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Judicial Profile

The law still keeps Judge Barbara Meiers thinking

Barbara A. Meiers
Los Angeles County Superior Court

2026-08-25

MCLE

The state of college sports: When passion transitions to business

Aug. 21, 2026

With NIL valuations and endorsements influencing every st...

By Frank N. Darras

Is an algorithmic feed 'speech'? Courts are about to decide

Aug. 18, 2026

As courts grapple with whether algorithmically generated ...

By Krista L. Baughman

Bias is implicit in all AI, even legal AI

Aug. 12, 2026

Attorneys who use AI must do so with their eyes wide open...

By Susan L. Greenberg


Today's News

Justice John Shepard Wiley Jr. says a divided appeals court improperly rescued a corporate borrower from a $1.5 million default provision negotiated with cou...


Adam Mosseri faced newly unredacted internal messages about edits to a youth wellbeing presentation, including references to "litigation risk" and avoiding "...


Government


Judge Jerrold A. Abeles denied two deputy unions' bids to intervene in a subpoena fight while sharply questioning County Counsel's representation of entities...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Los Angeles says two Chicago attorneys improperly used privileged information overheard at a restaurant near LAX, while the SkyLink developer calls the conve...


Constitutional Law


The panel that temporarily blocked SB 805 in April showed little inclination to change course, saying California cannot directly regulate federal officers pe...


Business Law


FICT wins $50M despite jury finding of deception

Aug. 26, 2026
By Alicia Alvarez

A Santa Clara County jury awarded FICT Limited the maximum damages available in its contract dispute with Ampere Computing.


Columns

Family

The Fourth District held that family courts may impose reasonable time limits in domestic violence restraining order proceedin...


Real Estate/Development

Towards a more perfect partition

Aug. 25, 2026
By Elijah Underwood

California's 2023 partition law was well intentioned, but it overlooked how California property law actually works. A 2026 upd...


Labor/Employment

The EFAA opens another track to court

Aug. 26, 2026
By William Slomanson

The Ninth Circuit's Ding decision holds that employees who initially pursue arbitration may still invoke the EFAA and t...



Verdicts & Settlements

Negligence Jose Ramirez, et al. v. Hya... $15,525,000
Auto v. Truck Luis Manuel Luna Jr. v. Lew... $12,830,338
Disability Discrimination Betajohmarie Brown v. Count... $11,845,510
Premises Liability Jane Doe v. Roe Residential... $10,000,000
Auto v. Pedestrian Yuliya Braynina v. Shanon E... $9,250,000
FLSA Chelsea Olson, individually... $4,500,000
Negligent Supervision Jane Doe v. Support Systems... $3,500,000
Discrimination Jane Roe Two v. County of O... $3,500,000
Wage and Hour Guadalupe Perez, individual... $1,230,000
Wage and Hour Juan Orantes, an individual... $1,160,000

On the Move

Faegre Drinker

Aug. 21, 2026


Chad Hummel joined Faegre Drinker as a partner in Los Angeles. The move was Aug. 17, 2026.

Hummel has tried more than 50 civil and criminal cases to verdict in federal and state courts across the United States and has appeared for clients in dozens of arbitrations and other alternative dispute resolution settings. He has represented clients in numerous industries, including entertainment, media, sports, technology, health care, financial services, hospitality, telecommunications, consumer products, airline, agribusiness, and real estate. His experience spans a range of complex business disputes, including antitrust, class actions, intellectual property (including patents), advertising and marketing, unfair competition, false advertising and consumer protection, breach of fiduciary duty, profit participation, data theft, fraud, and Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) actions. In addition to his trial practice, Hummel has advised and represented numerous public and private companies in regulatory investigations and actions by governmental agencies, including the U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Trade Commission, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Securities and Exchange Commission, and numerous state attorneys general.


Details

Faegre Drinker has 1095 attorneys in 21 offices including Los Angeles, San Francisco. Among the law firm’s key practice areas are Benefits & Executive Compensation, Labor & Employment, Litigation, Product Liability & Mass Torts, Government & Regulatory, Environment & Energy. The firm’s website is https://www.faegredrinker.com/en/

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Community News

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The Los Angeles chapter of the Women's White Collar Defense Association held its annual Summer Soirée at Kaplan Marino PC, bri...




Daily Appellate Report

Contracts

Lakeshore Investment LLC v. Now Solutions, Inc.

Liquidated damages clause that bore no reasonable relationship to the actual damages parties could have anticipated would flow from breach of settlement agreement was an invalid penalty.


Criminal Law and Procedure

People v. Lossing

Vehicle Code section 23153 (negligently causing bodily injury while driving under the influence of alcohol) is not a lesser included offense of Penal Code section 191.5 (gross vehicular m...


Civil Procedure, Health Care

Doe v. Adventist Health System/West

Class certification asks whether plaintiffs can prove liability through common evidence, not whether their common theory ultimately will succeed.


Civil Procedure

Gharraee v. Trader Joe's Co.

Stanislaus County Superior Court Local Rule barring e-filing of notice of appeal was invalid and therefore did not render notice of appeal untimely.


Administrative Agencies

County of King v. Turner

Preliminary injunction was appropriate for after-the-fact conditions imposed on grants to local government that exceeded agencies' statutorily granted authority by seeking to control prog...