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Onetaste Incorporated v. Netflix, Inc.
Wellness company failed its anti-SLAPP burden to show that Netflix published defamatory statements in its cult documentary. 		Anti-SLAPP, Torts 2DCA/3 Nov. 24, 2025
Park v. Guisti
Because courts must ensure that all litigants have their day in court, trial court abused its discretion in not ensuring that incarcerated plaintiff had meaningful access to court. 		Civil Procedure 4DCA/3 Nov. 24, 2025
Gilliland v. City of Pleasanton
Trial court applied an incorrect legal standard in finding that vehicle collision occurred during a qualifying police "pursuit," which would immunize the city from liability. 		Torts, Immunity 1DCA/1 Nov. 21, 2025
Dobarro v. Kim
Appellate court issued attorneys a stark and pointed reminder not to ignore binding precedent when forging their legal arguments in case involving missing a statutory deadline. 		Attorneys, Employment Law 1DCA/5 Nov. 21, 2025
Brown v. Dave & Buster's of California
Settlement of previously-filed Private Attorney General Act action that had been amended to include encompass all claims asserted in subsequent, separate PAGA suit triggered claim preclusion for the second suit. 		Employment Law, Civil Procedure 2DCA/8 Nov. 21, 2025
State of Oregon v. Trump
Order 		9th Nov. 21, 2025
Camacho v. Northern Mariana Islands Settlement Fund
Under Northern Mariana Islands law, because cost-of-living allowances are not mandatory, retiree was not entitled to those benefits despite settlement agreement's "Full Benefits" designation. 		Constitutional Law 9th Nov. 21, 2025
Mora v. C.E. Enterprises
Because employer's hourly compensation system independently met minimum hourly wage requirements without tacking on bonus pay, it did not violate *Gonzalez*'s "no borrowing" rule. 		Employment Law 2DCA/6 Nov. 20, 2025
Snover v. Gupta
Trial court properly reduced jury award by calculating defendant's 15-percent fault after applying $250,000 MICRA cap. 		Torts, Remedies 1DCA/4 Nov. 20, 2025
Anton's Services v. Hagen
Subcontractor for city project was liable for liquidated damages because contractor's withholding of funds did not constitute payment of wages that the subcontractor failed to pay to its employees. 		Employment Law, Municipal Law 4DCA/1 Nov. 20, 2025
Schlichter v. Kennedy
Order 		4DCA/2 Nov. 19, 2025
Pruchnik v. JCCP4621 Common Benefit Committee
Plaintiff failed to meet his burden to prove exemption from eight-percent common benefit work product assessment imposed by court on all plaintiffs in the coordinated proceedings. 		Attorneys 2DCA/7 Nov. 19, 2025
In re C.L.
Because sufficient evidence supported juvenile court's Indian Child Welfare Act finding, it was affirmed despite not inquiring about possible Native ancestry from a previously contacted family member. 		Dependency 2DCA/3 Nov. 19, 2025
People v. NavaAdame
Failure to advise a suspect of his rights when voluntary interrogation shifted from non-custodial to custodial meant the suspect's confession was inadmissible at trial. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 4DCA/3 Nov. 19, 2025
Kazarian v. Bondi
Order 		9th Nov. 19, 2025
Hollis v. R&R Restaurants Inc.
With Fair Labor Standards Act retaliation claims, because the focus is on the employment relationship underlying the protected activity, district court erred in improperly focusing on the wrong employer-employee relationship. 		Employment Law 9th Nov. 19, 2025
Modification: Tulare Lake Basin Water Storage Dist. v. Dept. of Water Resources
The Delta Reform Act's certification of consistency requirement does not incorporate CEQA's whole-of-an-action requirement and prohibition against piecemealing. 		Environmental Law 3DCA Nov. 18, 2025
Hutson v. U.S.
Order 		USSC Nov. 18, 2025
U.S. v. Hutton
Stepfather's clandestine recording of stepdaughter showering violated exploitation of minors law because statute's broad definition required no causal connection between perpetrator's act and victim's actions. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 9th Nov. 18, 2025
U.S. v. Allen
Trial court did not abuse its discretion where it dismissed case without prejudice for Speedy Trial Act violation that was merely technical, resulting from improperly documented reasoning for continuance. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 9th Nov. 18, 2025
Pritchard v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois
Gender dysphoria insurance coverage case was remanded so district court could reexamine the relationship between gender dysphoria and sex discrimination in light of *Skrmetti*. 		Health Care 9th Nov. 18, 2025
People v. McInnis
Because prosecution has ultimate authority to decide which cases to prosecute, trial court abused its discretion in determining that 27-year precharging delay was negligence arising from "investigatory failure." 		Criminal Law and Procedure 4DCA/1 Nov. 17, 2025
Faulk v. Jeld-Wen Inc.
Under the Class Action Fairness Act, jurisdiction is no longer based on the complaint at the time of removal to federal court; post-removal amendments may extinguish jurisdiction, requiring remand. 		Civil Procedure 9th Nov. 17, 2025
People v. Rockhill
Judge's ex parte communications with a prosecutor created a constitutionally intolerable probability of judicial bias, violating defendant's right to a fair trial. 		Judges, Criminal Law and Procedure 2DCA/7 Nov. 14, 2025
In re A.H.
Juvenile court erred by ordering out-of-home placement in a short-term residential therapeutic program without requiring probation officer to present a statutorily required "case plan" before or at the disposition hearing. 		Juveniles 1DCA/2 Nov. 14, 2025
Modification: People v. Krueger
Petitioner was ineligible for resentencing relief under Penal Code section 1172.6 because she was not convicted under any theory of liability affected by the requisite amendments to murder statutes. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 1DCA/2 Nov. 14, 2025
Modification: People v. Warner
Defendant who possessed the requisite mental state for direct aiding and abetting murder was ineligible for relief under Penal Code section 1172.6. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 1DCA/2 Nov. 14, 2025
People v. Demacedo
Defendant's conviction for driving under the influence causing injury was not a lesser included offense of gross vehicular manslaughter when different victims were involved with the separate charges. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 1DCA/3 Nov. 14, 2025
Amended Opinion: U.S. v. Steinman
Thirty-minute-long traffic stop was not unreasonably prolonged where officer questioned defendant while writing the citation and waiting for the criminal history check. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 9th Nov. 14, 2025
Amended Opinion: U.S. v. Sullivan
Defendant was not entitled to a jury instruction requiring a nexus between his conduct and a Federal Trade Commission investigation for a Section 1505 obstruction conviction. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 9th Nov. 13, 2025
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