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Failure to Timely Join an Indispensable Party Identified After CEQA Suit was Filed Mandated Dismissal

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The Court of Appeal held upheld the dismissal of a CEQA action for failure to timely name a developer that became a real party in interest during the pendency of the action. Citizens for a Better Eureka v. City of Eureka, 111...more

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California Supreme Court Overrules Chevron-like Deference For Review of Decisions of California Public Utilities Commission

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On August 7, 2025, the California Supreme Court issued its decision in Center For Biological Diversity v. California Public Utilities Commission. The decision reversed the decision of a lower appellate court which had...more

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California Supreme Court Clarifies Standard of Review for CPUC Decisions

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On August 7, 2025, the California Supreme Court issued its decision in Center for Biological Diversity, Inc. v. Public Utilities Commission (Cal., Aug. 7, 2025, No. S283614), 2025 WL 2253765 (Center for Biological Diversity)....more

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California Court of Appeal Casts Doubt on Legality of Municipality’s Voter ID Law

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Earlier this month, a California appellate court issued an order in People v. Huntington Beach indicating that California’s intermediate appellate court will hold that there is a limit on the power of localities to manage...more

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Specific Personal Jurisdiction Established Through Indirect Evidence of Targeting a Market

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In a recent decision, California’s Third Appellate Division held that a foreign automobile manufacturer could be haled into a state court in California through the indirect actions of its distributor without offending...more

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As Wiretap Act Claims Abound, ‘Submarine’ Counterattack Launched

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The proliferation of class action lawsuit and arbitration claim filings under the Federal Wiretap Act and various state wiretap statutes has recently grown beyond California, as other states are now beginning to see more...more

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A Coda to the Covid Pandemic: Do Local and State Closure Laws Provide Cover for Tenant Nonpayment of Rent?

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In what may turn out to be a lesson on the limits of the application of equitable doctrines supporting rent relief in the face of good lease drafting, a California court of appeal panel in San Diego has taken a narrow view on...more

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California Court of Appeal Confirms that Shorter 90-Day Statute of Limitations Applies in Political Reform Act Claims Affecting...

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California’s Second District Court of Appeal recently affirmed that a shorter 90-day statute of limitations, and not a longer three- or four- year statute of limitations, applies to Political Reform Act (PRA) claims that...more

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California Court of Appeal Addresses Derivative Standing and Failure of Oversight Claims Under Delaware Law

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In Tola v. Bryant, No. 16150, 2022 Cal. App. LEXIS 241 (Cal. App. Mar. 24, 2022), the First Appellate District of the California Court of Appeal applied Delaware’s new formulation of the test for determining whether a...more

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New California Court Decision Highlights Potential Perils Of Unlimited Vacation. Bonus Concerns: Settling Cases With Releases,...

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While the United States and California legal worlds remain (understandably) focused on issues arising out of the COVID-19 global pandemic, California courts continue to issue important, and potentially policy-altering,...more

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