Two Hayward residents sued PG&E, Alameda County and others, alleging failures to prevent, contain and warn residents about...
Environmental groups challenge federal permit for Santa Barbara oil pipelines
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Seven environmental groups asked the 9th Circuit to overturn a federal permit allowing Sable Offshore to operate two oil pipel...
Chief Bankruptcy Judge Latham reappointed to second 14-year term
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The 9th Circuit has reappointed Southern District of California Chief Bankruptcy Judge Christopher B. Latham, who has served o...
The proposal would allow trained community justice workers to provide limited legal services under the supervision of approved...
Legal Education
Meazure Learning agrees to $1.35M settlement over February 2025 bar exam
By Alicia Alvarez
Meazure Learning agreed to a $1.35 million settlement that would refund laptop fees to California Bar Exam takers following wi...
Consumer Law
California lemon law filings fall sharply after record year
By Devon Belcher
California lemon law filings fell 31% in the first half of 2026 after reaching a record high last year, as attorneys cite earl...
Constitutional Law
9th Circuit upholds Hawaii gun rules as dissenters accuse court of misreading Bruen
By David Houston
An en banc 9th Circuit upheld Hawaii's firearm acquisition requirements, drawing sharp dissents that accuse the court of using...
Marin County Women Lawyers celebrated 50 years of advancing women in the legal profession, honoring founder Lois Prentice whil...
Criminal
Newsom signs criminal justice bills, vetoes habeas measure
By Malcolm Maclachlan
New laws address indigent defense contracts, dismissed felony charges and threats against public officials.
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Newsom signs law limiting litigation funders' control over cases
By Malcolm Maclachlan
AB 2305 bars private equity firms and other litigation funders from influencing case strategy or settlements and gives the Sta...
U.S. District Judge George H. Wu said the Justice Department has not shown why TikTok's ownership changes and a contingent $10...
The province alleges OpenAI knew months before the Tumbler Ridge massacre that a teenager's ChatGPT conversations posed a cred...
Bankruptcy
Gan reappointed to 9th Circuit bankruptcy appeals panel
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Arizona Bankruptcy Judge Scott H. Gan will serve another three years on the panel, which handled nearly half of the 9th Circui...
Slideshow, Community News
VonCannon takes helm of LA women lawyers' group with focus on connection
By Ricardo Pineda
Crowell & Moring's Jennie Wang VonCannon, Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles' first Taiwanese American president, wa...
CNN, MS NOW and Politico sued the Trump administration over its decision to bar their reporters from the White House, with Gib...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Paramount settles states' challenge to Warner Bros. merger
By Craig Anderson
The five-year agreement relies largely on behavioral remedies, including minimum film releases, domestic production spending a...
Technology
Judge balks at ending TikTok children's privacy consent order
By Skyler Romero
U.S. District Judge George H. Wu tentatively rejected the Justice Department's bid to vacate a 2019 consent order, saying the ...
Business Law
Jury gets Nektar's $1B drug-development fight with Eli Lilly
By Daniel Schrager
Nektar told jurors Eli Lilly deliberately stalled development of autoimmune drug Rezpeg to protect a competing drug it owned o...
Criminal
Jury acquits MacArthur Park physician assistant in elder abuse retrial
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
William Martinez was acquitted of elder abuse after prosecutors retried a case involving the transfer of a dementia patient to...
Technology
Judge weighs Section 230 protection for Roblox age verification
By Devon Belcher
A Los Angeles judge weighing Roblox's challenge to a county child-safety lawsuit questioned whether age verification constitut...
Environmental & Energy
Oakland judge tentatively designates Moss Landing fire exposure suit as complex
By Alicia Alvarez
More than 200 residents and business owners suing over alleged exposure from the Moss Landing battery fire do not dispute comp...
Torts/Personal Injury
Jury finds mortuary negligent in botched infant burial, awards no damages
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Orange County jurors found Fairhaven Park and Mortuary negligent after an infant's burial was marred by a relocated grave, hou...
Retired justice, who rose from childhood poverty and wartime internment to become the first Asian American on California's hig...
Administrative/Regulatory
Truckers drop challenge after California repeals zero-emission fleet rules
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The California Trucking Association dismissed its federal lawsuit after state regulators formally repealed contested requireme...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
AI giants sued over alleged pact to slow development
By Craig Anderson
Subscribers sued Anthropic, OpenAI, Google and SpaceX, alleging the companies violated federal antitrust law by coordinating e...
Slideshow, Community News
Armenian Bar honors 3 LA judges for service, leadership
By Ricardo Pineda
Judges Armenui Ashvanian, Michael Amerian and Presiding Judge Sergio Tapia reflected on heritage, mentorship and public trust ...
Judges and Judiciary
Governor nominates 5 appellate justices, 2 from his office
By Laurinda Keys
Gov. Gavin Newsom nominated two members of his staff -- including a former U.S. Supreme Court clerk who represented Microsoft ...
Government
Healthcare clinics accuse SEIU-UHW of racketeering over Proposition 44
By Malcolm Maclachlan
California Primary Care Association alleges union used ballot measure to seek organizing concessions; SEIU-UHW calls claims "c...
Slideshow, Community News
Federal judges offer practitioners a view from the bench
By Skyler Romero
Central District judges offered attorneys advice on trial practice, AI and opportunities for younger lawyers while highlightin...
Gibson Dunn continues litigation buildout with Paul Weiss mass tort team
By David Houston
Kimberly Branscome, Yahonnes Cleary and Jonathan Tam are joining Gibson Dunn from Paul Weiss, the latest major litigation team...