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Appeals panel: Govt lawsuit can resume vs Kaiser over allegedly misleading 'provider directories'
San Diego City Attorney calls litigation 'wakeup call to the life insurance industry'
Fed judge rejects reporter's challenge to Alameda County ban on 'spectating' at illegal car 'sideshows'
The judge said the First Amendment protects the rights of reporters to publish and speak, not necessarily to stand on the sidewalk and observe illegal and dangerous gatherings within a proscribed radius. The reporter and his lawyers are considering an appeal
Hundreds of school districts cleared to keep up 'nuisance' lawsuit vs. social media companies
A federal judge said the core theory of allegations is the impact of compulsive use of the products marketed by the companies that own and operate Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, among other social media platforms alleged in the lawsuits to be "addictive" and harmful to society, and schools in particular.
Appeals court: Class action vs Coinbase can bypass arbitration because seeks 'public relief'
Crytpo company plans to seek California Supreme Court review
Judge closes out some claims in privacy class action vs Apple, but suit OK to continue
Language on device analytics less clear than app tracking request
Judge: San Francisco sheriff violating order against warrantless searches on pretrial detainees
Miyamoto pauses the program, but defends heightened standards as essential to public safety
Appeals panel: Nurses should get chance to sue San Francisco over unpaid OT
9th Circuit rules city hasn't showed its nurses are salaried employees exempt from certain FLSA guidelines
SF can't enforce ordinance giving tenants more time to fight evictions: Appeals panel
State law allows evictions after three-day warning period
Appeals court: Lawsuit vs San Jose over constitutionality of cardroom fees can continue
City still has a chance to prove all its charges related to regulation of small business sector
California appeals court narrows ability of consumers to collect in court under car 'lemon law'
New trial to be 'subject to the guardrails' of appellate ruling
CA Supreme Court says state labor laws that expose all other employers to big lawsuits don't apply for govt jobs
Alameda County Health System qualifies as a public employer exempt from PAGA litigation
Appeals panel resurrects class action accusing Bank of America of overcharging ATM fees
Customers say out-of-network machines trigger $5 fee for every balance inquiry instead of $2.50
Appeals court: California law letting sex abuse victims sue school districts over decades old claims is constitutional
School districts say the law could threaten public school districts, which are tasked with educating millions of children in California, with financially devastating lawsuits and insolvency over decades-old legal claims.
Plaintiffs have four years, not one, from denial of claim to sue insurers for unfair competition
The California Supreme Court overturned a ruling blocking plaintiffs from suing State Farm over a claim denial. Legal reform advocates say the ruling will only make California's troubled insurance markets worse
Appeals panel says SLAPP can't stop class action suit under California intellectual property and privacy law
Complaint challenges use of personal information adjacent to marketing of business info database
Judge blocks SF sheriff from requiring criminal defendants on electronic monitoring to submit to searches
Judge Jon Tigar allowed a class action lawsuit to proceed accusing the San Francisco sheriff's office of violating criminal defendants' Fourth Amendment rights against police searches by requiring them to agree to all searches as a condition of being released from jail on electronic monitoring
Apple can't shut down consumer class action accusing tech giant of inflating app purchase prices to pad developer profits
The judge agreed that plaintiffs can rely on expert testimony using computer models to estimate how much apps should have cost consumers if Apple didn't allegedly inflate those costs, allegedly to boost app developers' profits.
California Supreme Court says employers can't beat PAGA suits by claiming they are not 'manageable'
The decision narrows the ability of employers to beat the sometimes sprawling lawsuits, increasing the likelihood they will get sued and the likelihood that they will need to pay to defend or settle the actions under California's controversial PAGA law
Appeals panel revives fraud suit regarding Valeant's Apriso drug patents, says not defeated by 'public disclosure bar'
The lawsuit on behalf of Medicare and Medicaid alleges drugmaker falsely obtained multiple patents and overcharged government customers. The appeals panel says a lawyer who has represented generic drugmakers may have 'stitched together' enough information to back his fraud claims
Appeals court OKs exploitation class actions against online porn sites
Advocates say the decision could clear the way for others who claim they were exploited to sue foreign online porn operators