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Technology, Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation


Author Tasha Alexander alleges Apple trained its 'Apple Intelligence' model using her books without permission.


Slideshow, Community News


Firm leaders, clients, and alumni gathered Wednesday at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures to celebrate Duane Morris LLP's ...


Two national environmental organizations accuse federal agencies of ignoring a court order to assess how shipping routes off C...



To Sum It Up

Oct. 24, 2025

Neutral Richard Segal helps parties focus on the math, rather than proving they're right.


State Bar & Bar Associations


Justices instead approved only installment-payment clarifications, adopted (with modifications) cross-state license recognitio...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Several liberal judges issue sharp dissents as the appeals court lets stand a stay of a San Francisco judge's order stopping t...


Judges and Judiciary, Government


A preliminary California Department of Human Resources calculation shows no judicial pay increase for the 2025-26 fiscal year,...


Torts/Personal Injury


A Los Angeles County jury awarded $77 million to a motorcyclist represented by the Parris Law Firm, finding the defendant full...



Meltdown over public defense in San Francisco months in the making

Oct. 23, 2025
By Malcolm Maclachlan, James Twomey

The San Francisco Superior Court said it will begin releasing criminal defendants because the Public Defender's Office lacks e...


Class Action


Live Nation and Ticketmaster urged a Los Angeles federal judge to deny class certification, arguing millions of concertgoers' ...


Data Privacy


A San Jose federal trial over Valeo's claims that Nvidia used stolen automotive software was postponed to January 2026 as both...


Orange County Superior Court Judge Bradley Erdosi granted summary judgment to Volkswagen Group of America, finding that buyers...



Dr. Seuss Enterprises names senior corporate counsel

Oct. 23, 2025
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Michael Lancaster will oversee the company's global legal operations, including commercial contracts, compliance, and protecti...


Judges and Judiciary


Newsom names 12 judges in 9 counties

Oct. 22, 2025
By Laurinda Keys

The appointments include one judge each in Fresno, Mendocino, Orange, San Francisco, San Mateo, Solano, and Tulare Counties, a...


California and the U.S. Department of Justice sparred Tuesday in federal court over whether to delay the state's lawsuit chall...


MGA Entertainment seeks appellate review to avoid a fourth jury trial, arguing punitive damages tied to equitable relief like ...


Trinity County Judge Eric Heryford was publicly censured for falsely signing salary affidavits while delaying rulings in multi...


A San Francisco judge ordered 41 law firms to investigate potential leaks of sealed court records in Uber sexual assault litig...


Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg., 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Two judges on a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel signaled concern Tuesday with an Oakland judge's order barring Apple f...


Civil Litigation


A judge ruled Los Angeles County improperly approved a battery storage project in Acton, siding with a local group that claime...


Dr. Anissa Rogers claimed CSU San Bernardino's Palm Desert campus subjected her to pervasive gender-based harassment, failed t...


Scarpulla said he hopes to assist with large-scale, multiparty disputes in Los Angeles and San Francisco superior court, and t...


San Francisco courts will begin releasing pre-trial defendants without attorneys, citing constitutional mandates, as the Publi...


Intellectual Property


US patent chief seizes control of patent reviews

Oct. 21, 2025
By Craig Anderson

New rulemaking and direct oversight by John A. Squires could dismantle key provisions of the America Invents Act, critics warn.


As social media shifts toward short-form video, attorneys are redefining their marketing playbooks -- balancing creativity and...


Los Angeles jury ruled for Disney's 20th Century Television, rejecting actor Rockmond Dunbar's claim he was unlawfully fired ...


Ford Motor Co. and California lemon law firms continue their racketeering dispute, with Knight Law and co-defendants urging di...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Judge Ethan P. Schulman sanctioned a McDonald's franchise's attorney for repeated discovery delays, scolding both sides for p...


A Los Angeles judge ordered Mark Zuckerberg, Adam Mosseri and Evan Spiegel to testify in bellwether trials over claims that Fa...


In a first-of-its-kind ruling, the 9th Circuit held that federal evidence rules bar using a nolo contendere plea to defeat a ...