Judicial Council report shows rising court workload in the first full year of the voter-approved law as legislators consider n...
Speaking during California International Arbitration Week in San Francisco, Cedric Chao said the world's two largest economies...
A federal judge said OpenAI's lawyers can question Elon Musk about his financial incentive to sue the company when the high-pr...
The State Bar alleges newly produced internal communications show the testing vendor privately doubted its ability to administ...
The Los Angeles litigation boutique, which has an enviable roster of bold-faced names as clients, added three longtime partner...
Hunting groups sue to stop Catalina mule deer eradication plan
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Conservation and hunting groups allege that the state unlawfully fast-tracked a permit allowing the eradication of mule deer o...
Creative Artists Agency agreed to pay $595,000 to resolve claims by TV writer John Musero that the agency misappropriated his ...
Closing arguments focus on whether social media features caused teen's harm
By Devon Belcher
Attorneys delivered closing arguments in a landmark social media addiction trial, debating whether Instagram's and YouTube's d...
Former Musk banker says Twitter bot data dispute prompted 'on hold' tweet
By Daniel Schrager
A former Morgan Stanley banker testified Elon Musk paused his Twitter acquisition after the company failed to provide requeste...
A unanimous appellate panel found several provisions of the Age-Appropriate Design Code Act too vague to enforce but declined ...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Solano public defender strike could halt courts as private attorneys are scarce
By James Twomey
A strike by Solano County public defenders refusing new cases may soon halt criminal hearings, as critics warn too few private...
Orange County supervisors reject Grand Jury call to rescind pay raise
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The board voted 3-1 to keep a 25% salary increase despite a grand jury report criticizing the way the raise was embedded in th...
Judge Harry Dorfman ruled that San Francisco Public Defender Manohar Raju ignored a lawful order to accept new indigent client...
Slideshow, Community News
Beverly Hills Bar hosts civil court judges
By Ricardo Pineda
Los Angeles Superior Court Presiding Judge Sergio C. Tapia II and Supervising Civil Judge Lawrence P. Riff addressed the gathe...
Social media addiction trial nears close as psychiatrist cites family conflict
By Devon Belcher
Jurors heard deposition testimony that the plaintiff's mental health struggles stemmed mainly from family conflict as closing ...
2 suits challenge Meta's AI glasses over alleged secret video collection
By Daniel Schrager
Two class actions filed in Northern California claim Meta's AI-enabled smart glasses secretly capture and transmit video for A...
Gary Y. Leung, who recently led the SEC's Los Angeles Regional Office, has returned to McGuireWoods as a partner alongside aud...
The settlements follow a cascade of harassment claims tied to prior leadership in the district attorney's office. Six employee...
The judge said Ford had not plausibly alleged a conspiracy even if billings were questionable. The company said it will appeal.
Twitter's lawyers, not Musk, tried to renegotiate deal, Musk's lawyer testifies
By Daniel Schrager
Elon Musk's attorney Alex Spiro said that Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP partner Alan Klein -- representing Twitter's boar...
A federal judge reduced a $7 million fee award in immigration litigation, excluding $172,000 in law student billing and applyi...
A defense psychiatric expert testified plaintiff's mental health issues stemmed from trauma and genetics, not social media add...
Electric air-taxi developer accuses rival of misclassifying Chinese-made aircraft components
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Archer Aviation alleges Joby misclassified Chinese-made aircraft components as consumer goods to evade tariffs and misled the ...
Commissioner, now judge, approved order with fake AI case citations
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
A Court of Appeal panel sanctioned a lawyer $5,000 for repeatedly citing fabricated cases in a dog custody dispute but also wa...
Judge told public defender's office to accept new indigent clients during claimed crisis.
Intellectual Property
Judge orders new filings in Epidemic Sound-Meta copyright suit
By James Twomey
Epidemic Sound, a Swedish music production and licensing company, sued Meta in 2022 alleging the tech giant copied and distrib...
Technology
Federal judge bars Perplexity's AI shopping agents from Amazon site
By Laurinda Keys
A federal judge granted Amazon a preliminary injunction blocking Perplexity's Comet AI agents from accessing Amazon systems an...
The State Bar has accused DTLA Law Group founder Salar Hendizadeh of unauthorized multistate practice, failing to supervise no...
Prosecutors say Ari J. Lauer helped legitimize a billion-dollar scheme involving mobile solar generators.
International arbitration leaders gather in San Francisco for global disputes conference
By Jack Needham
Speakers at the opening of California International Arbitration Week said geopolitical tensions, technological change and grow...