In the California Senate, a lawmaker recently introduced CA Senate Bill 243 in an effort to both heighten the evidentiary standard of scientific testimony as well as decrease the admission of false evidence against criminal defendants. Proposed by Senator Scott…
The new year has brought a new lawsuit against Apple, this time for casino and slot machine apps offered through its App Store. A proposed class action, filed in California federal court, alleges that the tech giant is engaged in…
Following a volatile trading week, Robinhood now faces a class action after it restricted users from trading a handful of stocks—including those for GameStop. The lawsuit, filed in the Southern District of New York on January 28, 2021, alleges Robinhood…
A magistrate judge in the Central District of California recently handed down a blockbuster precedent in the product liability case, Kaupelis v. Harbor Freight Tools USA, Inc. The decision concerns the scope of discovery when dealing with personal information protected…
The case, Yick v. Bank of America, 21-CV-376 was filed in the United States District Court of the Northern District of California by plaintiff Jennifer Yick, a real estate professional who found herself unemployed from the COVID-19 pandemic. Through California’s…
Decision Diagnostics Corp., a diagnostic testing company, has been named as the defendant in the first coronavirus-related securities lawsuit of the new year. The case may also be the first coronavirus-related lawsuit filed in the wake of an SEC enforcement…
On January 12, 2021, U.S. District Judge R. Gary Klausner of the Central District of California granted preliminary approval for a settlement in a medical sexual abuse case against the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). The case concerned the…
Deutsche Bank recently agreed to pay over $130 million in a settlement involving two separate claims—that Deutsche Bank paid bribes for overseas business and that it was involved in the manipulation of metal markets. The settlement’s terms also include a…
Since the onset of the pandemic, labor and employment litigation has been on the rise. Now, over 1,300 lawsuits—and counting—have been filed against employers in the U.S. with workplace safety often at the center of the claims. Recently, a California…
Video game development company CD Projekt S.A. is facing a shareholder class action lawsuit alleging violations of U.S. securities laws. The lawsuit focuses on claims that investors purchased securities in the company under false and misleading statements about its much…