More than 70 percent of Airbnb’s short-term rental listings in San Francisco could soon be purged off the site following a settlement between the home-sharing company and its hometown. Airbnb sued San Francisco in June to block the city from enacting tougher regulations that would slap home-sharing companies with pricey fines and possible criminal penalties if they post rental listings that …
Lawyers representing the sinking San Francisco Millennium Tower homeowners’ association announced a lawsuit against the developer and builders Wednesday. The lawsuit names the developer, Millennium Partners, along with the Transbay Joint Powers Authority (TJPA), the regional agency overseeing the building of the adjacent Transbay Transit Center. The suit also names the …
San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera Thursday sued five online gun equipment suppliers selling disassembled large-capacity ammunition magazines as “repair kits” in an alleged attempt to get around state laws. The lawsuit, filed in San Francisco Superior Court, alleges that Badger Mountain Supply, 7.62 Precision, Shooters Plus, LAK Supply and Buymilsurp.com are …
A group of NFL cheerleaders — including women who have cheered for the San Francisco 49ers and the Oakland Raiders — has filed a lawsuit demanding higher wages and fairer labor practices from the NFL and 27 member teams. “We’re not asking to be paid like the football players are. But if you look at the mascot, who’s paid between $25,000-$60,000 a year, it’s just not fair for what we put into it,” former Raiders cheerleader Caitlin Yates said in a statement released Tuesday. The suit filed Tuesday in federal court in San Francisco, seeks …
A federal appeals court ruled in San Francisco Thursday that two consumer lawsuits filed over Samsung smartphones can’t be forced to go to arbitration and instead can proceed toward trials. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said that in both cases, a mandatory arbitration provision contained in a warranty booklet placed in a box packaging the smartphone didn’t amount to a contract.
A judge handed Airbnb a rebuke in a lawsuit seeking to block enforcement of the city’s rental regulations. less Ian Mackinlay registers his short-term rental with the city at 1660 Mission St. in San …
San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera Thursday filed suit against the developer of the Millennium Tower, alleging that the company knew that the luxury high-rise was sinking more than expected before it began selling units but failed to disclose the information to buyers. Herrera said the developer Mission Street Development LLC, an affiliate of Millennium …
Image 1 of / 6 FILE– Vigil attendees Thursday night wove flowers into a barbed wire fence where Jessica Williams, 29, crashed an allegedly stolen car into a utility truck before she was shot by a San Francisco police sergeant. Williams was shot on May 19, 2016. less FILE– Vigil attendees Thursday night wove flowers into a barbed wire fence where Jessica Williams, 29, crashed an allegedly …
The Burma Superstar restaurants attorney released a statement Wednesday about three employees suing the chain for unfair wages. The attorney for the restaurants located in Alameda, San Francisco and Oakland says they have always “The owners value their team as an extension of their family, and strive to treat everyone with the utmost respect, providing good wages and …
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the cities of Berkeley, Oakland and San Jose which attempted to hold Monsanto Co. accountable for the cost of reducing PCB contamination in the San Francisco Bay. The suit against Monsanto, an agricultural biotech company based in St. Louis, sought to recover the cost of cleaning up PCBs, synthetic organic chemicals whose full …