California

  • June 25, 2025

    PetroSaudi Slams Liquidators' Bid To Pause $380M Award Suit

    A PetroSaudi unit pursuing enforcement of a $380 million arbitral award has asked a California federal judge to deny a request by the company's liquidators to pause a federal government suit targeting the award over its alleged connection to funds embezzled from Malaysia.

  • June 25, 2025

    DOJ Says OC Won't Provide Noncitizen Voter Cancellation Info

    The Orange County Registrar of Voters is illegally withholding unredacted information of noncitizens whose registrations were voided, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday in California federal court by the U.S. Department of Justice, which recently received a complaint from the relative of a noncitizen who purportedly received a mail-in ballot.

  • June 25, 2025

    Fed. Circ. Backs HP Unit's Alice Win In California

    The Federal Circuit refused to revive a lawsuit accusing HP unit Polycom of infringing a multimedia communication patent, backing a California federal judge's finding that the patent wasn't valid to begin with.

  • June 25, 2025

    Fed. Circ. Won't Revive Inventor's Patent Suit Against Google

    The Federal Circuit on Wednesday denied a bid to revive a patent infringement case from a man who says Google's products use aspects of his threat-detection technology.

  • June 25, 2025

    Edgewell Deodorant Burn Claims Dropped From Conn. Court

    Two women who brought a proposed class action against Edgewell Personal Care Co. claiming the company's Billie brand All Day Deodorant caused chemical burns and other skin problems have dropped their suit from Connecticut federal court, according to a new order.

  • June 25, 2025

    Investor Wins $2.25M In Cannabis Shareholder Dispute

    The manager of a medical marijuana collective must fork over $2 million and a 50% stake in the entity to an investor, a Los Angeles state court judge ruled, hitting the defendant, previously accused of recklessly spending the dispensary money and found liable for fraud, with another judgment.

  • June 25, 2025

    Meta Beats 'Half-Hearted' Harm Args In AI Fair Use Suit

    A California federal judge concluded Wednesday that it was fair for Meta Platforms Inc. to train its Llama large language models with 13 bestselling authors' copyrighted material without their permission, calling their arguments that the tech giant's use of their works would harm the market for their books "half-hearted."

  • June 25, 2025

    Ex-Google Engineer Nixes Evidence Over Miranda Violation

    A California federal judge has ordered that statements a former Google engineer made to federal agents investigating him for espionage and trade secret theft must be suppressed because they violated the Chinese national's Miranda rights.

  • June 25, 2025

    Albertsons Reaches Terms To End Action Over Cereal Bars

    Grocery chain Albertsons has resolved a proposed class action alleging its Signature Select Fruit & Grain cereal bars were deceptively labeled "Naturally Flavored" while containing an artificial ingredient derived from petroleum.

  • June 25, 2025

    9th Circ. Says Mexican Man Can't Vacate Firearm Conviction

    A split Ninth Circuit panel has refused to vacate a Mexican national's conviction for possession of a firearm while present in the U.S. without authorization, saying there's no reasonable likelihood that the jury would have reached a different conclusion with different instructions.

  • June 25, 2025

    Court Halts Trump Order Curbing Federal Union Bargaining

    Several federal agencies must stop enforcing a part of President Donald Trump's executive order that would ax labor contracts covering agencies that have "national security" aims, a California federal judge ruled, finding unions showed they would suffer irreparable harm by losing collective bargaining rights.

  • June 24, 2025

    Wash. Judge Blocks Trump Admin's EV Charging Funds Freeze

    A Seattle federal judge Tuesday issued a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from withholding funds for electric vehicle charging infrastructure projects in 14 states, but stopped short of applying it to two other states and Washington, D.C., and stayed the order to give the administration time to appeal.

  • June 24, 2025

    Anthropic Copyright Ruling May Spur More AI Licensing Deals

    The first federal court decision on the fairness of taking copyrighted material to train generative artificial intelligence is a mixed outcome for tech companies and content creators that could prompt both parties to seek coexistence, according to attorneys, with the judge concluding that while the technology is "spectacularly" transformative, using pirated material is inexcusable.

  • June 24, 2025

    Billy Crystal Sued By Manager's Widow Over Film Fees

    The widow of Billy Crystal's longtime manager sued the actor in California state court Tuesday, alleging he owes fees from his acting and voice-over work and arguing that the "When Harry Met Sally" star stopped paying her late husband's management firm two years ago in breach of an oral and implied contract.

  • June 24, 2025

    State AGs Sue Trump Admin To Stop Billions In Grant Cuts

    A coalition of 21 states and the District of Columbia filed suit Tuesday in Massachusetts federal court, accusing the Trump administration of unlawfully using a single clause "buried in federal regulations" to nix billions of dollars in federal grant funding to the states.

  • June 24, 2025

    9th Circ. Urged To Revive Players' NHL, CHL Antitrust Suit

    Hockey players' unions and individual players have appealed to the Ninth Circuit after a Washington federal judge dismissed their antitrust lawsuit accusing the National Hockey League and the Canadian Hockey League of conspiring to suppress wages for junior league players.

  • June 24, 2025

    MLB Star Tatis Sues Over 'Predatory' Future Earnings Deal

    San Diego Padres star Fernando Tatis Jr. filed a lawsuit Monday in California state court alleging that a future earnings deal he signed with Big League Advance when he was a minor league baseball player is an illegal, predatory loan that could cost him $34 million. 

  • June 24, 2025

    More Diddy Accusers Sue Over Sex Assaults In Los Angeles

    Two men and a woman filed new sexual assault suits against Sean "Diddy" Combs in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Tuesday, claiming that they were drugged, raped and assaulted by both Combs and his son at different parties.

  • June 24, 2025

    Landmark Product Safety Conviction Faces 9th Circ. Appeal

    A former Gree USA executive has appealed his conviction and 38-month prison sentence in the first-ever criminal prosecution of individuals under the Consumer Product Safety Act, according to a Tuesday filing in California federal court.

  • June 24, 2025

    Judge Cites Slack In Tossing Allbirds Investors' IPO Suit

    A California federal judge has once again tossed an investor class action accusing shoemaker Allbirds Inc. of failing to warn investors about the risks of its shifting business strategy ahead of its initial public offering, ruling that shareholders would need to prove they can overcome the U.S. Supreme Court's Slack test in order to move forward with the case.

  • June 24, 2025

    X Corp. Fights Ex-Twitter Workers' Arbitration Bid

    X Corp. challenged a request from former Twitter employees in Washington state to make the social media giant arbitrate claims about unpaid severance and bonuses, telling a federal judge that there is a lack of evidence showing the workers have valid arbitration agreements with the company.

  • June 24, 2025

    NTSB Flags Boeing Failures In 737 Max 9 Door Plug Blowout

    Poor training and persistent quality control lapses on Boeing's manufacturing and assembly lines, along with the Federal Aviation Administration's ineffective oversight of the plane-maker, led to the January 2024 door-plug blowout aboard a 737 Max 9 jet operated by Alaska Airlines, the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday.

  • June 24, 2025

    Ex-NFL Player Says Indicted Adviser Defrauded Him For Years

    Retired Carolina Panthers defensive lineman Mike Rucker and his wife unknowingly invested in a Ponzi scheme perpetrated by their longtime financial adviser who is now under criminal indictment in North Carolina, according to a state court complaint they filed accusing him of mismanaging their money for decades.

  • June 24, 2025

    No New Trial For Convicted Crypto CEO Linked To Abramoff

    A California federal judge Tuesday declined to acquit a cryptocurrency company founder convicted of fraud and money laundering in a case that also involved disgraced ex-lobbyist Jack Abramoff, calling the defendant's assertions that the court wrongly blocked evidence showing Abramoff had conspired against the company "laughable."

  • June 24, 2025

    Apple Users Who Lost Cert. In Storage Suit File New Case

    A group of Apple customers from New Jersey and Illinois who were denied class certification last year in a suit alleging the company falsely markets the storage capacity of 16-gigabyte iPhones and iPads preinstalled with the iOS 8 operating system filed a new proposed class action Monday in California federal court.  

Expert Analysis

  • 10 Arbitrations And A 5th Circ. Ruling Flag Arb. Clause Risks

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    The ongoing arbitral saga of Sullivan v. Feldman, which has engendered proceedings before 10 different arbitrators in Texas and Louisiana along with last month's Fifth Circuit opinion, showcases both the risks and limitations of arbitration clauses in retainer agreements for resolving attorney-client disputes, says Christopher Blazejewski at Sherin and Lodgen.

  • How Trump Energy Order May Challenge State Climate Efforts

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    Even if the Trump administration's recent executive order targeting state and local environmental, climate and clean energy laws, regulations and programs doesn't result in successful legal challenges to state authority, the order could discourage state legislatures from taking further climate action, say attorneys at Foley Hoag.

  • Notable Q1 Updates In Insurance Class Actions

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    The first quarter of 2025 was filled with the refinement of old theories in the property and casualty space, including in vehicle valuation, time to seek appraisal and materials depreciation, says Mathew Drocton at BakerHostetler.

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    Power To The Paralegals: The Value Of Unified State Licensing

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    Texas' proposal to become the latest state to license paraprofessional providers of limited legal services could help firms expand their reach and improve access to justice, but consumers, attorneys and allied legal professionals would benefit even more if similar programs across the country become more uniform, says Michael Houlberg at the University of Denver.

  • AI Use In Class Actions Comes With Risks And Rewards

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    The use of artificial intelligence in class actions holds promise for helping to analyze complex evidence, but attorneys and experts must understand how to use it correctly, and how to explain it clearly, say Simone Jones and Eric Mattson at Sidley and Anna Shakotko at Cornerstone Research.

  • 10 Soft Skills Every GC Should Master

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    As businesses face shifting regulatory and technological uncertainty, general counsel will need to strengthen certain soft skills to succeed, from admitting when they make a mistake to maintaining a healthy dose of dispassion, says Douglas Brown at Manatt.

  • 6 Criteria Can Help Assess Executive Branch Actions

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    With new executive policy changes announced seemingly every day, several questions can help courts, policymakers and businesses determine whether such actions are proper, effective and in keeping with our democratic norms, say Marc Levin and Khalil Cumberbatch at the Council on Criminal Justice.

  • Learning From COVID-19 Enforcement Against Nursing Homes

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    Five years after the COVID-19 outbreak caused a high number of deaths in nursing homes, an examination of enforcement actions against nursing homes in New York and elsewhere in the country highlights obstacles that may arise when bringing cases of this type, and ways to overcome them, says Kenneth Levine at Stone & Magnanini.

  • 5 Key Issues For Multinational Cos. Mulling Return To Office

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    As companies increasingly revisit return-to-office mandates, multinational employers may face challenges in enforcing uniform RTO practices globally, but several key considerations and practical solutions can help avoid roadblocks, say attorneys at Baker McKenzie.

  • An Unrestrained, Bright-Eyed View Of Legal AI's Future

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    Todd Itami at Covington offers a bright-eyed, laughing-all-the-way, skydive look at what the legal industry could look like after an artificial intelligence revolution, which he believes may happen much sooner and more dramatically than we expect.

  • Tracking The Evolution In Litigation Finance

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    Despite continued innovation, litigation finance remains an immature market with borrowers recieving significantly different terms as lenders learn to value cases, which firms need a strong handle on to ensure lending terms do not overwhelm collateral value, says Robert Wilkins at Lightfoot Franklin.

  • How Courts Weigh Section 1782 Discovery For UPC Cases

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    A look at cases from six different federal district courts reveals a number of discretionary factors that influence how courts consider Section 1782 discovery applications in connection with Unified Patent Court proceedings, say attorneys at Finnegan.

  • How Calif., NY Could Fill Consumer Finance Regulatory Void

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    California and New York have historically taken the lead in consumer financial protection, and both show signs of becoming even more active in this area during the second Trump administration amid an enforcement pullback at the federal level, say attorneys at Sidley.

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    Volunteer Firefighting Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    While practicing corporate law and firefighting may appear incongruous, the latter benefits my legal career by reminding me of the importance of humility, perspective and education, says Nicholas Passaro at Ford.

  • Influencer Campaign Lawsuits Signal New Endorsement Risks

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    Recent class actions allege that companies' influencer campaigns violate the Federal Trade Commission's Endorsement Guides and various state laws, but it's not clear whether the failure to comply can sustain these lawsuits, or whether the plaintiffs' creative theory of damages will hold up to scrutiny, says Gonzalo Mon at Kelley Drye.

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