Judicial Profile
The law still keeps Judge Barbara Meiers thinking
ADR Profile
Retired Judge John Pacheco puts listening at heart of mediation
MCLE
The state of college sports: When passion transitions to business
With NIL valuations and endorsements influencing every st...
By Frank N. DarrasIs an algorithmic feed 'speech'? Courts are about to decide
As courts grapple with whether algorithmically generated ...
By Krista L. BaughmanBias is implicit in all AI, even legal AI
Attorneys who use AI must do so with their eyes wide open...
By Susan L. GreenbergToday's News
Business Law
Dissent warns liquidated damages ruling could raise cost of business credit
By David Houston
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...
Technology
Instagram chief pressed on efforts to limit 'exposure' to teen safety concerns
By Daniel Schrager
Adam Mosseri faced newly unredacted internal messages about edits to a youth wellbeing presentation, including references to "litigation risk" and avoiding "...
Government
Deputy unions blocked from joining LA sheriff oversight fight
By Skyler Romero
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
Restaurant conversation fuels bid to bar lawyers from LAX dispute
By Devon Belcher
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
9th Circuit signals California federal officer ID law will fall
By Craig Anderson
The panel that temporarily blocked SB 805 in April showed little inclination to change course, saying California cannot directly regulate federal officers pe...
A Santa Clara County jury awarded FICT Limited the maximum damages available in its contract dispute with Ampere Computing.
Columns
The Fourth District held that family courts may impose reasonable time limits in domestic violence restraining order proceedin...
California's 2023 partition law was well intentioned, but it overlooked how California property law actually works. A 2026 upd...
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
Chad Hummel joined Faegre Drinker as a partner in Los Angeles. The move was Aug. 17, 2026.
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
Slideshow, Community News
Women's white collar defense association hosts annual LA summer soirée
By Ricardo Pineda
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...