Special Reports
Judicial Profile
Judge Damaris Diaz says fairness 'isn't automatic--it takes attention'
From The Archive
MCLE
NIL drives college sports into legal entropy
Betting, branding and foreign financing were once unthink...
By Frank N. DarrasThe hidden danger in fine print liability releases
Courts disfavor contracts that excuse future wrongdoing, ...
By Reza Torkzadeh, Allen P. WilkinsonMoral rights and the Vaillancourt Fountain
Fifty years after its completion, San Francisco's massive...
By Simon J. FrankelToday's News
Sara K. Radin, one of California's pioneering women judges and later a leading mediator, helped break barriers on the Los Angeles Superior Court and champion...
Criminal, Constitutional Law
Memo says US judges may compel unpaid defense work amid shutdown
By Skyler Romero
A U.S. Attorney's Office memo says federal judges can compel unpaid lawyers to represent indigent defendants during Criminal Justice Act funding lapses, spar...
Criminal, Constitutional Law
Memo says US judges may compel unpaid defense work amid shutdown
By Skyler Romero
A U.S. Attorney's Office memo says federal judges can compel unpaid lawyers to represent indigent defendants during Criminal Justice Act funding lapses, spar...
Criminal
Attorney tells judge he can order private attorneys to defend criminal defendants
By James Twomey
San Francisco Superior Court Judge Harry Dorfman questioned was told he can order private attorneys to represent indigent defendants amid an alleged shortage...
California Supreme Court
State high court upholds law banning willful misgendering in long-term care
By Craig Anderson
The justices reversed an appellate ruling that found the law violated the First Amendment. The court held that the restriction regulates discriminatory condu...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Athletes challenge $2.8B NCAA settlement as unfair to women in non-revenue sports
By Craig Anderson
An attorney representing three female college athletes and a Liberty University student told an Oakland federal judge the NCAA's $2.8 billion settlement over...
Columns
AI hallucinations reveal the resilience and limits of our adversarial process. Institutional skepticism eventually catches fak...
Intellectual Property, Evidence
Expert testimony in patent cases now harder to admit
By Dariush Adli
A recent en banc decision by the Federal Circuit in EcoFactor, Inc. v. Google LLC (2025) -- left standing by the U.S. ...
Labor/Employment
Alleged HR mockery over off-site harassment complaint could spark employer liability
By C. Randolph Sullivan, Michael A. Pearlson
The Kruitbosch decision underscores that employers may still face liability for off-site harassment -- depending not o...
Verdicts & Settlements
| Dangerous Condition of Public Property | Kathleen White, individuall... | $19,000,000 |
| Malpractice | A.A. v. Roe Medical Center,... | $13,500,000 |
| Auto v. Auto | Frank Valles v. Terrence An... | $7,250,000 |
| Discrimination | Kristen Wheldon, Psy.D. v. ... | $5,750,000 |
| Bus Incident | Izumi Streller v. City of S... | $3,500,000 |
| Encampment Closures | Coalition on Homelessness; ... | $2,828,000 |
| Malpractice | Bosco Tran v. The Regents o... | $1,750,000 |
| Malpractice | Sade Mitchell v. The Regent... | $1,000,000 |
| 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 | Michelle Rizalla, et al. v.... | $900,000 |
| Malpractice | John Doe v. Roe Physician, ... | $875,000 |
On the Move
Mayer Brown
Teresa K. Goebel joined Mayer Brown as a partner in San Francisco.
Benjamin T. Tschann joined Mayer Brown as a partner in San Francisco.
Dustin Calkins joined Mayer Brown as a partner in San Francisco.
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Community News
Attorneys from both sides of the courtroom came together in downtown Los Angeles for the debut of The 30/30 Bar, an invitation-only event designed to promote civility, connection, and professional unity among plaintiff and defense lawyers.
Podcasts
In the second episode of In the Counsel's Chair, Daralyn Durie discusses the highs and lows of establishing a boutique law firm.
Daily Appellate Report
Civil Procedure
Chinese Theater, LLC v. Starline Tours USA, Inc.
Where plaintiff left summons with a bus washer lacking authority or connection to the defendant's business, substituted service was invalid and default judgment was vacated.
Contracts
Evleshin v. Meyer
Initial refusal to mediate did not forfeit the refusing party's right to recover attorneys' fees under contract requiring pre-filing mediation where refusal was retracted prior to commenc...
Native American Affairs, Civil Procedure
State of California v. Del Rosa
*Ex parte Young* relief is available under the Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking Act.
Qualified Immunity, Civil Rights
Hawatmeh v. City of Henderson
Officers did not seize kidnapped child for Fourth Amendment purposes when they employed hostage rescue tactics that resulted in the death the kidnapper and, seconds later, the child.
