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Finding the statute unambiguous, a Northern District magistrate judge ruled that Section 632.7 does not require consent to rec...


The U.S. Department of Justice warned it will sue California unless the state abandons its handgun roster and impending restri...


After participating in roughly 225 jury trials over a 45-year career as a lawyer and judge, retired Santa Cruz County Superior...


The Judicial Council approved revisions to jury service rules, forms and courtroom scripts replacing gendered language with ge...


Torts/Personal Injury


SB 623 passed unanimously hours before a deadline to pull competing initiatives from the November ballot.


Constitutional Law, Civil Rights


A tentative ruling finds Huntington Beach's at-large election system violates the California Voting Rights Act, rejects the ci...



Bayer Roundup win expected to doom thousands of claims

Jun. 25, 2026
By Alicia Alvarez, Craig Anderson

The U.S. Supreme Court's 7-2 ruling that federal pesticide law preempts state failure-to-warn claims over Roundup gives Bayer ...


Torts/Personal Injury


Defense lawyers argued Uber's racketeering claims target constitutionally protected litigation activity, while the company ins...


Environmental & Energy


A Los Angeles judge denied Prologis' effort to overturn an $8.8 million Carson odor verdict but continued hearing arguments on...


Immigration


Judge strikes ICE courthouse arrest policy

Jun. 25, 2026
By Daniel Schrager

U.S. District Judge P. Casey Pitts ruled that ICE failed to justify policies allowing arrests at immigration courthouses and w...


A lawsuit alleges San Jose State University and the California State University Board of Trustees violated the Public Records ...


Land Use


The city defeated legal challenges from entities tied to Hollywood Park and Intuit Dome, preserving a long-term agreement for ...


Government


Yolo supervisors appoint district attorney

Jun. 25, 2026
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Acting District Attorney Melinda Aiello, a nearly 30-year prosecutor and longtime Yolo County deputy, was selected by the Boar...


Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech


Judge restores $82 million hospital verdict after appellate reversal

Jun. 24, 2026
By Devon Belcher, Laurinda Keys

A Los Angeles judge reinstated Pomona Valley Hospital's full verdict against Kaiser after an appellate court ruled jurors prop...


The ruling, which stems from a lawsuit filed by then-Huntington Beach City Attorney Michael Gates, relies heavily on the U.S....


Government


Uber, trial attorneys advance bill to avoid ballot fight

Jun. 24, 2026
By Malcolm Maclachlan

SB 623 would cap some medical lien recoveries, expand rideshare driver background checks and allow women riders and drivers to...


Intellectual Property


Senior U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer ruled that a forum-selection clause requiring litigation in Munich governs the pa...


Torts/Personal Injury


In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court held that federal courts cannot create new causes of action under the Alien Tort Statu...


The California News Publishers Association recognized Daily Journal work across reporting, opinion and design.


YouTube reached a confidential settlement with the plaintiff in the next social media addiction bellwether trial, leaving Meta...


Government


A Riverside judge ordered the city to refund more than $40.8 million to water customers after finding officials improperly div...


Entertainment & Sports


The California Supreme Court is set to review a denied appeal in a lawsuit filed by student-athletes against Sonoma State Univ...


Environmental & Energy


A judge dismissed settled Thomas Fire claims Tuesday while questioning the timeliness of Ojai Valley School's motion for summa...


Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft has recruited veteran finance attorney Robert Hayes from Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP as ...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


Lawsuit claims AI helped drive up California gas prices

Jun. 24, 2026
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Federal complaint says Kalibrate software helped gas station operators use competitor data to coordinate prices, raising an ea...


Obituaries


Beyond her written opinions and courtroom work, Irion became one of California's most active judicial educators and ambassador...


Environmental & Energy


The proposal comes after a jury awarded 24 bellwether plaintiffs $8.8 million in February, a verdict now under attack through ...


The suit comes after Uber suffered losses in the first two bellwether proceedings in the federal sexual assault multidistrict ...


The court found the athletes plausibly alleged they did not recognize longtime women's swim coach Teri McKeever's conduct as a...


A federal judge is weighing whether a Munich forum-selection clause bars startup Zync Inc. from pursuing a trade secrets compl...