Banking
$100M Wells Fargo shareholder lawsuit settlement tentatively OK'd
By James Twomey
Judge approves $100 million Wells Fargo settlement, including governance reforms and $33.3 million in stock for plaintiffs' co...
Litigation & Arbitration, Labor/Employment, Government
Union sues over administrative judge raises
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Union claims 85 judges denied raises, wins arbitration, but state ignores ruling, trapping them in pay dispute.
Class Action
$2.5 billion NCAA settlement to be renegotiated over roster limits
By Wisdom Howell
Federal judge halts $2.5 billion NCAA settlement, citing roster cuts harming athletes, orders renegotiation in landmark NIL la...
Civil Litigation
LA Courts mull court closures to serve public with kiosks, storefronts
By Laurinda Keys
A recent survey reveals public support for replacing aging courthouses with community-based service centers, as officials seek...
Civil Rights
El Segundo racial profiling lawsuit advances as judge denies city's demurrer
By Skyler Romero
A Los Angeles judge overruled El Segundo's demurrer, allowing a racial profiling lawsuit filed by Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher ...
Immigration
Judge considers partial injunction against Trump's sanctuary city funding cuts
By Wisdom Howell
Judge Orrick may partially block President Trump's executive order withholding billions from 16 sanctuary jurisdictions, inclu...
Government
Judge warns Huntington Park against replacing ousted council member
By Skyler Romero
A Los Angeles judge's stay on a Huntington Park council replacement is stalled by appeal, but the city risks legal peril if it...
Liaison counsel and steering committee appointed in Pacific Palisades fire lawsuits
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
The move came as disputes emerge over whether power lines or water supply failures fueled the destruction.
Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation
Eli Lilly sues telehealth companies over compounded weight loss drugs
By Wisdom Howell
The pharmaceutical company claims the compounded medications lack FDA approval and put patients at risk, while defendants argu...
Real Estate/Development
Landlord sues biosciences firm for $11.8M lease abandonment
By James Twomey
Landlord claims Foundery abandoned $11.8M lease, misrepresented finances, and mingled assets, seeking damages for breach and f...
Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit lifts injunction on SF sheriff's pretrial monitoring program
By Craig Anderson
The ACLU vowed to seek en banc review of the ruling that warrantless tracking and searches can be constitutional when court-or...
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar used AI to write exam questions, suggests lower pass score
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The California State Bar quietly disclosed it used artificial intelligence to help write some questions on the February Bar Ex...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Witness accuses ex-deputy city attorney of perjury in billing scandal case
By Skyler Romero
Disbarred attorney Paul O. Paradis testifies ex-deputy city attorney James Clark lied about steering a class action lawsuit ti...
Former judge is plaintiff and lawyer in suit over fire that wrecked his home
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Ex-judge Vijay Gandhi, a plaintiff and lawyer, sues LA for wildfire that destroyed his and U.S. District Judge Dean Pregerson'...
Tax
City workers protest Airbnb suit for lower taxes, judge argues with counsel
By James Twomey
City workers protest Airbnb's $120M tax refund lawsuit; judge challenges attorney as San Francisco faces $800M deficit.
Immigration, Administrative/Regulatory
Federal judge refuses to lift $5B legal aid order for migrant children
By Wisdom Howell
U.S. District Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin on Tuesday rejected claims that a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision nullified her...
U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Huntington Beach vows Supreme Court fight over housing law challenge
By Craig Anderson
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the city lacked standing, reaffirming a 1980 precedent barring local governments f...
The former Sacramento mayor and California Senate president pro tempore is one of California's most experienced political figu...
Judges and Judiciary, Criminal
Jury convicts OC Judge Jeffrey M. Ferguson of second-degree murder
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Orange County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey M. Ferguson, 74, now faces 40 years to life in prison. The jury's verdict came just...
Judges and Judiciary, Criminal
Trial judge accuses Ferguson of trying to influence jury, contemplates contempt
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
As jurors deliberated his fate in a murder trial, Orange County Judge Jeffrey Ferguson allegedly discussed the possibility of ...
Class Action, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit revives California man's privacy suit against Canadian e-commerce giant
By Craig Anderson
An en banc panel reinstated a plaintiff's proposed class action against Shopify, ruling the company's alleged data-mining prac...
Civil Litigation
LA County sues to block state-ordered closure of Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall
By Skyler Romero
Los Angeles County claims the facility complies with staffing requirements and that its closure would put both the public and ...
Homeowners sue insurers, allege boycott to push substandard fire coverage
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Altadena and Pacific Palisades homeowners sue more than 100 insurers, alleging a conspiracy to deny coverage, pushing them to ...
Consumer Protection Law, Administrative/Regulatory
FTC sues Uber, rejects claim customers can cancel in 20 seconds
By Wisdom Howell
FTC sues Uber for unauthorized Uber One charges, alleging deceptive billing and cancellation obstacles. Uber says anyone can c...
Administrative/Regulatory
Judge halts deportation of 4 foreign students, no national injunction
By Wisdom Howell
Three of the students say they were arrested but not convicted. The government, which was not granted a hearing, says it has n...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit rejects Trump administration's bid to reinstate transgender military ban
By Craig Anderson
The federal appeals court upheld a Washington judge's preliminary injunction and marking a pivotal moment in the fast-moving l...
Labor/Employment
San Francisco sues GoShare, claims driver misclassification
By James Twomey
San Francisco city attorney sues GoShare, alleging illegal driver misclassification under Proposition 22, claiming excessive c...
Judges and Judiciary, Criminal
Jury begins deliberations in retrial of O.C. judge charged with killing wife
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
As closing arguments wrapped Monday in the high-profile uxoricide case against Orange County Judge Jeffrey M. Ferguson, prosec...
Civil Litigation
Judge backs Allstate in key rulings on alleged $1.4M insurance fraud scheme
By Skyler Romero
The lawsuit claims a network of companies submitted nearly 400 bogus MRI bills in a scheme led by an unlicensed provider. Defe...
Real Estate/Development
Landlords push back on Stanford study criticizing eviction practices
By John Roemer
A new Stanford Law School study examining tenant outcomes in Los Angeles eviction courts has drawn sharp criticism from landlo...