Judges and Judiciary
Judicial watchdog orders removal of LA judge over misconduct
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Judge Robert S. Draper defended his remarks about race and gender during a disciplinary hearing, expressing bewilderment at a...
Labor/Employment
A divided 9th Circuit ruled that eight former SpaceX employees can pursue retaliation and harassment claims in court despite s...
Government
Judge splits ruling in $3.8 million San Francisco telecom tax dispute
By Alicia Alvarez
A judge ruled that San Francisco's Access Line Tax applies to lines without emergency or outbound calling capabilities but sid...
Intellectual Property
Elvis Presley, Eminem rights holders sue AI music generator Suno
By Daniel Schrager
Separate federal lawsuits accuse the AI music platform of using copyrighted recordings and lyrics without permission, while El...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit blocks key provisions of California climate disclosure laws
By Craig Anderson
A divided appellate panel allowed California to require large companies to report direct greenhouse gas emissions and emission...
Government
Jones Mayer to grow to 65 lawyers with public-agency litigation firm merger
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The combination with Los Angeles-based Carpenter, Rothans & Dumont, effective Jan. 1, will expand Jones Mayer's litigation...
Immigration
Judge presses DOJ to speed release of immigration court records
By Skyler Romero
A federal magistrate judge questioned the government's plan to process just 200 pages a month in a lawsuit seeking records abo...
Litigation & Arbitration
Uber wins arbitration ruling in identity theft tax reporting lawsuit
By Devon Belcher
A Los Angeles judge ruled that an arbitrator, not the court, must decide whether agreements consumers accepted as Uber passeng...
Securities
NVIDIA hit with investor lawsuit over CEO's alleged ties to suspected Chinese spy
By Daniel Schrager
Investors accuse the chipmaker of misleading shareholders about CEO Jensen Huang's reported relationship with a woman linked t...
Casey R. Johnson plans to build on the plaintiffs' bar's campaign against improper client solicitation, outside financial infl...
Education Law
Judge certifies class in Title IX lawsuit against Concordia University Irvine
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
A federal judge ruled that female student-athletes may collectively pursue claims that the university failed to provide equal ...
Civil Litigation
Tenderloin market owner ordered to pay $176,000 over gambling, drug violations
By Skyler Romero
A San Francisco judge declared the now-closed convenience store a public nuisance and permanently barred its owner from keepin...
A federal judge proposed expedited procedures to address alleged violations of her Adelanto detention center injunction, citin...
Torts/Personal Injury
Monsanto's Missouri victory puts pressure on San Francisco litigants
By Daniel Schrager
A Missouri jury's rejection of Roundup cancer claims could weaken plaintiffs' remaining cases in San Francisco, where a federa...
Defense attorneys want the North Bay fire lawsuits dismissed with prejudice while the San Francisco Superior Court keeps juris...
Torts/Personal Injury
Jury awards $21.9M over fatal garbage truck crash
By Devon Belcher
Jurors found a Republic Services subsidiary and its driver partly at fault, citing an inadequate rear underride guard, but pla...
Torts/Personal Injury
Jury awards $29M, school district says no payment is due
By Devon Belcher
A Los Angeles jury awarded $29 million to a former student sexually abused by a teacher decades ago, but ABC Unified says a co...
Technology
Meta, Google, TikTok sue to block state's teen addiction law
By Daniel Schrager
Meta, Google and TikTok filed federal lawsuits challenging a California law restricting allegedly addictive social media featu...
Criminal
Retained by voters, Evans remains persistent dissenter on Supreme Court
By Laurinda Keys
Voters retained Justice Kelli Evans despite a law enforcement campaign targeting her frequent dissents. Lawyers say her limite...
The attorney and rabbi helped build Public Counsel, Bet Tzedek and the Western Center on Law and Poverty, and inspired generat...
Here are unofficial, incomplete results from the Nov. 3 runoff elections for Superior Court judges in Los Angeles, Fresno and ...
Criminal
Jury weighs whether emails threatening federal judge were criminal or protected speech
By Daniel Schrager
Prosecutors say an El Cerrito man's emails threatening to skin U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer were intended to intimidate ...
Civil Litigation
Judge blocks Kalshi sports betting contracts on tribal lands
By Daniel Schrager
A federal judge reversed her earlier ruling and granted two California tribes a preliminary injunction against Kalshi after th...
Business Law
Orbach Huff questions need for court action after paying $308K award
By Devon Belcher
Former Orbach Huff partner Sharon Suarez seeks court confirmation of a $308,000 arbitration award over her partnership buyout,...
The confidential settlement resolves claims that a defective fuel tank design contributed to the deaths of Malibu restaurateur...
Civil Rights
Tesla disputes claim it withheld evidence in Fremont discrimination case
By Alicia Alvarez
Tesla denies withholding worker data and internal complaints in a racial discrimination case, accusing California civil rights...
Two California drivers accuse Axon of violating state privacy law by collecting motorists' location data without a required pu...
The retired Alameda County judge draws on more than three decades on the bench to help parties navigate difficult disputes, co...
Prosecutors and victims' rights advocates question the governor's sweeping clemency plan, while constitutional scholars say hi...
Civil Rights, Civil Litigation
Dhillon exits Justice Department amid university lawsuits, looming congressional scrutiny
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The departure of the Civil Rights Division chief comes after an aggressive enforcement campaign targeting California universit...