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The former Jeffer Mangels partner brings 20 years of land use, zoning and development experience as California housing laws re...


A YouTube engineering vice president told a Los Angeles jury the platform optimizes for user value, not addiction, as plaintif...


Boutique Leonidou & Rosin bring decades of construction litigation and contract experience to the national firm.


San Francisco Superior Court clerks say they will strike Thursday over staffing shortages and inadequate training, alleging ba...


Constitutional Law


The federal litigation arose in response to a state enforcement action. On March 9, 2023, Bonta, Newsom and California Departm...


During a Sacramento hearing, U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd pressed attorneys on whether California's attorney general is a...


Attorneys for Elon Musk urged a federal judge to bar plaintiffs from advancing a stock price "scheme" theory at trial, arguing...


Southern California Edison doubled legal fee reimbursements to 20% in its Eaton Fire recovery program after 32% of claims invo...


After a judge's "hot mic" comment using the words "kill this case" was broadcast during a dental malpractice trial, he declare...


PacifiCorp agreed to pay $575 million to settle federal claims that its equipment ignited two California and four Oregon wildf...


Kaiser Foundation Health Plan sued 10 insurers, alleging wrongful denial of coverage for most of its $556 million Medicare fra...


Gov. Gavin Newsom nominated three justices to the state Courts of Appeal and appointed seven Superior Court judges in five cou...


A federal judge in Los Angeles dismissed a putative class action accusing PepsiCo and Frito-Lay of unlawfully favoring large g...


Judge Charles R. Breyer seated nine jurors in a securities class action over Elon Musk's 2022 Twitter takeover, dismissing doz...


A federal judge challenged DivX's theory that Netflix induced patent infringement by continuing operations after being sued, a...


A former Meta executive testified that company leadership, including CEO Mark Zuckerberg, prioritized growth and ad revenue ov...


The City of Malibu has sued the state, Los Angeles and other agencies over the devastating Palisades Fire, alleging dangerous ...


Attorneys for the California Assembly and Speaker Robert Rivas urged a federal magistrate judge to halt discovery in a RICO la...


San Francisco Superior Court clerks are threatening to strike over short staffing and inadequate training, alleging delays hav...


A San Francisco judge refused to disqualify Gap's trial counsel in a contract dispute, finding the reseller's motion likely ta...


BakerHostetler has hired veteran trial lawyer Adam Baas as a partner in its San Francisco office, adding more than 20 years of...


A Perris electrician who lost his leg after a high tibial osteotomy at UC Irvine Medical Center will receive nearly $11.6 mill...


San Diego Superior Court Judge Joan P. Weber concluded a distinguished career that included three death penalty trials, hundre...


Judicate West neutral Alan S. Petlak relies on preparation, patience and trust to resolve complex consumer finance, real estat...


Los Angeles County Superior Court's Mediation Volunteer Panel resolved 46% of more than 1,000 mediations in 2025, offering fre...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


AB 1776 would allow single-company monopolization claims under the Cartwright Act, drawing opposition from the California Cham...


Securities


Senior U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer ruled investors may argue Elon Musk schemed to depress Twitter's stock before his...


Community News


The Los Angeles Lawyers Philharmonic, Legal Voices and Gary Greene, Esq. & His Big Band of Barristers are holding audition...


A magistrate judge signaled he would deny summary judgment to both sides in a bad-faith insurance suit over 2020's Glass Fire ...


Obituaries


Micheal E. Pastor, 1948 -- 2026

Feb. 19, 2026
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Los Angeles County judge presided over high-profile trials, ruled without hesitation.