Lawsuit accuses FAIR Plan of using unlicensed inspectors to deny claims
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Palisades property owner sues California FAIR Plan, alleging unlicensed inspectors and wrongful claim denial after January wil...
Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation
Salvation Army sues Bell over gravel plant's environmental review failures
By Skyler Romero
Salvation Army, with allies, sues City of Bell, alleging CEQA violations in approving a gravel processing center without prope...
OC Judge rules condo association failed to properly serve legal documents
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
"Leaving documents at the front door of the accused's address does not constitute personal service," Judge Thomas S. McConvil...
Cozen O'Connor expands, brings on high-profile California team
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The new hires will lead the firm's new North County office in San Diego.
OCSD successfully completes federal agreement over jailhouse informants
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The agreement, signed in January, followed DOJ findings that from 2007 to 2016, OCSD and the Orange County District Attorney's...
The surprise move follows the dismissal of Assistant U.S. Attorney Adam P. Schleifer, who was removed from the case in March.
Judges and Judiciary, Government
Judges appoint Adam Gordon as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of California
By Craig Anderson
The decision, following a request from the Trump administration last week, comes as other jurisdictions have witnessed standof...
Immigration, Government, Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Circuit panel skeptical of Trump bid to overturn 'racial targeting' ban
By Craig Anderson
A 9th Circuit panel appeared unlikely to stay a Los Angeles federal judge's order restricting ICE from detaining immigrants ba...
Civil Litigation
Environmental groups may intervene in oil permit case
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee allowed environmental groups to intervene in a lawsuit by Sable Offshore and ExxonMobil challeng...
Torts/Personal Injury, Civil Litigation
LA must face trial for less-lethal round that hit wrong man
By Skyler Romero
A Los Angeles judge allowed a lawsuit to proceed against the city and an LAPD officer after a man was struck by a misfired les...
Lemon law firms move to dismiss Ford's $100M RICO lawsuit
By Craig Anderson, Devon Belcher
Ford accused the firms of inflating fees by $100 million. Attorneys for several prominent California lemon law firms called Fo...
Class Action
BofA fights class certification, cites mass debit card fraud
By John Roemer
Bank of America is challenging class certification in a lawsuit over frozen unemployment debit cards during the pandemic, citi...
Civil Litigation
Former Munchkin GC alleges toxic workplace, retaliation
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
The lawsuit claims Munchkin Inc.'s leadership fostered a culture of fear and retaliated against employees who spoke up about d...
Consumer Protection Law
Judge trims Natera verdict, keeps ad ban and bulk of damages
By Wisdom Howell
A judge trimmed $5.5M from a $292.5M false advertising verdict against Natera but upheld the rest of the award and imposed an ...
Adam Sugarman will succeed Dion Cominos as managing partner in June 2026, marking a generational shift at the law firm with 80...
Slideshow, Community News
LA County Unity Bar celebrates 1st anniversary of judicial outreach and diversity efforts
By Ricardo Pineda
Coalition of diverse bar associations honors founding leaders and judicial appointees at California Yacht Club
Selma Moidel Smith was admitted to the California Bar in January 1943 at 23 and remained active in legal and scholarly circles...
Law Practice
Appellate pro bono team gives 2nd chance to attorney who lost all
By John Roemer
After losing everything, attorney Tina Mehr fought back with help from appellate lawyers Scott Tillett and Norman Pine, winnin...
Intellectual Property
Anthropic asks court to pause AI copyright class action
By Wisdom Howell
Anthropic seeks to pause a major copyright lawsuit over claims it illegally used millions of books to train its AI, Claude, ar...
Intellectual Property
Pepperdine cites circuit trademark ruling in Netflix challenge
By Devon Belcher
Pepperdine cites a recent 9th Circuit ruling on NFTs to challenge Netflix's bid to dismiss its trademark suit, arguing the "Wa...
Judges and Judiciary
LA Judge J. Stephen Czuleger named ABOTA Trial Judge of the Year
By Ricardo Pineda
The ceremony, held on the Jonathan Club's Great Lawn, gathered members of the bench and bar to celebrate his influence on the ...
Judges and Judiciary, Government
White House maneuvers to extend interim US attorneys' terms
By Craig Anderson
With interim U.S. attorney appointments in California set to expire, the Trump administration is turning to a little-used stat...
Orange County legal community raises more than $172K for food bank
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Var Fox of Judicate West received the Raising the Bar award for largest individual donation. Edwards Lifesciences won the Roc...
Civil Litigation
Infinity Insurance sues law firm over $36.4M jury verdict
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Infinity Insurance sued Ford Walker and attorney Mark Flory for alleged malpractice, claiming their mishandling of a personal ...
Labor/Employment
HCA settles lawsuit, agrees to erase nurses' training debts
By James Twomey
HCA Healthcare will cancel nurse training debts, refund prior payments, and pay $2.9 million in penalties after a legal settle...
Attorney claims credit for judge's admonishment, threatens to go after others
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Nicholas C. Rowley has a $1 million war chest, and said he regrets not targeting intemperate judges sooner.
Lee Seale, credited with expanding court access, modernizing operations, and streamlining case backlogs, steps down Friday aft...
U.S. Supreme Court, Judges and Judiciary, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Justice Kagan reflects on dissent, urges caution in use of emergency docket
By Craig Anderson
In a speech at the 9th Circuit Judicial Conference following a forceful dissent, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan called...
Los Angeles will appeal a federal judge's order finding "interim breaches" of a homelessness settlement, while advocates argue...
The ruling affirms a permanent injunction issued by a San Diego judge known for repeatedly finding California gun laws unconst...