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Justice Matthew A. Scherb, appointed to the 2nd District less than a year ago, wrote a divided DoorDash arbitration ruling and...


Consumer Protection Law


A proposed class action alleges the jeans maker passed Trump administration tariffs on to consumers through higher prices, the...


Torts/Personal Injury


Former eXp agents settle sexual assault claims

Oct. 21, 2026
By Skyler Romero

Former eXp Realty agents David Golden and Michael Bjorkman have settled a federal lawsuit accusing them of drugging and sexual...


Consumer Protection Law


California Attorney General Rob Bonta accused the genetic testing company of inadequate security measures and misleading consu...


Justice Allison Danner, who trains new appellate justices, and whose rulings the state Supreme Court has drawn on or upheld in...


Justice Stacy Boulware Eurie has expanded into water and environmental law while maintaining her commitment to child welfare a...


4th District Justice Michael J. Raphael, seeking a 12-year term Nov. 3, wrote a dissent, concurrence and majority opinion whos...


Civil Procedure


Meta and Snap want jurors in the next social media addiction trial to apply Mississippi and Illinois standards for psychologic...



Supreme Court ends fight over UC Hastings name change

Oct. 21, 2026
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The justices declined to hear a challenge by descendants of the law school's founder, leaving intact a California appellate ru...


Justice Kenneth R. Yegan accused his colleagues of elevating a procedural technicality over judicial integrity by allowing a s...


The real estate brokerage alleges that rules requiring homes to be listed on a regional database restrict competition, deprive...


Civil Litigation


Attorneys offered sharply conflicting accounts of a former real estate agent's relationships with two colleagues, while questi...


Civil Procedure


An informal coalition organized by Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Lawrence P. Riff is exploring ways to improve disco...


The justices declined to review a challenge to the USPTO director's authority to reject patent challenges based on a patent's ...


Civil Procedure


An appellate panel ruled that a federal judge improperly presumed Tesla buyers had seen Elon Musk's statements about the compa...


Craig Cardon, Abby Meyer and Jay Ramsey join Paul Hastings in Southern California, bringing experience defending major consume...


A settlement in a five-year legal battle requires new restrictions on DNA collection through plea agreements, expanded expunge...


A state appeals court revived claims against Morgan Stanley and a financial adviser, ruling that an elderly client's investmen...


U.S. District Judge André Birotte Jr. ordered defense attorneys to pare down more than 230 pages of intimate text messages and...


Judges and Judiciary


A Judicial Council study found California needs 231 additional judgeships across 22 counties, though that estimate was revise...


Justice Mark Hanasono, whose family's World War II internment history inspired his legal career, brings experience as a public...


Justice Armen Tamzarian, a former Los Angeles trial judge, has written opinions on workplace harassment, electronic privacy a...


San Francisco judge urges more mediation in Mosquito Fire litigation against PG&E after settlements derail November bellwe...


Justice Aimee Feinberg, a former California deputy solicitor general who argued before the U.S. Supreme Court, seeks retention...


Southern California Edison asked a Los Angeles judge to postpone the first Eaton Fire trial until June, citing discovery delay...


Wood Smith Henning & Berman co-founder Daniel Berman says the Charlesbank investment will allow the firm to pursue acquisi...


Legal scholars say California has a legitimate interest in protecting witnesses and victims from immigration enforcement at co...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


U.S. District Judge James Donato criticized consumer plaintiffs' lawyers for inadequate billing records and questioned their c...


Judges and Judiciary


With a third of certified court interpreters at retirement age and exam pass rates plunging, the Judicial Council approved rec...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Sacramento environmental law firm Miller & Axline accuses Loeb & Loeb of improperly representing both the firm and a m...