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NEWS
General News
Friday, June 13, 2025 |
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A San Francisco judge defended in an unusual news release by the court against allegations of harassment of women public defenders has been accused of new inappropriate behavior after the Commission on Judicial Performance found previous claims against him required no action. |
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Friday, June 13, 2025 |
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The big domestic policy bill passed by House Republicans last month would, by the end of this year, eliminate tax credits for homeowners and solar leasing companies that have fueled the popularity of rooftop solar. |
General News
Friday, June 13, 2025 |
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California lawmakers unveiled a revised state budget that avoids deep cuts to the judiciary and includes $110 million for Proposition 36 enforcement. But Gov. Newsom's resistance and criticism from key stakeholders underscore ongoing tensions over how -- and whether -- to fund the voter-approved diversion initiative. |
General News
Friday, June 13, 2025 |
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Four female athletes to appeal NCAA's $2.8B NIL settlement, alleging Title IX violations as women receive only 4% of funds. The appeal aims to address disparities for millions of female student-athletes. |
General News
Thursday, June 12, 2025 |
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In response to news reports raising four-year-old allegations about a judge's treatment of women attorneys, the San Francisco Superior Court publicized a letter it received two years ago from the Commission on Judicial Performance saying it found no basis for action against the judge. |
General News
Thursday, June 12, 2025 |
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The suit claims violations of Title II of the Civil Rights Act and follows complaints involving anti-Semitic remarks, including video evidence. The business' attorney dismisses the claims as politically motivated retaliation aimed at silencing pro-Palestinian voices. |
General News
Thursday, June 12, 2025 |
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Apple's annual developers conference has usually been a must-watch event for what it revealed about the iPhone giant's plans. But this year's event has been more notable for what it didn't focus on: advancements in artificial intelligence tools. |
General News
Wednesday, June 11, 2025 |
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The putative class action states that the breach of records at Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard PC was foreseeable. |
General News
Wednesday, June 11, 2025 |
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The putative class action comes as the administration reportedly plans to halt billions more in funding to California and its public universities -- threatening the future of research institutions like UC and CSU. |
General News
Wednesday, June 11, 2025 |
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Gas stations are a lot bigger these days, and there's a new reason for them to keep growing: electric vehicles. |
General News
Tuesday, June 10, 2025 |
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San Francisco's City Attorney's Office used AI tool STARA to analyze municipal codes. It identified 174 obsolete reports for deletion, streamlining government processes. |
General News
Tuesday, June 10, 2025 |
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In San Francisco, children attend elementary school at Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy. Travelers pass through the Harvey Milk Terminal at the airport. At Harvey Milk Plaza at Castro and Market streets, a giant rainbow flag dedicated to him can be seen for miles. |
General News
Tuesday, June 10, 2025 |
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The State Controller's Office faces a legal challenge for hiring outside counsel, with the State Personnel Board arguing improper service and excessive costs, as a judge questions the attorney general's role. |
General News
Monday, June 9, 2025 |
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Hector Alejandro Paez Garcia admitted to using San Diego shell companies and cryptocurrency, federal prosecutors in the Southern District of California announced. The plea comes amid a multi-agency crackdown on transnational organized crime. |
General News
Monday, June 9, 2025 |
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An Alameda County judge rejected a motion to mandate G100UL unleaded fuel, citing insufficient commercial availability, preserving leaded fuel use at California airports until a viable alternative emerges. |
General News
Monday, June 9, 2025 |
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Like thousands of other families, in January we lost our Pacific Palisades home to wildfire. Within minutes, every house on our side of the street was reduced to ashes, while those across the street were left untouched. |
General News
Friday, June 6, 2025 |
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A judge pushed for resolution in a decade-long disability rights case against The Container Store, focusing on blind customers' access to touchscreens, after mediation stalled over attorney fees. |
General News
Friday, June 6, 2025 |
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In the race to be New York City's next mayor, few issues have generated proposals as ambitious and sprawling as the housing crisis, a top concern for a growing number of voters. |
General News
Friday, June 6, 2025 |
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Meta urges a judge to compel whistleblowers to disclose communications, arguing his ruling overly protects former employees' First Amendment rights without sufficient evidence in social media addiction litigation. |
General News
Thursday, June 5, 2025 |
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The deal includes a permanent injunction and $100,000 penalty, as the city targets similar sites with help from internet intermediaries. But legal experts warn the litigation may trigger broader First Amendment challenges. |
General News
Thursday, June 5, 2025 |
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The case pits executive authority against legislative oversight, with the 9th Circuit denying a stay and deepening partisan divisions over the scope of presidential power in staffing government agencies. |
General News
Thursday, June 5, 2025 |
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AI Mode, which is rolling out worldwide in the coming weeks, will soon appear as a tab next to your Google.com search results. |
General News
Wednesday, June 4, 2025 |
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With the Atlantic hurricane season about to start, this may be good time to consider buying flood insurance for your home -- even if you don't live in a hurricane-prone area. |
General News
Wednesday, June 4, 2025 |
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The City of San Francisco is scrambling to secure court-ordered payments to 6,000 former Qwick Inc. workers after the hospitality staffing platform entered bankruptcy and its attorneys withdrew from the case, citing lack of contact and unpaid legal bills. The company was found to have misclassified employees in a major labor dispute. |
General News
Wednesday, June 4, 2025 |
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Friday's meeting took place two days after the California Supreme Court recommended the Committee of Bar Examiners be restored to its position in governing the exam. |
General News
Tuesday, June 3, 2025 |
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The ruling is part of a broader discovery dispute as bellwether trials approach in litigation involving over 2,000 personal injury claims against Uber. |
General News
Tuesday, June 3, 2025 |
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The California Supreme Court has proposed amendments to restore the Committee of Bar Examiners' authority over the bar examination following the disastrous February 2025 test that was plagued by technical glitches, proctoring problems, and scoring errors. |
General News
Tuesday, June 3, 2025 |
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The residents, business owners, unhoused people, commuters and passersby in the area around Los Angeles' MacArthur Park have some things in common: They benefit from the community being clean, and they all value their safety. But that consensus papers over some significant differences about how to achieve those goals. |
General News
Monday, June 2, 2025 |
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Attorneys say the company delayed public disclosure by six months and failed to follow cybersecurity protocols--allegations now under federal review. |
General News
Monday, June 2, 2025 |
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The report suggests persistent access barriers, especially in rural areas, and may bolster controversial reform efforts aimed at expanding legal services through technology and non-lawyer professionals. |
General News
Monday, June 2, 2025 |
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More and more, couples are choosing to live together before getting married, and some are forgoing marriage altogether. |
General News
Friday, May 30, 2025 |
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Three years before the opening of the 2028 Summer Olympics, ambitious promises have been scaled back, supplanted by obstacles that are threatening to undercut preparations for an event that would test this city's wits and resources even in the best of times. |
General News
Friday, May 30, 2025 |
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As two West Coast churches win the right to use ayahuasca under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, attorneys say the federal government's posture on psychoactive religious rituals is softening. Settlements in California and Washington suggest an evolving legal climate under the Trump administration, though concerns over selective enforcement remain. |
General News
Friday, May 30, 2025 |
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Apple is facing a new antitrust class action from two Korean trade associations alleging the company unlawfully monopolizes the iOS app market by charging developers inflated commission fees--up to 30%--to appear on the App Store. The lawsuit argues Apple's public justifications are a pretext to suppress competition and protect profits. |
General News
Thursday, May 29, 2025 |
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Eaton Fire cleanup workers lack PPE, risking their health. Altadena, Pasadena tenants sue Los Angeles County, Pasadena for failing to inspect rentals for toxic ash, seeking declaratory relief. |
General News
Thursday, May 29, 2025 |
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California has the nation's highest rate of poverty as defined by the Census Bureau when it includes the cost of living in its calculations -- 18.9% in 2023, or more than 7 million people. |
General News
Thursday, May 29, 2025 |
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Southern California Edison settled for $82.5 million litigation over the 2020 Bobcat Fire, compensating for firefighting costs and damage to Angeles National Forest, without admitting fault. |
General News
Wednesday, May 28, 2025 |
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Investors must deal with uncertainty every day. Without knowing what the markets will bring, they try to get good returns without bearing excessive risk. |
General News
Wednesday, May 28, 2025 |
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Napa property owners sue PG&E, saying they had to sell for $3.5 million less after a fire broke out mid-escrow. |
General News
Wednesday, May 28, 2025 |
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A federal judge ordered authors to provide email addresses to Google to verify licensing agreements in a copyright lawsuit over AI models powering Chrome, Gmail and other products. |
General News
Tuesday, May 27, 2025 |
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The Energy Star label is in jeopardy thanks to the Trump administration's desire to make cuts at the Environmental Protection Agency and eliminate the agency's division that oversees the Energy Star program. |
General News
Tuesday, May 27, 2025 |
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Comet ML seeks TRO to stop PerplexityAI's beta Comet browser launch, alleging trademark infringement and consumer confusion. The case follows a prior denied TRO. |
General News
Tuesday, May 27, 2025 |
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Coinbase faces class actions after cybercriminals, bribing employees, accessed customer data, leading to a $20M ransom demand and up to $400M in damages, with SSNs stolen, prompting fraud concerns. |
General News
Thursday, June 12, 2025 |
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Pending litigation, backed by powerful tribal interests, could either validate or derail the framework Bonta aims to reshape |
General News
Wednesday, June 11, 2025 |
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Attorneys say one family searched for over a year, not knowing their loved one had already died. Records show state regulators had repeatedly warned Mercy San Juan Medical Center. |
General News
Tuesday, June 10, 2025 |
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The unanimous ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court likely will encourage more white men and heterosexuals to file discrimination claims even though it doesn't change the law in California or the 9th Circuit, lawyers say |
General News
Monday, June 9, 2025 |
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Atomic Wallet faces a putative class action after a $100M cryptocurrency theft by North Korea's Lazarus Group, with plaintiffs alleging negligence despite known security flaws from a 2021 audit. |
General News
Friday, June 6, 2025 |
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The California Senate has passed a bill to create a public law school at San Jose State by merging it with Lincoln Law School -- a move backers say will increase diversity in the legal field and help meet the state's civil legal needs. |
General News
Thursday, June 5, 2025 |
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The case centers on whether the state improperly bypassed the Attorney General's Office--and a judge called the agency's no-show at the hearing "unprecedented." |
General News
Wednesday, June 4, 2025 |
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Apple and Epic Games have returned to court in a heated clash over attorney-client privilege, filing dueling motions challenging a magistrate judge's discovery rulings related to Apple's compliance with a 2021 antitrust injunction. The dispute comes just days after Fortnite's return to the App Store. |
General News
Tuesday, June 3, 2025 |
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Landlord RREEF America REIT is suing Novo Construction and Conflo Services for $60 million, claiming their work led to hazardous contamination that forced an early lease termination by tech tenant Samsara. |
General News
Monday, June 2, 2025 |
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The Robert Takasugi Pro Bono Bar Review, founded in the 1960s by the first Japanese American federal judge, has offered free essay-focused bar prep for six decades. Now led by his son, L.A. Superior Court Judge Jon R. Takasugi, the program continues to support repeat exam takers--emphasizing discipline, feedback, and mentorship over profit. |
General News
Friday, May 30, 2025 |
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The tattoo removal industry has seen a sharp increase in demand in recent years as technology improves, with an expected industry value of $4 billion globally by 2035, according to Allied Market Research report from May 2024. |
General News
Thursday, May 29, 2025 |
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Attorneys say sports investment is attracting increased attention from private equity firms and individual investors as leagues loosen ownership rules and new media opportunities expand beyond traditional broadcasting. |
General News
Wednesday, May 28, 2025 |
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Attorneys representing hundreds of sexual abuse survivors have released newly disclosed data detailing more than 500 claims against the Archdiocese of San Francisco. The release, allowed by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Dennis Montali, includes internal records and allegations spanning over 60 years, marking a major moment of transparency that plaintiffs say has long been denied. |
General News
Tuesday, May 27, 2025 |
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San Mateo golf course restaurant owner sues city, alleging it knowingly leased a moldy, flood-prone building, leading to an emergency closure during dinner service, causing significant financial and emotional distress. |