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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...


Obituaries


Sara K. Radin, 1923-2025

Nov. 7, 2025
By Laurinda Keys

Sara K. Radin, one of California's pioneering women judges and later a leading mediator, helped break barriers on the Los Ange...


A Los Angeles judge ruled social media giants must face jury trials over claims their platforms harmed young people's mental h...


A group of investors claims Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer and entrepreneur Joseph Sanberg orchestrated a fraudulent...



Firsthand Knowledge

Nov. 7, 2025

After decades in the trenches, Sanford Jossen aims to be the mediator he always wanted.


San Francisco Superior Court Judge Harry Dorfman questioned was told he can order private attorneys to represent indigent defe...


A jury found Michael H. Sklar was denied promotion due to age discrimination. His case has emboldened other deputies to bring ...


Intellectual Property


Attorneys for Apple and Masimo opened a trial Wednesday over allegations Apple's Watch infringes Masimo's heart rate monitor p...


Constitutional Law


Republican voters, candidates and the state GOP sued to block Proposition 50, alleging California's new congressional map unco...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Tung, a former clerk to Justices Antonin Scalia and Neil Gorsuch, succeeds Judge Sandra S. Ikuta; his addition does not change...


Attorneys from Morgan & Morgan said the result vindicated the family following years of denied responsibility.


California Rural Legal Assistance sued the state over redacted bird flu records, seeking unredacted information on quarantined...


Civil Rights Corps accuses Nevada County prosecutors of including AI-generated fabricated legal authorities in a habeas corpus...


Los Angeles County and state regulators agreed to delay the Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall trial until February 2026 as a separate...


California Supreme Court


The high court heard arguments Tuesday over whether an arbitration agreement that a job applicant couldn't realistically read ...


San Francisco public defender's report 470 unrepresented cases since May due to lawyer shortages, rising felony and misdemeano...


The partnership with Bradley, Gmelich & Wellerstein LLP also includes 13 staff members. The firms said the move was rooted...


Long-serving federal judge sought to be 'utility player' for his colleagues.


A state appeals court struck down Huntington Beach's voter ID charter amendment, ruling that California law prohibits cities f...


U.S. District Judge Dena Coggins enjoined the California Air Resources Board from enforcing its 2023 Clean Truck Partnership b...


Civil Rights


A federal lawsuit filed in San Jose claims AB 715's vague language equates criticism of Israel and Zionism with antisemitism, ...


A Sacramento jury found the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation liable for discrimination, retaliation, and defamatio...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Prosecutor Ana Gonzalez challenged Public Defender Manohar Raju's claims of an emergency over staff shortages, while Judge Har...


Judges Patrick J. Bumatay and Lawrence J.C. VanDyke dissented Friday from the 9th Circuit's refusal to revisit a case upholdin...


Netflix and DivX argued dueling summary judgment motions Monday in a Los Angeles patent case over adaptive streaming technolog...


Entertainment & Sports


The NCAA urged dismissal of Reggie Bush's amended antitrust lawsuit, arguing his name, image, and likeness claims are time-bar...


After 800 Los Angeles families failed to receive their November food benefits, Inner City Law Center launched an emergency rel...