U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
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San Jose fights $5M lawsuit from man who ignored police commands, ran over pedestrian and was shot 14 times
SAN JOSE, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – A police department sued for $5 million after shooting a man who ran over a pedestrian while trying to escape authorities is asking a federal judge to throw out the lawsuit. -
Hefty fights lawsuit that complains recycling bags aren't recyclable
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – The maker of Hefty recycling bags says it doesn’t mislead customers after being sued by one of them who thinks that term should indicate the bags are recyclable. -
Facing tax charges, serial lawsuit filer is called out by federal judge for trying to inflate damages
SAN JOSE, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – A federal judge has rejected a serial plaintiff’s effort to increase damages in a lawsuit brought under a civil rights law, noticing that the quadriplegic man visited the same business multiple times despite claiming it wasn’t handicap-accessible. -
Lawsuit: Coca-Cola plastic bottles aren't recyclable because of caps
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) -- Three people are suing Coca-Cola in a proposed class action over labels stating the plastic is 100% recyclable or made from recyclable products, claiming the label is fraudulent. -
California county tries to get lawsuit over shooting death of mentally ill woman thrown out of court
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – San Mateo County has filed its response to the lawsuit brought after its sheriff’s deputies shot and killed a mentally ill woman wandering the streets with a shotgun and a bottle of wine. -
Class action lawyers in Ecover case have ammo for their other lawsuits
OAKLAND, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – California class action lawyers are using a recent federal decision in their favor to attempt to boost their other cases. -
Twitter takes fight over Trump ban to Ninth Circuit court
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – Twitter is appealing a recent federal court decision that said it was too quick to sue the Texas attorney general over his reaction to President Donald Trump being banned from the social media platform. -
Hefty sued over recycling bags that aren't allegedly recyclable
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - The maker of Hefty brand trash bag products was pinned in a federal class action lawsuit as consumers allege recycling bags are not themselves recyclable. -
Twitter loses lawsuit after Texas AG makes inquiry into Trump ban, content censorship
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – Twitter was too quick to sue the Texas attorney general over his reaction to President Donald Trump being banned from the social media platform. -
S.C. Johnson will have to fight class action lawsuit over Ecover ingredients
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – Reasonable consumers expecting 100% natural products could have been misled by S.C. Johnson & Son when it claimed its Ecover cleaning line is made with plant-based ingredients. -
Google sued for alleged invasion of privacy in COVID contact tracing system
Google faces a class action lawsuit in federal court for allegedly invading people's privacy in its COVID-19 exposure notification system. -
Kroger misled consumers with artificially sweetened sparkling water, lawsuit says
A federal class action lawsuit against Kroger accuses the grocery store of unethical consumer practices. -
San Francisco judge allows Clean Water Act claim in fight over Cannery MGP
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – A San Francisco man who wants Pacific Gas & Electric Company to clean up a portion of the city’s waterfront will be able to make a key part of his case. -
California lawsuit says Crest toothpaste makes unrealistic gum repair claims
A federal class action lawsuit against Procter and Gamble alleges that Crest brand gum and enamel repair toothpaste, manufactured by the defendant, makes unreasonable and impossible gum repair claims. -
Lawsuit filed over chemicals seeping into macaroni and cheese
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – Class action lawyers are targeting General Mills with a lawsuit that claims macaroni and cheese contains phthalates. -
Airlines say new San Francisco law goes too far
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – An air travel trade group is suing the city and county of San Francisco over a new law regarding health care benefits for airline employees. -
Texas AG wants Twitter's lawsuit against him thrown out of court
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is fighting back against Twitter after it sued him for alleged retaliation for its decision to ban former President Donald Trump from its platform. -
Bayer moves to dismiss shareholder class action over Roundup costs
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – Unhappy investors have failed to make their case, Bayer says as it defends one of the fronts of litigation opened by the Roundup weedkiller. -
'Courtroom advocacy in a lab coat': Bayer says plaintiffs' Roundup experts not fit to testify
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - Bayer AG has asked the judge overseeing multidistrict litigation over Roundup herbicide to disqualify several plaintiff experts who consistently blame non-Hodgkin's lymphoma on Roundup when being paid to testify in court, despite numerous other risk factors that could have triggered the disease. -
Plaintiff lawyers are in a Fortnite fight, company says as $26M settlement pending
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – Epic Games says a real-life battle over lawyer fees has broken out in litigation over in-game purchases in the popular video game Fortnite.