Justice Matthew A. Scherb, appointed to the 2nd District less than a year ago, wrote a divided DoorDash arbitration ruling and...
Consumer Protection Law
Levi Strauss sued over $84M tariff refund after raising prices
By Daniel Schrager
A proposed class action alleges the jeans maker passed Trump administration tariffs on to consumers through higher prices, the...
Former eXp Realty agents David Golden and Michael Bjorkman have settled a federal lawsuit accusing them of drugging and sexual...
Consumer Protection Law
23andMe successor agrees to $6M settlement over genetic data breach
By Daniel Schrager
California Attorney General Rob Bonta accused the genetic testing company of inadequate security measures and misleading consu...
Danner's opinions shape high court decisions as she trains new justices
By Laurinda Keys
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, Snap seek tighter injury standards in next social media trial
By Devon Belcher
Meta and Snap want jurors in the next social media addiction trial to apply Mississippi and Illinois standards for psychologic...
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...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
The real estate brokerage alleges that rules requiring homes to be listed on a regional database restrict competition, deprive...
Civil Litigation
Consent, coercion at center of eXp Realty sexual assault trial
By Skyler Romero
Attorneys offered sharply conflicting accounts of a former real estate agent's relationships with two colleagues, while questi...
Civil Procedure
Judges, lawyers debate tougher sanctions to curb discovery abuses
By Ricardo Pineda
An informal coalition organized by Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Lawrence P. Riff is exploring ways to improve disco...
Intellectual Property
Supreme Court rejection of Google appeal bolsters patent office's power to deny reviews
By Craig Anderson
The justices declined to review a challenge to the USPTO director's authority to reject patent challenges based on a patent's ...
Civil Procedure
9th Circuit overturns class certification in Tesla self-driving lawsuit
By Daniel Schrager
An appellate panel ruled that a federal judge improperly presumed Tesla buyers had seen Elon Musk's statements about the compa...
Paul Hastings adds 3 Sheppard litigators to bolster class action defense practice
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Craig Cardon, Abby Meyer and Jay Ramsey join Paul Hastings in Southern California, bringing experience defending major consume...
Orange County DA agrees to limit DNA database in privacy lawsuit settlement
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
A settlement in a five-year legal battle requires new restrictions on DNA collection through plea agreements, expanded expunge...
Investment gains don't shield Morgan Stanley from elder abuse claims, court rules
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
A state appeals court revived claims against Morgan Stanley and a financial adviser, ruling that an elderly client's investmen...
Civil Procedure
Explicit texts spark evidentiary fight as eXp Realty assault trial opens
By Skyler Romero
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
California courts face growing judge shortage as caseloads become more complex
By Malcolm Maclachlan
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...
Feinberg brings exacting approach to writing and interpreting the law
By Laurinda Keys
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...
$700M private equity deal could fuel acquisitions by insurance-defense firm
By David Houston
Wood Smith Henning & Berman co-founder Daniel Berman says the Charlesbank investment will allow the firm to pursue acquisi...
Immigration
California faces uphill battle in courthouse ICE lawsuit, experts say
By Skyler Romero
Legal scholars say California has a legitimate interest in protecting witnesses and victims from immigration enforcement at co...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Judge rejects $80M fee bid in Google Play antitrust case
By Daniel Schrager
U.S. District Judge James Donato criticized consumer plaintiffs' lawyers for inadequate billing records and questioned their c...
Judges and Judiciary
California courts confront interpreter crisis as AI fears grow
By Malcolm Maclachlan
With a third of certified court interpreters at retirement age and exam pass rates plunging, the Judicial Council approved rec...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Loeb & Loeb sued over alleged conflicts in $31M law firm dispute
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Sacramento environmental law firm Miller & Axline accuses Loeb & Loeb of improperly representing both the firm and a m...