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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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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. |
General News
Monday, May 13, 2024 |
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A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed U.S. News & World Report's first amendment lawsuit against the San Francisco City Attorney's office seeking to block an ongoing consumer protection investigation into the methodology behind the news organization's hospital rankings. |
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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Signature Resolution announced Thursday that it would open a Silicon Valley office this fall. |
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Monday, May 13, 2024 |
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A federal judge in San Francisco appeared skeptical of Elon Musk's bid to dodge a third deposition by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, telling the billionaire investor's counsel on Thursday that they had not shown how the agency's request was unduly burdensome. |
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Monday, May 13, 2024 |
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The federal judge in Oakland overseeing an antitrust dispute between Fortnite maker Epic Games and Apple Inc. came down on an App Store senior executive during the first of a three-day evidentiary hearing on Wednesday, telling him that the tech giant's payment policies continued to implement anti-steering language in violation of the court's injunction. |
General News
Friday, May 10, 2024 |
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State Supreme Court justices voiced skepticism Wednesday about the constitutionality of an initiative that would make sweeping changes in the structure of state government and give voters veto power over tax increases, but they also expressed concern about taking the measure off the November ballot before voters have their say. |
General News
Friday, May 10, 2024 |
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Law school faculty in California argue that a recent announcement by a group of conservative federal judges that they will refuse to hire graduates of Columbia University because of protest activity there unfairly punishes students for the actions of others and further threatens the diversity of the judiciary. |
General News
Friday, May 10, 2024 |
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A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel on Wednesday affirmed a district judge's dismissal of a complaint challenging a state law that permits the California Department of Justice to disclose information from its databases to universities about purchasers of firearms and ammunition, as well as anyone who hold permits to carry concealed weapons. |
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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. |
General News
Thursday, May 9, 2024 |
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TikTok and parent corporation ByteDance have strong legal claims against the U.S. government's recently enacted law banning the vastly popular social media app if the companies do not part ways by early next year, attorneys commented on the video sharing platform's free speech lawsuit filed Tuesday. |
General News
Thursday, May 9, 2024 |
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Attorneys for a Chinese investment company, Global Industrial Investment LTD, did not agree to let a pro tem judge rule on their motions for discovery sanctions, totaling more than $62,000, against Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on Monday in the company's malicious prosecution lawsuit against the firm. |
General News
Thursday, May 9, 2024 |
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MIAMI — After years of living in dorms and subpar apartments, Lisa Li could not wait to close on her new home. |
General News
Thursday, May 9, 2024 |
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Attorneys working for the state said they will continue their fight to keep working from home, despite a recent arbitrator's ruling. |
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. |
General News
Wednesday, May 8, 2024 |
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Retired Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Vanessa A. Zecher joined the panel of neutrals at JAMS. |
General News
Wednesday, May 8, 2024 |
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The share of Americans with unpaid medical bills tainting their credit files has fallen in the two years since the major credit reporting agencies — Equifax, Experian and TransUnion — changed how that debt was reported, a federal watchdog agency said this week. |
General News
Wednesday, May 8, 2024 |
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There's little mystery about which two political parties dominate in California. About 47% of California's 22 million voters are registered as Democrats, and 24% as Republicans. |
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. |
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. |
General News
Monday, May 6, 2024 |
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Paul Keefer is president, CEO and executive director of the Pacific Charter Institute, which runs six schools across the greater Sacramento region. |
General News
Friday, May 3, 2024 |
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"It is not required. You can continue to provide services. But if you want to get that seal of certification, you've got to meet certain guidelines," said Sen. Tom Umberg. |
General News
Thursday, May 2, 2024 |
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The complaint claims that James Dolan, owner of the New York Knicks and New York Rangers and Madison Square Garden, forced her into having sex with him several times while she was on tour with The Eagles in 2013. The lawsuit also claims tolan trafficked Croft to Weinstein in Los Angeles in 2014, for what she believed was the purpose of rejoining The Eagles' tour. |
General News
Wednesday, May 1, 2024 |
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Staton Capital acknowledged that Purplevine IP, a Chinese intellectual property service provider, was funding four lawsuits in the U.S., including one against Samsung. |
General News
Wednesday, May 1, 2024 |
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"We encourage all stakeholders to embrace these new rules, as they are essential in navigating the complicated landscape of AI disputes with clarity and foresight, to provide resolutions that are both effective and attuned to the latest technological developments," JAMS President Kimberly TaylorTaylor continued. |
General News
Tuesday, April 30, 2024 |
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The plaintiffs, both underwriters with Lloyd's of London, argue they are under "no obligation" to honor their policy with the rideshare giant. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
General News
Friday, April 26, 2024 |
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"These bills that increase penalties to a felony, they're all going to have to go back to the ballot," DA Thien Ho said. |
General News
Friday, April 26, 2024 |
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The cases came out of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which last October overturned a three-judge panel decision that reversed an Idaho district judge's decision enjoining the state law because it ran afoul of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act. |
General News
Friday, April 26, 2024 |
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The lawsuits filed by a New Jersey realty company, Wein Realty LLC, and a New York media company, Bahl Media LLC, challenges the legality of California's $800 minimum franchise tax on the following types of companies "doing business" in the state: C corporations, S corporations, LLCs, limited liability partnerships, and limited partnerships. |
General News
Thursday, April 25, 2024 |
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A pair of court rulings appear to have sparked a backlash in Sacramento. |
General News
Thursday, April 25, 2024 |
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Attorneys with the Protect Kids California campaign argued the materials Attorney General Rob Bonta's office wrote describing the initiative were misleading. |
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Thursday, April 25, 2024 |
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The conclusion came from a federal judge who reviewed documents turned over by current DA Pamela Price. |
General News
Monday, May 13, 2024 |
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The investor group trying to build a new city in Solano County filed a joint stipulation with property owners agreeing to protect "confidential, proprietary, or private information" that could come up in discovery in a lawsuit. |
General News
Wednesday, May 8, 2024 |
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The state Supreme Court ruled Monday that a company that failed to pay employees extra money for missed meal breaks cannot be penalized if its error in following the California Labor Code was not "knowing and intentional." |
General News
Monday, May 6, 2024 |
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"One thing I hope people walk away with tonight is we do not want to repeat history with the same fear-based politics and vitriol," said U.S. District Judge Trina L. Thompson. |
General News
Monday, April 29, 2024 |
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Despite a widespread view among many voters that crime has been rising, statistics are far less clear. |