Judicial Profile
Judge Heather Hocter returns to her first courtroom with a philosophy shaped by the backcountry
MCLE
Military bases' new names sound like the old Confederate ones
Military bases previously renamed to remove Confederate a...
By Eileen C. MooreFrom Sacramento to Shiraz: Practical steps for registering California divorce judgments abroad
A California divorce decree is binding throughout the U.S...
By Abbas HadjianListening as the first principle of civility
Civility, grounded not in mere politeness but in the ethi...
By Scott C. Clarkson
The Morning Docket
Five articles to get your day started.
Umberg pooh-poohs Trump plan to limit state AI oversight
X Corp. sues former engineer for allegedly stealing millions of lines of code
Legacies: Reclaiming civility and upholding the rule of law
Visiting Chinese courts: Surprising parallels to U.S. proceedings
LA fails to undo court limits on LAPD's less-lethal launchers
Today's News
Data Privacy
Tenants sue Equity Residential, SmartRent over alleged 'surveillance' inside homes
By James Twomey
Filed in San Francisco Superior Court, the suit claims landlords outfitted rental units with smart-home devices that log when tenants come and go, track temp...
Intellectual Property
Umberg pooh-poohs Trump plan to limit state AI oversight
By Malcolm Maclachlan
At a Stanford hearing, Sen. Tom Umberg said Congress will not produce national AI rules -- speaking just hours after President Donald Trump unveiled an execu...
Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation
Justin Shegerian wins $103M in age bias case in first time as first chair
By Skyler Romero
A year after law school, first-chair trial lawyer Justin W. Shegerian won a $103 million verdict against Liberty Mutual for firing a longtime employee in ret...
Intellectual Property
X Corp. sues former engineer for allegedly stealing millions of lines of code
By Daniel Schrager
In a new lawsuit, X Corp. claims a fired employee used stolen code and confidential materials to create her own software company--and later boasted about it.
Civil Rights, Civil Litigation
LA fails to undo court limits on LAPD's less-lethal launchers
By Skyler Romero
A federal judge refused to dissolve an injunction governing LAPD's crowd-control weapons, saying the city's challenge to plaintiffs' standing must wait while...
Civil Rights, Civil Litigation
LA fails to undo court limits on LAPD's less-lethal launchers
By Skyler Romero
A federal judge refused to dissolve an injunction governing LAPD's crowd-control weapons, saying the city's challenge to plaintiffs' standing must wait while...
Columns
Liability insurers' use of catch-all language in Intellectual Property and Habitability exclusions -- designed to eliminate co...
A year after California passed SB 976 to curb minors' social-media addiction, a wave of First Amendment lawsuits from tech gia...
Obituaries
Farewell to an appellate giant who never sought the spotlight
By Jennifer Hansen
Jonathan Demson, a quietly brilliant and fiercely dedicated solo appellate attorney who handled over 400 cases, argued four ti...
Verdicts & Settlements
| Bad Faith | Cristin Morneau, individual... | $153,000,000 |
| Breach of Contract | P&P Industries LLC and JT3 ... | $29,306,734 |
| Breach of Contract | The Residences at Depot Str... | $5,000,000 |
| Wage and Hour | Andrea Sosa, on behalf of h... | $4,400,000 |
| Auto v. Pedestrian | Neeko Dedrick Alonzo Walker... | $3,250,000 |
| Wage and Hour | Cecilia Perez, individually... | $2,975,000 |
| Wage and Hour | Mary Magdalena Mejia, indiv... | $1,950,000 |
| Malpractice | Doe Plaintiffs v. Roe Medic... | $1,500,000 |
| Malpractice | Doe Plaintiffs v. Roe Medic... | $1,500,000 |
| Breach of Contract | John Demas and Robert Burzi... | $1,444,867 |
On the Move
Murphy, Pearson, Bradley & Feeney P.C.
Thomas Tuon joined Murphy, Pearson, Bradley & Feeney P.C. as an associate in Murphy, Pearson, Bradley & Feeney (San Francisco). The move was Dec. 2, 2025.
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Murphy, Pearson, Bradley & Feeney P.C. has 69 attorneys in 4 offices including San Francisco, Sacramento, Los Angeles. Among the law firm’s key practice areas are Litigation, Professional Liability, White Collar Defense & Investigations, Intellectual Property, Sports & Entertainment . The firm’s website is www.mpbf.com
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Judicate West founder pledges $75k for Charles Houston Bar Association student scholarships
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
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Daily Appellate Report
Health Care
Doe v. Dynamic Physical Therapy, LLC
Louisiana statute immunizing healthcare providers from civil liability during public health emergencies could not block plaintiff's federal claims.
Criminal Law and Procedure
People v. Frederickson
Resentencing first-degree murder conviction--thereby eliminating special circumstance that attached only to first-degree murders--did not run afoul of Penal Code section 1385.1, which pro...
Consumer Law
Maneri v. FCA US LLC
Lemon-law plaintiff could not recover costs for long-term rentals or replacement vehicle where those expenses neither exceeded the original purchase price nor were related to care of the ...
Insurance, Real Property
California FAIR Plan Assn. v. Lara
Trial court erred by deferring to non-contemporaneous agency interpretation allowing Insurance Commissioner to add liability insurance as part of "basic property insurance."