Meta's settlement with a second plaintiff leaves Snap as the sole defendant in a Los Angeles social media addiction trial, rai...
Constitutional Law
Trump administration appeals ruling blocking California ballot segregation
By Craig Anderson
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
FTC, states sue Toast over allegedly deceptive subscription practices
By Daniel Schrager
Federal and state regulators allege Toast misled restaurant operators with promises of free equipment and round-the-clock cust...
Securities
Block investors win class certification in Cash App fraud lawsuit
By Daniel Schrager
A federal judge allowed investors to pursue class claims that Block inflated Cash App user numbers by failing to weed out fake...
Civil Procedure
Judge denies Taylor Swift fans' late bid to exit Ticketmaster class action
By Skyler Romero
A federal judge allowed just two Taylor Swift fans to opt out of a related antitrust class action, leaving hundreds of others ...
Constitutional Law
Supreme Court abortion ruling raises new hurdles for environmental lawsuits
By Malcolm Maclachlan
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...
Goorvitch brings writs, criminal, regulatory experience to appellate bench
By Laurinda Keys
Justice Stephen I. Goorvitch, seeking an eight-year term on the 2nd District Court of Appeal, brings experience deciding envir...
Civil Procedure
Edison fights deposition of top executive in Eaton Fire litigation
By Devon Belcher
Southern California Edison argues its chief operating officer lacks firsthand knowledge of equipment implicated in the Eaton F...
Constitutional Law
9th Circuit blocks California law restricting mandatory workplace meetings
By Craig Anderson
A federal appeals court ruled that California's SB 399 likely violates employers' First Amendment rights by restricting mandat...
Criminal, California Courts of Appeal
Panel tosses mother's 25-to-life sentence in infant son's death
By Alicia Alvarez
The 1st District Court of Appeal ordered an acquittal on an assault count and a new trial on the remaining charges, finding in...
Orange County jury awards nearly $4M over airport parking garage fall
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
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
Retired justices reflect on the balance between personal beliefs and judicial duty
By Ricardo Pineda
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...
Rodriguez's path to 4th District spans prosecution and rehabilitation courts
By Laurinda Keys
San Diego County Superior Court Judge Lisa R. Rodriguez, confirmed in August to the 4th District Court of Appeal, Division 1, ...
New 5th District Justice Sandhu built treatment courts, school outreach
By Laurinda Keys
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 begins in second social media addiction bellwether trial
By Devon Belcher
Jury selection began Wednesday in Los Angeles' second social media addiction bellwether trial, with two plaintiffs presenting ...
Law Practice
Judge allows claims that law firm exploited dying lawyer to proceed
By Devon Belcher
A Los Angeles judge allowed a deceased attorney's estate to pursue conversion, breach of fiduciary duty and punitive damages c...
Education Law
Closed Oakland charter school sues over allegedly missed renewal deadline
By Alicia Alvarez
A closed East Oakland charter school seeks a court order recognizing a five-year renewal, arguing Oakland Unified missed a man...
Civil Procedure
Uber asks 9th Circuit to protect privileged documents in sexual assault litigation
By Daniel Schrager
Uber argues that a federal court improperly denied its request to reclaim 42 documents after encouraging broad disclosure in m...
Labor/Employment
Jury rejects racial harassment claim despite plaintiff's landmark Supreme Court victory
By Alicia Alvarez
A San Francisco jury rejected Twanda Bailey's harassment and retaliation claims after a California Supreme Court ruling revive...
Immigration
Judge blocks deportation of South Korean woman awaiting green card decision
By Skyler Romero
A Riverside federal judge temporarily halted the deportation of a South Korean woman who applied for permanent residency befor...
Civil Procedure
Judge slashes $5 million in fees from Hawaiian Electric securities settlement
By Daniel Schrager
A federal judge approved a $48 million settlement arising from the 2023 Maui wildfires but sharply criticized plaintiffs' atto...
Jury awards $67.7 million to countertop worker with failing transplanted lungs
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
A Los Angeles jury found Caesarstone liable for a design defect in its artificial stone products that caused a countertop fab...
Napa winery owners sue Buchalter over $7 million easement settlement
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
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...