Special Reports
Judicial Profile
Judge Georgia Huerta brings a lifetime of listening to the bench
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
Environmental & Energy
Judge questions federal effort to override pipeline safety accord
By Skyler Romero
California argues the Trump administration cannot use the Defense Production Act to sidestep a court-approved consent decree governing the restart of the San...
Judges and Judiciary
Federal prosecutor Christina Shay Sworn in as U.S. magistrate judge
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Shay, who helped oversee major civil, criminal and national security matters for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Los Angeles, succeeds Magistrate Judge Alicia ...
Intellectual Property
Authors must pursue AI copyright claims separately, judge rules
By Daniel Schrager
A federal judge ruled that authors who opted out of the $1.5 billion Anthropic copyright settlement cannot sue multiple AI companies in a single action, find...
Civil Procedure
Bill would require disclosure of original claim owners in court filings
By Malcolm Maclachlan
SB 932 targets efforts to hide litigation interests through assignments to shell companies.
Torts/Personal Injury
Jury weighs punitive damages in Grossman civil trial over boys' deaths
By Devon Belcher
A Los Angeles County jury began deliberating whether Rebecca Grossman and Scott Erickson should pay punitive damages after jurors awarded the Iskander family...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Kiesel presses bid to remove judge in State Bar discipline case
By Laurinda Keys
Attorney Paul Kiesel's latest filing argues that Judge Yvette Roland has already made detailed findings portraying him as a central participant in alleged mi...
Columns
Data Privacy
NetScout decision signals limits on CIPA web tracking claims
By David J. Oberly
California Court holds CIPA's pen register provision does not apply to websites: What the NetScout ruling means for you...
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...
Technology, Intellectual Property
AI's new privilege: Why should Taylor Swift's fame get faster protection?
By Elsa Ramo, Michael Segal
As generative AI expands the ability to replicate voices and likenesses, trademark and publicity-rights law is becoming a powe...
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
Dechert LLP has 1000 attorneys in 19 offices including Los Angeles and San Francisco. Among the law firm’s key practice areas are financial services regulation, corporate and securities, product liability, and intellectual property. The firm’s website is dechert.com
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
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...
Health Care, Immunity
Sgaraglino v. County of Ventura
Pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 5113, county hospital was immune from wrongful-death liability arising from psychiatric patient's suicide following release from involunt...
Family Law
Marriage of McConnell and Jahnke
Divorcing spouse who assumed joint mortgage was not required to remove former spouse from loan where there was no such express settlement term.
Dependency
In re A.T.
Juvenile court could not assert jurisdiction over minor under statute pertaining to children under age five where child was not under five at the time of jurisdictional hearing.