Government
Oversight Commission sues to enforce subpoenas for sheriff's records
By Skyler Romero
A petition filed Monday claims county counsel cannot simultaneously advise the Oversight Commission and represent the Sheriff'...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
State Bar alleges Girardi Keese lawyer helped conceal diversion of San Bruno settlement funds
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
State Bar prosecutors contend Robert W. Finnerty knew settlement proceeds belonging to the Rui Gomez family were being imprope...
Civil Procedure
LA Superior Court among nation's top venues for billion-dollar verdicts, report finds
By Skyler Romero
A LexisNexis analysis found that plaintiffs won more than $2.4 billion in jury verdicts in Los Angeles County Superior Court b...
Civil Rights
LA seeks sanctions, stay in $800M Angels Landing civil rights suit
By Skyler Romero
Los Angeles officials are asking a federal judge to stay or dismiss a lawsuit accusing the city of killing the Angels Landing ...
Torts/Personal Injury
Judge gives Hochman more time to support fraud claims in $4B abuse settlement
By Devon Belcher
A Los Angeles judge declined to immediately halt distributions from Los Angeles County's $4 billion juvenile sexual abuse sett...
Government
Newsom says DOJ is investigating him as experts warn of lasting consequences
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The governor alleges federal investigators are scrutinizing him and his family, while legal experts say even an investigation ...
Class Action
Anthropic sued over claims about premium AI subscription limits
By Daniel Schrager
A proposed class action alleges Anthropic overstated the amount of usage available under its most expensive Claude subscriptio...
Government
City attorney, Legal Aid clash over $177M tenant program
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Los Angeles City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto says accountability concerns prevent her from signing contracts, while eviction...
Criminal
Man charged in killings of attorney, former employee who beat him in court
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Prosecutors allege Richard Wall Sr. ordered the murders of attorney Jeffrey Tidus and former employee Juan Mendez after they w...
Intellectual Property
Jury rejects UGG patent claim against Quince over boot design
By Daniel Schrager
After hearing competing arguments over copying and patent validity, an Oakland jury found that Quince did not infringe Deckers...
Consumer Watchdog presented awards to attorney Michael A. Kelly, U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna and wildfire advocate Joy Chen during its...
Trial Lawyers for Justice launches appellate division with Supreme Court veterans
By David Houston
Jurors found a Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy acted with a "purpose to harm" when he fatally shot a motorist during a 202...
A federal judge's questions about how to value health information could determine whether users alleging Meta improperly colle...
Torts/Personal Injury
Nearly $200M wrongful death verdict highlights rarity of punitive damages
By Devon Belcher
Lawyers say the nearly $200 million verdict against Rebecca Grossman and Scott Erickson reflects unusually egregious facts, a ...
Jackson Lewis adds trio of employment litigators in Los Angeles
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The former Gordon Rees attorneys bring extensive experience defending employers in wage-and-hour class actions and Private Att...
The founders say Columbo Deol LLP will offer clients direct access to senior lawyers handling high-stakes business, employmen...
California lawmakers reached a budget deal that includes $375 million to implement Proposition 36, plus funding for legal aid,...
Torts/Personal Injury
LA DA alleges possible fraud, seeks stay of $4B abuse settlement
By Laurinda Keys
Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman asked a judge to pause payments from the county's $4 billion child sexual ...
Criminal
Amici largely back Raju in public defender caseload dispute
By Alicia Alvarez
Fourteen amicus briefs were filed in support of San Francisco Public Defender Manohar P. Raju's challenge to a contempt order ...
Criminal
San Bernardino DA begins 3rd term, shares justice lessons abroad
By Laurinda Keys
Fresh off an unopposed reelection, San Bernardino District Attorney Jason Anderson discusses judicial shortages, AI-assisted e...
OpenAI sued over chatbot's alleged role in young woman's suicide
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
A wrongful death lawsuit filed in San Francisco alleges OpenAI's GPT-4o chatbot reinforced a 24-year-old woman's suicidal idea...
Jeffrey Mason Phillips, who spent 17 years handling professional license enforcement matters for the California Department of ...
The ADR Services, Inc. neutral says his technical background helps him cut through complex claims and move parties toward reso...
Real Estate/Development
Supreme Court closes door on 23-year Jogani litigation
By Skyler Romero
The California Supreme Court declined to review a Court of Appeal ruling largely upholding a massive judgment in a two-decade ...
Intellectual Property
UGG owner tells jury Quince copied patented boot design
By Daniel Schrager
Deckers Outdoor says Quince infringed a patented UGG boot design, while the online retailer argues the patent is too broad and...
Torts/Personal Injury
Talc powder verdict hands Johnson & Johnson another major loss
By Skyler Romero
A Los Angeles jury found Johnson & Johnson solely responsible for Maria T. Lozano's fatal mesothelioma and awarded her hei...
Torts/Personal Injury
Judge upholds $6M social media addiction verdict against Meta, YouTube
By Devon Belcher
A Los Angeles judge refused to overturn a landmark $6 million jury verdict against Meta and YouTube in the social media addict...
Criminal
Santa Monica man pleads guilty to doxxing ICE attorney, urging others to 'swat' her
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
A 68-year-old Santa Monica man pleaded guilty in federal court to posting an ICE attorney's home address online and encouragi...
The former Sacramento juvenile court presiding judge says appellate work is less immediate but steady and relentless.