Central District of California denies remand of a pro se WeWork dispute, dismisses the contract, conversion, and emotional-distress claims with leave to amend, and dismisses the federal E-SIGN Act and Unruh Act claims permanently for lack of any private right of action and missing intent allegations
Central District of California dismisses every claim in a lemon-law suit over an EGR-cooler defect, holding the Song-Beverly claims are barred by the four-year UCC statute of limitations and that the fraudulent-concealment claim fails Rule 9(b)’s heightened particularity requirement.
Judge Freeman dismisses pro se plaintiff Sergey Firsov’s claims against Qatar Airways arising from June 2025 schedule changes on his San Francisco-Almaty itinerary, holding that the Montreal Convention preempts his state-law theories and that his federal Convention claim is inadequately pleaded.
Judge Freeman grants in part and denies in part Bayer Healthcare’s motion for review of the Clerk’s taxation of costs in this private antitrust suit, restoring portions of the $1.2 million bill of costs Bayer originally sought as the prevailing party.
Judge Orrick grants summary judgment to individual Cemex defendants and partially to Cemex on after-acquired-evidence grounds related to undisclosed mental health issues on Mr. Sample’s DOT certification, while letting the harassment and hostile-work-environment claims against Cemex proceed.
Judge Gilliam grants in part and denies in part WSP USA Group Insurance Plan’s motion to dismiss transgender plan member Andi Cox’s ERISA challenge to denial of facial gender-affirming surgery, holding her central claims survive while granting WSP’s motions to seal and to incorporate exhibits.
Magistrate Judge Lee denies plaintiff John Thornhill’s motion to remand his California wage-and-hour class action against McLane Foodservice, Inc., finding that McLane has met its burden to show more than $5 million is at stake under the Class Action Fairness Act.
First District affirms judgment for the City and County of San Francisco in a FEHA age-discrimination challenge to the City’s two-formula disability-retirement scheme, finding the City’s pension structure did not violate FEHA.
Second District denies Microsoft’s writ petition challenging a court-issued nondisclosure order that barred Microsoft from notifying its enterprise customer, USC, that the LAPD had served a search warrant on a USC graduate student’s email account.
Third District affirms denial of Vallejo’s CEQA writ challenge to American Canyon’s certification of an EIR for a 2.6-million-square-foot warehouse complex, holding the EIR’s water-supply analysis adequately addressed reasonably foreseeable demand under CEQA and the Water Code.