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Appeals court revives landowner class action vs Humboldt County over using drones in marijuana-related code enforcement
Landowners say fine structure violates Eighth Amendment protections. The appeals court said a McKinleyville federal magistrate judge wrongly tossed the suit by finding the landowners couldn't sue because they hadn't yet paid the tens of thousands of dollars in fines assessed by Humboldt County.
Walgreens flushes consumer fraud lawsuit over UTI pain drug
Medicinal use of PhenAzo predates 1938 federal drug licensing law
CA Supreme Court: Law doesn't force hospitals to disclose all fees
Hospitals aren’t obligated to provide best possible notice in order to avoid liability for fraud
Lawsuit OK to continue accusing Amazon of using user agreement to squelch bad reviews
Tech giant sought to send users' complaint to arbitration
Face scans class action vs Google mostly tossed, because Google didn't 'profit,' judge says
Complaint accuses Google of using biometric data to improve smartphone technology
CA Supreme Court: Two-year time limit to vacate judgments doesn't apply if party improperly served
Litigant said he only learned of default judgment when wage garnishment started a decade later
Retirement plan contributions can be excluded from Chapt 13 income: Appeals panel
A federal appeals court in San Francisco has ruled that contributions to a qualified retirement plan through an employer can be excluded from "disposable income" reported by people seeking to file Chapter 13 bankruptcy
Judge flushes class action saying Peet's Coffee discriminates vs lactose intolerant
Customers say they shouldn't have been charged more for nondairy alternatives, but a judge said disability access laws don't require coffehouses to provide nondairy alternatives for blended coffees with no additional charge
CA Supreme Court says used cars with unexpired warranties aren't "new" cars
'Huge win for all automakers,' attorneys for FCA US said, in praise of the decision declaring used car buyers must also purchase an original manufacturer's warranty to demand coverage under a California consumer protection law
Appeals panel: Govt lawsuit can resume vs Kaiser over allegedly misleading 'provider directories'
San Diego City Attorney calls litigation 'wakeup call to the life insurance industry'
Fed judge rejects reporter's challenge to Alameda County ban on 'spectating' at illegal car 'sideshows'
The judge said the First Amendment protects the rights of reporters to publish and speak, not necessarily to stand on the sidewalk and observe illegal and dangerous gatherings within a proscribed radius. The reporter and his lawyers are considering an appeal
Hundreds of school districts cleared to keep up 'nuisance' lawsuit vs. social media companies
A federal judge said the core theory of allegations is the impact of compulsive use of the products marketed by the companies that own and operate Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, among other social media platforms alleged in the lawsuits to be "addictive" and harmful to society, and schools in particular.
Appeals court: Class action vs Coinbase can bypass arbitration because seeks 'public relief'
Crytpo company plans to seek California Supreme Court review
Judge closes out some claims in privacy class action vs Apple, but suit OK to continue
Language on device analytics less clear than app tracking request
Judge: San Francisco sheriff violating order against warrantless searches on pretrial detainees
Miyamoto pauses the program, but defends heightened standards as essential to public safety
Appeals panel: Nurses should get chance to sue San Francisco over unpaid OT
9th Circuit rules city hasn't showed its nurses are salaried employees exempt from certain FLSA guidelines
SF can't enforce ordinance giving tenants more time to fight evictions: Appeals panel
State law allows evictions after three-day warning period
Appeals court: Lawsuit vs San Jose over constitutionality of cardroom fees can continue
City still has a chance to prove all its charges related to regulation of small business sector
California appeals court narrows ability of consumers to collect in court under car 'lemon law'
New trial to be 'subject to the guardrails' of appellate ruling
CA Supreme Court says state labor laws that expose all other employers to big lawsuits don't apply for govt jobs
Alameda County Health System qualifies as a public employer exempt from PAGA litigation