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Environmental & Energy


The Trump administration's proposal to sharply reduce Colorado River water deliveries to California, Arizona and Nevada while ...


Real Estate/Development


Shelly Sterling is asking a federal judge to throw out a $2.8 million jury verdict in favor of a tenant who accused an apartme...


After years of balancing work, school and grueling commutes to earn her law degree, Orange County Judge Carmen D. Snuggs-Sprag...


Orange County argues the plaintiff's lawyers overbilled and charged excessive rates. Plaintiff's counsel calls the appeal a de...


Intellectual Property


A federal judge dismissed Ginko LLC's patent infringement suit against Apple, ruling that the patent underlying the challenge ...


Torts/Personal Injury


The plaintiff alleges the Berkeley Unified School District failed to protect him from repeated sexual abuse by a teacher durin...


Obituaries


Dorothy Wolpert, 1934 -- 2026

Jul. 31, 2026
By David Houston

Bird Marella founder had deep commitment to public service


Torts/Personal Injury


A Riverside County lawsuit alleges a Starbucks customer suffered severe burns requiring 25 days of hospitalization and multipl...


Labor/Employment


A published 2nd District opinion reinstated a $13.1 million verdict for two LAPD officers, finding the trial judge improperly ...


Government


Rival lawsuits seek changes to voter materials describing the identification initiative, with Sacramento judges set to conside...


Two Black students are seeking to intervene in a lawsuit challenging the district's race-conscious education policies. U.S. Di...


U.S. District Judge Rita F. Lin strongly suggested the Trump administration's decision to label Anthropic a national security ...


Torts/Personal Injury


The family of former NFL player Stanley Wilson Jr. seeks to postpone an October wrongful death trial, arguing Los Angeles Coun...


Environmental & Energy


A federal judge questioned whether allegations that some Chiquita Canyon Landfill plaintiffs were improperly recruited are rel...


Data Privacy


A federal judge found that allegations that the platform collected medication and dosage information were sufficient to suppor...


Technology


A Stanford-Cornerstone report finds AI-related securities class actions are on pace to nearly double this year as investor ent...


Former DFEH director Phyllis W. Cheng says careful preparation, candid evaluations and a focus on solutions help resolve some ...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Alternative Dispute Resolution


Manners matter

Jul. 31, 2026

In mediation, good manners are practical tools that often determine whether parties reach resolution or leave empty-handed.


Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech


The Federal Trade Commission, joined by Los Angeles County and Utah officials, sued telehealth provider Hims & Hers, alleg...


The FBI's search of a Southern California attorney's office as part of a widening public corruption investigation involving tw...


Civil rights groups asked a federal judge to permanently bar immigration agents from stopping people based on their apparent L...


Intellectual Property


An Orange County lawyer named after Atticus Finch challenges a venture-backed legal technology company's trademark, arguing it...


A 9th Circuit opinion held that parties liable for conversion under California law may seek equitable indemnity from negligent...


Immigration


Six judges from outside the district are helping manage thousands of detention challenges, but Chief Judge Troy Nunley says th...


A Los Angeles judge denied minority investors' emergency bid to stop Industrial Realty Group's proposed $2.9 billion transact...


Consumer Protection Law


Senior U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer ruled that California's longstanding prohibition on recovering gambling losses ba...


A Los Angeles judge expressed skepticism that Southern California Edison must produce a post-fire Microsoft Teams chat, sugges...


Civil Procedure


The plaintiff asked U.S. District Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguín to instruct the jury to make an adverse inference about the de...


Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation


The Center for Biological Diversity and the Sierra Club argue BLM failed to adequately evaluate the environmental impacts of l...


Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation


The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has filed a $150 million federal lawsuit accusing Penske Media Corp., the Golden Globe...