Appellate Practice
Duane Morris taps appellate veteran Benjamin Shatz to lead West Coast practice
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Benjamin G. Shatz, a California-certified appellate specialist with more than two decades at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, bo...
Torts/Personal Injury
Plaintiff seeks $144M as Uber denies liability for alleged assault
By Daniel Schrager
Closing arguments ended in the Phoenix bellwether trial, with the plaintiff's counsel urging a $144 million verdict against Ub...
Judge signals skepticism toward xAI trade secrets suit against OpenAI
By Daniel Schrager
At a dismissal hearing, Judge Rita F. Lin questioned whether xAI plausibly alleged OpenAI directed former employees to steal t...
Class Action
Hilton reaches $12M settlement with San Francisco banquet workers
By James Twomey
After 12 years of litigation, San Francisco Union Square Hilton agreed to a $12 million class settlement proposing to resolve...
Harassment, retaliation case against cargo firm ends in $3.94M settlement
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Worldwide Flight Services agreed to settle the case during the first week of trial in Los Angeles, concluding nearly nine year...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Judge signals Juul Altria antitrust case will proceed to trial
By Daniel Schrager
A federal judge said an antitrust challenge to Altria's stake in Juul should go to trial, rejecting summary judgment while exp...
San Francisco Superior Court is accepting applications for the 2026-2027 Civil Grand Jury, a volunteer panel of residents that...
A federal judge paused litigation over Michael Avenatti's seized private jet and related insurance proceeds, deferring to an a...
Expert appointed to help judge 'get it right' in Logitech mouse dispute
By Skyler Romero
A federal judge overseeing a patent suit against Logitech appointed a neutral technical expert to clarify complex optical mous...
U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer responded to a question about whether he had seen the motion, which was filed Monday mornin...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Former Farella attorney wins fees after dismissal from swim league suit
By James Twomey
A San Francisco judge awarded former Farella lawyer Neil Goteiner $47,000 in fees after his dismissal from a malpractice lawsu...
Zuckerberg testimony postponed, lawyer illness delays social media trial
By Devon Belcher
A last-minute illness among lead counsel delayed opening statements in a minors' social media addiction trial, postponing Mark...
The Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center claims Edison's failures caused the Eaton Fire, which destroyed its sanctuary and campus...
Disgraced Orange County judge Jeffrey Ferguson, convicted of murdering his wife, says Judge Eleanor Hunter presided over a "fu...
Ten new judges were appointed in eight counties across California on Monday.
Civil Litigation
Jury awards $52M to Sysco whistleblowers in retaliation trial
By Skyler Romero
A Los Angeles jury awarded $52 million to five former Sysco Riverside employees, finding the company retaliated against whistl...
Kevin Clune succeeds longtime president Joan Graff as head of Legal Aid at Work, pledging impact litigation, immigrant worker ...
Wine-tasting discovery fight centers on alleged exam leaks and sexual misconduct
By James Twomey
A federal judge ordered the Court of Master Sommeliers-Americas to produce internal investigative records in a lawsuit by form...
Former Twitter workers bow out of appeal, firm files new ERISA suit with other plaintiffs
By Laurinda Keys
Former Twitter employees filed a new proposed ERISA class action alleging Musk and X denied promised severance, reviving claim...
Wixen Music Publishing sued Meta in federal court, alleging willful copyright infringement, defamation, and coercive licensing...
Prospective jurors debated parental responsibility as voir dire began in a bellwether trial accusing Meta and Google of addict...
Roblox MDL leadership bids draw skepticism from judge over efficiency
By Daniel Schrager
A federal judge weighed competing bids for lead counsel in the Roblox child exploitation MDL, signaling concern that multiple ...
A San Francisco judge coordinated 13 lawsuits accusing OpenAI's ChatGPT of causing severe mental health harms, despite objecti...
Akin Gump adds former federal national security prosecutor in LA
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Sarah E. Gerdes, a former deputy chief in the U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles, joins Akin Gump's international trade pra...
DOJ issues first antitrust whistleblower reward in Central District case
By Skyler Romero
The Justice Department awarded its first Antitrust Division whistleblower payout, granting $1 million to an anonymous source w...
Judge again rejects preliminary approval of Sony PlayStation antitrust settlement
By Daniel Schrager
A federal judge signaled she will again deny preliminary approval of an $8 million antitrust settlement against Sony, citing u...
Jurors hear arguments over Edison damages in Thomas Fire cannabis case
By Devon Belcher
Jurors heard closing arguments on whether Southern California Edison caused millions in cannabis business losses from the Thom...
Judge blocks Riverside County from jailing low-level defendants who can't pay bail
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The ruling addresses 19 felony charges and highlights research showing pretrial incarceration causes harm without improving pu...
California Supreme Court lets stand rulings invalidating Huntington Beach voter ID measure
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The California Supreme Court left intact rulings that state election law preempts local charter provisions regulating access t...
Music publishers sue Anthropic again, claim AI trained on more pirated works
By Daniel Schrager
Music publishers allege Anthropic trained its Claude AI model using pirated lyrics and sheet music, reviving copyright claims ...