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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...


Judge Richard Y. Lee said temporary judges play an "invaluable role" in keeping the Orange County courts running smoothly as t...


Former U.S. Attorney Martin Estrada, who recently returned from leading the nation's largest U.S. Attorney's Office, and Danie...


Two cases in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California -- with one now moving to the 9th U.S. Circuit Cou...


Pasadena sued UCLA, alleging the university plans to abandon its Rose Bowl lease early to move football games to SoFi Stadium....


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The federal appeals court panel on Friday ordered a San Jose magistrate judge to reinstate a jury's trade secrets misappropria...


A federal judge questioned whether businessman Stephen Cloobeck can bar Antonio Villaraigosa from using "proven problem solver...


Judge Richard Seeborg said the recovery--just over 9% of estimated maximum damages--aligns with comparable cases, concluding m...


The Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles raised $1.25 million at its 27th annual Access to Justice Gala that also honored direc...