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Oil developer sues to block targeted law 

Dec. 2, 2024
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

Sentinel Peak Resources says the bill's author intended to target any "low production well" in California that was within 3,20...


Labor/Employment

The settlement brings to a close years of litigation between the company and women who said they were systematically paid less...



Torts/Personal Injury, Civil Litigation

JCCP proceedings can be switched to different courts without explanation, some attorneys say, while the Judicial Council says ...


Litigation & Arbitration

U.S. District Judge Anthony J. Battaglia found Temu's arbitration agreement is reasonably enforced, and he stayed the case pen...



U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

Supreme Court asked to rule on gun show sales

Dec. 2, 2024
By Craig Anderson

C.D. "Chuck" Michel, a senior partner with Michel & Associates PC, wrote Wednesday in a writ of certiorari for a gun show ...


The California recipients will use the grants to enhance their technological capabilities and improve service delivery to low-...



The Department of Justice disagrees with the probation office's analysis that reduces the government's proposed 24-month impri...


In October, City Administrative Officer Matthew W. Szabo released a report indicating that the city has exceeded its planned e...



Entertainment & Sports

The rock singer, whose real name is Brian Warner, sued actress Evan Rachel Wood in 2022 over public allegations of abuse made ...


"The case has statewide implications because the court rulings allowed local government to evade the debt limit law by agreei...



Judges and Judiciary, Government

More counties open Care Courts as Monday deadline looms

Nov. 29, 2024
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Most California counties faced a Dec. 1 deadline to roll out their programs. In recent days, superior courts in Alameda, Butte...


Lawsuits are rare under California's 2019 CROWN Act, which bans discrimination against Black employees for wearing "natural" o...



Torts/Personal Injury

The jury found that the school had been negligent in its supervision of the student on the playground.


Civil Procedure

The agent says a costume designer had no cause to include him in a federal lawsuit that primarily targets Erika Girardi, an en...



Judges and Judiciary

Superior Court judges from throughout California responded to a Daily Journal request to share their favorite holiday recipes...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.

The response seeks dismissal of a lawsuit the Pac-12 filed in the Northern District of California arguing that a penalty again...



Judges and Judiciary

Gov. Gavin Newsom nominated Justice Brian M. Hoffstadt to lead the 2nd District Court of Appeal, Division 5. He also nominated...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.

In the multidistrict lawsuit that was initiated in 2015, StarKist Co. and several related companies were accused of fixing the...



Civil Rights

Advocates on both sides of the legal and political divide have accused each other of flipping Title IX on its head when it com...


Intellectual Property, Health Care & Hospital Law

Lorik Papyan admitted obtaining HIV medications from patients in the Los Angeles area and repackaging them with over-the-count...



Civil Litigation

Attorneys for man in Sonoma County say their client suffered serious complications after assuming the affected carrots.


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Heard's insurer had not breached its duty to defend the actress in her defama...



Civil Litigation

Jury awards $292M in false advertising case

Nov. 26, 2024
By Jack Needham

A jury in San Francisco found that cancer test maker Natera made false and misleading claims about rival Guardant's product.


Environmental & Energy

The groups argue that the project will undermine the state's climate goals and grow the county's polluting oil and gas industr...



Scott Edelman of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher was honored at the event in Beverly Hills.


Government, Class Action

Attorneys representing the VA in a dispute with homeless veterans have pointed to department officials' testimony before a con...



Criminal, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

Alyssa D. Bell, who represents Mark Ridley-Thomas, told a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel that her client was trying t...


Banking, Antitrust & Trade Reg.

A trade secrets complaint accuses the executives of taking the business to their new employer, BMO Wealth Management.



U.S. Supreme Court, Securities, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

The one-sentence opinion was unsigned and quickly followed oral arguments in the case on Nov. 6, in which justices voiced skep...


Civil Litigation

LASC to begin mandatory eService Dec. 2

Nov. 25, 2024
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

Civil, family law, probate and Mental Health-LPS cases will eventually be required to utilize eService as well, with full impl...