Consumer Law
Judge orders Tesla, plaintiffs to show cause in $500M false advertising case
By Daniel Schrager
Judge Eumi K. Lee criticized both sides for missing multiple deadlines, including Tesla's months-late answer to an amended com...
Civil Litigation
Beverly Hills councilman sues city over bid to bar him from 2026 ballot
By Skyler Romero
John Mirisch argues Beverly Hills is unlawfully applying a voter-approved term-limits ordinance retroactively and seeks a cour...
Labor/Employment
Boehringer Ingelheim faces whistleblower retaliation suit over biosimilar safety concerns
By James Twomey
A former 20-year employee alleges he was fired after repeatedly raising concerns about potential contamination in Boehringer I...
The boutique, with offices in San Francisco and New York, has built a client roster that includes Google, Discord, HMD and oth...
Donahue Fitzgerald launches wildfire defense practice as fire litigation grows
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
With wildfire verdicts and settlements rising, Donahue Fitzgerald has launched a new practice group focused on defending utili...
U.S. District Judge Rita F. Lin suggested applying discovery controls used in patent litigation to an algorithm-theft case inv...
Earthquake, rain--not fire--caused 2021 Carson odor, expert testifies
By Devon Belcher
A geochemist testifying for Prologis in a lawsuit over a 2021 "rotten egg" odor in Carson told jurors the smell came from dist...
Assembly speaker seeks pause in discovery in former aide's misconduct lawsuit
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Motion argues the case could be narrowed or dismissed as the court weighs challenges to claims against Rivas, his brother, and...
California urges 9th Circuit to revive blocked law regulating websites for children
By Daniel Schrager
The state told a divided 9th Circuit panel that its Age-Appropriate Design Code Act is a business regulation aimed at protecti...
Civil Procedure
Arbitration subpoena fight puts new California discovery rules to the test
By James Twomey
The petition seeks to compel Wolfire Games to comply with an arbitrator-issued subpoena, testing statutory changes that expand...
Former Huntington Beach city attorney launches bid for California attorney general
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Michael Gates, a Republican and former deputy U.S. assistant attorney general for civil rights, says California's justice syst...
California tests its authority to regulate AI use in arbitration
By Malcolm Maclachlan
As AI creeps into arbitration, lawmakers test the limits of how far California can go in regulating its use by arbitrators.
Judge signals doubt about nationwide class in SanDisk defective drive case
By Daniel Schrager
A federal judge questioned whether California consumer protection law can support a nationwide class in a lawsuit over alleged...
Jury selection begins in Thomas Fire damages trial against Southern California Edison
By Devon Belcher
Plaintiffs claim significant economic losses, while Edison contests the extent and recoverability of the damages.
CoStar moves to disqualify Quinn Emanuel from representing rival CREXi
By Skyler Romero
CoStar Group alleges Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP created an impermissible conflict by representing competitor CR...
Justice urges lawyers to ask one key question: 'Have you served in the military?'
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
California Court of Appeal Justice Eileen Moore encouraged attorneys to screen clients for military service, highlighting how ...
Litigation & Arbitration
A decade of big cases: How Larson LLP built a trial-first culture
By David Houston
In just 10 years, Larson LLP has grown from a Los Angeles boutique into a 60-lawyer "big-case platform" with offices on two co...
Erica Van Loon's move from Nixon Peabody to Armond Wilson brings copyright, trademark and media litigation expertise to the fi...
Criminal
SF public defender faces contempt over refusal to take felony cases
By James Twomey
The hearing follows months of dispute over overburdened attorneys in the San Francisco Public Defender's Office and the declar...
San Francisco hospital faces whistleblower retaliation lawsuit amid malpractice claims
By James Twomey
A San Francisco hospital already facing two wrongful death lawsuits is now being sued for whistleblower retaliation after a fo...
A court-appointed monitor testified that Los Angeles failed to provide complete, verifiable data required under a federal home...
Judge orders foster-care abuse cases back on trial track amid LA County settlement delays
By Devon Belcher
With Los Angeles County's massive juvenile sexual abuse settlement still being allocated, a judge has ordered dozens of privat...
Plaintiffs' attorneys are seeking court approval of a $100 million settlement resolving securities claims that PG&E misled...
Lawmaker signals possible overhaul of California's $21B Wildfire Fund
By Malcolm Maclachlan
AB 1554 would pave the way for sweeping changes to how wildfire losses are paid, based on a state report due this spring.
Former Orange County Superior Court Judge Israel Claustro admitted Monday to defrauding California's workers' compensation sys...
OC judge gives Irvine lawyer one year in jail in fatal DUI freeway crash
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Superior Court Judge Antony C. Ufland rejected prosecutors' request for a 10-year prison term for Lotfullah Sohaib Latif amid...
The July bar exam results mark the first scores since California returned to the traditional multistate format following Febru...
Musk's lawsuit over AI turning for-profit will go to jury, judge says
By Daniel Schrager
A federal judge signaled Elon Musk's fraud and RICO lawsuit against OpenAI will proceed to a jury, rejecting the company's bid...
Inglewood says Hollywood Park development agreement void under California law
By Skyler Romero
Inglewood answered developers' lawsuit by arguing the Hollywood Park development agreement is void, barring public payments an...
Judge consolidates Salesforce data breach class actions in Northern California
By Daniel Schrager
A federal judge consolidated 13 Salesforce data breach class actions in Northern California, streamlining claims over alleged ...