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Bass Pro agrees to $6 million settlement in call recording class action
SAN DIEGO (Legal Newsline) - A settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit against Bass Pro Outdoor World that alleged it recorded certain telephone calls received from or placed to California, which violated state law. -
Money pouring into California's Prop 46 fight
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – In the months leading up to November, millions of dollars will be spent to persuade voters to do one thing that California courts and legislators have refused to do - inflate the cap on damages in medical malpractice lawsuits. -
Pfizer challenges agreement between Nev. AG, contingency fee attorneys
CARSON CITY, Nev. (Legal Newsline) - Pfizer, Inc., is asking the Nevada Supreme Court to hear its argument against the contingency fee agreement entered into by private attorneys who are representing the state Attorney General's Office in a lawsuit against it. -
Opioid suit is latest brought by Calif. county with help from contingency fee attorneys
SAN JOSE, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - Santa Clara County in California has filed a lawsuit against five of the largest opioid manufacturers, marking at least the 10th time the county, which recently was among a group of government entities that earned a $1.15 billion verdict against the paint industry, has partnered with private law firms. -
Calif. SC rules newspaper carriers are entitled to class treatment as employees
SANTA ANA, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - The Supreme Court of California has ruled that newspaper carriers are entitled to class treatment as employees rather than being required to pursue individual claims in a class action lawsuit against Antelope Valley Newspapers by four newspaper carriers. -
California Justice Baxter to retire
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - California Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvin Baxter announced on Wednesday that he will not seek reelection in the November general election. -
Ninth Circuit rules for Redbox in class action
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has ruled that Redbox did not break California's Song-Beverly Credit Card Act of 1971 in a class action against the DVD rental company that was first filed in 2011. -
Target can tax coffee sold to go, Calif. SC rules
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - The Supreme Court of California has affirmed the Court of Appeals decision that Target was not at fault for charging sales tax on hot coffee sold "to go." -
Calif. SC calls decision 'profoundly flawed' in 'rare beast' of a class action
OAKLAND, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - The California Supreme Court has issued a decision on a class action lawsuit against U.S. Bank National Association in Alameda County Superior Court. -
Fla. decision could launch new attacks on damages caps around the country
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - Supreme Court justices in Florida may have given plaintiffs attorneys a reason to try to strike down legislatively imposed limits on non-economic damages in other states, a law professor and plaintiffs attorney agree. -
Ninth Circuit says CNN.com didn't intentionally discriminate against hearing-impaired
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - Three judges of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently ruled that the plaintiffs in a case against CNN by the Greater Los Angeles Agency on Deafness failed to show intentional discrimination based on disability. -
Attorneys awarded more than 600 times damages in Calif. case
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - The California Supreme Court is being asked to review a lower court ruling that awarded $349,000 in attorney fees in a case that featured an award for emotional damages of $550. -
Calif. SC says school employees, not just nurses, can give insulin shots
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) -- The California Supreme Court ruled against the state's nurses union Monday, saying school employees, when no nurse is available, can administer insulin shots to students with diabetes. -
Calif. SC: Union entitled to addresses, phone numbers of all county employees
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) -- The California Supreme Court ruled last month that a union, representing all Los Angeles County employees, is entitled to obtain the home addresses and phone numbers of all represented employees, including those who have not joined the union. -
W.Va. SC to hear arguments against private lawyers representing AG's office
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - Companies that have been sued by private lawyers hired by the State of West Virginia will have their chance to argue against the agreements on May 15. -
Calif. SC refuses to hear appeal of planned Walmart distribution center
MERCED, Calif. (Legal Newsline) -- The California Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to hear an appeal filed by opponents of a planned Walmart distribution center in a Northern California city. -
Calif. SC sides with Apple in customer info ruling
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - The California Supreme Court has ruled that Apple's solicitation of the addresses and phone numbers of customers purchasing iTunes' downloads is not prohibited under the state's Credit Card Act. -
Calif. SC allows online retailers to require customers provide addresses, numbers
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) -- The California Supreme Court ruled Monday that online retailers are allowed to require customers to provide their home addresses and phone numbers to make credit card purchases.
