Three months after losing a racketeering case against attorneys affiliated with Knight Law Group, Ford has filed a new lawsuit...
As Los Angeles prepares to host the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Elisabeth Freinberg is overseeing a rapidly expanding l...
Los Angeles prosecutors allege comedian Carlos Mencia failed to report $8.7 million in income between 2019 and 2024, making hi...
Los Angeles prosecutors' union alleges county and district attorney officials failed to bargain in good faith during contract ...
Los Angeles judge says Edison's broad discovery demands could jeopardize January bellwether trials, raising the possibility of...
A Northern District judge found that variations in customers' browsing activity and the data allegedly transmitted to third pa...
Witness says Finnerty helped San Bruno family recover Girardi settlement funds
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
A lawyer who helped recover millions of dollars from Tom Girardi testified that Robert W. Finnerty's knowledge of Girardi Kees...
Consumer Protection Law
Breyer questions Musk bid to overturn $2.6B securities fraud verdict
By Daniel Schrager
Senior U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer faulted Elon Musk's attorneys for attacking the plaintiffs' damages model after d...
Torts/Personal Injury
Jury seated in PG&E wrongful death trial over fatal electrocution
By Alicia Alvarez
The lawsuit alleges a downed PG&E power line caused the death of agricultural consultant Steven Dodge at a Monterey County...
Judges and Judiciary
Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero appointed four voting and four advisory Judicial Council members from courts, court administra...
Ford Motor Co. alleges the Los Angeles lemon law firm used nonlawyers and overseas virtual assistants to perform work later bi...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Jackson estate arbitration fight tests federal sexual assault law
By Skyler Romero
A federal judge is considering whether sexual abuse claims brought against the Michael Jackson Estate must be arbitrated under...
L.A.'s top civil judge joins the Daily Journal's newest podcast to debunk misconceptions about the court's AI pilot -- and exp...
World travel reinforced retired Judge Daniel Ramirez's belief that mediation offers something litigation often cannot.
Proposed compromise would cap some auto-accident recoveries while imposing new rideshare safety requirements.
The California Supreme Court directed the State Bar to seek public comment on a proposed rule creating a community justice wor...
Judges and Judiciary
Judicial ethics committee seeks comment on draft opinion finding judges generally may appoint a colleague's attorney spouse as...
Entertainment & Sports
Tyra Banks faces uphill battle in Netflix defamation suit, legal experts say
By Skyler Romero
Banks' lawsuit against Netflix has sparked debate among media and entertainment lawyers, who say the case highlights the tensi...
Environmental & Energy
Carson odor plaintiffs defend $8.8M verdict against post-trial challenge
By Devon Belcher
Attorneys for Carson residents who won an $8.8 million verdict over a 2021 odor crisis argue the trial record supports the jur...
Environmental & Energy
Voters to decide fate of landmark environmental law
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A ballot measure that would create broad exemptions and accelerated review procedures under CEQA has qualified for November, d...
Class Action
Perplexity sued over alleged cuts to premium AI subscription benefits
By Daniel Schrager
A proposed class action alleges Perplexity sharply reduced access to its Deep Research feature for Pro subscribers and reroute...
Intellectual Property
AI legal software company sues rival over patent infringement
By Daniel Schrager
AI.Law filed a federal patent infringement lawsuit against competitor Eve Legal, alleging the company's document-generation pl...
Civil Rights
Celebrity trainer sues Equinox, alleges race and disability discrimination
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Mario Godiva, a high-profile fitness instructor and cancer survivor, alleges Equinox discriminated against him because of his ...
Torts/Personal Injury
Trucking company's independent-contractor defense fails in $52M verdict
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
A Los Angeles County jury awarded $52 million to a motorcyclist severely injured when a semi-truck turned into his path, reje...
State Bar & Bar Associations
San Bruno victim testifies she was kept in dark about $28M settlement
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Kathleen Rui Gomez told State Bar Court she spent years believing her family's PG&E settlement had not been paid, only to ...
Administrative/Regulatory
Report: Los Angeles County ranked among nation's top courts for plaintiff verdicts
By Skyler Romero
A Lex Machina analysis found that plaintiffs won more than $2.4 billion in Los Angeles County Superior Court jury verdicts bet...
A Los Angeles judge signaled concern that Southern California Edison's allegations against Pasadena and Sierra Madre are too b...
A shareholder derivative suit filed in Northern California accuses Adobe executives of misleading investors about the content ...
Intellectual Property
OpenAI defeats xAI trade secrets case over recruiting presentation
By Daniel Schrager
A federal judge dismissed xAI's trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI with prejudice, ruling that allegations stemming from Ope...
Government
Is Jennifer Siebel Newsom becoming Gavin Newsom's political vulnerability?
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Gov. Gavin Newsom is escalating his fight with the Trump administration after revealing a federal investigation involving his ...