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Labor/Employment


Discovery in Traci Hinden's wrongful termination and fee suit against Jaurigue Law Group has stalled for months as both sides ...


Judges and Judiciary


Adolfo M. Corona's attorney argued that federal charges accusing him of sexually assaulting two court employees and lying to t...


Constitutional Law


U.S. District Judge Dale Fischer on Monday blasted Los Angeles city leaders over alleged discovery abuses in a homeless encamp...


The longtime municipal law litigator joins the nation's largest federal district court, which serves more than 19 million peop...


Fifty years after the Vietnam War, Justice Eileen C. Moore and Judge David O. Carter shared personal accounts of combat, coura...


A Commission on Judicial Performance hearing begins Dec. 1 in Sacramento for retired 3rd District Court of Appeal Justice Will...


A federal judge sanctioned Dovel & Luner for concealing that a plaintiff bought Walmart avocado oil online while claiming ...


Speaking before his former colleagues, Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar said the skills of judging and diplomacy share an "unmistaka...


Los Angeles' public defense network faces a chain of strain as the Alternate Public Defender's Office declines dozens of homic...


With Criminal Justice Act indigent panel attorneys unpaid since July 3, legal experts say proposed stopgaps risk Fifth Amendme...


After nearly three weeks of trial, jurors unanimously sided with Cedars-Sinai, finding no evidence of age or ethnic bias in th...


The ruling cements Alcon's acquisition of Village Roadshow's remaining film assets, including rights tied to Mad Max, The Matr...


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 ...