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Drawing on nearly two decades as a technology litigator, entrepreneur and corporate counsel, the Signature Resolution neutral ...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Judges and Judiciary


A new pilot gives some parents a second round of counseling -- and allows counselors to recommend parenting plans to judges -...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


An Alameda County judge ruled Blue Cross Blue Shield plans must show historical trademark rights tied to hospitals' locations ...


California Supreme Court justices appeared reluctant to extend a resentencing law to attempted manslaughter, despite arguments...


Three environmental groups sued Los Angeles, alleging the Fire Department failed to adequately search for or timely produce re...



Umberg/Zipser co-founder Dean Zipser to retire, join JAMS

Oct. 8, 2026
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Zipser will handle mediations, arbitrations and referee and special master matters at JAMS after remaining with Umberg/Zipser ...


Judges and Judiciary


Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Robert S. Draper denied allegations of racial and gender bias before the Commission on...


Civil Procedure


A magistrate judge denied plaintiffs' bid to force Johnson & Johnson to provide corporate testimony, finding their 28 disc...


Class Action


Lawyers say AI agents could dramatically increase participation in class action settlements by finding notices and filing clai...


Los Angeles County opened an investigation into FAIR Plan's handling of Eaton and Palisades fire claims, adding to state enfor...


Litigation funder Omni Bridgeway has raised $1 billion for two new funds, bringing its assets under management to approximatel...


Presiding Justice Helen Zukin of the 2nd District Court of Appeal, Division 4, a former complex-litigation lawyer who helped d...


Justice Tara Desautels' appellate opinions examine burdens, deference and trial tactics, reflecting an approach shaped by her ...


The George W. Bush appointee, the Northern District of California's last serving Republican-appointed judge, will retire Dec. ...


Civil Procedure


A Los Angeles judge tentatively found Eaton Fire plaintiffs' proposed deposition of a former Edison executive would duplicate ...


Former LAUSD Superintendent Austin Beutner and his family sued Chubb, alleging the insurer relied on inadequate testing and co...


Civil Procedure


A federal judicial panel consolidated 17 lawsuits alleging Apple failed to design adequate safeguards against misuse of AirTag...


Civil Procedure


A federal judicial panel centralized 17 product liability lawsuits alleging Nevro improperly used the FDA's supplemental appro...


Justice Danny Y. Chou of the 1st District Court of Appeal, a longtime public-law appellate lawyer who helped win marriage equa...


Justice Victor G. Viramontes of the 2nd District Court of Appeal, a former civil rights litigator and sixth-grade teacher, fac...


Obituaries


Former Superior Court Commissioner Gretchen W. Taylor, a formidable family law practitioner and mediator remembered for her sh...


Intellectual Property


U.S. District Judge James V. Selna has increased Masimo Corp.'s patent judgment against Apple Inc. to roughly $818.5 million, ...


Land Use, Civil Litigation


A Los Angeles judge allowed discovery to begin in Chiquita Canyon Landfill's $825 million suit over its 2024 closure, rejectin...


Civil Litigation


A federal magistrate judge allowed defense attorney William G. Stripp to withdraw from a $35 million investor fraud case after...


Civil Litigation


Plaintiffs' attorneys say a proposed Cal-OSHA prohibition on fabricating and installing artificial stone containing more than ...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


An appellate panel reinstated claims that Align Technology illegally cut off interoperability with a rival scanner maker to pr...


Judges and Judiciary


Chief Judges Mary H. Murguia and Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers reflected on being the first Latinas in their roles and urged younger ...


Technology, Constitutional Law


A Santa Clara County judge ended a constitutional challenge to San Jose's Flock camera network, finding binding appellate prec...


Justice Gregory J. Weingart, a former federal prosecutor, Munger Tolles partner and family law judge, brings a varied backgrou...


Stewart, who argued San Francisco's marriage-equality cases before joining the bench, has written a series of opinions reversi...