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Appeals panel says San Francisco allowed to let noncitizens vote in school board elections
Ruling overturns dismissal of Proposition N ordinances as unconstitutional
Appeals panel rules Alameda schools' special tax doesn't violate state law
The court tossed out a lower court's ruling that the special tax illegally allowed owners of larger properties to pay a lower effective tax rate
Home Depot paying $72.5M to end years-old class action over underpayment allegations
Workers who claim they weren't paid for waiting in closed stores for supervisor release will receive up to $77 each, while lawyers could get $24M
CAL Supreme Court: USC didn't violate football player's rights by expelling him over assault without chance to face witnesses
Private schools aren't required to conduct in-person hearings with cross examination, even with expulsion on the line, when dealing accusations of sexual misconduct or intimate partner violence, the state high court said
Disneyland workers entitled to 'living wage' under Anaheim ordinance, because Disney gets tax rebate from city
Appeals panel said Walt Disney Company receives rebates of its own taxes under a redevelopment agreement with the city of Anaheim, and that qualifies as a city "subsidy," which in turn requires Disney to pay its workers in accordance with Anaheim's so-called 'Living Wage Ordinance.'
California Supreme Court says California Medical Association may sue Aetna over in-network referral mandate
Unanimous ruling holds lower courts' summary judgment for Aetna was improper
Appeals panel agrees embedded Instagram posts aren't copyright violations
Photographers said news organizations used their images without consent
Class action accuses Google of intercepting income tax data without filers' consent
Lawsuit says Google's analytics tool attached to programs used by tax preparers like H&R Block, TaxSlayer and TaxAct, allowed the company to collect prohibited sensitive data, like adjusted gross income
Appeals panel allows parents to sue Google, content creators over YouTube ads for kids' products
Ninth Circuit ruling holds lawsuits under state laws are not always preempted by federal laws prohibiting the same conduct
Appeals panel says police didn't violate law in detaining parents to learn location of student who threatened to 'shoot up' school
But Ninth Circuit ruling overturns lower court judgment that officers didn't use excessive force when they subdued unarmed father upon arriving at family home of student who made shooting threat
Appeals panel revives mother's class action over 'unwanted' texts sent to her teen's phone
Ruling holds woman has legal standing to sue as the owner of her son's phone and number
Attorneys request $181M from $725M Facebook data privacy settlement
Request amounts to 25% of total pool; Individual users may get $10 each
Judge grounds privacy class action vs JetBlue for tracking customer online clicks
A L.A. federal judge says JetBlue's use of software to monitor customer interaction with its website doesn't violate California's Invasion of Privacy Act.
Lawsuit: San Francisco's race, identity-based 'guaranteed income' projects violate the Constitution
New filing says programs targeted to provide government money to specific non-white, non-heterosexual groups don't square with Equal Protection Clause
9th Circuit revives Lanham Act lawsuit pitting cybersecurity software firms against one another
2-1 opinion holds statements about protective software can be verified and aren't protected opinion
Appeals panel says Ring's arbitration agreement doesn't apply to customers' class action over doorbell footage fees
Video doorbell maker allegedly failed to properly tell consumers about monthly per-device footage access fee
State appeals panel says Kennedy Commission entitled to $3.5M in legal fees for low income housing lawsuit
Huntington Beach argued Commission's litigation not the cause of amendments to municipal development plan
Former congressional candidate Joe Collins OK to sue Maxine Waters over false dishonorable discharge claims
According to the lawsuit, U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters has refused to recant her allegedly false claims that her congressional campaign opponent Joseph E. Collins III had been dishonorably discharged from the Navy, even after presented with evidence
Appeals panel reinstates case accusing big banks of using 'robo resets' to manipulate muni bond rates
The qui tam action - brought by an investment fund on behalf of the state of California - alleges collusion, and says banks didn't establish lowest possible rates when issuing the bonds, costing taxpayers big money
9th Circuit panel: Sen. Warren didn't violate RFK Jr.'s rights by asking Amazon to make it harder to buy his Covid book
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had argued the Massachusetts senator had violated the First Amendment by writing a letter asking Amazon to change its algorithms to make it harder to find 'The Truth About COVID-19' book