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Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Los Angeles County renewed its bid to share confidential settlement records with the State Bar while abuse plaintiffs sought d...


Construction


The consortium building LAX's delayed Automated People Mover claims airport officials deliberately prolonged construction to a...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


U.S. District Judge James Donato repeatedly questioned whether the proposed changes would undermine competition.


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


The California Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the State Bar may require attorney Thomas John Spielbauer to satisfy a civ...


Obituaries


Arthur J. Shartsis 1945-2026

Jul. 17, 2026
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Influential business litigator founded major Bay Area law firm


Constitutional Law


Two federal cases could reshape California's firearms laws as a judge revives a challenge to the state's expansive concealed-c...


After a judicial career that included making history as the first Mexican American woman elected to the East Los Angeles Munic...


The ruling clears one hurdle for the deal, but the companies face a more significant challenge Friday when 12 state attorneys ...


Constitutional Law


A recent flurry of activity on Second Amendment issues has been promoted by the Trump administration, indicating that the Supr...


A Los Angeles judge allowed Palisades Fire plaintiffs to amend claims against SoCalGas and Los Angeles County while taking und...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


The chair of the Los Angeles County Civilian Oversight Commission has asked Attorney General Rob Bonta to reject a deputy sher...


In its responses to public comments released with the final regulations on May 19, the Board of Parole Hearings rejected argum...


A California appeals court ruled that an Orange County addiction treatment center had no legal duty to protect neighboring hom...


Twenty-six Meta employees have sued the company, alleging it used artificial intelligence to help select workers for layoffs i...


Attorney General Rob Bonta's office argued disgraced Orange County Judge Jeffrey M. Ferguson's claims of judicial bias, ineffe...


A coalition led by the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation sued California corrections officials, alleging new regulations unlaw...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


A federal judge has related three antitrust lawsuits challenging Paramount Skydance Corp.'s proposed acquisition of Warner Bro...


California will replace its current bar exam with the NextGen Uniform Bar Exam in July 2028, with a California-specific test c...


Civil Rights


A federal judge found that plaintiffs had strengthened allegations that the payment processor went beyond a routine commercial...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


Writers Guild follows states in bid to block Paramount-Warner Bros. merger

Jul. 15, 2026
By Douglas Saunders Sr., Craig Anderson

The Writers Guild of America filed an antitrust lawsuit seeking to block Paramount Skydance Corp.'s proposed acquisition of Wa...


The Justice Department voluntarily dismissed its economic espionage case against China's Pangang Group and three affiliates ju...


Intellectual Property


A divided 9th Circuit panel ordered a new trial in Comet Technologies USA Inc.'s trade secrets lawsuit against XP Power LLC, r...


Intellectual Property


OpenAI argues Elon Musk's company filed the case in bad faith to discourage employees from joining its rival rather than to pr...


Consumer Protection Law


The San Clemente towing company failed to obtain a court orders required under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act.


Torts/Personal Injury


A Los Angeles judge barred part of Snap's late expert analysis but allowed newly produced user-account data, narrowing expert ...


Criminal


Supporters say the measure will spare victims from repeated testimony, while legislative analysts note potential due process c...


Government


The Judicial Council on Friday will consider $3.2 billion in trial court funding, a new budget strategy that drops priority ra...


Class Action


A proposed class action filed in Santa Cruz County alleges Driscoll's Inc. falsely marketed its conventional strawberries as s...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


U.S. District Judge Consuelo B. Marshall found that the firm violated its duty of loyalty by simultaneously representing CoSta...


Torts/Personal Injury


Nearly a month after a fire at a Boyle Heights cold-storage warehouse forced thousands of residents indoors, only three propos...