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The ghost in the courtroom: From AI chatbots to 'agentic litigation'
AI is reshaping litigation by challenging traditional att...
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California's environmental and land use laws have become ...
By Nicholas Targ
Today's News
Data Privacy
Federal judge limits California call-recording law to traditional phones
By Daniel Schrager
Finding the statute unambiguous, a Northern District magistrate judge ruled that Section 632.7 does not require consent to record calls when one party uses a...
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that migrants turned away while still in Mexico cannot invoke federal asylum laws, giving the federal government broader authori...
Data Privacy
Judge picks Bursor, Edelson to lead Flock privacy litigation
By Daniel Schrager
U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria said Bursor & Fisher and Edelson's track record in automated license plate reader litigation gave them the edge in the...
The Judicial Council approved revisions to jury service rules, forms and courtroom scripts replacing gendered language with gender-neutral terminology, sayin...
Torts/Personal Injury
Legislature approves bill to avert Uber-attorney ballot fight
By Malcolm Maclachlan
SB 623 passed unanimously hours before a deadline to pull competing initiatives from the November ballot.
Constitutional Law, Civil Rights
Huntington Beach tentatively ordered to adopt ranked choice voting
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
A tentative ruling finds Huntington Beach's at-large election system violates the California Voting Rights Act, rejects the city's reliance on the U.S. Supre...
Columns
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Principle, curiosity and the ground beneath a mediation
By Greg Derin
Effective mediation requires parties and counsel to balance principle with practical awareness, shifting between abstract conv...
Civil Procedure
A Section 998 offer more favorable than the judgment is, by definition, reasonable
By David B. Wasson
Why Pineda's good-faith requirement undermines the settlement the statute was built to encourage.
The California Supreme Court has curtailed blanket peremptory challenges under Code of Civil Procedure Section 170.6, but part...
Verdicts & Settlements
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| Excessive Force | Emily Garcia and C.G., by a... | $17,000,000 |
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| Wage and Hour | Kandace Battle and Rachel C... | $700,000 |
| Wage and Hour | Joe Betancur, as an individ... | $600,000 |
| Wage and Hour | Kristi Lynn White, individu... | $394,999 |
| Wage and Hour | Carissa Calkins, on behalf ... | $350,000 |
| Malpractice | Jane Doe v. Roe Hospital | $315,000 |
On the Move
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Emilie Woodhead joined Davis Wright Tremaine LLP as a partner in Los Angeles. The move was June 10, 2026.
Details
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP has 649 attorneys in 9 offices including Los Angeles, Culver City, San Francisco. Among the law firm’s key practice areas are Financial Services, Employment Law, Media & Entertainment, Business & Tax, Technology, Privacy & Security. The firm’s website is https://www.dwt.com/
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Community News
LACBA's "Outstanding Jurist Award" honoree Superior Court Judge Alan B. Honeycutt and wife, Janie Honeycutt
Superior Court Judges Robert B. Broadbelt and LACBA’s “Philip H. Lam Diversity Impact Award” honoree Elizabeth L. Bradley
LACBA’s “Shattuck-Price Outstanding Lawyer Award” honoree Mark D. Rosenbaum of Public Counsel and San Bernardino Deputy Public Defender Anthony V. Costanzo, also a LACBA trustee
Superior Court Judges Melinda B. Porter and Karen A. Gauff
Robert Tome, LACBA’s 2026-27 President-Elect Theresa A. Leets and Mary D. Tome of California’s Department of Financial Protection and Innovation
LACBA 2026-27's President of the Barristers Martin Martin F. Hirshland of Dykema Gossett PLLC, Vice President Shehnaz M. Bhujwala of Boucher LLP, President-elect Adam B. Korn of Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP and Assistant Vice President Sarah E. Kelly-Kilgore of Holland & Knight LLP
LACBA trustees Lydia G. Liberio of Westminster, Gabriel G. Green of Buchalter and Carolin K. Shining of Shining Law Inc.
Jones Day attorneys Sarah G. Conway, a LACBA trustee, and Katherine J. Blair, LACBA Assistant Vice President
Erin M. Joyce of Erin Joyce Law and Jeffery J. Daar of Daar & Newman, a LACBA trustee
ADR Services Inc.’s mediator (Ret.) Judge Stephen P. Pfahler and Director of Market Development Chelsea Mangel
Southwestern Law School Adjunct Professor Jonathan L. Marcus and Orange County Superior Court Judge Susel B. Carrillo-Orellana
Arin R. Scapa of Boucher LLP, ADR Services Inc.’s mediators (Ret.) Appellate Justice Thomas L. Willhite Jr. and Patrick M. Kelly
(Ret.) Judge Zaven V. Sinanian of Signature Resolution, Boris Treyzon of ACTS Law LLP and (Ret.) Judge Stephanie M. Bowick of Signature Resolution
Alice L. Chen Smith of Yoka Smith LLP and Thomas P. Feher of Thomas Feher Mediation PC
LACBA’s Vice President Eric A. Altoon of Law offices of Eric A. Altoon and Brian H. Newman of Dykema Gossett PLLC
LACBA’s Treasurer and honoree Jeff S. Westerman of Ahdoot & Wolfson PC and Merete E. Rietveld of Los Angeles City Attorney's Office
Los Angeles Superior Court Assistant Presiding Judge Ricardo R. Ocampo and Judge Wendy Segall
(Ret.) Judge Carlos R. Moreno of JAMS and Alisa L. Sandoval of Richardson|Ober
James E. Blancarte of Blancarte Law APC and Superior Court Judge Veronica Ramos
Deputy District Attorney Shiraz Khalid, Linda McDonnell and Superior Court Judge Gary Tokumori
Superior Court Chief Communications and External Affairs Officer Rob Oftring; Judges Karine Mkrtchyan, Jana M. Seng, Ricardo R. Ocampo and E. Carlos Dominguez
Carmen Y. Mussig of CopperPoint Insurance Company and LACBA trustee Robert E. Mussig of Sheppard
Jason W. Kearnaghan of Sheppard, Stephanie L. Kearnaghan, LACBA trustee Robert E. Mussig of Sheppard and Carmen Y. Mussig of CopperPoint Insurance Company
ADR Services Inc.’s founder and president Lucie Barron and mediator (Ret.) Judge Paul A. Bacigalupo
LACBA’s Senior Vice President-Elect Douglas N. Silverstein of Kesluk Silverstein Jacob & Morrison and MyKhanh P. Shelton of ADR Services Inc.
Los Angeles Superior Court Assistant Presiding Judge Ricardo R. Ocampo swearing in LACBA’s Officers Officer and Board of Trustee for the 2026-27 bar year
LACBA’s 2025-26 President Jeffrey B. Margulies of Norton Rose Fulbright and “Philip H. Lam Diversity Impact Award” honoree Superior Court Judge Elizabeth L. Bradley
LACBA’s 2025-26 President Jeffrey B. Margulies of Norton Rose Fulbright and “Outstanding Jurist Award” honoree Superior Court Judge Alan B. Honeycutt
LACBA’s 2025-26 President Jeffrey B. Margulies of Norton Rose Fulbright and “Shattuck-Price Outstanding Lawyer Award” honoree Mark D. Rosenbaum of Public Counsel
(Ret.) Judge James R. Brandlin and Commissioner Haaris M. Syed
(Ret.) Judge Paul A. Bacigalupo of ADR Services Inc., LACBA's trustees Angela A. Zanin of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP and Vito A. Costanzo of Holland & Knight LLP, and Ebrahim Amiri, Chair Electrical Engineer at California State University Long Beach
The Los Angeles County Bar Association installed Theresa A. Leets as president for 2026-27 and Martin F. Hirshland as president of the Barristers during its annual Installation & Awards Dinner, while honoring judges, attorneys and legal advocates for service to the profession and public.
Daily Appellate Report
Civil Procedure
Pitt v. Shefler
Brad Pitt's lawsuit against foreign defendants could proceed in California court, given their minimum contacts with the forum.
Juveniles
In re J.L.
Welfare and Institutions Code section 730.6's juvenile restitution amendment eliminating joint liability was not retroactive.
Attorneys
Munger Hortifrut North America v. Dan Drake Enterprises
Conflict of interest caused by associated attorney's former representation of party to litigation was not disqualifying where firm terminated the attorney's association and had no protect...
Constitutional Law
Wolford v. Lopez
Hawaii's law prohibiting licensed concealed-carry permit holders from carrying handguns on private property open to the public without the property owner's express authorization violates ...
Immigration
Mullin v. Al Otro Lado
No statutory duty to inspect aliens or process asylum claims because under the Immigration and Nationality Act, "arrive in the United States" requires crossing the border.