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  • State Supreme Court tosses lawsuit over lost cadaver

    By Chris Rizo |
    Marvin Baxter SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline)-The California Supreme Court has tossed a lawsuit over a lost cadaver, ruling that medical schools have no legal responsibility to "safeguard the sensibilities" of donors' families.

  • More filed in Calif. outside counsel case

    By John O'Brien |
    Morris SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - The California Supreme Court must ensure that counsel representing a government entity remain only interested in justice, not money, attorneys for several paint companies argued in a recently filed brief.

  • California cities could face class action from ticketed drivers

    By Staff reports |
    ORANGE, Calif. (Legal Newsline)-The Golden State often lives up to its name for attorneys from across the country seeking windfall settlements in a court system known for its support of plaintiffs.

  • California AG presses for tuna labeling

    By Staff reports |
    SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - California continued its push to force the makers of canned tuna to post warning labels in an hour-long hearing at a state appellate court on Tuesday.

  • Calif. Supreme Court allows for binding fee arbitration

    By Staff reports |
    Carlos Moreno SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - A ruling issued by the California Supreme Court clarifies the state's Mandatory Fee Arbitration Act by stating clients in fee disputes with lawyers do not necessarily have a right to a trial if they previously agreed to binding contractual arbitration.

  • Church asks Calif. justices to clarify a recent ruling

    By Staff reports |
    Ming Chin SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - While several national leaders of religious denominations hailed a recent California Supreme Court ruling, one church that broke away from its leadership has asked the court to clarify its ruling.

  • Calif. Supreme Court OKs lawsuit against Wyeth

    By Chris Rizo |
    SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (Legal Newsline)-The California Supreme Court decided this week not to hear the case that held pharmaceutical company Wyeth Inc. responsible for injuries to a patient who took a generic version of a drug that the company developed but didn't sell.

  • Calif. Supreme Court protects patients from ER bills

    By Chris Rizo |
    Ming Chin SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline)-Medically insured patients may not be billed for emergency care that their health plans refuse to pay, the California Supreme Court ruled Thursday.

  • Court scrutinizes 49ers pat-down playbook

    By Staff reports |
    SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - In a case that could set legal precedence for pat-down searches at sporting events across the country, the San Francisco 49ers defended its practices before the state Supreme Court this week.

  • Calif. legislation could protect Good Samaritans

    By Staff reports |
    John Benoit (R) SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline)-Following a California Supreme Court ruling that caused a stir over the role of well-meaning people in an emergency, one California legislator proposed a bill Tuesday that would protect Good Samaritans.

  • Judges' perks could fall by the wayside

    By Chris Rizo |
    California Supreme Court justices SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline)-The California Supreme Court has declined to hear a case involving perks given to superior court judges by county governments.

  • Good Samaritans lose in Calif. court

    By Staff reports |
    Carlos Moreno SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline)-Do not try this on your own. That's the message sent by the California Supreme Court last week in a controversial 4-3 ruling that subjects would-be Good Samaritans to potential civil liability.

  • Opening briefs filed in Calif. contingency fee case

    By John O'Brien |
    Morris SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - A state Court of Appeals decision allowing contingency fee counsel to be hired by public officials is inconsistent with a past California Supreme Court decision, according to attorneys for a paint company.

  • Public nuisance bringing AGs and lawyers together, attorney says

    By John O'Brien |
    Speelman WASHINGTON, D.C. (Legal Newsline) - Some state attorneys general have become too involved with the plaintiffs bar and its possible "super-tort," a member of a group against the broadening of public nuisance claims recently said.

  • Chief Justice: California courthouses are crumbling

    By Staff reports |
    Ronald George MONTEREY, Calif. (Legal Newsline)-California Chief Justice Ronald George continued his career-defining effort to make the state's judicial system more efficient during his State of the Judiciary speech at the State Bar Meeting on Saturday.

  • Union pickets allowed in Calif. shopping malls

    By Staff reports |
    9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.-The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned restrictions on picketing imposed by a shopping mall management company in a ruling issued Monday that aligns with a recent state Supreme Court decision.

  • Doors no more: High court refuses to hear band members' appeal

    By Staff reports |
    SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (Legal Newsline)-Two former members of the 1960s rock band The Doors will have to pay about $5 million in compensation to other members of the band for their use of the band's name during a 2002-2003 tour.

  • Calif. justices ban employee non-compete pacts

    By Chris Rizo |
    Justice Ming Chin SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline)-The California Supreme Court has unanimously upheld the state's ban on most employee non-competition agreements, ruling that employers cannot limit employees' right to solicit former clients or work for a competitor after they leave a company.

  • Calif. court ruling favors employers in meal break dispute

    By Staff reports |
    SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline)-In what workers' rights advocates are calling a blow to employees throughout California, an appellate court ruling from last week blocks a class-action lawsuit against Dallas-based Brinker Restaurant Corp.

  • Paint industry's appeal of contingent fee contract will be heard by Calif. SC

    By John O'Brien |
    California's seven Justices, from left to right: Associate Justice Carlos R. Moreno, Associate Justice Joyce L. Kennard, Associate Justice Kathryn Mickle Werdegar, Chief Justice Ronald M. George, Associate Justice Ming W. Chin, Associate Justice Marvin R. Baxter, and Associate Justice Carol A. Corrigan. SACRAMENTO (Legal Newsline) - The contingency fee controversy is coming to California's Supreme Court.