A $5 billion class action alleges Google secretly used AI to monitor Verizon customer service calls in Arizona, violating stat...
An appeals court reversed an arbitration order, holding BMW could not enforce a dealership arbitration clause against a consum...
Jury seeks expert testimony readback in Skaggs wrongful death trial
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
With more than $200 million at stake, jurors in the Tyler Skaggs wrongful death trial asked to review expert testimony project...
Pasadena urged a judge to accelerate UCLA arbitration hearings, arguing delays freeze litigation and block injunction efforts ...
Environmental & Energy
Vallejo, American Canyon clash over CEQA, water use in dual appeals
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Two appellate cases could shape how far cities may go to approve development without environmental review, as Vallejo challeng...
Labor/Employment
Jury awards $2.9M to former Santa Ana police employee in retaliation case
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The jury found the City of Santa Ana retaliated against Rita Ramirez after she raised concerns about workplace mistreatment an...
Litigation & Arbitration
San Francisco federal judge orders agencies to rehire workers fired during shutdown
By Craig Anderson
Senior U.S. District Judge Susan Y. Illston said she would grant a union's request to void reductions-in-force imposed during ...
The complaint cites recent appellate rulings expanding First Amendment protections in education and business regulation.
A Los Angeles judge refused to compel Southern California Edison to disclose details of its voluntary wildfire compensation pr...
Kia, Hyundai agree to $9M multistate settlement over theft technology
By Daniel Schrager
Kia and Hyundai agreed to pay $9 million to settle multistate claims they failed to install industry-standard anti-theft techn...
Consumer Law, Civil Litigation
Most OnlyFans 'chatter scam' claims dismissed, lawyers sanctioned over AI briefs
By Skyler Romero
A federal judge tossed most OnlyFans class claims and imposed $13,000 sanctions after lawyers filed AI-generated briefs with f...
The former high-ranking Los Angeles County deputy district attorney, is no stranger to celebrity cases. He defended Harvey Wei...
Jurors must decide whether the Angels knew or should have known that a team employee supplied opioids to players and whether t...
Judicial watchdog admonishes Tulare County judge for serious misconduct
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Citing improper treatment of court staff, unauthorized courtroom rules, and violations of litigants' rights, the Commission on...
Pioneer in legal recruiting mentored many, helped professionalize industry.
Court presses state to produce wildfire maps before ranger depositions
By Devon Belcher
A Los Angeles judge urged faster production of wildfire maps ahead of limited depositions, as plaintiffs seek evidence firefig...
California Supreme Court
Two deaths from one act don't equal two strikes, high court rules
By Craig Anderson
The California Supreme Court ruled that a single act of vehicular manslaughter that killed two people cannot be counted as two...
Closings begin in Tyler Skaggs wrongful death trial against Angels
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The family argues the club knew or should have known a team employee was supplying players with drugs that led to his fatal ov...
Labor/Employment
OC prosecutor awarded $1.5M in fees, county exposure hits $4.5M
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
A judge awarded more than $1.5 million in attorneys' fees to former Orange County Deputy District Attorney Tracy Miller, incre...
A former Warner Bros. Discovery cybersecurity executive claims he was fired after medical leave, alleging age and disability d...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Beagle Labs sues AppFolio, claims anticompetitive platform access block
By Daniel Schrager
Beagle Labs alleges AppFolio violated antitrust law by blocking platform access to favor an in-house service, calling security...
Intellectual Property
Court finds Lanham Act inapplicable to Lady Gaga 'Mayhem' promotion
By Skyler Romero
A federal judge denied Lost International's injunction bid, ruling trademark law does not apply to Lady Gaga's "Mayhem" album ...
AviaGames says rival copied its mobile ads, a growing area of dispute
By Daniel Schrager
AviaGames accuses competing developers of copying eight copyrighted ads and more than 100 additional ads, seeking damages and ...
Visa wins dismissals in antitrust, investor, customer suits in Northern California
By Daniel Schrager
Visa secured three Northern District dismissals as judges rejected MiCamp's antitrust claims and an investor class action alle...
NLRB asks judge to block California labor law as preempted by federal statute
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The National Labor Relations Board urged a federal judge in Sacramento to block AB 288, arguing the new California law is pree...
A leading conservative voice whose dissents influenced US Supreme Court
Plaintiffs: Did state redact Palisades fire records to hide plant protection priority?
By Devon Belcher
Victims of the Palisades Fire argue California State Parks improperly redacted maps and texts about protecting the endangered ...
Community News
LA County's Court Commons exhibit brings education, resources to residents
By Skyler Romero
Los Angeles Superior Court launched Court Commons, a mobile exhibition offering legal education, resources for self-represente...
Estate sues OpenAI, Microsoft over alleged ChatGPT role in killing
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Plaintiffs allege ChatGPT reinforced dangerous delusions that led to a killing, testing the limits of AI product liability law.
The jury found Johnson & Johnson liable but did not find it acted with malice or fraud. The jury found the company was neg...
