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Prosecutors allege Richard Wall Sr. ordered the murders of attorney Jeffrey Tidus and former employee Juan Mendez after they w...


Intellectual Property


After hearing competing arguments over copying and patent validity, an Oakland jury found that Quince did not infringe Deckers...


Slideshow, Community News


Consumer Watchdog honors

Jun. 15, 2026

Consumer Watchdog presented awards to attorney Michael A. Kelly, U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna and wildfire advocate Joy Chen during its...



Torts/Personal Injury


Jury awards $10M in fatal deputy shooting case

Jun. 15, 2026
By Skyler Romero

Jurors found a Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy acted with a "purpose to harm" when he fatally shot a motorist during a 202...


Class Action


Meta class bid turns on value of health data

Jun. 15, 2026
By Daniel Schrager

A federal judge's questions about how to value health information could determine whether users alleging Meta improperly colle...


Torts/Personal Injury


Lawyers say the nearly $200 million verdict against Rebecca Grossman and Scott Erickson reflects unusually egregious facts, a ...


The former Gordon Rees attorneys bring extensive experience defending employers in wage-and-hour class actions and Private Att...



Dhillon Law alumni launch San Francisco litigation boutique

Jun. 15, 2026
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

The founders say Columbo Deol LLP will offer clients direct access to senior lawyers handling high-stakes business, employmen...


Government


Lawmakers reach a budget deal with $375M for Prop 36

Jun. 12, 2026
By Malcolm Maclachlan

California lawmakers reached a budget deal that includes $375 million to implement Proposition 36, plus funding for legal aid,...


Torts/Personal Injury


Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman asked a judge to pause payments from the county's $4 billion child sexual ...


Criminal


Fourteen amicus briefs were filed in support of San Francisco Public Defender Manohar P. Raju's challenge to a contempt order ...


Fresh off an unopposed reelection, San Bernardino District Attorney Jason Anderson discusses judicial shortages, AI-assisted e...


A wrongful death lawsuit filed in San Francisco alleges OpenAI's GPT-4o chatbot reinforced a 24-year-old woman's suicidal idea...



Chudnovsky Law adds former state licensing prosecutor

Jun. 12, 2026
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Jeffrey Mason Phillips, who spent 17 years handling professional license enforcement matters for the California Department of ...


The ADR Services, Inc. neutral says his technical background helps him cut through complex claims and move parties toward reso...


Real Estate/Development


The California Supreme Court declined to review a Court of Appeal ruling largely upholding a massive judgment in a two-decade ...


Intellectual Property


Deckers Outdoor says Quince infringed a patented UGG boot design, while the online retailer argues the patent is too broad and...


Torts/Personal Injury


A Los Angeles jury found Johnson & Johnson solely responsible for Maria T. Lozano's fatal mesothelioma and awarded her hei...


Torts/Personal Injury


A Los Angeles judge refused to overturn a landmark $6 million jury verdict against Meta and YouTube in the social media addict...


A 68-year-old Santa Monica man pleaded guilty in federal court to posting an ICE attorney's home address online and encouragi...


The former Sacramento juvenile court presiding judge says appellate work is less immediate but steady and relentless.


Obituaries


Jake Dear, 1956 - 2026

Jun. 11, 2026
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

The longtime chief supervising attorney of the California Supreme Court was counsel to successive chief justices


Constitutional Law


The city argues the requirements violate constitutional limits on federal spending authority, infringe on Congress' power over...


Torts/Personal Injury


The jury's $22.1 million punitive award adds to a $176 million compensatory verdict rendered last week, in which a 12-member p...


Intellectual Property


A federal judge ruled that authors who opted out of the $1.5 billion Anthropic copyright settlement cannot sue multiple AI com...


Civil Procedure


SB 932 targets efforts to hide litigation interests through assignments to shell companies.


Torts/Personal Injury


A Los Angeles County jury began deliberating whether Rebecca Grossman and Scott Erickson should pay punitive damages after jur...


Environmental & Energy


California argues the Trump administration cannot use the Defense Production Act to sidestep a court-approved consent decree g...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Attorney Paul Kiesel's latest filing argues that Judge Yvette Roland has already made detailed findings portraying him as a ce...