Judicial Profile
Commissioner Aleen Avanesian brings patience and preparation to family law bench
Firm Profile
How Sacks Glazier is shaping California trust and estate law
MCLE
The United States Space Force: The 6th branch
The Space Force is more than America's newest military br...
By Eileen C. MooreCan implicit bias be countered?
Although California's implicit bias jury instruction enco...
By Steven S. KimballWhat lawyers need to know before a CTAPP compliance review arrives
With up to 800 attorneys a year expected to face mandator...
By Gary L. KrauszToday's News
Securities
Delaware judge clears way for investors' fraud suit against Ballmer, Baker Hostetler
By David Houston
A Delaware bankruptcy judge ruled that fraud claims brought by carbon offset startup investors against Steve Ballmer, Baker Hostetler and others belong to th...
Technology
Judge rejects Meta's bid to shield moderation claims under Section 230
By Daniel Schrager
Chief U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers ruled that four state attorneys general may present evidence that Meta made false statements about its conte...
Technology
Ex-pitcher seeks $14M offset from $198M wrongful death judgment
By Devon Belcher
Former Dodgers pitcher Scott Erickson asks a Los Angeles judge to reduce a $198 million wrongful death judgment by $14 million, arguing plaintiffs already re...
Labor/Employment
9th Circuit questions California's ban on mandatory workplace meetings
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A federal appeals court panel sharply questioned whether California's law barring employers from disciplining workers who skip mandatory meetings on pol...
State Bar & Bar Associations
From city's counsel to State Bar respondent, Kiesel's long legal odyssey
By Laurinda Keys
Beverly Hills attorney now faces State Bar discipline proceedings in the same scandal where he once represented Los Angeles.
Environmental & Energy
Sable asks Trump administration to seize California land for pipeline
By Alicia Alvarez
Sable Offshore Corp. has asked the Trump administration to use eminent domain to acquire state-owned shoreline, parkland and private property needed for its ...
Columns
Technology
K.G.M. verdict tests limits of Section 230 and platform design liability
By Samer Habbas
The K.G.M. case highlights a shift from content-based immunity under Section 230 toward negligent design theories, expe...
Licensed in Illinois, untouchable in California: The extraordinary career of Sidney Korshak
By William M. Paparian
Sidney Roy Korshak was an Illinois-licensed lawyer who never practiced in California yet became one of Los Angeles's most infl...
From a judge's observation that truth has a "ring" emerges a meditation on memory, credibility, and why authentic testimony co...
Verdicts & Settlements
| Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress | Donna Motsinger v. William ... | $59,250,000 |
| Consumer Protection | The People of the State of ... | $50,000,000 |
| Consumers Legal Remedies Act | Timothy Head, et al., v. Re... | $49,995,000 |
| Wage and Hour | Alex Hernandez, individuall... | $3,712,978 |
| Wage and Hour | Yuri Milon, individually, a... | $3,500,000 |
| Wage and Hour | Kristina Schafer, an indivi... | $2,500,000 |
| False Advertising | The People of the State of ... | $2,500,000 |
| Consumer Protection | The People of the State of ... | $2,000,000 |
| Wage and Hour | Mariah Macias, an individua... | $1,600,000 |
| Malpractice | Spouse and Minor Child v. R... | $1,500,000 |
On the Move
Arnold & Porter
Sunita Bali joined Arnold & Porter as a partner in San Francisco. The move was July 7, 2026.
Details
Arnold & Porter has 1000 attorneys in 16 offices including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Silicon Valley. Among the law firm’s key practice areas are regulatory, litigation, and transactional. The firm’s website is www.arnoldporter.com
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Community News
The Los Angeles Lawyers Philharmonic marked its 17th anniversary with a patriotic Walt Disney Concert Hall performance celebra...
Daily Appellate Report
Employment Law
Adelanto Elementary School Dist. v. Krause
Employer could not waive statutory right to seek workplace violence restraining order on behalf of employees because the law was intended to serve a public purpose.
Criminal Law and Procedure
People v. Tyler
The "could be convicted" standard does not apply at a Penal Code section 1172.6(d) hearing, and use of that language can warrant reversal absent other clarifying information.
Environmental Law, Administrative Agencies
Amended Opinion: Alaska Community Action on Toxics v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Agency's decision not to regulate chemical additive present in recyclable articles that had been deemed hazardous by Congress was unsupported by substantial evidence in the rulemaking rec...
Bankruptcy, Corporations
In re: LeFever Mattson
California state law's ipso facto clauses regarding dissociation of general partner upon bankruptcy filing are preempted by the plain language of the federal bankruptcy code.