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Meta's settlement with a second plaintiff leaves Snap as the sole defendant in a Los Angeles social media addiction trial, rai...


Constitutional Law


The Justice Department appealed a federal judge's refusal to segregate more than 20,000 mail-in ballots linked to suspected no...


Consumer Protection Law


Federal and state regulators allege Toast misled restaurant operators with promises of free equipment and round-the-clock cust...


Securities


A federal judge allowed investors to pursue class claims that Block inflated Cash App user numbers by failing to weed out fake...


A federal judge allowed just two Taylor Swift fans to opt out of a related antitrust class action, leaving hundreds of others ...


Constitutional Law


A federal judge dismissed a challenge to 25 Central Valley oil drilling permits, applying a 2024 Supreme Court standing decisi...



David B. Sapp, Gov. Gavin Newsom's legal affairs secretary who helped lead California's National Guard lawsuit against Preside...


Justice Stephen I. Goorvitch, seeking an eight-year term on the 2nd District Court of Appeal, brings experience deciding envir...


Civil Procedure


Southern California Edison argues its chief operating officer lacks firsthand knowledge of equipment implicated in the Eaton F...


Constitutional Law


A federal appeals court ruled that California's SB 399 likely violates employers' First Amendment rights by restricting mandat...


Criminal, California Courts of Appeal


The 1st District Court of Appeal ordered an acquittal on an assault count and a new trial on the remaining charges, finding in...


Jurors found a renovation program manager solely responsible for injuries suffered by a 66-year-old woman who tripped over exp...


The Orange County plaintiffs firm has rebranded as Bentley More & Lucich, recognizing the longtime trial attorney's contri...


Slideshow, Community News


Former California Supreme Court Justice Martin J. Jenkins and retired appellate Justice Arthur Gilbert discussed judicial inde...


A longtime entertainment litigator turned neutral, Title draws on her deep knowledge of intellectual property law and her unde...


Justice Juliet O. Macaulay is seeking a 12-year term on the 4th District division that reviewed her jury selection r...


San Diego County Superior Court Judge Lisa R. Rodriguez, confirmed in August to the 4th District Court of Appeal, Division 1, ...


Justice Sonny S. Sandhu, a former Stanislaus County public defender and presiding judge, joined the 5th District Court of Appe...


Santa Clara County Judge Frederick S. Chung seeks a 12-year appellate term after rulings involving a mass shooting, religious ...


Torts/Personal Injury


Jury selection began Wednesday in Los Angeles' second social media addiction bellwether trial, with two plaintiffs presenting ...


A Los Angeles judge allowed a deceased attorney's estate to pursue conversion, breach of fiduciary duty and punitive damages c...


A closed East Oakland charter school seeks a court order recognizing a five-year renewal, arguing Oakland Unified missed a man...


Uber argues that a federal court improperly denied its request to reclaim 42 documents after encouraging broad disclosure in m...


A San Francisco jury rejected Twanda Bailey's harassment and retaliation claims after a California Supreme Court ruling revive...


A Riverside federal judge temporarily halted the deportation of a South Korean woman who applied for permanent residency befor...


A federal judge approved a $48 million settlement arising from the 2023 Maui wildfires but sharply criticized plaintiffs' atto...


A Los Angeles jury found Caesarstone liable for a design defect in its artificial stone products that caused a countertop fab...


Paul and Betty Woolls allege that decades of faulty legal advice and litigation missteps over access to their Napa Valley wine...


U.S. District Judge David O. Carter ruled that the Trump administration failed to establish the reliability of its list of sus...