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A Los Angeles judge will consider whether California's five-year trial deadline can be extended in Dominguez Channel odor liti...


Government


California Attorney General Rob Bonta sued to block the closure of a federal archives facility in San Bruno, arguing that relo...


Law Practice


Women of color are 37% of new California attorneys but report the lowest workplace satisfaction, a State Bar report finds.


Intellectual Property


OpenAI agreed to disclose any Apple trade secrets it discovers, subject to a review for privilege and confidentiality, resolvi...


Justice Thomas A. Delaney has written appellate opinions on privileged emails, debt collection and lawyer civility. A former O...


Justice Daniel H. Bromberg's MICRA dissent won unanimous agreement from the California Supreme Court. A former appellate speci...


Intellectual Property


U.S. District Judge George H. Wu sealed closing arguments in a multimillion-dollar trade secrets and contract dispute, citing ...


Insurance


A San Francisco judge certified a class accusing four affiliated auto insurers of overcharging good drivers, rejecting defense...


Torts/Personal Injury


U.S. District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley granted summary judgment to seven baby food manufacturers, finding plaintiffs lack...


Federal grants will help three organizations expand legal assistance for low-income Californians seeking criminal record clear...


Torts/Personal Injury


A federal judge questioned whether a nine-year-old regulatory decision shields Lyft from negligence claims brought by passenge...


Civil Procedure


Edison accuses SoCalGas of delaying discovery into its Eaton Fire response, while the gas utility says Edison has failed to id...


Justice Monique Langhorne Wilson, a former Napa County trial judge, has written opinions on murder resentencing, whistleblower...


Justice Nathan R. Scott of the 4th District, Division 3, who co-chairs the Orange County Bar Association's civility task force...


The retired Los Angeles County judge brings a hands-on approach to mediation and arbitration, helping attorneys overcome impas...


Attorney General Rob Bonta alleges federal immigration arrests at state courthouses have frightened witnesses, derailed crimin...


A federal magistrate judge ruled that prosecutors cannot automatically review confidential communications between two develope...


Intellectual Property


A federal judge indicated he is likely to grant Apple an injunction in its trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI, but questione...


Intellectual Property


Apple argues that a San Diego jury's $5.7 billion patent infringement award to Taction Technology was unsupported by damages e...


Real Estate/Development


A Los Angeles judge questioned his tentative rejection of Chiquita Canyon's $11.6 million landfill fee refund claim after atto...


Twice, the California Supreme Court has unanimously adopted 3rd District Justice Jonathan Renner's reasoning. The former legal...


New 4th District Presiding Justice Joanne Motoike, whose dissents were twice vindicated by the state Supreme Court, faces rete...


Helen Gilbert, who led national security and cyber prosecutions in San Francisco, joins Jenner & Block after more than a d...


The appeals court ruled that California cannot require federal law enforcement officers to display their agency and badge numb...


Torts/Personal Injury, Civil Procedure


A Los Angeles judge dismissed inverse condemnation and punitive damages claims against Southern California Edison while allowi...


The agreement involving more than 2,700 immigration detainees includes confidential payments to six plaintiffs and a declarati...


A proposed class action accuses OpenAI of collecting children's sensitive information through ChatGPT without valid parental c...


A proposed class action accuses GoPro of raising prices to offset $20 million in tariffs, then retaining the benefit of refund...


The proposed settlement would compensate thousands of residents displaced by a five-day evacuation, reimburse emergency respon...


An inspector general's report found the California High-Speed Rail Authority paid $127,300 in travel expenses and travel time ...