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Environmental & Energy


California's hazardous waste lawsuit against Chiquita Canyon Landfill targets its corporate parent, potentially expanding fina...


Two former Pasaca Capital executives accuse founder Charles Huang of excluding them from lucrative shareholder buyouts while p...


Torts/Personal Injury


A Danish man alleges ChatGPT encouraged him to withhold rent and promised him imaginary wealth, leading to eviction and homele...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Justices appeared divided over whether employees can pursue representative claims under the Private Attorneys General Act whil...


Labor/Employment


A published ruling holds that sheriff's officials cannot independently settle disciplinary appeals before the county Civil Ser...


The appellate court turned aside a rare effort by plaintiffs challenging a ruling that lifted restrictions on the Trump admini...


Los Angeles says more than 20,000 people have entered temporary housing programs since 2022, but attorneys challenging the cit...


The Early Sullivan co-founder has opened McRae LLP with two former colleagues, focusing on entertainment, intellectual propert...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Prosecutors argue that attorney Paul Kiesel's request for additional records from the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office, DWP ...


Civil Procedure


A Los Angeles judge postponed the first Eaton Fire bellwether trial until March 8, rejecting Edison's request for a nearly fiv...


Civil Rights


A divided appellate panel found that an officer violated a protester's Fourth Amendment rights by firing a foam baton round in...


In its first lawsuit specifically enforcing emergency housing transfer protections under the Violence Against Women Act, the J...


Data Privacy


A federal judge rejected Meta's arguments that individual differences among patients and healthcare providers make classwide ...


Snap's confidential settlement with two plaintiffs ended Los Angeles' second social media addiction bellwether case before ope...


An appeals court reinstated a jury's finding that the NFL violated antitrust law through its Sunday Ticket television package ...


Technology, State Bar & Bar Associations


The State Bar unveiled a framework to help legal aid organizations assess generative AI risks ahead of new requirements for at...


State of California civil rights attorneys argued Tesla failed to stop pervasive racial harassment at its Fremont factory, whi...


Meta's settlement with a second plaintiff leaves Snap as the sole defendant in a Los Angeles social media addiction trial, rai...


Constitutional Law


The Justice Department appealed a federal judge's refusal to segregate more than 20,000 mail-in ballots linked to suspected no...


Consumer Protection Law


Federal and state regulators allege Toast misled restaurant operators with promises of free equipment and round-the-clock cust...


Securities


A federal judge allowed investors to pursue class claims that Block inflated Cash App user numbers by failing to weed out fake...


A federal judge allowed just two Taylor Swift fans to opt out of a related antitrust class action, leaving hundreds of others ...


Constitutional Law


A federal judge dismissed a challenge to 25 Central Valley oil drilling permits, applying a 2024 Supreme Court standing decisi...



David B. Sapp, Gov. Gavin Newsom's legal affairs secretary who helped lead California's National Guard lawsuit against Preside...


Justice Stephen I. Goorvitch, seeking an eight-year term on the 2nd District Court of Appeal, brings experience deciding envir...


Civil Procedure


Southern California Edison argues its chief operating officer lacks firsthand knowledge of equipment implicated in the Eaton F...


Constitutional Law


A federal appeals court ruled that California's SB 399 likely violates employers' First Amendment rights by restricting mandat...


Criminal, California Courts of Appeal


The 1st District Court of Appeal ordered an acquittal on an assault count and a new trial on the remaining charges, finding in...


Jurors found a renovation program manager solely responsible for injuries suffered by a 66-year-old woman who tripped over exp...