WASHINGTON – A massive civil court class-action lawsuit alleging that Google purposely misled and overcharged advertisers for online ads that were placed on error pages and inactive "parked" websites is advancing in the wake of a June 6 Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) decision not hear Google's appeal to put a halt to the case.
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court will hear the appeal in the case of a man who has been denied United States citizenship based on the residency requirement of his father.
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Fisher v. University of Texas could give the University of California system a legal opening for re-instating affirmative action, but that would require the repeal of an amendment to the state constitution passed in 1996, according to a former UC Davis law professor.
SAN FRANCISCO – A recently enacted California Law requiring licensed family-planning clinics in the state to post a notification on the availability of free or low-cost contraception, prenatal care and abortions for qualifying patients is drawing the ire of several crisis pregnancy centers in the state, which believe being forced to display the posters violates their First Amendment rights.
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court, on a 6-2 decision involving a case originally filed in California’s 9th Circuit Court, ordered the Department of Labor to clarify its regulation regarding an overtime pay exemption for people who work at auto dealerships as car salesmen or sales advisers.
SAN FRANCISCO – After a U.S. Supreme Court decision not to hear a challenge of California’s law banning possession and sale of shark fins, a fight has ended, and shark fin soup will not be on the menu at many Asian restaurants.
WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice believes the U.S. Supreme Court should turn a long-standing patent infringement battle waging between Samsung Electronics Co. LTD and Apple Inc. back over to a trial court for a ruling on whether a new trial should be held regarding the calculation of damages.?
LOS ANGELES – The recent dismissal of a suit a writer filed against the producers of the movie "American Hustle" shows how difficult it can be for a public figure to show defamation.
WASHINGTON – Iberdrola recently responded to a judge’s ruling that the Spanish energy company overcharged long-term contract customers during California’s energy crisis in 2000 to 2001.
WASHINGTON – Samsung Electronics Co. LTD petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court in May to vacate an injunction related to a February patent infringement ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit that was one of the latest chapters in the ongoing dispute between Samsung and Apple Inc., according to a Samsung spokesman.
SAN FRANCISCO – When the U.S. Supreme Court heard the case of Scott Kiernan v. Antonio A. Hinojosa in May, the decision was one in a series. The court reversed the decision of the Ninth Circuit Court of California, which had granted Hinojosa’s petition for habeas relief, and one California attorney says this reinforces a message long communicated to inmates.
ST. LOUIS – A federal appellate court in Missouri has ruled that a company forfeited its right to arbitration by participating in litigation for months – including an attempt to get the case moved to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California – when company officials knew all along that an employment contract had contained an arbitration clause.
SAN FRANCISCO – The California Court of Appeal issued a decision on May 9 remanding a class-action lawsuit filed against DirecTV to trial court for a ruling on whether the company waived its right to enforce an arbitration agreement that the U.S. Supreme Court recently upheld as enforceable in DirecTV Inc. v. Imburgia.
SAN JOSE – A recent petition for writ of certiorari was denied by the Supreme Court in a continuing battle against inclusionary zoning involving the California Building Industry Association (CBIA) and the city of San Jose.
BAKERSFIELD – The U.S. Supreme Court recently denied a petition to review a case related to California's practice of collecting unclaimed property. In the lawsuit, the plaintiffs claimed the state does not give people adequate notice before transferring their assets to the fund, which is overseen by the California State Controller's Office.
SAN FRANCISCO – Even with 2016 shaping up to be an active year for asbestos litigation in California, the long-running Casey v Kaiser Gypsum Co. will not be heard by the state's Supreme Court.
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.
SAN DIEGO – After California’s privacy law took effect in January, questions arose over whether the additional protections extend to people on probation who already are subject to searches without a warrant as a condition of their sentence.
