Blog Post: State AGs Vocal In New Supreme Court Term
Justice Antonin Scalia often admits, “I’m a fed,” acknowledging that the U.S. Supreme Court is appointed, confirmed and vested with federal power. With the start of the court’s new term next week,...
View ArticleBlog Post: Layers Of Haze Surround E-Cigarette Advertising Practices
The ruling In Re: NJOY Inc. Consumer Class Action Litigation and a recently proposed rule by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration indicate that e-cigarette advertising claims that suggest or emphasize...
View ArticleBlog Post: Velti Investors' Accountant, Underwriter Claims Thrown Out
A California federal judge has dismissed Velti PLC investors’ claims that accountants and underwriters working with the mobile-advertising company concealed its poor financial prospects, saying the...
View ArticleBlog Post: Porsche Denies Knowledge Of Windshield Glare Defect
Porsche said in California federal court Thursday that a proposed class action claiming its beige dashboards reflect blinding sunlight onto windshields should be dismissed with prejudice, arguing that...
View ArticleBlog Post: Columbia Hit With Latest Outlet Store Pricing Class Action
Columbia Sportswear Co. on Friday became the latest retailer to be sued over “phantom” discounts in its outlet stores when it was hit with a proposed class action in California federal court alleging...
View ArticleBlog Post: Knicks Lose Calif. Appeal To Dodge Workers' Comp Claim
The New York Knicks can be held liable under California’s workers’ compensation law for contributing to the disability of former player Durand "Rudy" Macklin, who played briefly for the Los Angeles...
View ArticleBlog Post: InCom Says Disney Knew It Violated MagicBand Patent
InCom Corp. on Thursday urged a California federal judge to deny The Walt Disney Co's motion to toss a suit alleging Disney has been illegally using InCom's attendance tracking system patents to...
View ArticleBlog Post: Burlington Says 'Compare' Price Suit Asserts No Facts
Burlington Coat Factory has asked a California federal court to dismiss a proposed class action over claims that the retailer dupes customers with false comparative product prices on tags, arguing...
View ArticleBlog Post: Bankruptcy Atty Calls Square's 'Bad List' Discriminatory
A bankruptcy attorney launched a putative class action in California federal court Thursday against financial service and mobile payment company Square Inc. for allegedly discriminating against...
View ArticleBlog Post: Objector Says Attys Asking Too Much In $20M Ocwen Deal
The plaintiffs attorneys for a proposed class of home loan borrowers asked for too much in fees as part of a $20 million settlement in a California federal lawsuit against Ocwen Financial Corp. over...
View ArticleBlog Post: Capacitor Cos. Want Foreign Sales Price-Fixing Claims Nixed
Capacitor manufacturers accused in multidistrict litigation of participating in a price-fixing scheme told a California federal court Thursday to toss various purchasers’ claims related to certain...
View ArticleBlog Post: USDA Must Face Enviros' Suit Over Organic Rule, Court Says
A California federal judge has refused a bid by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to toss a suit by environmental groups who say the agency shifted fertilizer requirements for organic food growers...
View ArticleBlog Post: Comcast Says Call Quality Suit Part Of Traffic-Pumping Ploy
Comcast urged a California federal court Thursday to throw out a case claiming interference with call quality on conference calls, arguing that unnamed companies are the real culprit for the wrongdoing...
View ArticleBlog Post: Houzz Settles With Calif. AG Over Secret Call Recordings
Home design website Houzz Inc. on Friday agreed to pay $175,000 to end a California Attorney General's privacy suit alleging that the company secretly recorded incoming and outgoing phone calls without...
View ArticleBlog Post: DOI Ruling Backing Calif. Tribal Disenrollment Will Stand
A California federal court has tossed a bid by members of the San Pasqual Band of Diegueño Mission Indians to challenge a U.S. Department of the Interior decision supporting their disenrollment, ruling...
View ArticleBlog Post: 9th Circ. Won't Sanction Gov't Atty Over Article Mention
The Ninth Circuit on Friday refused to sanction a government attorney for making an argument allegedly based on information in a news article and not on evidence presented to the court during arguments...
View ArticleBlog Post: Del Monte Label Plaintiffs Taking Cert. Denial To 9th Circ.
A group of customers suing Del Monte Corp. over labels they say misled them into thinking that canned tomato products contained antioxidants and that canned fruit was fresh told a California federal...
View ArticleBlog Post: Minor Leaguers Likely To Get Conditional Cert. In Wage Suit
A California federal magistrate judge said Friday that he's likely to conditionally certify a collective action of minor league baseball players who say Major League Baseball deprived them of minimum...
View ArticleBlog Post: Conflict With Ariz. ID Theft Law 'Hypothetical,' 9th Circ. Told
Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Maricopa County and the state of Arizona urged the Ninth Circuit on Thursday to reverse an order blocking enforcement of two state law provisions criminalizing identity theft in a...
View ArticleBlog Post: Defense Calls for Discovery Sanctions in Cochran Firm IP Tiff
A former partner of the late Johnnie Cochran asked a California federal judge Friday to sanction the director of the Cochran Firm PC for refusing to hand over discovery materials about a back-office...
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