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Civil Procedure, Civil Litigation


Friday was the first day of the Los Angeles County courts' new way of handling Notices of Settlement, to improve efficiency in...


Environmental & Energy, Administrative/Regulatory


State elected officials are preparing to sue after Congress revoked the state's EPA waiver under the Clean Air Act, but legal ...


Torts/Personal Injury, Real Estate/Development


Napa property owners sue PG&E, saying they had to sell for $3.5 million less after a fire broke out mid-escrow.


Civil Litigation


Top litigator touts use of AI as time, money saver

May 23, 2025
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

As courts increasingly warn against the misuse of AI in legal filings, high-profile plaintiffs' attorney and Lancaster Mayor R...


Attorneys representing hundreds of sexual abuse survivors have released newly disclosed data detailing more than 500 claims ag...


A former executive claimed the iconic surfwear brand fostered a toxic, male-dominated culture and retaliated when she spoke ou...


Prosecutors say the police officer collected more than $600,000 in disability benefits while snowboarding, running 5Ks--and da...


Tom Girardi, the disbarred trial lawyer convicted of stealing over $15 million in client funds, remains hospitalized following...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Convicted ex-LA prosecutor Thomas Peters testifies that James Clark knew of an extortion plot in the water and power billing s...


Coinbase faces class actions after cybercriminals, bribing employees, accessed customer data, leading to a $20M ransom demand ...


Intellectual Property


Comet ML seeks TRO to stop PerplexityAI's beta Comet browser launch, alleging trademark infringement and consumer confusion. T...


Real Estate/Development


The case involves a planned hotel development near Fashion Island, where managers allegedly withheld financial information, mi...


Government


The law, set to take effect June 5, caps the number of shops allowed to operate and imposes what plaintiffs call "onerous" new...


Hedge funds buying wildfire subrogation claims from insurers raise concerns about conflicting interests with attorneys, potent...


Technology, Civil Litigation


Irvine attorney James Stout plans to refile a libel lawsuit in state court against a TikTok creator for orchestrating a review...


Litigation & Arbitration, California Supreme Court


During arguments, justices questioned Wednesday whether SB 707's strict penalties on employers that make late payments to neut...


Law Practice


Edward R. Reines and Derek C. Walter will continue representing CareDx Inc. in high-stakes litigation as they settle into new ...


San Mateo golf course restaurant owner sues city, alleging it knowingly leased a moldy, flood-prone building, leading to an em...


Labor/Employment


Kiley McCarthy-Connolly Scholtz joins firm's Irvine office, enhancing labor and employment capabilities


Automaker claims attorneys fabricated thousands of hours of work in a decade-long scheme; RICO violations alleged. Knight Law ...


Contracts


Winston & Strawn and WilmerHale attorneys are asking a federal judge to sanction each other in an escalating contract disp...


Immigration, Criminal


U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli has announced the launch of Operation Guardian Angel, a federal initiative in the Central District ...


Education Law, Civil Litigation


A Los Angeles judge is reviewing a lawsuit challenging LAUSD's policy on campus co-location, which charter advocates argue vio...


The State Bar of California is under fire after revealing it allowed a contractor to use ChatGPT to help write questions for t...


Formerly with Latham & Watkins, Jeffrey Senac brings extensive experience in leveraged lending, acquisition financing, and...


An Orange County judge has granted Attorney General Rob Bonta and the Department of Housing and Community Development permissi...


A 51-year-old man suffered catastrophic brain damage after Orange County Global Medical Center allegedly failed to provide tim...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


A San Francisco Superior Court judge sharply criticized a plaintiff's attorney for attempting to seal a class action settlemen...


Judge delays Google's petition to consolidate 2,296 privacy lawsuits alleging Incognito browser data collection, potentially c...


Criminal


Federal judge challenges prosecutor's bid to overturn jury's verdict finding former L.A. County sheriff's deputy guilty of ass...