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Judge Eumi K. Lee criticized both sides for missing multiple deadlines, including Tesla's months-late answer to an amended com...


Civil Litigation


John Mirisch argues Beverly Hills is unlawfully applying a voter-approved term-limits ordinance retroactively and seeks a cour...


A former 20-year employee alleges he was fired after repeatedly raising concerns about potential contamination in Boehringer I...



Warren Kash Warren rebrands following partner's exit

Jan. 16, 2026
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

The boutique, with offices in San Francisco and New York, has built a client roster that includes Google, Discord, HMD and oth...


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...


A geochemist testifying for Prologis in a lawsuit over a 2021 "rotten egg" odor in Carson told jurors the smell came from dist...


Motion argues the case could be narrowed or dismissed as the court weighs challenges to claims against Rivas, his brother, and...


The state told a divided 9th Circuit panel that its Age-Appropriate Design Code Act is a business regulation aimed at protecti...


The petition seeks to compel Wolfire Games to comply with an arbitrator-issued subpoena, testing statutory changes that expand...


Michael Gates, a Republican and former deputy U.S. assistant attorney general for civil rights, says California's justice syst...


As AI creeps into arbitration, lawmakers test the limits of how far California can go in regulating its use by arbitrators.


A federal judge questioned whether California consumer protection law can support a nationwide class in a lawsuit over alleged...


Plaintiffs claim significant economic losses, while Edison contests the extent and recoverability of the damages.


CoStar Group alleges Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP created an impermissible conflict by representing competitor CR...


California Court of Appeal Justice Eileen Moore encouraged attorneys to screen clients for military service, highlighting how ...


Litigation & Arbitration


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...


The hearing follows months of dispute over overburdened attorneys in the San Francisco Public Defender's Office and the declar...


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...


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...


AB 1554 would pave the way for sweeping changes to how wildfire losses are paid, based on a state report due this spring.



Former OC judge pleads guilty to fraud

Jan. 13, 2026
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Former Orange County Superior Court Judge Israel Claustro admitted Monday to defrauding California's workers' compensation sys...


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...


A federal judge signaled Elon Musk's fraud and RICO lawsuit against OpenAI will proceed to a jury, rejecting the company's bid...


Inglewood answered developers' lawsuit by arguing the Hollywood Park development agreement is void, barring public payments an...


A federal judge consolidated 13 Salesforce data breach class actions in Northern California, streamlining claims over alleged ...