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Environmentalists can block San Diego Co. from easing 'vehicle-miles-travelled' rules to boost housing
A state appeals court agreed San Diego County didn't present enough evidence to support its decisions to exempt certain 'infill' or 'small' housing developments from onerous, costly 'climate change' driven transportation studies when building new homes
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PACT expands to California to combat predatory personal injury practices
Protecting American Consumers Together (PACT) has announced the expansion of its digital advertising campaign targeting exploitative personal injury law practices in California.
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More lawsuits target hair care product makers, now claiming hair dye caused cancer
The lawsuits have been filed vs. L'Oreal, Clairol, Henken and others on behalf of hair stylists, claiming chemicals in hair dyes caused bladder cancer. Hair care product makers have also been targeted by thousands of suits over cancers allegedly caused by hair relaxers
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California's Prop. 65 pushes businesses to abandon products, chemicals which could result in 'shakedown' lawsuits
Proposition 65’s requirement for businesses to warn Californians when they use chemicals that state officials have said could potentially cause cancer, birth defects or reproductive issues has helped to prod manufacturers to drop products or reformulate them to avoid potentially costly lawsuits under the state law, a new study finds
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Appeals court: ClassPass can't use arbitration to escape class action; Dissent: Ruling leaves online biz 'guessing'
The Ninth Circuit rejected an attempt by online gym access pass seller ClassPass to beat a class action through arbitration because its user terms and conditions weren't good enough to show users agreed. A dissenting judge said the decision defies earlier rulings and fosters uncertainty
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Bayer: New study finding that Roundup exposure harms perinatal health 'flawed,' 'inconsistent'
The Roundup herbicide, which remains at the center of federal multidistrict litigation in California, continues to be a linchpin for disputed scientific claims about the popular weed killer.
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'Hey, Siri:' $95M Apple Siri class action settlement gets initial OK from judge; Lawyers could get $28.5M
Under the settlement, eligible claimants could get $20 for each Siri-equipped Apple devices they may have owned since 2014, up to five devices. The lawsuit asserted Apple devices wrongly recorded user conversations and other interactions, even when Siri was not summoned
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LDS Church defeats bid to force refunds of 'tithes' over mall development
A majority of an 11-member panel of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals said there was no proof Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints leaders lied to members about how it was funding a mall development project. Other judges on the panel said the lawsuit had serious First Amendment problems
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Appeals court: Ex-USC linebacker's family can't sue NCAA over player's CTE, death
Panel rejects widow's attempt to invoke assumption of risk doctrine
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Palisades, Eaton wildfires spawning lawsuits vs LADWP, SoCal Edison; Many more expected
Investigations could take months or years, but trial lawyers have rushed into court on behalf of the Pacific Palisades and Eaton wildfire victims. The suits accused LA Dept of Water & Power of failing to provide enough water and accused Southern California Edison of causing the blazes. Many more lawsuits are expected to be filed
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California judge: Plaintiffs’ expert opinion in paraquat cases ‘inconsistent,’ ‘haphazard’
A recent California court decision and a new report from the state Department of Pesticide Regulation have cast doubt on whether plaintiffs’ attorneys can prove a causal link between the weed killer paraquat and Parkinson’s disease.
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Legal affairs expert: California civil courts among the worst for allowing 'sham research'
When it comes to scrutinizing questionable scientific claims, California courts tend to be among the most permissive in the nation, providing fertile ground for aggressive trial attorneys, according to a legal affairs expert at the Center for Individual Freedom.
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California's civil justice system ranks fifth worst in latest list of Judicial Hellholes in U.S.
California’s reputation as a proving ground for new theories of liability, its massive jury verdicts exceeding $10 million and its pushing the envelope of environmental litigation have all helped to put the state in the No. 5 spot on the new Judicial Hellholes report released this week.
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'De-transitioned' woman accuses doctors of 'medical abuse,' pushing her as child to become 'trans'
A young woman has sued prominent transgender youth doctor Johana Olson-Kennedy and others, accusing them of inflicting traumatic "medical abuse" in allegedly pushing a "scared, confused, and traumatized" girl into trans "affirming care," causing psychiatric problems and irreversible physical damage
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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
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Judge grants final OK to $115M Oracle data privacy class action deal; Lawyers get $28.75M
About 3.2 million class members are set to receive $25 each from the deal. The judge overruled objectors who argued the plaintiffs settled too quickly for too little
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L.A. city officials say litigation costs put the city on path to fiscal peril
Los Angeles officials are warning that the city’s reserve fund has been drained well below its usual minimum level of 5% due to dramatically expanding liability expenditures driven by large settlements and outside counsel costs.
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Live Nation can't use 'mass arbitration' rules to beat class action over Ticketmaster fees, appeals court says
The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals said a provision in Ticketmaster's user agreement that would force customers with legal claims against the company into so-called 'mass arbitration,' in a bid to ward off trial lawyers' new costly litigation tactics, was 'unconscionable' under California law and could not be saved by federal law
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Meta, social media operators can't pull plug on states' suit over young people's 'addiction'
An Oakland federal judge said a bipartisan coalition of nearly three dozen state attorneys general had provided enough evidence to this point that Meta and other social media companies knew their products were addictive to young people and misled the public about the risks, leading to societal harms
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Stanford, Cal Tech, USC among top U.S. universities hit with class action over financial aid practices
A new class action lawsuit says some of America's top colleges and universities have for nearly two decades violated U.S. antitrust law by collectively making it harder for students to obtain need-based financial aid by forcing them to include non-custodial parent income on applications