Attorneys and academics said the government struggled to persuade jurors that Rinderknecht could be held criminally responsibl...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Bail bond insurers agree to $66 million antitrust settlement
By Daniel Schrager
Nine bail bond insurance underwriters agreed to pay $66 million and end alleged price-fixing practices in a proposed settlemen...
Consumer Protection Law
Meta loses bid to exclude internal evidence before August trial
By Daniel Schrager
A federal judge indicated she will allow states suing Meta over alleged adolescent social media addiction to use internal comp...
Environmental & Energy
Judge says record from retired colleague's trial is a 'Gordian knot'
By Devon Belcher
A Los Angeles judge said he remains undecided whether alleged evidentiary errors during a Carson odor bellwether trial require...
Judges and Judiciary
More than 100 retired California judges form 'wall of justice' to defend an independent judiciary
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
More than 100 retired California judges have released a video tribute defending judicial independence, timed to the 250th anni...
Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed 14 Superior Court judges Friday, including three newly elected judges who will assume office immed...
Administrative/Regulatory
Veteran jurist's defeat marks rare upset in Santa Barbara judicial election
By Laurinda Keys
Attorney Luis Esparza defeated incumbent Judge Thomas R. Adams Jr. in a rare contested judicial election, ending the 85-year-o...
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed compromise legislation governing rideshare safety and medical billing, ending competing ballot campai...
A Los Angeles judge refused to let District Attorney Nathan Hochman intervene in the county's $4 billion juvenile abuse settl...
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 litig...
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that migrants turned away while still in Mexico cannot invoke federal asylum laws, giving the fed...
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 rec...
DOJ threatens California over handgun roster, Glock restrictions
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The U.S. Department of Justice warned it will sue California unless the state abandons its handgun roster and impending restri...
The Judicial Council approved revisions to jury service rules, forms and courtroom scripts replacing gendered language with ge...
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 ci...
Bayer Roundup win expected to doom thousands of claims
By Alicia Alvarez, Craig Anderson
The U.S. Supreme Court's 7-2 ruling that federal pesticide law preempts state failure-to-warn claims over Roundup gives Bayer ...
Torts/Personal Injury
Uber RICO suit accuses injury lawyers of fraud, not advocacy
By Skyler Romero
Defense lawyers argued Uber's racketeering claims target constitutionally protected litigation activity, while the company ins...
Environmental & Energy
Warehouse owner loses bid to erase Carson odor verdict
By Devon Belcher
A Los Angeles judge denied Prologis' effort to overturn an $8.8 million Carson odor verdict but continued hearing arguments on...
U.S. District Judge P. Casey Pitts ruled that ICE failed to justify policies allowing arrests at immigration courthouses and w...
Government
First Amendment Coalition sues San Jose State over World Cup records request
By Alicia Alvarez
A lawsuit alleges San Jose State University and the California State University Board of Trustees violated the Public Records ...
Land Use
Inglewood wins high-stakes battle over event district advertising
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The city defeated legal challenges from entities tied to Hollywood Park and Intuit Dome, preserving a long-term agreement for ...
Acting District Attorney Melinda Aiello, a nearly 30-year prosecutor and longtime Yolo County deputy, was selected by the Boar...
Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech
Judge restores $82 million hospital verdict after appellate reversal
By Devon Belcher, Laurinda Keys
A Los Angeles judge reinstated Pomona Valley Hospital's full verdict against Kaiser after an appellate court ruled jurors prop...
9th Circuit blocks parts of California school gender identity law
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The ruling, which stems from a lawsuit filed by then-Huntington Beach City Attorney Michael Gates, relies heavily on the U.S....
Government
Uber, trial attorneys advance bill to avoid ballot fight
By Malcolm Maclachlan
SB 623 would cap some medical lien recoveries, expand rideshare driver background checks and allow women riders and drivers to...
Intellectual Property
Judge bars Zync from pursuing ITC trade secrets complaint against BMW
By Daniel Schrager
Senior U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer ruled that a forum-selection clause requiring litigation in Munich governs the pa...
Torts/Personal Injury
Supreme Court bars Falun Gong suit against Cisco under Alien Tort Statute
By Daniel Schrager
In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court held that federal courts cannot create new causes of action under the Alien Tort Statu...
The California News Publishers Association recognized Daily Journal work across reporting, opinion and design.
Technology
YouTube settles before second social media addiction bellwether trial
By Devon Belcher
YouTube reached a confidential settlement with the plaintiff in the next social media addiction bellwether trial, leaving Meta...