Environmental & Energy
California targets Chiquita Canyon parent company in hazardous waste lawsuit
By Devon Belcher
California's hazardous waste lawsuit against Chiquita Canyon Landfill targets its corporate parent, potentially expanding fina...
Business Law
$17.5M shareholder dispute goes to trial over COVID test kit profits
By Skyler Romero
Two former Pasaca Capital executives accuse founder Charles Huang of excluding them from lucrative shareholder buyouts while p...
Torts/Personal Injury
Danish man sues OpenAI over chatbot advice that allegedly led to eviction
By Alicia Alvarez
A Danish man alleges ChatGPT encouraged him to withhold rent and promised him imaginary wealth, leading to eviction and homele...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
California Supreme Court questions tactic to sidestep arbitration in PAGA suits
By Craig Anderson
Justices appeared divided over whether employees can pursue representative claims under the Private Attorneys General Act whil...
Labor/Employment
Appeals court rejects reinstatement deals for fired LA County deputies
By Skyler Romero
A published ruling holds that sheriff's officials cannot independently settle disciplinary appeals before the county Civil Ser...
9th Circuit rejects rare effort for full en banc rehearing in elections dispute
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The appellate court turned aside a rare effort by plaintiffs challenging a ruling that lifted restrictions on the Trump admini...
Government
LA reports 20,000 homeless housing placements as data questions persist
By Skyler Romero
Los Angeles says more than 20,000 people have entered temporary housing programs since 2022, but attorneys challenging the cit...
Entertainment litigator Devin McRae launches Los Angeles boutique
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The Early Sullivan co-founder has opened McRae LLP with two former colleagues, focusing on entertainment, intellectual propert...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
State Bar fights Kiesel's bid for more records in DWP disciplinary case
By Laurinda Keys
Prosecutors argue that attorney Paul Kiesel's request for additional records from the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office, DWP ...
Civil Procedure
Judge rejects Edison's bid for lengthy Eaton Fire trial delay
By Devon Belcher
A Los Angeles judge postponed the first Eaton Fire bellwether trial until March 8, rejecting Edison's request for a nearly fiv...
Civil Rights
9th Circuit grants immunity to San Jose officer who shot protester
By Craig Anderson
A divided appellate panel found that an officer violated a protester's Fourth Amendment rights by firing a foam baton round in...
Civil Rights
DOJ sues Sacramento housing agencies over failure to protect abuse survivors
By Malcolm Maclachlan
In its first lawsuit specifically enforcing emergency housing transfer protections under the Violence Against Women Act, the J...
Data Privacy
Judge certifies 4 classes in Meta health data privacy lawsuit
By Daniel Schrager
A federal judge rejected Meta's arguments that individual differences among patients and healthcare providers make classwide ...
Technology
Snap is 4th company to settle social media claims in bellwether case
By Devon Belcher
Snap's confidential settlement with two plaintiffs ended Los Angeles' second social media addiction bellwether case before ope...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
9th Circuit revives NFL Sunday Ticket antitrust verdict, orders new damages trial
By Daniel Schrager
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
State Bar's AI readiness model draws criticism over safeguards
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The State Bar unveiled a framework to help legal aid organizations assess generative AI risks ahead of new requirements for at...
Civil Rights
State, Tesla clash over claims of widespread racial harassment at factory
By Alicia Alvarez
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
Trump administration appeals ruling blocking California ballot segregation
By Craig Anderson
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
FTC, states sue Toast over allegedly deceptive subscription practices
By Daniel Schrager
Federal and state regulators allege Toast misled restaurant operators with promises of free equipment and round-the-clock cust...
Securities
Block investors win class certification in Cash App fraud lawsuit
By Daniel Schrager
A federal judge allowed investors to pursue class claims that Block inflated Cash App user numbers by failing to weed out fake...
Civil Procedure
Judge denies Taylor Swift fans' late bid to exit Ticketmaster class action
By Skyler Romero
A federal judge allowed just two Taylor Swift fans to opt out of a related antitrust class action, leaving hundreds of others ...
Constitutional Law
Supreme Court abortion ruling raises new hurdles for environmental lawsuits
By Malcolm Maclachlan
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...
Goorvitch brings writs, criminal, regulatory experience to appellate bench
By Laurinda Keys
Justice Stephen I. Goorvitch, seeking an eight-year term on the 2nd District Court of Appeal, brings experience deciding envir...
Civil Procedure
Edison fights deposition of top executive in Eaton Fire litigation
By Devon Belcher
Southern California Edison argues its chief operating officer lacks firsthand knowledge of equipment implicated in the Eaton F...
Constitutional Law
9th Circuit blocks California law restricting mandatory workplace meetings
By Craig Anderson
A federal appeals court ruled that California's SB 399 likely violates employers' First Amendment rights by restricting mandat...
Criminal, California Courts of Appeal
Panel tosses mother's 25-to-life sentence in infant son's death
By Alicia Alvarez
The 1st District Court of Appeal ordered an acquittal on an assault count and a new trial on the remaining charges, finding in...
Orange County jury awards nearly $4M over airport parking garage fall
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Jurors found a renovation program manager solely responsible for injuries suffered by a 66-year-old woman who tripped over exp...