Auto dealers confront legal battles over direct-to-consumer EV sales model
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Electric vehicle makers' efforts to bypass franchised dealers and sell directly to consumers are colliding with longstanding s...
Civil Procedure
Rebel Wilson loses bid to curb opposing counsel media statements
By Devon Belcher
A Los Angeles judge denied Rebel Wilson's request to restrict opposing counsel's media comments in a defamation dispute, allow...
Constitutional Law
Federal government renews challenge to California egg laws
By Skyler Romero
The federal government filed an amended complaint challenging California's egg law, attempting to cure standing defects identi...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Judge grants summary judgment in divorce malpractice case
By James Twomey
A San Francisco judge sided with a law firm in a malpractice suit tied to a divorce, finding no triable issues and casting dou...
Litigation & Arbitration
9th Circuit says arbitration disputes must be resolved individually
By John Roemer
A 9th Circuit panel ruled issue preclusion cannot invalidate arbitration agreements across multiple plaintiffs, requiring indi...
Senior U.S. District Judge Roger T. Benitez said he looks forward to the less formal setting that ADR work provides -- one whe...
Intellectual Property
Jury finds willful infringement in Kawasaki robotics patent case
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
A federal jury found Rorze Corp. willfully infringed a Kawasaki robotic arm patent, awarding $48.35 million in damages and ope...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Fee dispute erupts among plaintiffs' firms in Sutter Health antitrust case
By James Twomey
A dispute over a $75.4 million fee award in the Sutter Health antitrust settlement pits plaintiffs' firms against each other, ...
Labor/Employment
Disney sued over alleged age and disability bias in layoff
By Devon Belcher
A longtime Disney production employee claims he was demoted and later terminated after a cancer diagnosis, alleging age and di...
Judges and Judiciary
Misconduct hearing for LA Judge Draper set for April 27
By Devon Belcher
A public hearing is set at the end of April for Los Angeles Judge Robert Draper, who faces wide-ranging misconduct allegations...
Immigration
Border Patrol faulted for ignoring court order on immigration stops
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A federal ruling says agents relied on boilerplate reports instead of individualized suspicion, allowing enforcement of a prio...
Real Estate/Development
LA's Barrington Plaza faces new $30M tenant suit after eviction fight
By John Roemer
Tenants who beat mass eviction claims now seek millions more, arguing the landlord undercut its own Ellis Act strategy by taki...
Torts/Personal Injury
LA personal injury hub ends as court returns to single-judge model
By Skyler Romero
Los Angeles Superior Court sunsets its personal injury hub, shifting cases back to independent calendar courts as attorneys we...
Litigation & Arbitration
Court upholds arbitration award against Gibson Dunn in partner pay dispute
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Mark A. Perry left the firm to join Weil, Gotshal & Manges. Gibson Dunn denied retirement payments, asserting he was compe...
Judges and Judiciary
New U.S. magistrate judge named in San Diego
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Guillermo "Gil" Cabrera was a litigator and a judge pro tem in state court.
Judges and Judiciary
Bench shortages loom as courts race to recruit judges
By Malcolm Maclachlan
From San Diego to Kern County, courts are holding outreach events to build a pipeline as vacancies fluctuate and retirements c...
Cuauhtémoc Ortega, longtime head of the Central District federal defender office, will join Stris & Maher as a partner, br...
Civil Litigation
Musk can't seek punitive damages in OpenAI fraud case, judge rules
By Daniel Schrager
A federal judge ruled Elon Musk cannot seek punitive damages in his fraud lawsuit against OpenAI, finding his $134 billion res...
Torts/Personal Injury
Reluctant defendant must sit for deposition in $77M coverage fight
By James Twomey
A man at the center of a San Jose crash must testify or face sanctions as an insurer disputes coverage for a multimillion-doll...
Civil Litigation
Judge's monitor cites progress, but unreliable homelessness data
By Devon Belcher
A federal court monitor said Los Angeles County is making progress toward meeting its obligations under a landmark homelessnes...
Mao confidant's diaries to remain in US, judge rejects Beijing claim
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
An Oakland federal judge ruled that the personal archives of Li Rui--Mao Zedong's former secretary turned critic--will remain ...
Securities
Extreme board says investors failed to clear derivative suit bar
By Daniel Schrager
Extreme Networks' board urged a federal judge to dismiss a shareholder derivative suit, arguing investors failed to plead part...
Civil Litigation
Reddit data scraping suit against Anthropic back to state court
By James Twomey
A federal judge ruled Reddit's claims against Anthropic involve contractual and business violations beyond copyright law, send...
Jury delivers partial verdict for Honda in braking defect class action
By Skyler Romero
A federal jury rejected contract claims against Honda over alleged unintended braking defects but deadlocked on a California c...
Attorney urges group to rescind award to Orange County judge over informant scandal
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Six-page letter alleges constitutional violations tied to concealed jailhouse informants and warns recognition undermines righ...
Superior Court Judge Ashley M. Price runs a pilot program testing a more intensive model of dependency proceedings, with frequ...
A federal judge denied class certification in a Meta Pixel privacy case, ruling that Statute of Limitations issues and individ...
Banking
King & Wood opens offices in Los Angeles and Vancouver
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Lu Yinghao will lead the Los Angeles office and head the firm's U.S. banking and finance practice.
Criminal
Public defenders relaunch motions bank to ease workload pressures
By James Twomey
California public defenders relaunch a revamped motions bank, offering searchable filings and time-saving tools as offices sta...
Community News
Asian American attorney launches anthology to document AAPI legal trailblazers
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The volunteer-run project run by an associate at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati features first-person narratives from AA...