Technology, Government
'Deepfake nudes' lawsuit could be attack on Section 230
By Wisdom Howell
One legal expert said that the lawsuit could be deliberately targeting small players in the hope of creating precedent to late...
Criminal
Pandemic and failing health caused mounting debt, Girardi's secretary testifies
By Devon Belcher
Shirleen Fujimoto, who worked for Girardi for 26 years, told jurors that clients were calling and emailing daily throughout 20...
Torts/Personal Injury
LA jury awards $18M to woman who broke ankle in Long Beach pothole
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
"The city had 52 weeks to fix the problem, while the plaintiff had just 1 second to avoid it," Arash Homampour, who represente...
Insurance, Civil Litigation
Hawaii law makes insurers wait for Maui fire victims to be paid, attorneys say
By Laurinda Keys
Making insurers wait for victims to be paid in mass torts could be tried elsewhere, plaintiffs' attorneys in the Maui fire lit...
International Law, Civil Litigation
Stanford provides protection, CCP member's daughter testifies
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Nanyang Li said she was committed to compiling her father's writings because he spoke highly of the Hoover Institution. Li Rui...
California Supreme Court
Divided state Supreme Court clarifies procedure for Indian child welfare cases
By Craig Anderson
Justice Kelli M. Evans, writing for the majority, said that dependency courts must do extensive diligence to determine if chil...
Technology
Woman who lost nearly $5M in crypto app scam blames Google's advertising
By Wisdom Howell
Lawyers claim Google damages Play Store customers by building its marketing campaign on false and misleading representations a...
Defense argues 'bad accounting' to blame as government rests in Girardi case
By Devon Belcher
Several charts shared with jurors throughout IRS Agent Ryan Roberson's three-day testimony showed that during the final decade...
Government, Criminal
Here's what criminal law will likely look like in 2025
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A recent poll shows Proposition 36, which would roll back some of the criminal justice changes of the past few years, winning ...
Civil Litigation
Roblox hit with another lawsuit targeting addictive game design
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
The company designs games that prioritize purchases over strategy and skill, according to the latest lawsuit, filed in Los Ang...
International Law, Civil Litigation
Chinese party critic wanted papers housed at Stanford, daughter testifies
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Trial began Monday in Oakland in a dispute over the papers and diaries of Li Rui, a personal secretary to Mao Zedong.
Southwestern Law School receives $1M gift for public service scholarships
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Attorney Arash Homampour said he wants to foster a new generation of lawyers committed to making a positive impact in society.
Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Key provision in kids' internet law blocked, 9th Circuit decides
By Craig Anderson
The ruling, upholding part of a preliminary injunction blocking part of the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act, is the...
Technology, Government
Attorneys say deepfake lawsuit shines light on developing problem
By Wisdom Howell
An attorney who specializes in First Amendment law is optimistic that SF City Attorney David Chiu's lawsuit against the websit...
Civil Litigation
Claims implicating hospital in nurse's fatal car crash dismissed
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Nurse on temporary placement left abruptly, sped through a red light and caused a multi-vehicle crash.
It was the 17th parole hearing for Sirhan Sirhan, a Palestinian immigrant who killed Robert F. Kennedy in the Ambassador Hotel...
Criminal
Diminished capacity a tough sell to Girardi jury, outside lawyers say
By Devon Belcher
Tom Girardi's voicemails and emails giving clients and other attorneys excuses why settlement funds can't be paid undermine hi...
Presiding Judge Samantha P. Jessner said the dashboard makes it clear that the reporter shortage has escalated into a "constit...
Government
The Sepulveda Transit Corridor Project aims to connect the San Fernando Valley and the Westside of Los Angeles through a rail ...
Criminal
IRS agent is last witness against Girardi, 1st defense witness called
By Devon Belcher
The first defense witness for disbarred attorney Tom Girardi, his neurologist, was called out of order, delaying the prosecuto...
Family, California Courts of Appeal
Court rules LA County Counsel trial attorney was improperly granted custody of child
By Skyler Romero
The infant was placed with the attorney by the Department of Children and Family Services after the mother tested positive for...
Labor/Employment, California Supreme Court
Public employers exempt from some labor laws, justices decide
By Craig Anderson
"We conclude the Legislature intended to exempt public employers such as the hospital authority from Labor Code provisions gov...
Data Privacy, Consumer Protection Law, Civil Litigation
SF City Attorney files lawsuit against deepfake nude image generators
By Wisdom Howell
Despite only one of the defendants being situated in the United States, San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu said he's confi...
Former San Francisco judge James McBride wants to look parties in the eye.
Civil Litigation
Judge keeps LA councilmember's lawsuit over racist tape scandal alive
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
The conduct leading to the recording's creation, and its later dissemination, was illegal and therefore constituted unprivileg...
Criminal
Case against Matthew Perry's doctors won't be easy, defenders say
By Sunidhi Sridhar
A defense attorney involved in the famous manslaughter case against music icon Michael Jackson's physician said this type of c...
Proposed law could trigger litigation wave over tribal casino rights
By Malcolm Maclachlan
SB 549 would create a three-month window for gaming tribes to sue card rooms they believe are infringing on their right to pro...
Known as the 'Subro King,' he represented insurers in mass litigation.
More than 60 cases have been dismissed after an appellate ruling last month that the court had unlawfully delayed cases, citin...
Litigation & Arbitration, Civil Rights
UC regents get time to seek stay of order to protect Jewish students
By Craig Anderson
U.S. District Judge Mark C. Scarsi declined to mandate any specific policies and procedures or tell UCLA administrators what t...
