Special Reports
Judicial Profile
Justice Stacy Boulware Eurie brings trial court urgency to 3rd District
Firm Profile
How Sacks Glazier is shaping California trust and estate law
MCLE
New guidance, proposed rule changes on generative AI in legal practice
The State Bar of California's updated guidance and propos...
By Susie DentHow meditation and Stoicism help lawyers manage stress and improve legal practice
Meditation and Stoicism can help attorneys manage stress,...
By Ben KassisWhat AI and CRM actually mean for lawyers
Law firms are embracing AI not for flashy innovation, but...
By George Brandon
Today's News
The longtime chief supervising attorney of the California Supreme Court was counsel to successive chief justices
Constitutional Law
San Francisco sues Department of Energy over new anti-DEI grant conditions
By Alicia Alvarez
The city argues the requirements violate constitutional limits on federal spending authority, infringe on Congress' power over appropriations and mirror lega...
Criminal
Santa Monica man pleads guilty to doxxing ICE attorney, urging others to 'swat' her
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
A 68-year-old Santa Monica man pleaded guilty in federal court to posting an ICE attorney's home address online and encouraging others to "swat" her. Prosec...
Torts/Personal Injury
Judge upholds $6M social media addiction verdict against Meta, YouTube
By Devon Belcher
A Los Angeles judge refused to overturn a landmark $6 million jury verdict against Meta and YouTube in the social media addiction litigation, ruling that cla...
Torts/Personal Injury
Talc powder verdict hands Johnson & Johnson another major loss
By Skyler Romero
A Los Angeles jury found Johnson & Johnson solely responsible for Maria T. Lozano's fatal mesothelioma and awarded her heirs $32 million, rejecting the c...
Intellectual Property
UGG owner tells jury Quince copied patented boot design
By Daniel Schrager
Deckers Outdoor says Quince infringed a patented UGG boot design, while the online retailer argues the patent is too broad and should never have been granted.
Columns
Entertainment & Sports
How Rutgers' $500M fumble can help reform college football
By Frank N. Darras
Rutgers' reported $516 million athletics deficit shows how quickly college football can become a financial sinkhole when spend...
Family
'Beyond interests': Why family courts must rethink custody for children with autism
By Noel E. Guth
What works for neurotypical children often fails--sometimes catastrophically--for children with autism. Yet courts continue im...
Intellectual Property
Federal Circuit ruling significantly clarifies patent subject matter eligibility standard
By Dariush G. Adli
The Federal Circuit's Constellation decision reinforces that abstract "optimization" claims are ineligible ...
Verdicts & Settlements
| Fraud | Estate of Arletha Mae Johns... | $4,813,729 |
| Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress | Grace Kang v. Jason Varughese | $4,500,000 |
| Excessive Force | Ashlyn Petit, as successor-... | $3,000,000 |
| Wage and Hour | Cheryl L. McKenzie, individ... | $1,799,999 |
| Wage and Hour | Kevin Flores, individually,... | $1,750,000 |
| Prisoners' Rights | Sammy Newman, et al. v. Cou... | $1,500,000 |
| Wage and Hour | Luis Navarro, individually ... | $1,250,000 |
| Wage and Hour | Allen Anthony Jaramillo, in... | $1,180,000 |
| Wage and Hour | Gabriel Cuevas, individuall... | $1,099,999 |
| Wage and Hour | Brian Keitz, an individual,... | $850,000 |
On the Move
Dechert LLP
Josh Strathman joined Dechert LLP as a partner in Los Angeles.
Details
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Featured Content
Alternative Dispute Resolution
JAMS neutrals examine how evolving PAGA reforms, shifting case law and data-driven claims are reshaping mediation strategies i...
Where process, technology and human impact meet
Insights from experienced mediators on preparation, breaking impasses and guiding clients through multifaceted disputes
Community News
Slideshow, Community News
The South Asian Bar Association of Southern California held its annual gala
By Ricardo Pineda
Assistant Presiding Judge Ricardo Ocampo delivered remarks on the challenges facing the South Asian community as judges, attor...
Daily Appellate Report
Trusts and Estates
In re Tung Trust
Because trust's 30-day survivorship provision failed to express a sufficiently clear contrary intent to prevent application of antilapse statute, trust gift passed to deceased beneficiary...
Arbitration
In re: Rebecca Orr
District court committed clear error by compelling plaintiff's individual claims to arbitration without deciding whether the Federal Arbitration Act or state law applied.
Immunity
Amended Opinion: Forward v. Macomber
Eleventh Amendment shielded state officers from suit seeking injunctive relief from release of hazardous waste because they did not have direct connection to enforcing the Resource Conser...