SAN FRANCISCO – In an August article for the California Bar Journal, Laura Ernde reported on the Sander v. State Bar of California case that will have closing briefs in September, heard by Judge Mary E. Wiss, to fully determine the necessary parameters needed to protect bar applicants’ privacy with regards to research publications.
WASHINGTON – A pending federal appeals ruling has many medical and recreational marijuana legal observers speculating over how legislation, sponsored by two California law makers, will be interpreted while others are waiting for the ruling itself.
SACRAMENTO – A bill introduced to the California legislature in March in an effort to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for allegedly deceptive and fraudulent practices related to the scientific evidence surrounding climate change was passed by the state senate judiciary committee earlier this month.
An Oakland, Calif.-based nonprofit legal service and advocacy group is helping to represent an Alameda County man suing Dish Network over claims it deceives Spanish-speaking customers.
SAN FRANCISCO – A Westminster man who delivered telephone directories for AT&T has filed a class-action suit alleging that it and another company failed to fairly compensate their employees.
SAN JOSE – The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in late February not to hear a challenge to a San Jose-mandated affordable housing law has effectively ended that challenge, a Pacific Legal Foundation official said in an interview.
ALAMEDA – Despite increasing demand for services, some of California’s public law libraries may soon be forced to close or downsize due to increases in operating costs and decreases in funding.
ROSEVILLE – The director of a California association for auto dealers says resolving customer disputes through arbitration instead of litigation can be a triumph for both sides.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – For years, a disproportionate number of minority students have entered into the criminal justice system compared to their white counterparts.
SACRAMENTO – All eyes interested in tort reform in California are watching an almost 12-year-old class-action lawsuit expected to be heard before the State Supreme Court that could, depending on how it's decided, change the way class-action plaintiffs' attorneys are paid.
SACRAMENTO – Californians who want to speak out against lawsuit abuse still have time to sign up for California Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse and California Civil Justice Association Day at the Capitol on Tuesday, March 15.
SAN FRANCISCO — The $9 million class-action lawsuit settlement agreed to by software developer Carrier IQ and several mobile phone manufacturers in a U.S. District Court in California looks very large, and it certainly impressed the judge in the case.
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - On Nov. 25, a U.S. District
judge dismissed a class action lawsuit against Ford, Toyota and GM,
ruling the claim that cars were susceptible to electronic hacking had no
evidence of personal injury to support it.
