Fourth District affirms denial of writ relief in a Housing-Element Law challenge, holding that subsequent draft revisions made to obtain HCD certification need not be re-noticed for public hearing or readopted by the City Council.
Third District affirms mandatory dismissal under Code of Civil Procedure section 583.310, holding that a defendant’s failure to object when a trial date is set beyond the five-year (plus emergency-rule six-month) deadline does not amount to an oral stipulation to extend the deadline.
Second District affirms summary judgment for freight broker XPO Logistics in a personal-injury suit by an injured trucker employed by the carrier XPO had hired, holding the broker did not actually exercise control over the transportation and thus owed no duty of care to the carrier’s employee.
Second District holds that under California’s Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act, only the actual buyer has standing to sue for restitution, but a manufacturer cannot reduce its restitution by the amount of a third-party insurance payout the buyer received after the car was wrecked.
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.
Magistrate Judge DeMarchi denies Owner.com’s motion to dismiss ChowNow’s Lanham Act and California state-law claims for lack of standing and lets most of the substantive claims proceed in this competitor false-advertising and trademark dispute among restaurant-technology platforms.
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.
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 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 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.