An appellate court fined L.A. attorney Daniel Geoulla $30,000 for a frivolous scooter-injury appeal, upheld $8,000 in trial sa...

With 156 courtrooms and a $275 million budget, the Orange County Superior Court has chosen Judges Sheila F. Hanson and Terri K...

In a setback for Huntington Beach's yearslong battle against state housing laws, an appellate panel vacated a lower court ruli...

Distinguished Counsel is a new designation introduced as part of 2025's Top 100 list, honoring attorneys who have been feature...

Judge Josephine Staton will soon decide whether Tom Girardi's appellate arguments, including Fourth Amendment and competency c...

Attorneys for an AFL-CIO ex-bookkeeper urged dismissal of a lawsuit over his secret recording of Los Angeles City Council memb...

In a rare ruling piercing the apex doctrine, Judge Gonzalo P. Curiel ordered two Bank of America executives to sit for limited...

Senior U.S. District Judge J. Michael Seabright of Hawaii will quickly decide whether Bilal Essayli is lawfully serving as act...

Prosecutors say the San Francisco ride-hailing company's policies fail to protect people with disabilities, including blind ri...

Judge Doreen Boxer denied comics creator Frank Miller's summary judgment bid, allowing producer Stephen L'Heureux to take his ...

Google agreed to a $28 million settlement over pay discrimination claims, with a Santa Clara County judge approving $7 million...

In a high-stakes 9th Circuit case, attorney Gary Lincenberg and UC Berkeley Dean Erwin Chemerinsky drafted a brief for Democra...

Radius Telematics seeks an injunction against former executives accused of launching Waypoint, a copycat business allegedly bu...

After Chief Judge Dolly M. Gee ordered every judge in the Central District to step aside, 9th Circuit Chief Judge Mary H. Murg...

A putative class action alleges Allstate unlawfully deducted storage and towing fees from total loss settlements, with plainti...

An Alameda County judge sanctioned plaintiff's counsel in a wrongful death suit against Kaiser for repeated failure to file ca...

Los Angeles Judge Michael Small denied O'Melveny's sanctions motion against Ocean Towers, citing unclear language in his prior...

The Legislature approved SB 47, an urgency measure authorizing the state auditor to investigate widespread problems with Febru...

A proposal to curb damages against schools and local governments in civil sexual abuse cases failed Wednesday after late-sessi...

Trevor Shelton, who is based in Los Angeles, co-leads the team of renewable energy finance attorneys.

A woman is suing Fitbit in San Francisco, alleging her smartwatch exploded and caused third-degree burns. The lawsuit claims F...

Judges pressed both sides in an en banc hearing over Oxnard's Measure B, a voter-backed law capping campaign contributions tha...

MGA contends a new jury trial would force a retrial of willfulness, closely tied to liability, that could potentially trigger ...

A federal judge has allowed a key claim, public nuisance, to proceed in a high-profile lawsuit accusing ExxonMobil of worsenin...

Mortgage industry plaintiffs claim a law designed to curb foreclosures on old debts is unconstitutional and will have sweeping...

A federal appeals court has allowed California's child-protection social media law to take effect, except for one provision th...

Senior U.S. District Judge William Alsup said he was disappointed with unanswered questions in a proposed $1.5 billion settlem...

A judge tentatively disqualified Blackstone Law from a wage case after finding a newly hired attorney previously advised the d...

Norwalk settled a state lawsuit over its housing moratorium, agreeing to repeal restrictions and invest in housing, in a case ...