Bankruptcy
Cities weigh Chapter 9 as liability pressures strain municipal budgets
By John Roemer
Los Angeles, Santa Monica and L.A. County face mounting litigation, pension and budget pressures that raise the prospect of Ch...
Litigation & Arbitration
UCLA seeks arbitration order to pause Pasadena's Rose Bowl contract suit
By Devon Belcher
UCLA is asking a Los Angeles judge to halt Pasadena's lawsuit over Bruins football at the Rose Bowl, arguing the stadium agree...
Labor/Employment
Battle over 'headless' PAGA cases lands before California Supreme Court
By Craig Anderson
Plaintiffs' attorneys are increasingly sidestepping arbitration by filing so-called "headless" PAGA cases that omit individual...
Community News, Alternative Dispute Resolution
Judicate West founder pledges $75k for Charles Houston Bar Association student scholarships
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The bar association dates to 1955, when Black attorneys in the Bay Area banded together to confront discrimination in the cour...
Judges and Judiciary
The governor filled vacancies in Kings, Los Angeles, Orange, Santa Clara, Shasta and Sutter counties, elevating four commissio...
Mounting wildfire liabilities, sexual-assault settlements, revenue losses and soaring legal payouts have intensified concerns ...
Government
Is CARE Court reaching California's 'Million Dollar Murrays'?
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The state projected 7,000 to 12,000 Californians would qualify for CARE Court, yet from October 2023 to September 2025 courts ...
Criminal
Legal scholars warn AI hallucinations threaten criminal justice system
By John Roemer
A group of prominent law professors has asked the state high court to probe a Nevada County prosecutor's alleged use of AI-gen...
Justice Donald B. King, a pioneering force in family law, transformed divorce and custody practice through mediation, scholars...
Criminal
Juvenile inmates pee in bags at night, court hears, state wants receivership
By Devon Belcher
Juveniles at Barry J. Nidorf Juvenile Hall have been forced to urinate in bags due to low staffing, prompting a court inquiry ...
Judges and Judiciary
The San Francisco Superior Court says talks with union representing deputy court clerks have reached impasse after union membe...
Environmental groups challenge EPA for failing to act on ozone pollution
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Advocates claim the EPA's delays on state air quality plans have allowed dangerous ozone pollution to persist in the West Moja...
Slideshow, Community News
JAMS hosts open house to mark the opening of its new Los Angeles Resolution Center
By Ricardo Pineda
JAMS opened the doors to its new Los Angeles Resolution Center on Thursday evening, unveiling a redesigned space built for the...
Mitchell Beckloff mediates with an effective balance of kindness and candor, lawyers say.
Civil Procedure
Lewis Brisbois' motion to intervene in mansion dispute 'not frivolous'
By Laurinda Keys
A judge denied sanctions against Lewis Brisbois, finding their lawyer client's intervention and reconsideration motions--stemm...
Technology
California pushes back as Congress tries to preempt state AI law
By Malcolm Maclachlan
State privacy agency blasts federal proposals to block AI regulations as Washington considers sweeping limits on state tech en...
Labor/Employment
USC denies bias in marital dispute between two law professors
By Devon Belcher
USC denied allegations by Gould School of Law professor Camille Rich, who claims the university mishandled her reports about a...
Litigation & Arbitration
X Corp. drops suit seeking return of Wachtell's $70M 'success fee'
By Craig Anderson
The company's challenge to Wachtell Lipton's fee for enforcing Elon Musk's Twitter purchase ended abruptly Wednesday with a di...
Civil Litigation
Hulu accused of infringing 8 patents tied to targeted advertising
By Skyler Romero
Innovation Technologies Partners sued Hulu, alleging infringement of eight patents covering targeted advertising, data collect...
Fox's decision to move to BD&J ends a lengthy tenure at Lewis Brisbois, where he served in multiple leadership roles and t...
Former L.A. sheriff's defamation case tossed under anti-SLAPP law
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
L.A. County won dismissal of Alex Villanueva's defamation claims after a judge ruled the action arose entirely from protected ...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
States win bid to intervene in review of HPE-Juniper deal
By Craig Anderson
Despite objections from Hewlett Packard Enterprise and the U.S. Department of Justice, a federal judge allowed states - includ...
San Francisco reaches $5M settlement over diesel-spill cleanup dispute
By James Twomey
San Francisco settled for $5 million with Pilot Thomas Logistics, ending litigation over a diesel spill. The company dropped i...
Civil Litigation
Judge signals contempt risk for LA over homeless shelter progress
By Skyler Romero
A federal judge signaled he may hold Los Angeles in contempt for failing to meet settlement reporting obligations on homelessn...
Advocates say the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is more than two years overdue in acting on a 2023 proposal to list the owl a...
Jurors found Equinox discriminated against a trainer with a hip condition, awarding him $32.2 million in one of this year's la...
LA DA investigating several firms for possible false sex abuse claims
By Devon Belcher
Los Angeles County DA Nathan Hochman said Downtown LA Law is among firms under aggressive investigation for allegedly facilita...
The 4th District Court of Appeal ordered sanctions against attorney Gerard Fox, his client, or both, after he cited unpublishe...
Criminal
Stanford project files 18 petitions, citing racial bias in Three Strikes sentences
By Craig Anderson
Claiming fresh data shows significantly longer Three Strikes sentences for people of color, Stanford lawyers filed habeas peti...
Civil Litigation
Ford denied use of federal discovery material in state cases
By Skyler Romero
Ford argued for the right to use discovery from its federal RICO suit in related state lemon law cases, but a magistrate judge...
