Judicial Profile
For Judge Laura Parsky, every trial demands thinking on her feet
ADR Profile
George Hernandez brings a competitor's spirit and a judge's patience to dispute resolution
MCLE
Immigration restrictions, war and the changing landscape of family law
Immigration restrictions, currency fluctuations and poten...
By Abbas HadjianAlgorithms, 'addictive' features and age limits: The First Amendment's social media patchwork
Federal courts are drawing different First Amendment line...
By Krista L. BaughmanSupremely short sighted
The Supreme Court missed two opportunities to remedy the ...
By Michael M. Berger
Special Coverage
Casey R. Johnson plans to build on the plaintiffs' bar's campaign against improper client solicitation, outside financial infl...
Today's News
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit blocks key provisions of California climate disclosure laws
By Craig Anderson
A divided appellate panel allowed California to require large companies to report direct greenhouse gas emissions and emissions from purchased energy but blo...
Litigation & Arbitration
Uber wins arbitration ruling in identity theft tax reporting lawsuit
By Devon Belcher
A Los Angeles judge ruled that an arbitrator, not the court, must decide whether agreements consumers accepted as Uber passengers cover claims involving frau...
Government
Jones Mayer to grow to 65 lawyers with public-agency litigation firm merger
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The combination with Los Angeles-based Carpenter, Rothans & Dumont, effective Jan. 1, will expand Jones Mayer's litigation defense capabilities and give ...
Government
Judge splits ruling in $3.8 million San Francisco telecom tax dispute
By Alicia Alvarez
A judge ruled that San Francisco's Access Line Tax applies to lines without emergency or outbound calling capabilities but sided with Bandwidth on the ordina...
Immigration
Judge presses DOJ to speed release of immigration court records
By Skyler Romero
A federal magistrate judge questioned the government's plan to process just 200 pages a month in a lawsuit seeking records about alleged pressure on immigrat...
Intellectual Property
Elvis Presley, Eminem rights holders sue AI music generator Suno
By Daniel Schrager
Separate federal lawsuits accuse the AI music platform of using copyrighted recordings and lyrics without permission, while Elvis Presley's rights holders al...
Columns
Environmental & Energy
Leaving the shallows: Diving deeper than fish v. farms
By Scott S. Slater
California's water conflicts are not new, nor are they simply a matter of "fish v. farms." The real issue is whether all branc...
California law leaves congregants vulnerable to sexual exploitation by clergy, prompting calls for legislation extending the c...
Entertainment & Sports
When a TV archive becomes a microdrama, who owns the new cut?
By Tisha Morris
Turning old television episodes into AI-assisted microdramas may raise contractual questions about editing rights, residuals a...
Verdicts & Settlements
| Wage and Hour | Uber Technologies Wage and ... | $272,500,000 |
| Auto v. Pedestrian | Carol Dietz, individually a... | $41,060,756 |
| Auto v. Auto | Alejandra Gutierrez, et al.... | $25,000,000 |
| Negligent Supervision | Doe 2 - Doe 8 v. Sonora Com... | $18,500,000 |
| Unfair Business Practices | The People of the State of ... | $6,860,000 |
| Wage and Hour | Joyce Dempsey and Sylvia Re... | $5,700,000 |
| Wage and Hour | Dennis Bullard, individuall... | $3,750,000 |
| Retaliation | Shirin Buckman v. City of L... | $1,919,862 |
| Wage and Hour | Zachary Del Rio, an individ... | $1,900,000 |
| Wage and Hour | Christopher Johnson, indivi... | $1,750,000 |
On the Move
Ogletree Deakins
Timothy Pico joined Ogletree Deakins as a shareholder in Los Angeles. The move was Nov. 2, 2026.
Brett Markson joined Ogletree Deakins as a shareholder in Los Angeles. The move was Feb. 11, 2026.
Details
Ogletree Deakins has 1200 attorneys in 62 offices including Los Angeles, Orange County, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, Torrance, Fresno. Among the law firm’s key practice areas are traditional labor and employment, workplace safety, employee benefits, and business immigration. The firm’s website is ogletree.com
Address
400 South Hope Street, Suite 1200 , Los Angeles California 90071 United States
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Featured Content
Mediator's proposals often close out cases that would otherwise collapse at impasse, but ABA Formal Opinion 518 has left lawye...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
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Community News
Slideshow, Community News
Retired justices reflect on the balance between personal beliefs and judicial duty
By Ricardo Pineda
Former California Supreme Court Justice Martin J. Jenkins and retired appellate Justice Arthur Gilbert discussed judicial inde...
Daily Appellate Report
Criminal Law and Procedure
People v. Fuller
Prosecutors must prove a defendant was on parole when a violation occurred, even if the defendant never challenged his parole status.
Constitutional Law
USA Chamber of Commerce v. Sanchez
Data regarding emissions of third-parties in a company's value chain was insufficiently tethered to companies' own operations to be commercial speech, so portion of law requiring its disc...
Torts, Education
Social Media Cases
Meta, TikTok, Snap and YouTube are not liable for school districts' costs of responding to students' alleged social-media addiction.
Criminal Law and Procedure
U.S. v. Abdul Kareem
Conspiracy to act as independent advocates of ISIS by carrying out attack free from the organization's direction was insufficient to support conviction for providing material support to t...
Immigration
Amended Opinion: Navarrete v. Blanche
Ninth Circuit lacked jurisdiction to review standalone claim regarding denial of Convention Against Torture protection because it was not, nor did it merge with, a final order of removal.