Div. One of the Court of Appeal for this district has declared that a Los Angeles Superior Court judge erred in allowing litigation over contractual rights to continue through Sept. 25, 2024, when he awarded $165,000.00 in attorney fees to the plaintiff, despite a Jan. 11, 2022 decision by the appeals court declaring that the underlying assignment of royalty rights was unenforceable.

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) announced on April 1 that they are moving forward with a project on U.S. Highway 101 in Humboldt County. The goal of the project which has now been approved by the courts is to increase shipping efficiency and improve safety on the highway.

Even as the judge struck down Trump’s executive action, the ruling is unlikely to restart funding for public media. Judge Randolph Moss acknowledged in his ruling that Congress’ rescissions of funding last year to the Corporation of Public Broadcasting, the organization that distributed most of the government’s grants to public media companies such as PBS and NPR, limits the impact of his decision.

(Subscription required) A federal judge in San Diego denied Abercrombie Fitch's bid to compel arbitration, finding Hollister's checkout design failed to give reasonably conspicuous notice of its terms, and allowed a California consumer pricing class action to move forward.