Northern California Record

ExxonMobil: CA emissions disclosure laws trample 1st Amend

Michael Carroll
Updated Oct 28, 2025

SACRAMENTO - ExxonMobil has filed a federal lawsuit challenging two new California laws requiring large corporations to disclose their greenho…

SCOTUS turns down challenge to Realtors’ ‘optional’ rules

Northern California Record

SCOTUS turns down challenge to Realtors’ ‘optional’ rules

Jonathan Bilyk
Updated Oct 27, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to take up an appeal from the owners of a defunct home sale site, who were attempting t…

Class action: Google Chromebooks let kids access porn too easily

Northern California Record

Class action: Google Chromebooks let kids access porn too easily

Scott Holland
Updated Oct 21, 2025

SAN FRANCISCO - A Utah family is trying to launch a class action complaint accusing Google for failing to properly protect students from using…

CA insurance commish defends taxpayer-funded overseas trips

Southern California Record

CA insurance commish defends taxpayer-funded overseas trips

Michael Carroll
Updated Oct 20, 2025

SACRAMENTO - California state Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara’s office has pushed back against criticisms about Lara’s world travel over t…

Competition ‘evisceration’: SCOTUS asked to forever end Realtors’ ‘optional’ rules

Northern California Record

Competition ‘evisceration’: SCOTUS asked to forever end Realtors’ ‘optional’ rules

Jonathan Bilyk
Updated Oct 15, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Amid a series of changes in the home selling business that have been called nothing short of seismic, the country's largest…

Fraud, lack of reform drive concerns over CA lawsuit abuse

Northern California Record

Fraud, lack of reform drive concerns over CA lawsuit abuse

Michael Carroll
Updated Oct 9, 2025

California tort-reform supporters marked Lawsuit Abuse Awareness Week with concern and disappointment about the pace of reforming the state’s …

J&J to fight ‘egregious, unconstitutional’ $966M L.A. talc verdict

Southern California Record

J&J to fight ‘egregious, unconstitutional’ $966M L.A. talc verdict

Jonathan Bilyk
Updated Oct 8, 2025

LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles County jury has ordered pharmaceutical and personal care product maker Johnson & Johnson to pay $966 million t…

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Newsom, Bonta keep up fight to ban ‘deepfake’ satire videos

Northern California Record

Newsom, Bonta keep up fight to ban ‘deepfake’ satire videos

Jonathan Bilyk
Updated Oct 7, 2025

SAN FRANCISCO - Even as they spend state resources and much time and effort on opposing the Trump administration in the name of fighting "auth…

CA hospitals can escape fines if workers expose patient info

Northern California Record

CA hospitals can escape fines if workers expose patient info

Scott Holland
Updated Oct 6, 2025

SACRAMENTO - A state appeals panel has agreed hospitals can’t be sued if one of their employees posts confidential patient health information …

SCOTUS to review gun carry ban in Hawaii; Could impact CA rules

Northern California Record

SCOTUS to review gun carry ban in Hawaii; Could impact CA rules

Jonathan Bilyk
Updated Oct 3, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. - A Hawaii state law that bans people from carrying guns in the vast majority of public and private spaces is headed for a Se…

Jury sides with Uber in first trial over driver sex assault

Northern California Record

Jury sides with Uber in first trial over driver sex assault

Jonathan Bilyk
Updated Oct 1, 2025

SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco jury has handed Uber a potentially significant legal victory in its bid to defend itself against thousands of …

Congress can strip CA emissions power: DOJ, others

Northern California Record

Congress can strip CA emissions power: DOJ, others

Jonathan Bilyk
Updated Sep 30, 2025

OAKLAND - The federal government, joined by a growing number of business groups and others, have fired back at California's claims not even Co…

Google to pay $24.5M for censoring Trump at Dems’ request

Northern California Record

Google to pay $24.5M for censoring Trump at Dems’ request

Jonathan Bilyk
Updated Sep 29, 2025

SAN FRANCISCO - Google will pay $24.5 million to settle a potential class action lawsuit led by President Donald Trump over accusations that G…

DOT limits immigrant CDLs, especially in ‘egregious’ CA

Northern California Record

DOT limits immigrant CDLs, especially in ‘egregious’ CA

Jonathan Bilyk
Updated Sep 26, 2025

Saying states appear to be issuing commercial drivers licenses illegally to immigrants, federal regulators are slamming the brakes on the abil…

Google workers fired over workplace anti-Israel protest OK to sue

Northern California Record

Google workers fired over workplace anti-Israel protest OK to sue

Scott Holland
Updated Sep 25, 2025

SAN JOSE - A federal judge has agreed to let former Google employees continue suing the tech giant over allegations they lost their jobs follo…

‘Elections less safe, less free’: AZ voter rules likely ticketed for SCOTUS

Northern California Record

‘Elections less safe, less free’: AZ voter rules likely ticketed for SCOTUS

Jonathan Bilyk
Updated Sep 23, 2025

SAN FRANCISCO - A court fight over states' power to combat voter fraud could be headed to the U.S. Supreme Court, after the full U.S. Ninth Ci…

Woman OK to sue Kaiser over gender transition deception

Northern California Record

Woman OK to sue Kaiser over gender transition deception

Jonathan Bilyk
Updated Sep 22, 2025

SACRAMENTO - A state appeals court says the largest hospital and health care network in California cannot use an arbitration clause in an empl…

Feds sue Uber, allege violating disability access rights

Northern California Record

Feds sue Uber, allege violating disability access rights

Scott Holland
Updated Sep 15, 2025

SAN FRANCISCO - The federal government is suing Uber in San Francisco, alleging the company violated Title III of the Americans with Disabilit…

Appeals panel: CA can restrict cities’ land zoning powers

Southern California Record

Appeals panel: CA can restrict cities’ land zoning powers

Scott Holland
Updated Sep 12, 2025

LOS ANGELES - A California state appeals panel has agreed the state government can restrict certain local communities' abilities to approve bu…

Alameda eviction ban wasn’t unconstitutional ‘taking:’ Judge

Northern California Record

Alameda eviction ban wasn’t unconstitutional ‘taking:’ Judge

Scott Holland
Updated Sep 9, 2025

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge won’t let Alameda County rental home owners continue their lawsuits claiming a Covid-era eviction ban became a…

Court trashes suit claiming Ziploc bags leech microplastics

Southern California Record

Court trashes suit claiming Ziploc bags leech microplastics

Michael Carroll
Updated Sep 9, 2025

SAN FRANCISCO - A Malibu law firm’s class-action complaint alleging that the makers of Ziploc bag products deceptively market their bags as mi…

Anthropic pays $1.5B to end authors’ suit; Lawyers get $375M

Northern California Record

Anthropic pays $1.5B to end authors’ suit; Lawyers get $375M

Jonathan Bilyk
Updated Sep 8, 2025

SAN FRANCISCO - A group of class action lawyers could take home at least $375 million in fees for their work leading a lawsuit on behalf of au…

Supreme Court undoes LA judge’s order blocking ICE actions

Southern California Record

Supreme Court undoes LA judge’s order blocking ICE actions

Jonathan Bilyk
Updated Sep 8, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled a Biden-appointed federal judge overreached when she all but shut down ICE immigration enf…

Hilton sues to block CA Dems’ ‘unconstitutional’ gerrymander

Northern California Record

Hilton sues to block CA Dems’ ‘unconstitutional’ gerrymander

Jonathan Bilyk
Updated Sep 5, 2025

ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA - After the California Supreme Court quickly rejected two Republican petitions seeking a hearing on California Democ…

Judge folds tribes’ suit vs state over blackjack-style games

Southern California Record

Judge folds tribes’ suit vs state over blackjack-style games

Michael Carroll
Updated Sep 5, 2025

In a victory for card rooms around the state, a Sacramento Superior Court judge has tentatively dismissed a lawsuit by Indian tribes that soug…

Tenderloin residents to court: Make SF end fentanyl support

Northern California Record

Tenderloin residents to court: Make SF end fentanyl support

Scott Holland
Updated Sep 3, 2025

SAN FRANCISCO - A group suing the city of San Francisco over conditions in the beleaguered Tenderloin neighborhood have filed a new motion in …

Trump can’t use troops to protect ICE from riots, threats: Judge

Northern California Record

Trump can’t use troops to protect ICE from riots, threats: Judge

Jonathan Bilyk
Updated Sep 3, 2025

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge has ruled that President Donald Trump cannot use the National Guard or U.S. Marines to protect federal agents …

Judge: No more titanium dioxide Prop 65 cosmetics lawsuits

Northern California Record

Judge: No more titanium dioxide Prop 65 cosmetics lawsuits

Michael Carroll
Updated Sep 5, 2025

SACRAMENTO - Saying scientific research doesn’t back up California state regulations, a federal judge has barred California Attorney General R…

Court blocks families’ suit over forced gender talks at kids science camp

Southern California Record

Court blocks families’ suit over forced gender talks at kids science camp

Scott Holland
Updated Aug 28, 2025

SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA - A California state appeals panel says a group of parents can't sue an outdoor education center in the San Bernardino M…

Jonathan Bilyk

Fight ramps up over constitutionality of Dems CA gerrymander; CA Sup Ct rejects GOP petition

Northern California Record

Fight ramps up over constitutionality of Dems CA gerrymander; CA Sup Ct rejects GOP petition

Michael Carroll
Updated Aug 29, 2025

UPDATE (Aug. 28, 2025): The California Supreme Court has quickly rejected a petition asking the court to block California Democrats’ constitut…

Jonathan Bilyk

Bed Bath & Beyond not coming to CA. Why? Lawsuits, regs

Northern California Record

Bed Bath & Beyond not coming to CA. Why? Lawsuits, regs

Jonathan Bilyk
Updated Aug 26, 2025

MURRAY, UTAH - In coming months, the new owners of the Bed Bath & Beyond home stores will launch an attempt to resurrect the once prominen…

Jonathan Bilyk

Blaming sanctuary policies, Uthmeier asks DOT to revoke Calif., Wash. CDL programs

Florida Record

Blaming sanctuary policies, Uthmeier asks DOT to revoke Calif., Wash. CDL programs

Chris Dickerson
Updated Aug 25, 2025

TALLAHASSEE — Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is asking the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Adm…

Chris Dickerson

CA court shrugs off SCOTUS; Impact fees still constitutional

Northern California Record

CA court shrugs off SCOTUS; Impact fees still constitutional

Michael Carroll
Aug 20, 2025

SACRAMENTO - A California appeals court has reaffirmed its position that a $23,420 traffic impact fee applied to an 1,800-square-foot home doe…

Jonathan Bilyk

Roundup lawyers can read Bayer’s homework, judge rules

Northern California Record

Roundup lawyers can read Bayer’s homework, judge rules

John O’Brien
Aug 18, 2025

SAN FRANCISCO - The lawyers pushing claims Roundup-brand weedkiller is lethal to people will now have access to the due diligence performed by…

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