Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Judge praises Quinn Emanuel's ethics training plan after sanctions
By Daniel Schrager
U.S. District Judge Edward M. Chen said Quinn Emanuel's court-ordered ethics training program exceeds expectations and could b...
Torts/Personal Injury
Couples sue fertility clinic, gas supplier over destroyed embryos
By Skyler Romero
Three California couples allege a fertility clinic and industrial gas supplier destroyed their embryos after an incubator was ...
Ben Balding brings nearly two decades of trial experience spanning securities fraud, organized crime, national security and co...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Paramount Skydance agrees to delay merger pending court ruling
By Craig Anderson
Paramount Skydance agreed to postpone closing its proposed $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery for up to 10 mon...
Constitutional Law
Angels Landing retaliation suit tests de León's immunity defense
By Skyler Romero
A federal judge took under submission the City of Los Angeles' bid to dismiss or stay a civil rights lawsuit over the stalled ...
Visa loses bid to sanction plaintiffs' lawyers in Pornhub trafficking suits
By Skyler Romero
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
Court revives $1.837M elder neglect verdict, rejects MICRA damages cap
By Laurinda Keys
The appellate panel said a nursing home's failures to supervise, assist and care for a resident constituted custodial neglect,...
Insurance
Chevron's $51 million Iran tanker insurance dispute headed to trial
By Daniel Schrager
A federal judge indicated she will deny summary judgment in Chevron's $51 million insurance dispute over oil confiscated afte...
Torts/Personal Injury
Jury awards $20.7M to hotel guest struck by falling construction debris
By Alicia Alvarez
A physician assistant who suffered a traumatic brain injury after a metal stud fell from scaffolding during renovations at the...
Argued a landmark decision that reshaped California writ practice.
Experts say early social media bellwether outcomes reveal strategy, not destiny
By Devon Belcher
A plaintiff verdict followed by another bellwether's dismissal without payment illustrates the strategic maneuvering behind Lo...
Public Defenders say Racial Justice Act impacts go beyond motion wins
By Alicia Alvarez
After winning a Racial Justice Act motion in May, two San Francisco deputy public defenders say the dismissed charges contribu...
Slideshow, Community News
Women's white collar defense association hosts annual LA summer soirée
By Ricardo Pineda
The Los Angeles chapter of the Women's White Collar Defense Association held its annual Summer Soirée at Kaplan Marino PC, bri...
4th District says hearing time limits don't justify dismissing domestic violence petition
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
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
Breyer signals fantasy sports suit could support injunction against DraftKings
By Daniel Schrager
A federal judge questioned DraftKings' argument that players suffered no economic injury from participating in allegedly illeg...
Environmental & Energy
Carter remands Ventura County dam case to state court
By Skyler Romero
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
Unity Bar marks second anniversary with judges, legal leaders
By Ricardo Pineda
The Los Angeles County Unity Bar Association celebrated its second anniversary with a reception at the California Yacht Club, ...
Judge preserves random selection for Eaton Fire bellwether trial pool
By Devon Belcher
A Los Angeles judge ordered random replacements for households leaving the Eaton Fire bellwether pool and declined to expand d...
Consumer Protection Law
Federal judge withholds approval of Unilever class action dismissal
By Daniel Schrager
U.S. Magistrate Judge Joseph C. Spero ruled that the parties must first show the dismissal would not prejudice absent class me...
Criminal
Court orders hearing over false testimony in 1998 murder conviction
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
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
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
Tesla faces new racial harassment and discrimination suit
By Alicia Alvarez
The suit comes as the California Civil Right's Department prepares for trial over similar accusations against Tesla.
Civil Procedure
Federal judge bars repeat CIPA filer without court approval
By Daniel Schrager
U.S. District Judge R. Gary Klausner found that prolific pro se CIPA plaintiff Vivek Shah's litigation history showed frivolou...
Class Action
Class action targets Taco Bell, Taylor Farms over Cyclospora outbreak
By Skyler Romero
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
Florida minor drops Meta claims days before bellwether trial
By Devon Belcher
The second Los Angeles social media addiction bellwether trial ended before jury selection after the Florida minor voluntarily...
Constitutional Law
Videogame addiction cases split on arbitration over parental consent
By Devon Belcher
A Los Angeles judge sent claims against Roblox and Microsoft to arbitration but kept claims against Epic Games in court, findi...
Constitutional Law
A divided 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an Oregon school district's ban on an educational specialist displaying chi...