GUEST COLUMNS
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
The DeVillier v. Texas case highlights the need for government officials to act in good faith when dealing with citizens' constitutional rights, and the need for government lawyers to seek justice, not just convictions.
Tuesday, May 14, 2024
State education officials are intervening to force San Francisco's school system to clean up its financial mess: a chronic budget deficit that could make it insolvent.
Monday, May 13, 2024
State utility regulators decided Thursday to let California's largest power providers stick their customers with a new monthly flat fee in exchange for a reduction in the overall price of electricity, a controversial change to the way that millions of households pay their utility bills with weighty implications for state climate change policy.
Wednesday, May 8, 2024
California's massive effort to shelter homeless residents during the COVID-19 pandemic was a success, according to a new report that says the effort changed the state's homeless services system for the better.
Tuesday, May 7, 2024
Monday, May 6, 2024
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
Thursday, April 25, 2024
Friday, April 19, 2024
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
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NEWS
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General News
Wednesday, May 15, 2024 |
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| Counsel for social media companies including Meta, Snapchat and YouTube argued against public nuisance claims brought by multiple school districts who say their products are damaging to students' mental health at a hearing on Monday. | |
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Wednesday, May 15, 2024 |
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| Judith Sheindlin, who presided over televised small claims cases for 25 years as "Judge Judy," sued the publisher of supermarket tabloids for writing that she was working to get a new trial for Erik and Lyle Menendez, the brothers who killed their parents in 1989 in Beverly Hills. | |
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Wednesday, May 15, 2024 |
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| Attorneys for Apple Inc. asked a federal judge in San Jose to toss a putative antitrust class action against its iCloud service, saying consumers are not required to sign up for cloud storage with the tech giant to use other Apple products. | |
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General News
Tuesday, May 14, 2024 |
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| Gov. Gavin Newsom's revised budget would cut $97 million from trial courts as the state struggles to deal with a $27.6 billion budget shortfall. | |
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Tuesday, May 14, 2024 |
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| Home prices were already high when Ellen Harper, a software architect living in Atlanta, started searching for a house in 2021. | |
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Tuesday, May 14, 2024 |
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| In another loss for an employer asserting that the Federal Arbitration Act requires the dismissal of claims in Private Attorney Generals Act actions, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel on Friday rejected a bid by Macy's Inc. to dismiss a lawsuit on behalf of a plaintiff's co-workers. | |
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General News
Tuesday, May 14, 2024 |
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| It's nearly a year since California Senate Bill 149, which aims to expedite judicial review of major infrastructure projects, passed the state legislature. Attorneys say the measure has mostly succeeded in its goal of speeding up review under the notoriously cumbersome California Environmental Quality Act, but some have expressed concerns that the courts may have trouble keeping up. | |
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General News
Monday, May 13, 2024 |
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| The lawn is dead. Long live the lawn. Lately this entrenched symbol of American domestic life — verdant, weed-free and crisply mowed — has come under wider scrutiny as a profligate relic, out of sync with an ecologically conscious era. | |
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General News
Monday, May 13, 2024 |
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| It was a day like any other — the day my home was engulfed by fire. No one on earth or above asked me if I was ready for the shoulder shake. The morning started with a buzzy, two-minute car ride to my daughter's school. It ended with us — me, my husband, our then-4-year old and 1-year-old — sharing a queen-size bed at my in-law's house. I spent the night gasping for air while on my husband's phone with my friends and family. My phone had been lost to the blaze. | |
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Monday, May 13, 2024 |
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| California draws more electricity from the sun than any other state. It also has a timing problem: Solar power is plentiful during the day but disappears by evening, just as people get home from work, and electricity demand spikes. To fill the gap, power companies typically burn more fossil fuels like natural gas. | |
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Monday, May 13, 2024 |
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| Restaurant and arcade chain Dave & Busters won judgment on the pleadings in a prospective representative action by an employee claiming the company failed to provide break periods, pay full wages or provide accurate wage statements. | |
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General News
Monday, May 13, 2024 |
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| Alliant Insurance Services sued Missouri-based Lockton Companies on Tuesday, alleging its non-compete covenants deter competitors from hiring Lockton producers for fear of becoming embroiled in lawsuits. It's the latest legal volley in a dispute over the extent to which such covenants can apply to workers in California, where their use is restricted. | |
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General News
Friday, May 10, 2024 |
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| A Swiss commodities trader accused of helping Russian oil companies evade sanctions accused Baker & Hostetler LLP and a partner of legal malpractice and breach of fiduciary duty in a complaint filed Monday in Los Angeles. | |
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General News
Friday, May 10, 2024 |
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| When it comes to sheer resilience, few, if any, species can match the tiny Devils Hole pupfish. | |
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Friday, May 10, 2024 |
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| WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is warning that a new surge of cheap Chinese products poses a threat to American factories. There is little sign of one in official trade data, which show that Chinese steel imports are down sharply from last year and that the gap between what the United States sells to China and what it buys is at a postpandemic low. | |
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General News
Friday, May 10, 2024 |
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| The Biden administration has been racing this spring to finalize a slew of major environmental regulations, including rules to combat climate change, a first-ever ban on asbestos and new limits on toxic chemicals in tap water. | |
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General News
Friday, May 10, 2024 |
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| The City of Los Angeles engaged in "backroom machinations" to save the home where Marilyn Monroe committed suicide from demolition even though it doesn't meet the criteria to be designated a historic cultural monument, a new lawsuit claims. | |
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General News
Friday, May 10, 2024 |
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| Children often learn their first lessons about money from the adults they're closest to. Whether it's listening to parents discuss a purchase or watching them pay bills online, kids are observant and their relationship with money is often shaped by what surrounds them. If you are a parent looking to instill financial wisdom in your children, here are some ways to get started. | |
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General News
Thursday, May 9, 2024 |
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| Few West Coast universities rival the pomp of the University of Southern California's commencements. Flags fly. Trumpets blare. Tens of thousands of relatives from around the world fill the Los Angeles campus, cheering for newly minted alumni. There are catered luncheons under chandeliers and Very Important Speakers: Kevin Feige, the president of Marvel Studios, took the stage last year to the "Avengers" theme song before delivering the commencement address. | |
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General News
Thursday, May 9, 2024 |
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| Attorneys for a Pasadena photographer who sued a celebrity tattoo artist over the use of a portrait of jazz icon Miles Davis said the case is "far from over" despite a federal judge's decision last week to deny their client's bid to reopen proceedings. | |
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Thursday, May 9, 2024 |
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| A product liability lawsuit accusing 10 of the nation's biggest cosmetic manufacturers and retailers, including CVS Pharmacy, Inc. And Target Corp., of knowingly selling toxic dry shampoo is likely headed to trial after both parties' attorneys told a San Francisco judge Tuesday that a settlement was unlikely at this point. | |
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General News
Thursday, May 9, 2024 |
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| Perhaps you remember the commercials: images of the glittering blue Pacific, the majestic peaks of Yosemite, storybook vineyards and ancient redwoods stretching toward the sky. | |
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General News
Wednesday, May 8, 2024 |
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| LOS ANGELES — Actor Owen Wilson chatted with artist Ed Ruscha. Artist Kara Walker spoke of art and activism. k.d. lang brought the house down singing "Hallelujah." | |
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General News
Wednesday, May 8, 2024 |
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| LOS ANGELES — Disney reported strong earnings Tuesday, driven in part by a surprise profit at its flagship streaming service — a first. But investors responded nervously to a coming slowdown at Disney theme parks, which have recently been the company's primary growth engine. | |
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General News
Wednesday, May 8, 2024 |
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| Paramount's proposed merger with Skydance has been the most tumultuous media deal in years. Now it has taken yet another turn after the exclusivity period for negotiations expired without an agreement in hand. | |
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General News
Wednesday, May 8, 2024 |
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| Coinbase and its CEO were hit with a proposed class action for allegedly trading in unregistered securities as the cryptocurrency platform is defending similar claims by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. | |
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General News
Tuesday, April 30, 2024 |
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| A group of charter cities had challenged the law, claiming it unlawfully encroached on their planning powers. | |
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General News
Tuesday, April 30, 2024 |
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| The legal strengths of Rushing McCarl LLP's cofounders make them a formidable duo. | |
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General News
Tuesday, April 30, 2024 |
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| One user accrued $6,200 in costs making in-app purchases to advance further in the game, according to court records. | |
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General News
Monday, April 29, 2024 |
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| The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission was accused of being "inappropriately partisan" in its bid to file an amicus brief on behalf of job applicants suing Workday Inc. for alleged discrimination through artificial intelligence tools. | |
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General News
Monday, April 29, 2024 |
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| Plaintiffs claim the NFL improperly withheld approximately 100 privileged memoranda documents related to the league's alleged control over the pricing of "Sunday Ticket" for television subscribers. | |
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General News
Monday, April 29, 2024 |
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| The FCC voted 3-2, along partisan lines, to bring back net neutrality rules that were first adopted in 2014 when President Barack Obama was president and then eliminated by the agency when Republicans had control after former President Donald Trump was elected. | |
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General News
Friday, April 26, 2024 |
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| The new element is expected to allow for the development of 79 housing units, 47 of which must be affordable to low- and very low-income households. | |
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General News
Friday, April 26, 2024 |
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| "In view of the record in totality, no reasonable person would believe that Judge Bryant-Deason had any racial animus," wrote Orange County Superior Court Assistant Presiding Judge Cheri T. Pham. | |
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General News
Friday, April 26, 2024 |
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| "Instead of complying with its legal obligations, Anthem foists onto hospital personnel Anthem's responsibility to perform … managed care tasks that California law requires of Anthem," the complaint read. | |
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General News
Wednesday, May 8, 2024 |
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| Attorneys defending Amazon's movie studio countered infringement claims over its 2024 "Road House" remake by accusing the plaintiff author of making false representations to the U.S. Copyright Office prior to the federal complaint's filing. | |
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General News
Monday, May 6, 2024 |
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| Attorneys say neutral Peter Marx applies an especially effective human touch. | |
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General News
Monday, April 29, 2024 |
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| Judicate West neutral Peter Searle isn't afraid to discuss case values with parties. | |