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Judges and Judiciary


Judge David O. Carter criticized the City of Los Angeles and homeless advocates for prolonging a dispute over a court-appointe...


Judges and Judiciary


Two misdemeanor prosecutions were thrown out on statutory speedy-trial grounds when no courtroom was available, prompting Dist...


Judge Jeffrey S. Ross is considering a joint trial of separate tax refund lawsuits by Uber and Lyft against the City and Count...


The court found that Jim Clark authorized outside counsel to recruit "friendly" plaintiffs' lawyers to file a class action law...


Mark Zuckerberg defended Instagram's age limits and design choices, disputing claims the platform intentionally addicted minor...


Government


Jurors concluded an Orange County deputy district attorney endured a hostile work environment and that the county failed to pr...


Immigration


Lawmakers test the boundaries of state authority as courts weigh earlier challenges and Republicans cite supremacy concerns.


The proposed agreement, filed for preliminary approval in St. Louis, is designed to resolve both current and future claims fro...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


The lawsuit alleges a coordinated multi-year scheme to "roll up" and monopolize the markets for fire trucks and the custom cha...


Civil Litigation


Rather than excuse a juror midtrial, Superior Court Judge Carolyn B. Kuhl granted a one-day recess in the case alleging Meta a...


Technology


Former NPR host sues Google over AI voice tool

Feb. 18, 2026
By Craig Anderson

David L. Greene alleges Alphabet-owned Google unlawfully replicated his voice and persona in its NotebookLM product, violating...


Litigation & Arbitration


U.S. Magistrate Judge Lisa J. Cisneros ruled that Bret D. Stanley violated a protective order by accessing confidential materi...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


A San Francisco Superior Court judge rejected six motions, including requests for terminating sanctions, in a wage-and-hour an...



McGuireWoods adds private equity partner in Los Angeles

Feb. 18, 2026
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Zachary Shub-Essig joins the firm's corporate and private equity practice as McGuireWoods continues expanding its West Coast p...


U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer denied World Market's summary judgment motion, rebuking defense counsel for reasserting ...


A federal judge appointed Hausfeld and Gibbs Mura to lead a proposed class action against Prosper Funding over a 2025 data bre...


A federal judge considers certifying a class action alleging UNOS and Cedars-Sinai used race-based kidney function calculation...


An African American-led development team sued Los Angeles and former councilmember Kevin de León, alleging officials sabotaged...


As Mark Zuckerberg prepares to testify, jurors will weigh whether Instagram and YouTube were defectively designed to addict mi...


Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP will rebrand as Jeffer Mangels & Mitchell LLP following the departure of founding...


A San Diego County jury found that Fairgrove Property Management violated California's Fair Employment and Housing Act by firi...


A new Judicial Council report shows remote proceedings remain widely used across California's 58 superior courts, with high sa...


A federal judge found Los Angeles altered and fabricated sanitation records in a homeless encampment lawsuit, issuing terminat...


Peggy Otum confronts federal funding cuts to pro bono programs and rising attacks on judicial independence, while seeking to e...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


District Attorney Brooke Jenkins accuses the the San Francisco Public Defender's Office of abusing peremptory challenges to re...



Bonta orders civil rights probe into Eaton Fire response

Feb. 13, 2026
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

The California attorney general said he would investigate whether evacuation delays in West Altadena's historically Black comm...


The firm added a four-lawyer litigation group from Benesch, led by Stephanie A. Sheridan, marking its 19th office and second i...


Richard Tillman admitted setting a San Jose post office ablaze in July, telling investigators he acted to "make a statement" t...


Stanislav Yelizarov, already serving time for a 2009 murder conviction, was sentenced to an additional decade in prison after ...


Now a neutral with ADR Services, retired 4th District Court of Appeal justice Justice Patricia D. Benke encourages joint sessi...