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Environmental & Energy


Water law experts point to recent court cases as the federal agency pushes for expanded deliveries and narrower environmental ...


Immigration, Civil Procedure


A federal magistrate judge ordered the government to test competing methods for searching Border Patrol electronic records as ...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


A Los Angeles County judge vacated an arbitration award after finding a retired judge should have disclosed her appearance at ...


An Oakland judge threatened sanctions against both sides in a racial discrimination lawsuit against Tesla, saying attorneys ap...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Jason Lee's complaint raises questions about whistleblower protections and a proposed $250,000 resignation agreement involving...


Labor/Employment


Alignment Healthcare is asking a federal judge to dismiss a Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower retaliation claim brought by former e...


Technology


Meta and 29 state attorneys general are battling over Section 230 jury instructions before opening statements Tuesday in a tri...


Securities


An Apple investor claims directors concealed the company's alleged use of pirated material to develop artificial intelligence ...


Intellectual Property


A federal judge questioned limits on Midjourney's discovery into entertainment studios' AI development, suggesting their use o...


Judges and Judiciary


Judge Cara Masako Porter has a background in tax, government litigation and bankruptcy law.


Discipline


Attorney sanctioned $5,000 over frivolous writ petition

Aug. 18, 2026
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

California appellate court fined attorney Byron Husted $5,000 after finding he failed to disclose that a trial conflict cited ...


Southern California Edison plans to seek a delay of the first Eaton Fire bellwether trial, citing the late investigative repor...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


A San Francisco judge heard arguments over Google's bid to compel arbitration in an antitrust suit, with attorneys disputing w...


Torts/Personal Injury


A proposed nationwide Johnson & Johnson talc settlement could resolve most California ovarian cancer claims, though opt-o...


O'Melveny represented five universities in final agreements resolving litigation over their move from the Mountain West to the...


A five-part series, "Unpacking the Billionaire Tax," takes a close look at how Prop. 40 would actually work if voters approve ...


Technology


Twenty-nine attorneys general will take Meta to trial in Oakland over claims involving social media addiction and children's p...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The 9th Circuit reversed a judgment against Surgical Instrument Service, finding the trial court wrongly required it to satis...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


A San Jose federal judge approved the HPE-Juniper antitrust settlement despite disclosure violations, prompting legal experts ...


A bankruptcy trustee is seeking over $200 million from an attorney and two law firms accused of enabling the alleged LeFever ...


Obituaries


Drucilla Ramey, 1946 -- 2026

Aug. 17, 2026
By Laurinda Keys

Drucilla "Dru" Ramey, who transformed the Bar Association of San Francisco and spent decades advancing women and minorities in...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


SB 574 advanced with tighter limits on what neutrals must disclose to the State Bar, while an indigent-defense bill moved forw...


Retired Santa Clara County Judge Catherine A. Gallagher has spent decades resolving disputes, combining deep probate experienc...


California regulators approved a settlement requiring PG&E to pay a $21 million penalty and fund an outside review stemmin...


A Los Angeles judge set the first trial over FAIR Plan's handling of smoke-damage claims from the 2025 wildfires for October 2...


Government


California's closely watched antitrust bill survived the Senate Appropriations Committee but will move forward without provisi...


A federal judge rejected Meta's bid to bar former engineer Arturo Bejar from testifying at next week's social media addiction ...


Immigration, Civil Litigation


A federal judge appeared inclined to restrict warrantless immigration arrests in Southern California while weighing whether ad...


A Justice Department investigation found California's two primary women's prisons failed to protect incarcerated women from se...



Judge approves $57M Tetra Tech False Claims Act settlement

Aug. 14, 2026
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

The settlement ends nearly 13 years of litigation and awards three groups of whistleblowers a combined 21% share of the recovery.