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Shirleen Fujimoto, who worked for Girardi for 26 years, told jurors that clients were calling and emailing daily throughout 20...


"The city had 52 weeks to fix the problem, while the plaintiff had just 1 second to avoid it," Arash Homampour, who represente...



Making insurers wait for victims to be paid in mass torts could be tried elsewhere, plaintiffs' attorneys in the Maui fire lit...


Nanyang Li said she was committed to compiling her father's writings because he spoke highly of the Hoover Institution. Li Rui...



Auto manufacturers are not complying with the California Lemon Law, which requires them to repurchase or replace defective veh...


Gov. Newsom should focus on the root causes of homelessness, not push local governments to hide the problem.



Lawyers have a duty of confidentiality to preserve client secrets, which can sometimes prevent them from sharing information. ...


Recent reforms strike a balance between bolstering enforcement and reducing the potential for abuse, while preserving PAGA's c...



Justice Kelli M. Evans, writing for the majority, said that dependency courts must do extensive diligence to determine if chil...


Lawyers claim Google damages Play Store customers by building its marketing campaign on false and misleading representations a...



Several charts shared with jurors throughout IRS Agent Ryan Roberson's three-day testimony showed that during the final decade...


Here's what criminal law will likely look like in 2025

Aug. 20, 2024
By Malcolm Maclachlan

A recent poll shows Proposition 36, which would roll back some of the criminal justice changes of the past few years, winning ...



The company designs games that prioritize purchases over strategy and skill, according to the latest lawsuit, filed in Los Ang...


Trial began Monday in Oakland in a dispute over the papers and diaries of Li Rui, a personal secretary to Mao Zedong.



His name may be famous, but LA judge treasures the days when someone in his court leaves having faith in the judicial system


The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 established a voluntary Drug Price Negotiation Program to reduce the cost of certa...



Elon Musk, an original co-founder of OpenAI, alleges that the company has abandoned its mission and claims breach of contract,...


The California Supreme Court's decisions in the Wilson and Fraziercases raise concerns about the proper applicat...



Bias is an inherent part of the legal profession, and it cannot and will not ever be eliminated. While intentional bias is h...


Conservative school boards have passed resolutions banning Critical Race Theory and requiring teachers to notify parents if ...



Attorney Arash Homampour said he wants to foster a new generation of lawyers committed to making a positive impact in society.



The ruling, upholding part of a preliminary injunction blocking part of the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act, is the...


An attorney who specializes in First Amendment law is optimistic that SF City Attorney David Chiu's lawsuit against the websit...



Nurse on temporary placement left abruptly, sped through a red light and caused a multi-vehicle crash.


Sirhan denied parole again

Aug. 19, 2024
By Laurinda Keys

It was the 17th parole hearing for Sirhan Sirhan, a Palestinian immigrant who killed Robert F. Kennedy in the Ambassador Hotel...



Tom Girardi's voicemails and emails giving clients and other attorneys excuses why settlement funds can't be paid undermine hi...


Moskovitz discusses his efforts to reform legal education in Japan by promoting the problem method of teaching law, highlighti...



Highlighting the dynamics of mediation in resolving disputes, including a need for parties and counsel to share information, l...


The tapestry of American life is at stake as the balance of power in running the day-to-day operations of the various federal ...