City of Los Angeles - Increase to Planning Applications and Affordable Housing Linkage Fees - On July 1, 2024, the fee for planning and land use applications increased by 3.5% based on the Consumer Price Index for All Urban...more
8/6/2024
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CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA) - Save Our Access v. City of San Diego (4th. App. Dist., June 2023) - This case involved a challenge to the City of San Diego’s approval of a ballot measure to remove a community...more
CITY OF LOS ANGELES - Site Plan Review Exemption for Affordable Housing - On June 30, 2023, the city council adopted an amendment to the Site Plan Review Ordinance to exempt deed-restricted affordable housing units from...more
In the first edition of the PFAS Primer Quarterly Update, our roundup of regulatory, litigation, and scientific actions involving PFAS, the EPA proposes national primary drinking water regulations, states introduce landmark...more
Los Angeles City Planning and Department of Building and Safety - COVID-19 Emergency Public Order on Tolling and Time Limits Rescinded - On March 21, 2020, then-Mayor Eric Garcetti issued a COVID-19 emergency public order to...more
City of Los Angeles - City Council Adopts Processes and Procedures Ordinance - On December 6, 2022, the City of Los Angeles City Council adopted the Processes and Procedures Ordinance amending the Los Angeles Municipal Code...more
County and City of Los Angeles - Los Angeles City and County Ordinances to Ban Oil and Gas Drilling - There are 26 oil and gas fields and more than 5,000 oil and gas wells (active and idle) across the City of Los Angeles. On...more
Welcome back to the Class Action & MDL Roundup! This edition covers notable class actions from the fourth quarter of 2021.
In this edition, the Seventh Circuit shorts out an FCRA suit, a plaintiff just … gives up, and...more
4/15/2022
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Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Multidistrict Litigation ,
Product Labels ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Stock Drop Litigation ,
TCPA ,
Wage and Hour
In the fall edition of the Class Action & MDL Roundup, covering notable class actions from the third quarter of 2021, a marriage nearly tears apart a certified class, insurers are vaccinated against more COVID-19 suits, and...more
1/6/2022
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Corporate Counsel ,
Data Breach ,
Data Security ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Food Labeling ,
Insurance Claims ,
Insurance Industry ,
Product Labels ,
Settlement ,
TCPA
Welcome to the summer edition of the Class Action & MDL Roundup, covering significant decisions and settlements from the second quarter of 2021.
In this edition, plaintiffs are doing their own science (badly), SCOTUS...more
10/7/2021
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Auto-Dialed Calls ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Dark Web ,
Data Breach ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
False Advertising ,
Settlement ,
Unsolicited Advertisements ,
Unsolicited Faxes
Welcome back to the Class Action & MDL Roundup! Our spring edition covers notable class actions from the first quarter of 2021.
In this edition, the courts are beginning to split on COVID-19 cases, privacy litigants can’t...more
7/1/2021
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Disability ,
Educational Institutions ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Employees ,
Insurance Claims ,
Insurance Litigation ,
Mobile Apps ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
TCPA ,
Tuition ,
Vaccinations ,
WARN Act
Welcome back to the Class Action & MDL Roundup! Our winter edition covers notable class actions from the fourth quarter of 2020.
In this edition, we find a common theme among COVID-19 class actions, the Tampa 2 defends...more
3/19/2021
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Business Interruption ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
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Colleges ,
Contract Terms ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Data Security ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Event Cancellation ,
Insurance Claims ,
Insurance Industry ,
Investors ,
Marketing ,
Personal Information ,
Ponzi Scheme ,
Price-Fixing ,
Product Labels ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Refunds ,
Reimbursements ,
RICO ,
TCPA ,
Tuition
We are pleased to once again present Land Use Matters, our publication that provides updates on new CEQA court decisions as well as planning developments for the City of Los Angeles and the County of Los Angeles. We realize...more
Welcome to the fall edition of the Class Action & MDL Roundup, covering significant decisions and settlements from the third quarter of 2020.
In this edition, cosmetics get reused, garbage stinks to high heaven (at least...more
1/29/2021
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Arbitration ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Discrimination ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Flint Water Crisis ,
Investors ,
Manufacturers ,
Misclassification ,
Payday Loans ,
Public Nuisance ,
RICO ,
Settlement ,
TCPA ,
Title VII
Welcome back to the Class Action & MDL Roundup! Our summer edition covers notable class actions from the second quarter of 2020.
In this edition, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) weighed in on several...more
9/25/2020
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Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Class Members ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Facebook ,
Fee Awards ,
Insurance Industry ,
Judicial Panels ,
Personal Jurisdiction ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Welcome back to the Class Action & MDL Roundup! Our winter edition covers notable class actions from the fourth quarter of 2019.
This edition, we’ve added a section covering many of the COVID-19-related class actions popping...more
California’s water board may be providing clarity with its new regulations defining wetlands in the state, but it’s also providing greater permitting burdens and costs. ...more
California put PFAS, the hot-button contaminants of the year, front and center of a workshop, portending a sharp increase in investigative orders. Our Environment, Land Use & Natural Resources Group interprets the State Water...more