Civil Procedure
Edison seeks broader SoCalGas discovery, delay in Eaton Fire trial
By Devon Belcher
The utility wants records about SoCalGas' response before and after the fire and says newly released investigative evidence re...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
State Bar drops charges against four DTLA Law Group attorneys
By Skyler Romero
The dismissals halt, at least for now, a multistate unauthorized-practice case that the State Bar had expanded earlier this ye...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Civil Litigation
Valle Makoff lead trial attorney testifies in former clients' fee dispute
By Alicia Alvarez
Valle Makoff attorney Timothy Miller testified from the counsel table about disputed billing in the firm's $423,773 fee lawsui...
Education Law
Judge rejects Trump administration challenge to California transgender sports policy
By Skyler Romero
A federal judge dismissed the administration's Title IX lawsuit, ruling California schools lacked clear notice that excluding ...
Constitutional Law
Bill barring former ICE officers from California police jobs heads to Newsom
By Malcolm Maclachlan
AB 1896 would prohibit former federal officers who participated in immigration enforcement from becoming California peace offi...
Los Angeles and attorneys for thousands of Palisades Fire victims will meet Oct. 2 with two veteran wildfire mediators to begi...
The Northern California family law firm has opened offices in Los Angeles and Ventura counties, extending its complex divorce ...
Los Angeles County sued State Farm, alleging systemic delays, underpayments and misleading claims practices affecting thousand...
Government
Wildfire liability deal collapses amid utility bankruptcy warnings
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A sweeping deal to reshape California's wildfire liability system fell apart after utilities warned it could undermine their f...
Business Law
Judge slashes $1.9M punitive award in family business fight
By Skyler Romero
An Orange County judge reduced punitive damages against Mira Kim's father to $120,000 and eliminated a $500,000 award against ...
The lawsuit filed by Larson LLP alleges Samsung falsely relabeled lower-end televisions as Mini LED models to undercut TCL and...
Labor/Employment, Civil Rights
Uber, Lyft male discrimination proposed class actions dismissed
By Alicia Alvarez
A San Francisco judge dismissed proposed class actions accusing Uber and Lyft of discriminating against male drivers through p...
Intellectual Property
Music publishers accuse Anthropic of pirating lyrics to train Claude
By Daniel Schrager
Sony and Warner music publishers allege Anthropic downloaded copyrighted lyrics from pirate libraries to train its Claude AI m...
Data Privacy
California bill would curb online privacy lawsuits under decades-old law
By Malcolm Maclachlan
SB 690 would restrict private claims involving websites and apps under California's pen register law while leaving other CIPA ...
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Susan J. Townsend draws on lessons learned from her immigrant parents, nearly two deca...
Longtime L.A. County court commissioner sought to ease toll of family disputes
Torts/Personal Injury
2 social media addiction plaintiffs will face platforms together
By Devon Belcher
Two social media addiction bellwether plaintiffs will face Meta, YouTube and Snapchat in a consolidated October trial that cou...
Criminal
Former Orange County judge gets probation in workers' comp fraud case
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Israel Claustro, who resigned from the bench and is permanently barred from judicial office, received one year of probation a...
Class Action
Google privacy settlement objector plans Supreme Court appeal
By David Houston
Theodore H. Frank says the 9th Circuit is an outlier in allowing class settlements to send millions of dollars to nonprofits w...
Insurance, Government
California lawmakers reach wildfire liability compromise
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Revised SB 492 drops several proposals sought by Gov. Gavin Newsom while creating an expedited compensation process for wildfi...
Constitutional Law
Judge rejects bid to block California's Black Infant Health Program
By David Houston
A Pasadena woman sought to prevent health officials from using what she described as a racial eligibility requirement for a st...
Administrative/Regulatory
9th Circuit says Kalshi sports contracts are gambling, clearing way for state regulation
By Devon Belcher
The court ruled that Kalshi's sports event contracts are not swaps protected from state regulation under federal commodities ...
Chief U.S. District Judge Troy L. Nunley said a special master was warranted because of the defendants' conduct, the case's ex...
Data Privacy
Judge awards $147M in fees after $425M Google privacy verdict
By Daniel Schrager
U.S. District Judge Richard Seeborg called the fee request "extraordinary" but warranted after Boies Schiller, Susman Godfrey ...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Lawmakers further narrow California antitrust overhaul
By Malcolm Maclachlan
New amendments to AB 1776 preserve single-firm antitrust claims while limiting enforcement to the attorney general and distric...
Government
'Prisoner' definition could shield Riverside County from juvenile abuse claims
By Devon Belcher
A Riverside judge said appellate precedent may require treating minors held in juvenile facilities as prisoners, potentially i...
Technology, Class Action
Survivor says xAI trained Grok on her childhood abuse images
By Alicia Alvarez
A child sexual abuse survivor filed suit against artificial intelligence company xAI claiming its Grok chatbot used images fro...
Technology
Google privacy class counsel awarded $147M in attorney fees
By Daniel Schrager
Judge Richard Seeborg called the fee request "extraordinary" but said it was warranted after Boies Schiller, Susman Godfrey an...
Torts/Personal Injury, Government
SB 577 revived with limits on older childhood sexual abuse claims
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Last-minute compromise would raise the burden of proof for some claims against public entities, limit joint liability and requ...