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U.S. District Judge André Birotte Jr. said that the campaign slogan "proven problem solver" is generic political language outs...


State judicial discipline officials say former commissioner Robert Driessen repeatedly overstepped his authority -- at times c...


Closing arguments in the long-running talc litigation featured competing expert testimony on asbestos detection, epidemiology ...


Intellectual Property


VirtaMove Corp. alleges AWS' migration and container services use processes covered by two of its patents, claims Amazon denie...


Dana Williamson and two other well-known political consultants have been charged with diverting $225,000 from a campaign accou...


The petition seeks to invalidate Newsom's SB 9 suspension and similar bans adopted by Los Angeles, Pasadena, Malibu, and Los A...


Judge Linda McFadden alleges she was stripped of her courtroom, denied medical accommodations, and left to work alone in a vac...


By declining to review Huntington Beach's appeal, the California Supreme Court has affirmed that charter cities cannot sideste...


Decision cites decade of chronic delays but remains silent on health issues, pension concerns raised by critics.


A federal judge found a 50-cent helpline fee for Way2Go child support debit card users to be an unfair business practice, orde...


A San Francisco judge denied Nima Momeni's request to stay a wrongful death suit during pending matters around his conviction ...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


A divided 9th Circuit panel upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit claiming Campbell's 'Air Fried' chips mislead consumers, though ...


A Los Angeles judge advanced hearings for Palisades Fire victims seeking permission to file late government claims, rejecting ...


Civil Litigation


Compton City Attorney Eric J. Perrodin resigned amid dueling lawsuits with the city over his office's authority, staffing, and...


Prosecutors said that between May and July 2023, Sanchez sent multiple emails threatening to kill the judge and harm others, i...


The firm's revamped model embeds attorneys directly with CEOs and leadership teams, offering a more comprehensive alternative...


Former Lucid chief engineer sues for $10 million, alleges retaliatory firing after HR employee called him a Nazi. The company ...


Eric Grant's reappointment brings stability to the Eastern District's leadership, contrasting with mounting legal challenges a...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


While most new 9th Circuit judges remain quiet for months, Judge Eric C. Tung has already issued a dissent and statement in po...


Immigration, Civil Litigation


Plaintiffs in the Flores case say ICE and CBP continue violating settlement mandates, subjecting children to prolonged, unsafe...


Responding to increased investigations in the financial and health care sectors, Higgs Fletcher & Mack has created a White...


Cal Fire's cost-recovery suit over the 2024 Airport Fire alleges Orange County workers violated fire-safety rules and operated...


By denying certiorari, the Supreme Court left intact a 5th District Court of Appeal decision holding that a generic wedding ca...


Intellectual Property


At a Stanford hearing, Sen. Tom Umberg said Congress will not produce national AI rules -- speaking just hours after President...


Intellectual Property


In a new lawsuit, X Corp. claims a fired employee used stolen code and confidential materials to create her own software compa...


Civil Rights, Civil Litigation


A federal judge refused to dissolve an injunction governing LAPD's crowd-control weapons, saying the city's challenge to plain...


Filed in San Francisco Superior Court, the suit claims landlords outfitted rental units with smart-home devices that log when ...


Javad Mostofizadeh advises venture capital, growth equity and private equity funds on investment management matters including ...


A federal judge approved a $45 million settlement resolving claims that Forescout misled investors about profitability and an ...


Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation


A year after law school, first-chair trial lawyer Justin W. Shegerian won a $103 million verdict against Liberty Mutual for fi...