AnotherGavel.jpgThis blog post was authored by Hengameh S. Safaei

In a long-awaited and lengthy 104-page decision, the California Supreme Court in Sonic-Calabasas, Inc. v. Moreno (Sonic II) has retreated from its earlier holding in Sonic–Calabasas A, Inc. v. Moreno (Sonic I), in which the Court had held as a bright-line rule