SAN JOSE -- Residents who have been fighting to save the Willow Glen Railroad Trestle from demolition, arguing that it was a historical landmark, were disappointed when the National Register of Historic Places recently declared the 1922 railroad bridge ineligible for historic status and could be removed to erect a prefabricated pedestrian bridge.
SANTA ANA – A Florida consumer has filed a class-action lawsuit against a San Juan Capistrano company alleging that it manufactured defective toilet fill valves and sold them to consumers.
SACRAMENTO - Courts in the Northern District of California are fertile ground for consumer class actions that take aim at commonly known products or brands that have been around for generations.
LOS ANGELES – A digital content provider alleges a Redondo Beach company used several images from its catalog without authorization or payment on its website.
SACRAMENTO - Paint manufacturers ordered to abate lead paint inside millions of private residences across the state still await hearing on appeal nearly three years since a trial court entered a $1.15 billion judgment.
SAN FRANCISCO – The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) clean power plan is among the major environmental and energy litigation in the state right now, according to a San Francisco-based industry attorney.
SAN FRANCISCO – On Aug. 29 the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit dismissed a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) lawsuit against AT&T accusing it of slowing data speeds, or data throttling, on customers subscribed to unlimited smartphone data plans without clearly disclosing the policy.
LOS ANGELES — Korean companies have filed suit against a major chain of stores for alleged patent infringement by selling a Kodak product that infringes their LED lighting patent.
SAN DIEGO — A California corporation has filed suit against two companies for alleged patent infringement of its onboard and handheld vehicle navigation systems.
SAN FRANCISCO — Two Napa Valley and Washinton wineries have filed suit against other wineries for alleged trademark infringement and false advertising.
SAN FRANCISCO – An attorney representing clients in whose favor a California appeals court ruled last month that they could not be prosecuted for marijuana offenses if no state laws were broken, says he hopes the U.S. Department of Justice will not file an appeal.
SAN FRANCISCO – In the June issue of the California Bar Journal, reporter John Roemer discussed the growing cannabis industry and how industry supporters in the legal profession are laying the groundwork for the upcoming November elections that has recreational marijuana legalization on the ballot.
