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Attorneys must register their email addresses to comply with updated California court rules. The shift aims to improve efficie...


Tax, Government


Business groups say the measure violates the state's Affordable Groceries Act, which prevents local agencies from collecting a...


Entertainment & Sports, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The suit came just one day before the 9th Circuit ruled that the former Los Angeles Dodgers is not bound by a withdrawn plea a...



Creative Counsel

Jun. 2, 2025

Mishawn L. Nolan and partner Wendy Heimann-Nunes built Nolan Heimann LLP to offer creatives and innovators a legal home attune...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Friday's meeting took place two days after the California Supreme Court recommended the Committee of Bar Examiners be restored...


Real Estate/Development, Land Use


A Los Angeles County judge has upheld city approvals for a luxury hotel project, rejecting lawsuits from environmental and hou...


Civil Litigation


Employee with 22-year tenure can pursue claims in court under End Forced Arbitration Act, judge finds.


U.S. District Judge Josephine L. Staton has declined to delay Tom Girardi's sentencing hearing despite his recent hospitalizat...


Immigration, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The dispute before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals centers on whether federal law mandates such support, with nearly $15...


Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


Privilege battle brews in Apple-Epic dispute

Jun. 2, 2025
By Wisdom Howell

Apple and Epic Games have returned to court in a heated clash over attorney-client privilege, filing dueling motions challengi...


Labor/Employment, Bankruptcy


The City of San Francisco is scrambling to secure court-ordered payments to 6,000 former Qwick Inc. workers after the hospital...


Slideshow, Judges and Judiciary, Community News


The San Fernando Valley Bar Association (SFVBA) held its Annual Judges' Night on Thursday, May 29 at the Woodland Hills Countr...


Real Estate/Development


Veteran real estate dealmaker William Ticknor brings $850M portfolio experience to firm's West Coast expansion.


Lawrance A. Bohm, who last year secured an $8.7 million verdict in a whistleblower case against the state's police training ag...


Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation


A federal judge in Santa Ana has dismissed a defamation lawsuit brought by Richard Montañez, the former Frito-Lay janitor who ...


Civil Litigation


A Los Angeles County judge found the decision should have been challenged through the courts, not reversed internally. The cou...


Environmental & Energy, California Supreme Court, California Courts of Appeal


The organizations say a regulatory rule undermines California's climate goals and relies on an outdated legal standard. At iss...


Real Estate/Development


Landlord RREEF America REIT is suing Novo Construction and Conflo Services for $60 million, claiming their work led to hazardo...


Torts/Personal Injury, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Judge Ethan P. Schulman said he was "highly concerned" by Uber's conduct after attorneys allegedly violated an agreement not t...


Government, Constitutional Law, California Courts of Appeal


The case, which pits state election protections against local control, will head to the 4th District Court of Appeal.


Torts/Personal Injury


The ruling is part of a broader discovery dispute as bellwether trials approach in litigation involving over 2,000 personal in...



Free Association

May 30, 2025

Retired San Mateo County Judge Robert D. Foiles has embraced a looser, more personal style in his second act as a JAMS mediato...


State Bar & Bar Associations


The California Supreme Court has proposed amendments to restore the Committee of Bar Examiners' authority over the bar examina...


State Bar & Bar Associations


The report suggests persistent access barriers, especially in rural areas, and may bolster controversial reform efforts aimed ...


The head of California's insurer of last resort urged lawmakers Wednesday to pass a bill that would help reduce reliance on th...


The move follows opposition from LADWP's legal team, who argued that a single master complaint would confuse the factual and l...


Legal Education


The Robert Takasugi Pro Bono Bar Review, founded in the 1960s by the first Japanese American federal judge, has offered free e...


Government, Civil Rights, Civil Litigation


The U.S. Department of Justice filed a first-of-its-kind statement of interest Wednesday supporting two high school girls who ...


A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge denied a dismissal motion from the City of Long Beach and a port terminal operator, ...


U.S. District Judge Stephen V. Wilson refused to strike portions of the jury's conviction that found Trevor Kirk used excessiv...