Labor/Employment
Proposition 22 ruling is not Dynamex 2.0, attorneys say
By Malcolm Maclachlan
"The issue this time around is whether Proposition 22, which is legislation adopted by the initiative process, violates the Ca...
Government, Civil Rights
County seeks judgment in COVID case against church
By Wisdom Howell
Counsel for Calvary Chapel told Superior Court Judge Evette D. Pennypacker that the county violated the First and 14th amendme...
Government, Banking
Fed board ousts Silicon Valley Bank executive
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Silicon Valley Bank's CEO Greg Becker's role with the board that is supposed to be monitoring SVB might raise some eyebrows, b...
Ruled schools could not require ‘under God’ in Pledge
Technology, Civil Litigation
School sues social media companies over childrens' mental health
By Jonathan Lo
"Social media companies have ignited a serious mental health crisis through their deployment of artificial intelligence algori...
Education Law
Jewish disabled children denied equal access to special ed, suit says
By Sunidhi Sridhar
“To be eligible as a placement for a student with a disability, the CDE [California Department of Education] must ‘certify’ an...
Los Angeles Judge Stephen Goorvitch wants lawyers to care as much as he does, and get it right.
Judges and Judiciary
Plaintiffs pared, expertise argued in Juul trial preparation
By Jonathan Lo
Attorneys for Altria, the largest investor in Juul Labs, met with the plaintiffs’ lawyers Friday to argue over motions to dism...
Law Practice, Appellate Practice
50-member West Coast patent team moves to DLA
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
“For the past few years, we have doubled the size of our team and our revenue, so we decided it was time to reassess and rebal...
Government, Civil Rights
Calvary Chapel’s federal suit over COVID orders paused for state case
By Wisdom Howell
County Counsel James R. Williams asked the court to abide by the Younger abstention doctrine which he said articulates, “‘a st...
Criminal, Banking
Shareholder accuses Silicon Valley Bank of fraud in lawsuit
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Four days after a multibillion run on Silicon Valley Bank, a shareholder filed a proposed class action in federal court in San...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Criminal
Law enforcement probing dealings between State Bar and Girardi
By Devon Belcher
“The main reason why we weren’t able to release the reports until Friday of last week was because we were cooperating with a l...
Labor/Employment
Appeal panel: Gig workers can be classified as contractors
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Monday’s decision written by Justice Tracie L. Brown will allow these companies to classify drivers and other gig workers as i...
Labor/Employment, Ediscovery, Class Action
Disney pay suit with tardy discovery gets more time
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
In the last conference in October, Judge Elihu M. Berle chided the attorneys for not having settled the basics and wondered if...
Data Privacy, Criminal
Online retailer's recording of chat feature doesn't violate privacy act, U.S. judge rules
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Plaintiff Jose Licea alleged Cinmar violated California Penal Code Section 631 when it paid a third party to “eavesdrop” on an...
Yuba County Judge Melanie Bendorf emphasizes individual circumstances in each case.
Consumer Law
LG knowingly sold faulty appliances, complaints allege
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Earlier this year, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced that it was conducting a study into gas emissions fro...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Criminal
Bar employees didn't understand conflict of interest, says report
By Devon Belcher
The bar released two redacted reports detailing the agency’s handling of the Thomas V. Girardi matters, including a former Sta...
Technology, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Twitter collaboration didn't make content moderation a state action
By Skyler Romero
While the panel ruled against the plaintiff, attorney Rogan M. J. O’Handley, he might still have a claim under the state Const...
Torts/Personal Injury, Government
Gibson Dunn wins $375K for protester shot by rubber bullet
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Jurors determined that Deon Jones’ 4th Amendment rights against unreasonable searches and seizures had been violated by office...
Class Action
Proposed class alleges debt collection abuses in Santa Clara
By Wisdom Howell
According to the complaint filed by Consumer Law Center Inc., the defendant was sending out debt collection notices to the pla...
State Bar & Bar Associations
How should renamed law schools appear on bar?
By Devon Belcher
“The need for a formal written policy regarding how to handle law school name changes has been glaringly highlighted; to that ...
Neutral David Fink is able to soothe people so they can listen to reason, attorneys says.
Technology, Intellectual Property
Jury clears TikTok of infringing Stitch's marks
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Stitch Editing accuses the social media giant of trademark infringement and unfair competition.
Environmental & Energy
Challenge to Fresno highway upgrade cites new clean air law
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The plan would direct more truck traffic into a pair of low income, largely Latino communities called Calwa and Malaga, accord...
Judges and Judiciary
Senate confirms another judge for Southern District
By Craig Anderson
Superior Court Judge James E. Simmons Jr. is the second nominee approved this week for the federal court in San Diego.
Real Estate/Development, Government
State, Huntington Beach trade lawsuits over housing laws
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
The state’s lawsuit accuses Huntington Beach of stifling affordable housing projects and infringing on the rights of homeowner...
Environmental & Energy
Plaintiffs push for less formal discovery in Fairview Fire case
By Skyler Romero
“The written discovery is fairly standardized in these wildfire cases and is very familiar to Southern California Edison and a...
Technology, Class Action
YouTube users class agrees to speed decision on liability theory
By Wisdom Howell
According to a joint case management statement, the parties agreed to work together on a briefing schedule for Google’s immine...
Attorneys say he is a familiar presence in San Francisco federal courtrooms, as a prosecutor and defense lawyer, a fact they s...
