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Sunday, December 22, 2024

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Carano sues Disney over firing from 'Mandalorian,' says retaliated against her over politics

By Jonathan Bilyk |
TV and film star Gina Carano says Disney illegally attempted to blast her career from orbit over conservative online speech, costing her untold millions of dollars in future career opportunities built on her popular recurring character on Star Wars series, 'The Mandalorian'

Class action lodged vs LDS for allegedly misleading about use of $1.4B of tithes for Salt Lake mall

By Jonathan Bilyk |
The class action builds on appellate decision in favor of wealthy ex-Mormon James Huntsman, now seeks payouts on behalf of all LDS tithes-paying members

CA emissions reporting rules illegal try to let CA regulate emissions worldwide, lawsuit says

By Jonathan Bilyk |
A new lawsuit from the U.S. and California chambers of commerce and other business advocates says new California laws forcing businesses to report "climate" emissions violates both the First Amendment and Clean Air Act.

Appeals panel: Judge can shut down major LA shipping terminal over environmental mitigations

By Jonathan Bilyk |
A state appeals court says a San Diego judge improperly restrained himself from crafting a harsher "remedy" to address alleged mishandling of environmental mitigation at the Port of L.A.'s China Shipping terminal.

Cummins, Stellantis face potentially costly lawsuits over alleged Ram truck emissions cheat devices

By Jonathan Bilyk |
Cummins agreed to pay $2B to end federal and California state regulatory actions over alleged "defeat devices" to bypass emissions controls on Ram trucks. But now trial lawyers are seeking further payouts from private lawsuits in California courts

New filing: Broad, bipartisan coalition shows 'exceptional' need for SCOTUS to undo pro-homeless rulings

By Jonathan Bilyk |
The U.S. Supreme Court could decide in January whether to hear arguments over Ninth Circuit ruling that critics say has created 'constitutional right' for homeless to camp on streets and in parks, and leaves local governments powerless to retake public spaces

Judge again rejects consumer lawsuit trying to shut down Kroger-Albertsons merger

By Jonathan Bilyk |
A federal judge said the consumers still haven't demonstrated how exactly they will be harmed by the $24B merger of the country's No. 1 and No. 2 supermarket chains. Action by the FTC could come in mid-January, per court filings

Enviros can't undo California rule intended to lessen electric bill pain for most customers

By Jonathan Bilyk |
A state appeals panel says it won't second-guess a state commission's decision to reduce the amount paid to homeowners with solar power systems to hold down bills for all other customers who had been paying more to pay for others' home solar arrays

Google to pay $700M to end Google Play store class actions; Lawyers to get up to $128M, states get $70M

By Jonathan Bilyk |
The lawsuits accused Google of monopolizing control of the Android smartphone operating system and environment. About 71 million consumers could see $2-$7 each in refunds from the deal

Appeals court to revisit decision that would have allowed Uber, drivers challenge anti-gig economy law AB5

By Jonathan Bilyk |
The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an order indicating the full court would review the earlier decision of a three-judge panel that called out California Democratic lawmakers for appearing to craft AB5 to punish Uber and other app-based ridesharing and food delivery companies at the bidding of union allies

Appeals court strips approval of pesticide EPA, growers say is needed to fight 'devastating' citrus crop diseases

By Jonathan Bilyk |
Environmentalists and judges agreed that the EPA needs to conduct more studies to determine if widely-used streptomycin is actually 'practically non-toxic' to bees and other pollinators, as EPA claims, before it can be used to save lemon, lime, orange and grapefruit crops in US from two ravaging bacterial diseases

Activists file suit vs EPA, claiming children have a 'fundamental right' to a 'stable climate'

By Jonathan Bilyk |
The lawsuit asserts children in California and the U.S. face a future of nothing but despair if the EPA isn't forced by the courts to take action against emissions from oil, natural gas and coal, without regard for economic harm

Rampant PAGA, Prop 65 lawsuits land California courts high on list of worst U.S. 'Judicial Hellholes'

By Jonathan Bilyk |
The report issued by the American Tort Reform Association says California ranks third on the annual list, thanks to its continued status as lawyers' 'laboratory' for innovative ways to increase businesses' lawsuit risk

Disney sued over alleged slippery conditions at resort pool area at Aulani Resort in Hawaii

By Jonathan Bilyk |
The class action lawsuit accuses Walt Disney Company of failing to warn hotel guests about allegedly dangerous slippery conditions at the Aulani's pool area

Jury orders Bayer Monsanto to pay $332M in latest Roundup trial verdict

By Jonathan Bilyk |
Bayer has pledged to appeal, and believes it can at least reduce what it called an 'unconstitutionally excessive verdict.'

California, 32 other states accuse Meta of 'exploiting, addicting,' kids, causing societal harms

By Jonathan Bilyk |
The multistate lawsuit filed in San Francisco federal court asserts the parent of Facebook and Instagram has misled parents and society at large about the alleged addictive and harmful properties of its social media products

Judge strikes down CA ban on 'assault weapons,' says state trampling 2nd Amendment, SCOTUS decisions

By Jonathan Bilyk |
U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez said California cannot constitutionally use threat of possible mass shootings to justify criminalizing the ownership of certain firearms the state believes are "unusually dangerous"

Judge says Cargill Fresno workers shouldn't get class action over wages, meal breaks, other claims

By Jonathan Bilyk |
A Fresno federal judge said meat processing workers haven't presented enough evidence to back their claims Cargill had 'uniform policies' shorting them pay by making them put on and take off PPE off the clock or when taking meal breaks, among other claims

CA 'Clean Fleet' rules challenged; Truckers say rules flout federal law, will 'wreak havoc' on economy

By Jonathan Bilyk |
The California Truckers Association filed suit, seeking to block enforcement of the Advanced Clean Fleets rules they say conflict with federal law, violate the Constitution, and will hurt the economy

Appeals court says California 'large magazine' firearms ban OK to remain in effect

By Jonathan Bilyk |
Dissenting judges said the decision defies last year's landmark Second Amendment decision from the U.S. Supreme Court, as well as tramples court rules