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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 ...


A Los Angeles County widow has sued Forest Lawn Memorial-Park Association, alleging the Covina Hills funeral home displayed t...


Federal courts in California enter "phase two" of shutdown operations Monday, furloughing staff and scaling back functions aft...


Civil Litigation


A Los Angeles judge denied a bid to disqualify Playboy's experts and counsel in a trademark suit against Advanced Vita Supplem...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


A federal judge tentatively approved class certification in an antitrust lawsuit alleging that a $12.8 billion Altria and Juul...


Technology


Authors sued Salesforce, alleging its AI model XGen was trained on pirated books. The putative class action, led by attorney J...


Technology


California's AI laws are setting national trend

Oct. 20, 2025
By Malcolm Maclachlan

As Congress stalls on artificial intelligence regulation, California's sweeping AI legislation is setting a national benchmark...



Driven to Win

Oct. 20, 2025

Paul Goyette has built a litigation boutique driven by teamwork, competitiveness, and steady growth


Los Angeles County reached a tentative $828 million settlement in over 400 AB 218 childhood sexual abuse cases, adding to a pr...


Civil Litigation


A Los Angeles judge is weighing class certification for homeowners claiming property damage from smoke and ash caused by the 2...


Environmental & Energy


Two California community energy agencies sued solar developer Origis USA, alleging a $200 million scheme to inflate project co...


Constitutional Law


A Central District defense lawyer moved to dismiss his client's indictment, citing the government's failure to fund Criminal J...



NLRB sues California over new 'trigger' labor law

Oct. 17, 2025
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The NLRB sued to block California's AB 288, a "trigger law" empowering a state agency to enforce federal labor rights when the...



Appeals court upholds renaming of Hastings law school

Oct. 17, 2025
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

The 1st District Court of Appeal ruled the Legislature lawfully renamed Hastings College of the Law and eliminated a hereditar...


A state appellate panel ruled in an unpublished decision that a man selling drugs from a sidewalk tent in Hollywood had no rea...



Building Trust

Oct. 17, 2025

Neutral Robert Sunderland says telling people things they don't want to hear is an art.


Despite an aggressive legal defense led by former U.S. Labor Secretary Thomas Perez, the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors...