Criminal
Unusual publication puts justice's Racial Justice Act concurrence in spotlight
By Laurinda Keys
Appellate attorneys say Justice Jon B. Streeter's 49-page concurrence carries no precedential weight but could influence lawma...
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...
Environmental & Energy
Judge skeptical of strict liability claim in Chiquita Canyon litigation
By Skyler Romero
U.S. District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong indicated residents may proceed with a trespass claim but questioned whether a...
Technology
ChatGPT users sue OpenAI over human review of conversations
By Daniel Schrager
A proposed class action accuses OpenAI of failing to adequately disclose that contractors may review ChatGPT conversations to ...
Bankruptcy
Downey Brand's Dreher joins Eastern District bankruptcy bench
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Longtime Sacramento bankruptcy attorney Jamie P. Dreher begins a 14-year term as bankruptcy filings in the Eastern District co...
Civil Procedure
Social media companies seek to introduce lawyer ads in addiction trial
By Devon Belcher
Meta, YouTube and Snapchat want jurors in the next social media addiction bellwether trial in Los Angeles to hear that both fa...
Immigration
Judge blocks warrantless immigration arrests without escape-risk finding
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
U.S. District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong ordered federal immigration agents in Southern California to make individualiz...
Retired state and federal judge Raul A. Ramirez once thought remote mediation would never work. Now the longtime neutral says ...
Technology
Cooley launches AI tool that drafts initial S-1 in minutes
By David Houston
Developed with OpenAI, Cooley GO Public can produce an initial IPO registration statement in minutes, as the firm looks to AI ...
Business Law
Lilly says side effects, not competing drug, doomed Nektar treatment
By Daniel Schrager
Eli Lilly opened its defense against Nektar Therapeutics' contract claims, telling jurors it abandoned the autoimmune drug Rez...
Constitutional Law
DOJ challenges San Jose's $1,591 concealed carry fee
By Craig Anderson
The Justice Department says San Jose's concealed carry licensing fee violates the Second Amendment, setting up a potential tes...
Civil Procedure
Judge eyes 2 trials as Dominguez Channel claims face deadline
By Devon Belcher
A Los Angeles judge proposed two 2027 trials involving Dominguez Channel odor claims as the court considers whether California...
Civil Procedure
Feds widen LA homelessness fraud probe, warn more charges coming
By Skyler Romero
Federal prosecutors announced three new cases in an expanding investigation of Los Angeles homelessness spending, including al...
San Francisco Superior Court judges elected Assistant Presiding Judge Christopher C. Hite as the court's next presiding judge,...
Torts/Personal Injury
State Depo-Provera litigation continues as federal cases move to settlement
By Alicia Alvarez
California litigation alleging Pfizer failed to warn that Depo-Provera increases the risk of meningiomas continues in Alameda ...
California advertisers will have to disclose prominent use of AI-generated performers under a new law that drew opposition fro...
Slideshow, Community News
Gee marks changing of the guard in Southern California federal courts
By Skyler Romero
Chief U.S. District Judge Dolly M. Gee welcomed a new generation of federal judges and emphasized the importance of the bench-...
Insurance
New wildfire smoke standards could reshape insurance litigation
By Malcolm Maclachlan
New California laws establish standards for testing and remediating smoke-damaged homes and impose new requirements on insurer...
Real Estate/Development
Groups sue to block 22-story Marina housing project above storied Safeway
By Daniel Schrager
Community groups challenging an 850-unit development above a Marina District Safeway say San Francisco misapplied state housin...
Civil Procedure
Judge reconsiders reinstatement of plaintiffs over death certificate evidence
By Devon Belcher
A Los Angeles judge reconsidered an initial decision to reinstate eight plaintiffs in coordinated litigation over the 2021 Dom...
Criminal
Death penalty persists in California despite Reiner decision
By Skyler Romero
Los Angeles County prosecutors declined to seek death against Nick Reiner, but attorneys say capital punishment remains legall...
Government
New law lets Californians over 80 permanently opt out of jury duty
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Beginning in 2028, Californians 80 and older will be able to claim a permanent medical exemption from jury service without pro...
The city alleges the nation's largest fire apparatus manufacturers rigged bids, restricted competition and drove up prices whi...
Paramount exit could cost California 58,000 jobs, report warns
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
A Paramount-commissioned economic analysis estimates a full departure from California could eliminate nearly 58,000 jobs and $...
Judges and Judiciary
Kings County judge charged with misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter in cyclist's death
By Laurinda Keys
Attorney General Rob Bonta charged Kings County Superior Court Judge Kendra Weber with misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter in t...
Civil Procedure
Australian records, billionaire financier sought in 'The Deb' litigation
By Devon Belcher
Rebel Wilson and producers of "The Deb" are seeking evidence from Australia and England in their Los Angeles defamation litiga...
Environmental & Energy
High-speed rail legal fights shift as construction advances
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Recent disputes increasingly center on construction, property and contracts, while legislation awaiting Gov. Gavin Newsom's si...
Torts/Personal Injury
Judge questions dangerous-condition claim over fatal recreation center shooting
By Alicia Alvarez
A San Francisco judge gave plaintiffs one final chance to amend a wrongful death suit alleging the city's recreation center de...
Civil Procedure
Opioid plaintiffs seek discovery into McKinsey's work for Johnson & Johnson
By Daniel Schrager
Plaintiffs in multidistrict litigation over McKinsey's role in the opioid crisis want Johnson & Johnson to produce documen...
Environmental & Energy
Judge skeptical of bid to revive Prop. 12 preemption challenge
By Skyler Romero
Triumph Foods argues a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling undermines the dismissal of its claim that California's animal-confine...