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Firm News June 12, 2025
Pro Bono Team Files Amicus Brief with U.S. Supreme Court on Behalf of Retired Judges
A Gibson Dunn pro bono team has filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of several retired judges in support of the petitioner in Villarreal v. Texas.
Client Alert March 20, 2025
California Supreme Court Holds That Plaintiffs Who Refuse A Section 998 Settlement Offer Can Be Liable For Costs And Fees When They Later Settle Before Trial
Madrigal v. Hyundai Motor Am., S280598 – Decided March 20, 2025 The California Supreme Court today unanimously held that a plaintiff …
Accolades February 27, 2025
Top Verdicts of 2024: Pricewaterhousecoopers LLP v. City of Los Angeles
In March 2015, the city of Los Angeles initiated a lawsuit against PricewaterhouseCoopers following several class action lawsuits related to the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power's problematic new customer billing system.
Client Alert August 22, 2024
California Supreme Court Holds That The Civil Discovery Act Independently Authorizes Courts To Impose Monetary Sanctions For Engaging In Discovery Misconduct And Patterns Of Discovery Abuse
City of Los Angeles v. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, S277211 – Decided August 22, 2024 The California Supreme Court unanimously rejected the argument …
Client Alert August 1, 2024
California Supreme Court Holds That PAGA Plaintiffs Do Not Have A Right To Intervene To Object To Proposed Settlements In Related PAGA Actions
In a rare split decision, the California Supreme Court held 5–2 that a plaintiff bringing a representative action under the California Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) does not have a right to intervene in another PAGA action involving overlapping claims or to object to a proposed settlement.
Client Alert July 26, 2024
California Supreme Court Eliminates Prejudice Requirement For Waivers Of Right To Arbitrate
The California Supreme Court held that, consistent with federal law, California courts should not consider prejudice to the party resisting arbitration when deciding whether a party has waived its right to compel arbitration.
Client Alert July 15, 2024
California Supreme Court Holds That Courts Must Conduct A Qualitative Severance Analysis Even If They Find Multiple Unconscionable Provisions In An Arbitration Agreement
The California Supreme Court held today that an arbitration agreement may be unconscionable if it requires a party resisting arbitration to pay the other party’s attorney’s fees, requires arbitration of claims commonly brought by employees but not those commonly brought by employers, or unreasonably shortens a statute of limitations. Yet even if an agreement contains unconscionable provisions, a court must analyze whether they may be severed and the rest of the agreement enforced.
Client Alert June 18, 2024
California Supreme Court Holds That An Insured Can Access Its First-Level Excess Policy After Exhausting Only The Underlying Primary Insurance For That Policy Period
The California Supreme Court held that the standard language in commercial general liability policies allows an insured to access its excess insurance policy after exhausting its underlying primary insurance for the same policy period, not all primary insurance issued during the continuous period of injury.