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Judicial Profile
Inglewood Commissioner Joel Koury brings calm, clarity -- and deep breaths -- to court
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AI defamation suits test anti-SLAPP shields and speaker rights
As AI-driven defamation suits emerge, courts must not onl...
By Lan P. VuSEC at the door? Mind your ethics - and your client
When the SEC comes knocking, corporate counsel must call ...
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Military bases previously renamed to remove Confederate a...
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Today's News
Land Use, LA Fires, Civil Litigation
Housing group sues Newsom over SB 9 suspension in fire zones
By Skyler Romero
The petition seeks to invalidate Newsom's SB 9 suspension and similar bans adopted by Los Angeles, Pasadena, Malibu, and Los Angeles County, arguing the orde...
Intellectual Property
Patent suit over Amazon Web Services software transferred to Northern District
By Daniel Schrager
VirtaMove Corp. alleges AWS' migration and container services use processes covered by two of its patents, claims Amazon denies. The tech giant also asserts ...
Criminal
Prosecutors detail 131,000 pages of discovery in political consultant's criminal case
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Dana Williamson and two other well-known political consultants have been charged with diverting $225,000 from a campaign account for former congressman and C...
Land Use, LA Fires, Civil Litigation
Housing group sues Newsom over SB 9 suspension in fire zones
By Skyler Romero
The petition seeks to invalidate Newsom's SB 9 suspension and similar bans adopted by Los Angeles, Pasadena, Malibu, and Los Angeles County, arguing the orde...
Land Use, LA Fires, Civil Litigation
Housing group sues Newsom over SB 9 suspension in fire zones
By Skyler Romero
The petition seeks to invalidate Newsom's SB 9 suspension and similar bans adopted by Los Angeles, Pasadena, Malibu, and Los Angeles County, arguing the orde...
Civil Litigation
Civil suit stay bid denied as convicted killer of CashApp founder pursues new trial
By James Twomey
A San Francisco judge denied Nima Momeni's request to stay a wrongful death suit during pending matters around his conviction for murder, finding no real sel...
Columns
Technology, Constitutional Law
AI defamation suits test anti-SLAPP shields and speaker rights
By Lan P. Vu
As AI-driven defamation suits emerge, courts must not only weigh who's accountable, but also whether anti-SLAPP laws -- and fr...
Entertainment & Sports
The cost of free coaching: NCAA's $303M volunteer coach settlement
By Jill M. Manning
A $303 million settlement over the NCAA's 31-year ban on compensating volunteer coaches signals that coordinated wage-fixing a...
Pardon my feuilleton
By Myron Moskovitz
A "feuilleton" is a light, engaging essay or short piece that blends observation, humor and insight, and after a long career w...
Verdicts & Settlements
| Auto v. Auto | Stephen Paper, Richard Pape... | $18,000,000 |
| Unfair Competition | Eileen S. Natuzzi, Wun-Ling... | $10,500,000 |
| Consumer Protection | Thomas Fan, Matthew Kimoto,... | $7,050,000 |
| Wrongful Death | Eric Soriano Individually, ... | $6,500,000 |
| Elder Abuse | Ronda Rigsby v. Brier Oak o... | $3,800,000 |
| Auto v. Auto | Raphael Pariente Zapotitla ... | $3,500,000 |
| Dangerous Condition of Public Property | Tsuki Sugiyama and Richard ... | $2,850,000 |
| Malpractice | Jane Doe v. Roe Medical Group | $2,100,000 |
| Auto v. Auto | Rohini Perera v. City of Lo... | $1,500,000 |
| Malpractice | John Doe v. Roe Gastroenter... | $1,500,000 |
On the Move
Akerman LLP
Mojan Anari was promoted to partner of Akerman LLP in Los Angeles. The promotion is effective Nov. 1, 2025.
Details
Akerman LLP has 700 attorneys in 24 offices including Los Angeles. Among the law firm’s key practice areas are Litigation, Real Estate, Corporate, Labor and Employment, Financial Services. The firm’s website is www.akerman.com
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Podcasts
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Daily Appellate Report
Employment Law
Dieves v. Butte Sand Trucking Co.
Trial court erred in striking Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) claim on the ground that individualized proof made the claim unmanageable.
Criminal Law and Procedure
People v. Kinnear
Trial court erred by imposing upper term and second-strike sentence after accepting defendant's stipulation without advising him of his constitutional rights or eliciting a knowing and vo...
Prisoners' Rights
Human Rights Defense Center, Inc. v. Uttecht
Prison officials were required to show that policy restricting mail to prisoners--impinging their First Amendment rights--advanced penological interest of reducing inmate-on-inmate violence.
Antitrust
Epic Games Inc. v. Apple Inc.
District court did not abuse its discretion by finding Apple in contempt after it willfully violated an injunction prohibiting anticompetitive behavior that discouraged purchases from App...
Criminal Law and Procedure
People v. Harrison
Defendant's resentencing petition for mitigation due to military service-related conditions failed because his conviction was for a statutorily excluded super-strike offense rendering him...