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Class action alleges NCAA's limit on paid baseball coaches violates antitrust laws
Class action alleges NCAA's limit on paid baseball coaches violates antitrust laws -
Boot Barn alleges California's ban on certain lizard skin products is unconstitutional
Boot Barn alleges California's ban on certain lizard skin products is unconstitutional -
RNC says Google is sending its fundraising pleas to spam folders
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - The Republican National Committee says Google is "throttling" its emails because of its political views. -
Fed court won't interfere with personal injury lawyer's corruption allegations in California
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - A California federal court has dismissed litigation brought by a personal injury lawyer against state court officials he says have improperly aligned with an insurance company he is suing. -
Suit: Inmate fatally assaulted with boots by substance abuse staff
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) — The family of a California Department of Corrections inmate who was fatally assaulted at a substance abuse treatment facility in Corcoran is claiming civil rights violations. -
Lawsuit asks Starbucks, where's the mango in these mango drinks?
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – Fruit-flavored “Refreshers” at Starbucks don’t contain the fruits they are said to, a class action lawsuit alleges. -
Lawsuit: Calif. law over marketing of firearms to minors is unconstitutional
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - Members of the firearms industry have sued the state of California over legislation that forbids them from marketing that appeals to teenagers. -
Class action says men's skincare products not so natural
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - Class action lawyers have teamed to sue S.C. Johnson & Son and Oars + Alps over cosmetics they claim aren't "all natural." -
Class action alleges lead, nickel in Paparazzi products
RALEIGH, N.C. (Legal Newsline) - A fashion accessories company faces allegations their products contain lead and nickel. -
Group pushing coffee-causes-cancer lawsuits makes latest plea after Ninth Circuit ruling goes against it
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - Repeating allegations that led a federal judge to recuse herself from litigation over acrylamide in foods, a lawyer-driven nonprofit group has asked the judge who replaces her to reverse orders that stopped its lawsuits in their tracks. -
California city fights excessive force lawsuit, says officers weren't even there
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – The California city of Dixon and its police department are wondering why they were included in a lawsuit that alleges Solano County sheriff’s deputies beat a woman unconscious. -
Settlement over emissions from CertainTeed plant provides upgrades, 137K to law firm
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – Advocates and “irritated residents” have reached a settlement of their lawsuit against CertainTeed that alleges excessive emissions at its Chowchilla, Calif., plant. -
Law requiring diversity on boards of directors addressed discrimination, California argues
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – California is defending a legal challenge to legislation passed in recent years that requires corporate boards to include females and minorities or face fines. -
Group in the business of suing coffee sellers wants new judge to preserve its cases
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – A group that achieves its advocacy results by suing California businesses is asking the new judge hearing a key case to rule in its favor and preserve dozens of other lawsuits. -
California Department of Toxic Substances Control sues Chevron, Shell and Atlantic Richfield
The California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) and the Toxic Substances Control Account filed a federal complaint on September 24 in the U.S. -
Judges in Sacramento want no part of acrylamide Prop 65 case
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – No federal judge in Sacramento wants to hear a key lawsuit that will decide if coffee should come with a could-cause-cancer label. -
Obscure nonprofit drives multimillion-dollar coffee litigation, prods judge off key case
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - An obscure charity that has little revenue and doesn’t even bother to maintain a website won a major tactical victory last week when it forced a federal judge to recuse herself from a case that could impact dozens of its lawsuits over whether coffee must be sold with a cancer warning in California. -
Judge bashes group pushing coffee-causes-cancer lawsuits but recuses self anyway
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – A California federal judge will step down from a case that will impact dozens of lucrative coffee-causes-cancer lawsuits, but she is not happy with the way the request was handled by a group pursuing that litigation. -
Slurs and CRT: Expelled student and Catholic school do battle over race and punishment
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – It had nothing with his thoughts on Critical Race Theory, a Sacramento Catholic school is arguing as it defends its expulsion of a 17-year-old Mexican American student. -
Local group run by husband of judge in coffee-causes-cancer case no longer a CalChamber member
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – Her husband’s group is no longer a member of ours, the California Chamber of Commerce has stated after questions arose whether Judge Kimberly Mueller was able to fairly preside over one of its lawsuits.