Environmental & Energy
Reclamation takes more assertive stance in California water disputes
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Water law experts point to recent court cases as the federal agency pushes for expanded deliveries and narrower environmental ...
Immigration, Civil Procedure
Test searches ordered in immigration enforcement discovery dispute
By Skyler Romero
A federal magistrate judge ordered the government to test competing methods for searching Border Patrol electronic records as ...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Arbitrator's law firm webinar appearance sinks $132,000 award
By Devon Belcher
A Los Angeles County judge vacated an arbitration award after finding a retired judge should have disclosed her appearance at ...
Civil Rights
Judge says lawyers are unprepared as witness estimates could push trial into 2028
By Alicia Alvarez
An Oakland judge threatened sanctions against both sides in a racial discrimination lawsuit against Tesla, saying attorneys ap...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Stockton vice mayor asks bar to investigate former city attorney
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Jason Lee's complaint raises questions about whistleblower protections and a proposed $250,000 resignation agreement involving...
Labor/Employment
Alignment calls former executive's whistleblower suit 'sour grapes'
By Laurinda Keys
Alignment Healthcare is asking a federal judge to dismiss a Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower retaliation claim brought by former e...
Technology
Meta, states clash over Section 230 before youth addiction trial
By Daniel Schrager
Meta and 29 state attorneys general are battling over Section 230 jury instructions before opening statements Tuesday in a tri...
Securities
Apple investor sues board over alleged AI piracy, stock buybacks
By Daniel Schrager
An Apple investor claims directors concealed the company's alleged use of pirated material to develop artificial intelligence ...
Intellectual Property
Midjourney presses studios for broader AI discovery in copyright case
By Skyler Romero
A federal judge questioned limits on Midjourney's discovery into entertainment studios' AI development, suggesting their use o...
Judges and Judiciary
9th Circuit appoints Cara Masako Porter as bankruptcy judge
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Judge Cara Masako Porter has a background in tax, government litigation and bankruptcy law.
Discipline
Attorney sanctioned $5,000 over frivolous writ petition
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.
Judge weighs public relief in Google advertising antitrust dispute
By Alicia Alvarez
A San Francisco judge heard arguments over Google's bid to compel arbitration in an antitrust suit, with attorneys disputing w...
Torts/Personal Injury
$5.5B J&J talc deal could shrink California coordinated litigation
By Devon Belcher
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
Meta faces major test in states' social media addiction trial
By Daniel Schrager
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
Intuitive Surgical rival wins new trial on monopoly claims
By Alicia Alvarez
The 9th Circuit reversed a judgment against Surgical Instrument Service, finding the trial court wrongly required it to satis...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
HPE-Juniper ruling raises questions about future of Tunney Act
By Craig Anderson
A San Jose federal judge approved the HPE-Juniper antitrust settlement despite disclosure violations, prompting legal experts ...
Trustee sues Bay Area attorney, firms over alleged Ponzi scheme
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
A bankruptcy trustee is seeking over $200 million from an attorney and two law firms accused of enabling the alleged LeFever ...
Drucilla "Dru" Ramey, who transformed the Bar Association of San Francisco and spent decades advancing women and minorities in...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Mediators win narrower disclosure rules, indigent defense bill advances
By Malcolm Maclachlan
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
AB 1776 advances after private antitrust lawsuits are stripped
By Malcolm Maclachlan
California's closely watched antitrust bill survived the Senate Appropriations Committee but will move forward without provisi...
Technology
Whistleblower can testify at social media addiction trial despite deleted Signal messages
By Daniel Schrager
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
Judge weighs limits on warrantless immigration arrests
By Skyler Romero
A federal judge appeared inclined to restrict warrantless immigration arrests in Southern California while weighing whether ad...
Civil Rights
DOJ finds systemic sexual abuse failures at California women's prisons
By Skyler Romero
A Justice Department investigation found California's two primary women's prisons failed to protect incarcerated women from se...
The settlement ends nearly 13 years of litigation and awards three groups of whistleblowers a combined 21% share of the recovery.