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Jones Day's partnership with Draftwise reflects a growing effort among major law firms to transform decades of client work int...


Civil Procedure


A 2nd District Court of Appeal panel barred Beverly Hills attorney Tristram T. Buckley from filing new litigation without judi...


A divided appellate panel allowed Berkeley to finish clearing an encampment where a bacterial infection was detected but decli...


Federal prosecutors urged a Los Angeles judge to prevent ballots cast by suspected noncitizens from being counted while their ...


Federal officials told a judge they are close to resolving litigation over LAHSA's suspension from federal funding, clearing t...


Immigration


The ACLU and United Farm Workers say newly disclosed emails show former Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino resisted orders...


Justice Amy K. Guerra, a former defense attorney and family law judge, seeks retention on the 5th District after writing two p...


A former family law research attorney and federal law clerk, Justice Charles F. Adams presided over CARE Court before joining ...


Justice Deborah C. Servino, a former deputy attorney general who argued before the U.S. Supreme Court and conducted more than ...


Justice Nicholas F. Daum, a former entertainment litigator and trial judge, seeks retention on the 2nd District after writing ...


Real Estate/Development


A Los Angeles judge rejected Edison's attempt to dismiss inverse condemnation claims arising from the Eaton Fire, finding that...


After Charles Schwab won summary judgment in an employee speech lawsuit, the plaintiff argued that changes to company policies...


Alan G. Laquer and Brenton R. Babcock have joined the intellectual property litigation boutique as partners, bringing extensiv...


The unanimous court held that prosecutors need only show that displaying a gun would cause a reasonable person to fear bodily ...


A visiting federal judge ruled that Bilal A. Essayli is unlawfully serving as a de facto U.S. attorney in Los Angeles, citing ...


X Factor S2 LLC, represented by Pacific Legal Foundation, acknowledges that recent 9th Circuit decisions have upheld the Natio...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


A proposed nationwide class action alleges the NCAA's prohibition on athletic scholarships at more than 400 Division III schoo...


A federal judge ruled that veteran deputy public defender Miguel Rosales failed to establish discrimination in a 2021 promotio...


A Los Angeles judge ruled that the complexity of litigation involving 13,000 Dominguez Channel odor crisis plaintiffs warrants...


Data Privacy


A proposed class action alleges OpenAI uses tracking code installed on advertisers' websites to collect personal information a...


Labor/Employment


Court employees in Sacramento and Ventura counties and interpreters across Northern California are demanding higher pay and im...


Justice David M. Rubin, a prosecutor for two decades and a San Diego trial judge for 16 years, joined the 4th District Court o...


Justice Jose S. Castillo, a former Marine and federal prosecutor, has written on sports instructor liability, Privette, whistl...


Former Fresno presiding judge Arlan Harrell brings experience from more than 200 trials to the 5th District Court of Appeal, w...



Rita Diaz named next managing partner of Hahn & Hahn

Oct. 27, 2026
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

The longtime estate planning and probate litigator will succeed Christianne Kerns as managing partner and CEO on Jan. 1, follo...


Torts/Personal Injury


A Los Angeles jury found the team solely negligent for a fan's fall and neck injuries.



California Supreme Court names 2 judges to ethics panel

Oct. 27, 2026
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Judges Michael B. Harper and Patricia L. Kelly will join the 12-member committee, while appellate Justice Shama Hakim Mesiwala...


A divided 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel dismissed the Trump administration's emergency appeal seeking to force Calif...


Torts/Personal Injury


A Los Angeles jury found the team solely negligent for a fan's fall and neck injuries.


Data Privacy


A federal judge dismissed three plaintiffs' claims that Google unlawfully recorded customer service calls through its AI-power...