Technology, International Law
Rohingya refugee can refile case accusing Meta of inciting genocide, judge says
By Jonathan Lo
‘At the end of the day we are confident that we can demonstrate to a jury that, to borrow a phrase from its own employees, Met...
Constitutional Law
Newsom knows gun law is unconstitutional, opponents argue
By Craig Anderson
Bradley A. Benbrook, an attorney with the Benbrook Law Group who represents the plaintiffs fighting a gun restriction law the ...
Civil Litigation
Judge threatens to sanction lawyers seeking gun law injunction
By Malcolm Maclachlan
U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez said the plaintiff’s attorneys, seeking a preliminary injunction against a law that allows ...
Loma Linda woman pleads guilty to $2.6M commodity futures trading scheme
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
According to court documents, Sharief Deona McDowell, 57, used investors’ money to pay for her lavish lifestyle. T
Judges and Judiciary, Ediscovery
Retired judges lose motion to compel discovery, set chief justice deposition
By Wisdom Howell
Counsel for the plaintiffs — Daniel S. Mason of Furth Salem Mason & Li LLP in San Francisco and Quentin L. Kopp, a former ...
Butte County Commissioner Kurt Worley emphasizes research, communication
Litigation & Arbitration, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
High Court to decide if compelled arbitration dispute halts litigation
By Wisdom Howell
The case comes to the nation’s highest court after Coinbase’s attempts to compel arbitration in two class actions alleging the...
Labor/Employment, California Courts of Appeal
Appeal court hears argument over gig worker referendum
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“This case concerns unprecedented limitations on the initiative power, one of the most precious rights of our democratic proce...
Technology, California Supreme Court
Supreme Court takes up Slack’s circuit split appeal on standing
By Skyler Romero
“Because stocks are traded across the country, plaintiffs can pick whatever forum they like, and they will now pick only the 9...
Labor/Employment
Hollywood Foreign Press member beats anti-SLAPP motion
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
“It can be inferred for purposes of an anti-SLAPP analysis that the HFPA acted extremely and outrageously by issuing a press r...
Technology, Class Action
Google scores 2 victories in browser class actions
By Jonathan Lo
In one case, U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Oakland issued an order granting Google’s motion for summary judgme...
Labor/Employment
Employee bias suit against San Diego cannabis firm heads for trial
By Sunidhi Sridhar
The former vice president of business operations of Skye Bioscience is suing the CEO of the company after the plaintiff said s...
Judges and Judiciary, Government
Senators quiz nominee over support of Judge Reinhardt
By Craig Anderson
The Senate Judiciary Committee questioned Altshuler Berzon LLP partner P. Casey Pitts and U.S. Magistrate Judge Andrew G. Scho...
Health Care & Hospital Law
Jury finds Health Net is to blame for woman’s opioid addiction
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
“Health Net had ample opportunities to step in and deliver the specialist services that are promised to plan members under the...
Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports
Taylor Swift shakes off suit over lyrics copying complaint
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Composers and producers Sean Hall and Nathan Butler sued singer Taylor Swift and her music label over her 2014 song, “Shake It...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Serial ADA suer hit with fees, counsel won him ‘$5M in 3 years’
By Skyler Romero
James S. Link, a sole practitioner from Pasadena who represented the defendant in the 9th Circuit case, said his victory again...
Commissioner Chandra Reid aims to instill confidence in the judicial system
California Courts of Appeal
Report: 3rd District Court of Appeal has slashed case backlog
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Between July 1, 2020, and Sept. 30, 2022, the court reduced its backlog of fully briefed cases awaiting decision from 814 to 2...
Newsom's supplemental brief was filed by his attorneys with Olson Remcho LLP after Attorney General Rob Bonta refused to defen...
Government, Class Action
Class of inmates say jailhouse in San Bruno is too crowded
By Jonathan Lo
The class representatives are pretrial detainees who have been waiting for their day in court for more than five years. They s...
Entertainment & Sports
$24M women’s soccer deal OK’d except for attorney fees
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Attorneys for Hope Solo, former goalkeeper for the Women’s National Soccer Team, raised an objection over $2 million in attorn...
Law Practice, Appellate Practice
UK partner moves to Osborne Clarke’s San Francisco office
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Ray Berg’s relocation to the United States won’t be the last, according to the firm’s CEO.
San Joaquin County court Commissioner Michael Rasmussen learned from watching judges during long career
GVM Law, advisors to Napa Valley families and their businesses for 50 years, is expanding
Government, Education Law
State sued over fees for outsourced summer school classes
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
The lawsuit, filed by Public Counsel in Los Angeles County Superior Court, accuses school districts of using summer school pro...
“The withdrawal liability provisions of ERISA are structured to impose liability on controlled groups and we were pleased that...
Judges and Judiciary, Government
Final judge election results in California
By Christer Schmidt
Final results from the November elections are not yet available but results are clear for judicial elections.
Technology
As Section 230 is debated, US judge cites courts’ consensus
By Wisdom Howell
Santa Clara County Judge Sunil R. Kulkarni cited Section 230 of Communications Decency Act — a law passed in 1996 that allows ...
Judges and Judiciary
Longtime patent litigator to join Northern District court as magistrate judge
By Jonathan Lo
Baker Botts LLP partner Peter H. Kang has served 17 times as trial counsel in federal courts nationwide, the U.S. Internationa...
Real Estate/Development, Government
San Diego dropped from lawsuit over unusable building
By Skyler Romero
Judge Joel R. Wohlfeil found that a taxpayer had no standing to sue the city over arrangements that led to the lease of a buil...