(Subscription required) A unanimous Second District Court of Appeal panel found in a published opinion that residents of a Southern California apartment complex can bring claims against their landlord for violations of the state’s Investigative Consumer Reporting Agencies Act for failing to provide required information about screen applications they completed as prospective renters.

(Subscription required) After Snap settles one teen's case on the eve of first bellwether trial, Los Angeles judge imposes juror anonymity and evidentiary limits shaping upcoming social media addiction litigation.

Div. Eight of this district’s Court of Appeal has held that a trial court’s denial of a request that a plaintiff in a derivative lawsuit be required to post a bond, in accordance with Corporations Code sections designed to protect against meritless lawsuits by stakeholders, has no preclusive effect on the recovery of litigation costs after a defense judgment and success on appeal.

(Subscription required) The 4th District Court of Appeal panel decision will have significant fiscal and structural implications as counties confront a rising volume of postconviction claims.