Court presses state to produce wildfire maps before ranger depositions
By Devon Belcher
A Los Angeles judge urged faster production of wildfire maps ahead of limited depositions, as plaintiffs seek evidence firefig...
California Supreme Court
Two deaths from one act don't equal two strikes, high court rules
By Craig Anderson
The California Supreme Court ruled that a single act of vehicular manslaughter that killed two people cannot be counted as two...
Closings begin in Tyler Skaggs wrongful death trial against Angels
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The family argues the club knew or should have known a team employee was supplying players with drugs that led to his fatal ov...
Labor/Employment
OC prosecutor awarded $1.5M in fees, county exposure hits $4.5M
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
A judge awarded more than $1.5 million in attorneys' fees to former Orange County Deputy District Attorney Tracy Miller, incre...
A former Warner Bros. Discovery cybersecurity executive claims he was fired after medical leave, alleging age and disability d...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Beagle Labs sues AppFolio, claims anticompetitive platform access block
By Daniel Schrager
Beagle Labs alleges AppFolio violated antitrust law by blocking platform access to favor an in-house service, calling security...
Intellectual Property
Court finds Lanham Act inapplicable to Lady Gaga 'Mayhem' promotion
By Skyler Romero
A federal judge denied Lost International's injunction bid, ruling trademark law does not apply to Lady Gaga's "Mayhem" album ...
AviaGames says rival copied its mobile ads, a growing area of dispute
By Daniel Schrager
AviaGames accuses competing developers of copying eight copyrighted ads and more than 100 additional ads, seeking damages and ...
Visa wins dismissals in antitrust, investor, customer suits in Northern California
By Daniel Schrager
Visa secured three Northern District dismissals as judges rejected MiCamp's antitrust claims and an investor class action alle...
NLRB asks judge to block California labor law as preempted by federal statute
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The National Labor Relations Board urged a federal judge in Sacramento to block AB 288, arguing the new California law is pree...
A leading conservative voice whose dissents influenced US Supreme Court
Plaintiffs: Did state redact Palisades fire records to hide plant protection priority?
By Devon Belcher
Victims of the Palisades Fire argue California State Parks improperly redacted maps and texts about protecting the endangered ...
Community News
LA County's Court Commons exhibit brings education, resources to residents
By Skyler Romero
Los Angeles Superior Court launched Court Commons, a mobile exhibition offering legal education, resources for self-represente...
Estate sues OpenAI, Microsoft over alleged ChatGPT role in killing
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Plaintiffs allege ChatGPT reinforced dangerous delusions that led to a killing, testing the limits of AI product liability law.
The jury found Johnson & Johnson liable but did not find it acted with malice or fraud. The jury found the company was neg...
Attorneys appreciate neutral Nolan Armstrong's empathetic and considerate approach.
Appeals court says Apple punishment went too far, but upholds contempt finding
By Craig Anderson
A 9th Circuit panel ruled Thursday that U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers must rewrite Apple's penalty in its battle ...
UC Santa Barbara accused of allowing antisemitic harassment of student leader
By David Houston
Tessa Veksler's Title VI claim relies heavily on recent guidance from the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Righ...
Judge tosses former gubernatorial candidate's trademark suit over 'proven problem solver' slogan
By David Houston
U.S. District Judge André Birotte Jr. said that the campaign slogan "proven problem solver" is generic political language outs...
Former San Bernardino commissioner rebuked for unlawful orders, bias, and cutting up licenses
By Malcolm Maclachlan
State judicial discipline officials say former commissioner Robert Driessen repeatedly overstepped his authority -- at times c...
Closing arguments in the long-running talc litigation featured competing expert testimony on asbestos detection, epidemiology ...
Intellectual Property
Patent suit over Amazon Web Services software transferred to Northern District
By Daniel Schrager
VirtaMove Corp. alleges AWS' migration and container services use processes covered by two of its patents, claims Amazon denie...
Criminal
Prosecutors detail 131,000 pages of discovery in political consultant's criminal case
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Dana Williamson and two other well-known political consultants have been charged with diverting $225,000 from a campaign accou...
The petition seeks to invalidate Newsom's SB 9 suspension and similar bans adopted by Los Angeles, Pasadena, Malibu, and Los A...
Stanislaus judge alleges retaliation, disability bias by court leadership
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Judge Linda McFadden alleges she was stripped of her courtroom, denied medical accommodations, and left to work alone in a vac...
State high court rejects Huntington Beach appeal over housing mandates
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
By declining to review Huntington Beach's appeal, the California Supreme Court has affirmed that charter cities cannot sideste...
CJP issues public censure of ex-justice, leaves key questions unanswered
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Decision cites decade of chronic delays but remains silent on health issues, pension concerns raised by critics.
Court finds child support helpline fee unlawful, mandates restitution
By Daniel Schrager
A federal judge found a 50-cent helpline fee for Way2Go child support debit card users to be an unfair business practice, orde...
Civil Litigation
Civil suit stay bid denied as convicted killer of CashApp founder pursues new trial
By James Twomey
A San Francisco judge denied Nima Momeni's request to stay a wrongful death suit during pending matters around his conviction ...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit finds 'air fried' label not deceptive, affirms dismissal
By Craig Anderson
A divided 9th Circuit panel upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit claiming Campbell's 'Air Fried' chips mislead consumers, though ...
