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Government


A Los Angeles judge will allow a sewer-rate challenge to proceed but is reconsidering whether plaintiffs may amend class and j...


Consumer Law


Incoming Consumer Attorneys of California President Douglas S. Saeltzer says an Uber-backed ballot measure poses an unpreceden...


Torts/Personal Injury


Kramer Trial Lawyers alleges a 22-ton construction truck was left unsecured on a steep street, leading to the death of 67-year...


Political consultant Dana Williamson faces 23-count federal indictment alleging fraud, obstruction, and false tax returns in o...


U.S. District Judge David Carter questioned whether Los Angeles' outside lawyers are profiting from delays in implementing the...


Intellectual Property


OpenAI, Cameo face off over TRO in trademark fight

Nov. 12, 2025
By Craig Anderson

A federal judge in San Jose will hear Baron App Inc.'s bid for a temporary restraining order against OpenAI over the Sora app'...


U.S. District Judge Iain D. Johnston sent the California's emissions dispute back to the Eastern District of California, findi...


Class Action


A new VA report found the West Los Angeles campus earns far below market value from third-party leases, supporting Judge David...


Civil Litigation


A San Francisco woman's lawsuit claiming asbestos-contaminated cosmetic talc caused her mesothelioma is heading to trial after...


Known for his mentorship and community work, Paulino also earned global recognition as a finalist for Investigator of the Year...


The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that California may pursue damages and injunctive relief against tribal offici...


The settlement will compensate 7,718 Division I "volunteer" assistant coaches for unpaid work from 2019-2023, resolving wage-f...


California Supreme Court


The California Supreme Court ruled 6-1 that a state law making it a crime to file knowingly false complaints against police of...


San Francisco conflict panel director Julie Traun told Judge Harry Dorfman that record-low felony clearance rates--not higher...


Labor/Employment


Discovery in Traci Hinden's wrongful termination and fee suit against Jaurigue Law Group has stalled for months as both sides ...


Judges and Judiciary


Adolfo M. Corona's attorney argued that federal charges accusing him of sexually assaulting two court employees and lying to t...


Constitutional Law


U.S. District Judge Dale Fischer on Monday blasted Los Angeles city leaders over alleged discovery abuses in a homeless encamp...


The longtime municipal law litigator joins the nation's largest federal district court, which serves more than 19 million peop...


Fifty years after the Vietnam War, Justice Eileen C. Moore and Judge David O. Carter shared personal accounts of combat, coura...


A Commission on Judicial Performance hearing begins Dec. 1 in Sacramento for retired 3rd District Court of Appeal Justice Will...


A federal judge sanctioned Dovel & Luner for concealing that a plaintiff bought Walmart avocado oil online while claiming ...


Speaking before his former colleagues, Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar said the skills of judging and diplomacy share an "unmistaka...


Los Angeles' public defense network faces a chain of strain as the Alternate Public Defender's Office declines dozens of homic...


With Criminal Justice Act indigent panel attorneys unpaid since July 3, legal experts say proposed stopgaps risk Fifth Amendme...


After nearly three weeks of trial, jurors unanimously sided with Cedars-Sinai, finding no evidence of age or ethnic bias in th...


The ruling cements Alcon's acquisition of Village Roadshow's remaining film assets, including rights tied to Mad Max, The Matr...


A federal judge has ordered Mayor Karen Bass and City Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson to appear in court to explain ...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


An attorney representing three female college athletes and a Liberty University student told an Oakland federal judge the NCAA...


Constitutional Law


A U.S. Attorney's Office memo says federal judges can compel unpaid lawyers to represent indigent defendants during Criminal J...


California Supreme Court


The justices reversed an appellate ruling that found the law violated the First Amendment. The court held that the restriction...