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The 9th Circuit affirmed a landmark order requiring the VA to build thousands of housing units for disabled veterans, while li...


The 9th Circuit affirmed dismissal of a woman's trafficking claims, ruling she failed to plausibly allege force, fraud or coer...



Top 10 most-read Daily Journal stories in 2025

Dec. 29, 2025
By Laurinda Keys


Despite a landmark Supreme Court ruling limiting cash bail, Civil Rights Corps' efforts to enforce individualized bail hearing...


California Supreme Court


Gov. Gavin Newsom's choice to replace retiring Justice Martin J. Jenkins could determine whether the California Supreme Court ...


Class Action


Six authors who opted out of a $1.5 billion class action settlement against Anthropic PBC filed a new lawsuit against the comp...


Jury sides with former behavioral health medical director who was fired after reporting alleged misconduct.


Judge Erica R. Yew was appointed to the Santa Clara County Superior Court by Gov. Gray Davis in 2001. Yew is a member of the A...


Decades after evidence emerged that Alameda County prosecutors systematically excluded Black and Jewish jurors from capital ca...


Attorneys say Tesla's aggressive litigation tactics, intense discovery disputes and frequent counsel changes strain Alameda Co...


Eaton and Palisades wildfire lawsuits involve tens of thousands of plaintiffs, novel immunity defenses, utility liability disp...


Intellectual Property


Six authors who opted out of a $1.5 billion class action settlement against Anthropic PBC filed a new lawsuit Monday against t...


Public records lawsuit alleges coordination with environmental groups and improper redactions.


According to the Office of Chief Trial Counsel the man placed attorney ads in a Spanish-language outlet representing himself a...


Professor Robin Feldman is the Arthur J. Goldberg Distinguished Professor of Law at UC Law and the director of the AI Law &...


Judges in California and Washington last week rejected class certification in lawsuits against Zendesk Inc. and Snap Inc., cit...


Bipartisan lawmakers cite the Zachary Scrivner case as evidence the 2018 statute needs tighter limits.


After a year of reforms, attorneys applaud Los Angeles County Superior Court technology and settlement tools but say staffing ...


Once a flowing river through Bakersfield, the Kern now runs dry for most of the year. A case now before the California Supreme...


After an 18-day trial, jurors concluded a neurosurgeon should not have performed a high-risk pituitary procedure that left wom...


The new judges come from varied backgrounds including prosecutors and public defenders.


Uber filed an amended federal complaint sharpening RICO allegations against Los Angeles personal injury lawyers and medical pr...


Benjamin Softness is a litigator and former Silicon Valley in-house counsel focused on complex litigation, appellate and criti...


A former Instacart executive aide alleges she was fired for running for Congress and her policy views, while Instacart contend...


A state advisory committee says confusion over appellate review and access to criminal justice data has stalled Racial Justice...


A Woodland Hills addiction treatment provider sued the Los Angeles Fire Department, alleging it unlawfully refused to sign rou...


A Los Angeles judge fast-tracked and consolidated UCLA's arbitration and discovery motions regarding Pasadena's lawsuit seekin...


A pilot program assigning discovery and other law and motion matters in unlimited civil cases to a single courtroom is showing...


Torts/Personal Injury


The Los Angeles Angels and the family of late pitcher Tyler Skaggs reached an undisclosed settlement as jurors prepared to del...


Intellectual Property


A decade-long patent fight against GoPro faces uncertainty after an inconsistent jury verdict, prompting both sides to seek ju...