with a private right of action, civil suits from the attorne...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Law Practice


Attorneys must report pro bono work starting next year

Oct. 1, 2024
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The Legal Aid Association of California led a coalition that sponsored AB 2505.


Insurance


Attorneys for Cloudflare say Indian Harbor Insurance Co. wrongly denied coverage for litigation fees incurred in six third-par...


Civil Litigation


Brewers owner cited by Coastal Commission

Oct. 1, 2024
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

The Coastal Commission's letter to Mark Attanasio came a month after his billionaire neighbor filed a lawsuit accusing him of ...


Civil Litigation


Intuit's counsel at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP have accused H&R Block of misquoting TurboTax prices at ne...


Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


San Mateo County, San Jose sued major oil companies in New Mexico, claiming they had an agreement with OPEC to slow down their...


Judges and Judiciary


Gov. Gavin Newsom nominated Justice Brian M. Hoffstadt as presiding justice of the 2nd District Court of Appeal's Division 5, ...


Epic Games says Apple is deliberately dragging its feet on compliance with discovery on the issue of whether it is adhering t...


Government, Criminal


Public defenders conference says counties that lack a designated office have gaps in justice for indigents.


Nestlé had argued that the plaintiff can't provide evidence of class wide deception or damages, making refunds unfeasible.


Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


San Mateo County, San Jose sued major oil companies in New Mexico, claiming they had an agreement with OPEC to slow down their...


Civil Litigation


Former employees suing Executive Recovery Group claim it hired known members of a white supremacist group, who subjected staff...


Elon Musk skipped the last deposition date with the Securities and Exchange Commission to attend a SpaceX launch in Florida bu...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has been going after stem cell treatment centers across the country, saying the procedu...


Litigation & Arbitration, Class Action


The gene testing company's proposed settlement threatens to stop class members from pursuing ongoing private arbitrations unle...


Civil Litigation


Judge: LA violated housing law when it rejected project

Sep. 30, 2024
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

The city's attempt to require the project to comply with new policies instituted after its preliminary application was submitt...


Government, Environmental & Energy, Administrative/Regulatory


The city has filed its reply brief in a case challenging the EPA's ability to impose generic prohibitions on sewerage overflow...


The woman said she was retaliated against for reporting financial irregularities at the California Commission on Peace Officer...


Criminal


He was scheduled to appear before Judge John F. McGregor to be arraigned on a gun charge from July. No judges were injured in ...


Criminal


Small counties debate benefits of public defender offices

Sep. 27, 2024
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Police in areas with strong public defenders learn to not make certain mistakes, San Benito County Sheriff Eric Taylor said.


Civil Litigation


The LAPD officer who shot Yang was involved in prior shootings of mentally ill individuals, according to a complaint filed in ...


The federal judge found that the Department of Veterans Affairs violated its mandate to care for homeless veterans when it lea...


Small claims litigants can upload evidence in photo, video and document formats, easily assign exhibit numbers and obtain exhi...


Criminal, Constitutional Law


"My order is still the law," U.S. District Judge Jon S. Tigar said. Defendants who did not want to accept the sheriff's condit...


Class Action, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Canadian e-commerce company Shopify says a California man should not be able to sue it over alleged violations of state laws.


Labor/Employment


Defendants Uber and Lyft have denied wrongdoing in a wage theft case brought by the state and rideshare drivers and have repea...


Scott Seaman, co-chair of Hinshaw's Global Insurance Services Practice Group, said the expansion will "boost our insurance pra...