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Ethics/Professional Responsibility


U.S. District Judge Edward M. Chen said Quinn Emanuel's court-ordered ethics training program exceeds expectations and could b...


Torts/Personal Injury


Three California couples allege a fertility clinic and industrial gas supplier destroyed their embryos after an incubator was ...



Hueston Hennigan adds former federal prosecutor

Jul. 28, 2026
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Ben Balding brings nearly two decades of trial experience spanning securities fraud, organized crime, national security and co...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


Paramount Skydance agreed to postpone closing its proposed $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery for up to 10 mon...


Constitutional Law


A federal judge took under submission the City of Los Angeles' bid to dismiss or stay a civil rights lawsuit over the stalled ...


U.S. District Judge Wesley L. Hsu found that the payment processor failed to show their allegations violated Rule 11. The ruli...


Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech


The appellate panel said a nursing home's failures to supervise, assist and care for a resident constituted custodial neglect,...


Insurance


A federal judge indicated she will deny summary judgment in Chevron's $51 million insurance dispute over oil confiscated afte...


Torts/Personal Injury


A physician assistant who suffered a traumatic brain injury after a metal stud fell from scaffolding during renovations at the...



John Kenneth Brown 1935 - 2026

Jul. 27, 2026
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Argued a landmark decision that reshaped California writ practice.


A plaintiff verdict followed by another bellwether's dismissal without payment illustrates the strategic maneuvering behind Lo...


After winning a Racial Justice Act motion in May, two San Francisco deputy public defenders say the dismissed charges contribu...


Slideshow, Community News


The Los Angeles chapter of the Women's White Collar Defense Association held its annual Summer Soirée at Kaplan Marino PC, bri...


The Court of Appeal ruled that family judges cannot dismiss domestic violence restraining order petitions simply because an ev...


Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Teresa P. Magno has spent more than a decade handling serious felony cases in Compton,...


Consumer Protection Law


A federal judge questioned DraftKings' argument that players suffered no economic injury from participating in allegedly illeg...


Environmental & Energy


The lawsuit challenges United Water Conservation District's operation, maintenance and water diversions at the Vern Freeman Da...


Former Kern County Superior Court Commissioner Anthony S. Khoury has built a busy ADR practice at ARC by emphasizing preparati...


Slideshow, Community News


The Los Angeles County Unity Bar Association celebrated its second anniversary with a reception at the California Yacht Club, ...


A Los Angeles judge ordered random replacements for households leaving the Eaton Fire bellwether pool and declined to expand d...


Consumer Protection Law


U.S. Magistrate Judge Joseph C. Spero ruled that the parties must first show the dismissal would not prejudice absent class me...


Criminal


A 4th District Court of Appeal panel found that prosecutors presented undisputed false testimony about the victim's gunshot wo...


Law Practice


Lathrop GPM to combine with Silicon Valley IP boutique

Jul. 23, 2026
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Lathrop GPM will combine with San Jose-based HG Law on Jan. 1, adding 27 attorneys and expanding its engineering-focused paten...


Civil Rights


The suit comes as the California Civil Right's Department prepares for trial over similar accusations against Tesla.


Civil Procedure


U.S. District Judge R. Gary Klausner found that prolific pro se CIPA plaintiff Vivek Shah's litigation history showed frivolou...


A proposed nationwide class action filed in federal court in Santa Ana accuses Taco Bell and Taylor Farms of selling Cyclospor...


Joshua White says his job isn't just to practice law but to build the systems behind it. In under two years, his remote-first ...


Torts/Personal Injury


The second Los Angeles social media addiction bellwether trial ended before jury selection after the Florida minor voluntarily...


Constitutional Law


A Los Angeles judge sent claims against Roblox and Microsoft to arbitration but kept claims against Epic Games in court, findi...


A divided 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an Oregon school district's ban on an educational specialist displaying chi...