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Commissioner Caitlin Taylor brings Dependency Court perspective to juvenile justice
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When cannabis becomes medicine
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Today's News
Criminal
Amy Karlin named Central District interim federal public defender
By Skyler Romero
Chief Deputy Amy M. Karlin will again serve as interim head of the Central District federal defender office while the 9th Circuit conducts a months-long sear...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Donato calls Google plaintiffs' fee request 'patently unreasonable'
By Daniel Schrager
Plaintiffs' attorneys defending an $85 million fee request in the Google Play Store antitrust settlement faced intense questioning from a federal judge who c...
Torts/Personal Injury
Chris Dolan got pissed, and it resulted in a historic verdict
By David Houston
Fresh off a record-setting Alameda County settlement, plaintiffs' lawyer Chris Dolan discusses suing police agencies, exposing misconduct through video evide...
Torts/Personal Injury
Motorcyclist asks California Supreme Court to revive $30M Suzuki punitive award
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Plaintiff attorneys say a recent appellate ruling overturning punitive damages against Suzuki conflicts with longstanding California law and undermines jury ...
Intellectual Property
AI dominates global IP debate at INTA conference in London
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Roughly 10,000 intellectual property attorneys gathered in London for the annual INTA conference, where discussions centered on artificial intelligence, the ...
Insurance
Judge lets wildfire insurance collusion claims proceed against major carriers
By Devon Belcher
A Los Angeles judge largely preserved antitrust claims accusing major insurers of coordinating policy pullbacks in wildfire-prone areas, ruling homeowners pl...
Columns
Law Practice
The Puka Theory: Why the lawyers who get ahead stop waiting to be asked
By Stacy Hambleton
The lawyers who advance fastest aren't waiting for assignments--they're scanning every situation for unmet needs and filling t...
Torts/Personal Injury
Protect access to justice and be munificent
By Arash Homampour, Nicholas Rowley
Uber's ballot initiative would gut California's contingency fee system, restrict access to justice for injured victims, shift ...
California's SB 235: Key provisions, strategic impact and what to know before 2027 sunset
By Brent Owen, Annie Nicholson
With less than a year before its Jan. 1, 2027, sunset, California's mandatory disclosure law under SB 235 has reshaped state c...
Verdicts & Settlements
| Conversion | Joseph Taylor, Edward Mlaka... | $135,000,000 |
| Public Nuisance | Placer County Water Agency ... | $80,000,000 |
| Fraud | Federal Trade Commission v.... | $17,000,000 |
| Assault and Battery | Jane Doe v. Roe 1 District,... | $9,000,000 |
| Consumer Protection | Carl Cordell, individually ... | $7,250,000 |
| Wage and Hour | Jefferson Garcia, an indivi... | $4,000,000 |
| Dangerous Condition of Public Property | Joshua Huber v. State of Ca... | $2,300,000 |
| Wage and Hour | Ivorya Geneve v. Mikuni Res... | $2,250,000 |
| Whistleblower Retaliation | Victoria Adams v. County of... | $1,950,000 |
| Wage and Hour | Jennifer Montoya and Juan G... | $1,500,000 |
On the Move
Hahn & Hahn LLP
Ramez Krishnan joined Hahn & Hahn LLP as a partner in Pasadena. The move was April 27, 2026.
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Daily Appellate Report
Environmental Law
Modification: Shear Development Co. v. California Coastal Commission
Coastal Commission lacked appellate jurisdiction where local coastal program interpretation was independently reviewed, and development was neither in a sensitive coastal resource area no...
Immigration
Amended Opinion: Singh v. Blanche
Substantial evidence supported Board of Immigration Appeals' determination that asylum applicant's experiences did not rise to the level of past persecution.
Consumer Law
Trammel v. KLN Enterprises Inc.
Consumer plausibly alleging that defendant's licorice falsely claimed to contain no artificial flavors satisfied Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 9(b)'s heightened pleading standard and st...