The Fourth District reversed a DUI conviction, holding that a warrantless blood draw from a sedated hospital patient was unconstitutional where the arresting officer faced no competing investigative demands and never considered seeking a warrant.
The First District holds that a trial court’s mathematical error in calculating presentence custody credits is a clerical error the court can correct at any time — but that correction does not render the judgment nonfinal or entitle the defendant to full resentencing under ameliorative legisla
The First District grants a writ of mandate requiring Tesla to face five joint complaints from 440 Black factory workers, holding that permissive joinder under CCP § 378 is proper where all plaintiffs allege injury from the same factory-wide pattern of racial discrimination — and that manageability
Applying the en banc Briskin standard, the Ninth Circuit holds that OnlyFans parent Fenix International — a UK company earning $400 million annually from California subscribers — expressly aimed its conduct at California, vacating dismissal for lack of personal jurisdiction in a California Automatic
A California appellate court ruled that a law firm’s failure to disclose the potential conflict of interest in representing hundreds of sexual-abuse victims against the same defendant voided the entire engagement agreement — including its arbitration clause — under the state’s profession
The Fourth District upholds the City of San Diego’s 20-year gas and electric franchise agreements with SDG&E, rejecting challenges under CEQA, Proposition 26, and the City Charter’s competitive bidding rules, while striking a supermajority termination clause as inconsistent with the
The California Supreme Court holds that Penal Code section 2900.5 awards custody credits on a case-by-case basis — consolidating multiple prosecutions at a single sentencing hearing does not entitle a defendant to credit the same period of custody against all cases.
A furniture delivery driver who never crosses state lines but delivers goods that arrived in California from out of state is a “transportation worker” exempt from the Federal Arbitration Act, the First District Court of Appeal holds, affirming the driver’s right to pursue his Labor
Internal union disciplinary proceedings authorized by the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act are “official proceedings authorized by law” under California’s anti-SLAPP statute, the Second District holds, affirming dismissal of claims arising from participation in those p
A trial court abused its discretion in a domestic violence restraining order case by refusing to consider whether the respondent’s humiliating social media posts and calls to the petitioner’s mother constituted indirect abuse that “disturbed the peace” under the Domestic Viol
The Ninth Circuit denies en banc review of a panel ruling that 8 U.S.C. § 1252(g) does not strip federal district courts of jurisdiction over an FTCA damages claim by a noncitizen removed to Mexico when his removal order did not name Mexico as the destination.
The Second District reverses a quashal of service, holding that Yuri Shefler — Swiss-resident billionaire and beneficial owner of SPI Group — is subject to personal jurisdiction in California because he directed, financed, and personally communicated about the purchase of Angelina Jolie’s Cali
The Fifth District holds that a law firm is not disqualified after firing a laterally hired attorney who had a conflict, where the trial court found no confidential client information was shared with the firm’s remaining lawyers before the conflicted attorney was terminated.
California’s Fourth Appellate District reversed the disqualification of defense counsel in a sexual battery case, holding that an inadvertently produced Dropbox index was too ambiguous to trigger attorney stop-and-notify duties, and that using non-privileged discoverable documents cannot suppo
California’s Fourth Appellate District held that California’s absolute litigation privilege bars a property owner from suing an opposing construction expert for negligence in formulating repair recommendations contained in a litigation expert report, even after those repairs failed.
The Ninth Circuit reversed a district court’s refusal to enforce a pre-dispute employment arbitration agreement, holding that the agreement’s scope was limited to employment-related claims under ejusdem generis, distinguishing Cook v. USC’s broader unconscionability holding.