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More than 200 documented instances of U.S. legal decisions have involved legal hallucinations to date, according to a database...


A Bay Area attorney filed a class complaint in the Western District of Missouri accusing Husch Blackwell LLP and its executive...


Torts/Personal Injury


Volunteer sues Orange County after dog attack at shelter

Sep. 17, 2025
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Emily Moncur alleges gross negligence by the County of Orange and OC Animal Care after a shelter dog attacked her, leaving at ...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Investors seek to disqualify Quinn Emanuel over alleged conflict involving attorney Michael Swartz, claiming he previously adv...


Government


A former clerk to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg who has already argued before the U.S. Supreme Court, Samuel Harbourt will begin...


A Los Angeles jury awarded $115 million to Gucci heiress Alexandra Zarini, finding her stepfather liable for sexual abuse and ...


Government, Constitutional Law


The lawsuit claims the Trump administration is unlawfully coercing the UC system to police speech and reshape its curriculum b...


A Los Angeles judge has vacated a $100,000 damages award against attorney Mark Geragos, leaving youth basketball coach Gary Fr...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Refugee admissions halt reinstated by 9th Circuit

Sep. 16, 2025
By Craig Anderson

While the panel majority said the government is likely to prevail, it required agencies to continue services for refugees alre...


Labor/Employment, Administrative/Regulatory


Senior U.S. District Judge William Alsup of San Francisco ruled that the Trump administration acted unlawfully in ordering the...


Entertainment & Sports


A federal judge in Sacramento signaled approval of a settlement resolving claims by former Division I baseball coaches who sai...


Lawyers for Alexandra Zarini said Joseph Ruffalo, her stepfather, offered no witnesses to rebut claims he sexually abused her ...


Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Samantha P. Jessner has authorized plaintiffs in the Palisades Fire litigation to file...


Ford Motor Co.'s $100 million racketeering suit against Knight Law Group and other lemon law firms intensified over the weeken...


Adam Fee, a former federal prosecutor with white collar expertise, and James "Bo" Pearl, a veteran entertainment litigator, wi...


Brian J. White, sworn in Friday, succeeds Judge Benjamin J. Cheeks.


Sacramento County Judge Jennifer K. Rockwell declined to dismiss outright a petition by Underdog Sports seeking to block Attor...


Real Estate/Development


After more than 20 years of legal battles, developer Shahram Ghalili has agreed to demolish five unpermitted hillside homes in...


Reports of aggressive client recruitment after California and Hawaii wildfires have also prompted new ethics scrutiny in Calif...


Slideshow, Community News


At its annual Installation and Awards Gala in Pasadena, the Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles installed Farah Tabibkhoe...


Immigration


AB 495, allowing parents facing deportation to designate emergency caregivers for children, passed the California Legislature ...


Technology


Tech groups urge Gov. Gavin Newsom to veto SB 243 and AB 1064, warning of free speech and compliance issues, while supporters ...


Attorneys for 91-year-old, cognitively impaired man seek to expedite his deposition in a lawsuit against California FAIR Plan ...


Environmental & Energy, Constitutional Law


A federal judge again denied the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's request to block California's new climate disclosure laws, finding...


Intellectual Property


A federal judge streamlined Alcon Entertainment's copyright lawsuit against Elon Musk, Tesla and Warner Bros., dismissing some...


LA's proposed gondola to Dodger Stadium is halted after a court ordered renewed environmental review, making completion before...


Slideshow, Community News


RCBA held its Annual Installation Dinner

Sep. 15, 2025
By Ricardo Pineda


Torts/Personal Injury, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, California Courts of Appeal


An appellate court fined L.A. attorney Daniel Geoulla $30,000 for a frivolous scooter-injury appeal, upheld $8,000 in trial sa...


With 156 courtrooms and a $275 million budget, the Orange County Superior Court has chosen Judges Sheila F. Hanson and Terri K...


Real Estate/Development, Government, California Courts of Appeal


In a setback for Huntington Beach's yearslong battle against state housing laws, an appellate panel vacated a lower court ruli...