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Tracy Miller--once the highest-ranking woman in the DA's Office--was awarded $3 million by a jury that found DA Todd Spitzer a...


Government, Constitutional Law, Class Action


The putative class action comes as the administration reportedly plans to halt billions more in funding to California and its ...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


SAP, agrees to allow Celonis access to mutual client data, avoiding an injunction in an antitrust lawsuit.


In response to news reports raising four-year-old allegations about a judge's treatment of women attorneys, the San Francisco ...



Straight Shooter

Jun. 6, 2025

Neutral Margaret Morrow doesn't bully her way to resolution, attorneys say.


David Lira, former Girardi Keese attorney, pleads guilty to contempt in Chicago for failing to follow a court order to pay Lio...


Judges and Judiciary, Government


The Assembly passed AB 882, allowing limited electronic court recordings until 2028 to address a court reporter shortage, desp...


Government


The State Controller's Office faces a legal challenge for hiring outside counsel, with the State Personnel Board arguing impro...


Homeowners affected by the Eaton and Palisades fires accuse AAA and USAA of underinsuring properties, alleging systemic underv...


U.S. Supreme Court, Labor/Employment


The unanimous ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court likely will encourage more white men and heterosexuals to file discrimination c...


Contracts, Consumer Protection Law


Federal Judge Jon Tigar consolidated three class actions against Meazure Learning for a faulty California Bar Exam platform, a...


Key features include confidentiality safeguards, default fee-splitting, and expedited procedures for urgent matters.


The scheme used fake company names like "Begin Modeling" and "Bubblegum Casting" to conceal the business's true nature. When w...


Technology, Administrative/Regulatory


San Francisco's City Attorney's Office used AI tool STARA to analyze municipal codes. It identified 174 obsolete reports for d...


Billionaire Stephen Cloobeck sued former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa over use of the phrase "proven problem solver"...


Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


A 9th Circuit panel reversed a district judge who said two local instructors could be banned from teaching in San Diego city p...


Tom Girardi's seven-year sentence for defrauding clients of $15M brings closure but sparks debate over accountability, with at...


Environmental & Energy


Judge denies push for unleaded aviation fuel

Jun. 5, 2025
By James Twomey

An Alameda County judge rejected a motion to mandate G100UL unleaded fuel, citing insufficient commercial availability, preser...


Intellectual Property, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The former chief judge of the federal appeals court faced pointed questions from a skeptical panel as he argued that "Top Gun:...


Civil Litigation


Ex-marketing manager of Terranea Resort, sues for retaliation, saying he defended pregnant staff from the president's hostility.


Intellectual Property, Data Privacy, Contracts


Reddit sues Anthropic, alleging Claude was trained on user data without consent, violating privacy policies and causing server...


Civil Litigation


Attorneys appeal for fees from disbarred Thomas Girardi's firm, as Girardi faces prison for client fraud, with more trials loo...


Data Privacy


Atomic Wallet faces a putative class action after a $100M cryptocurrency theft by North Korea's Lazarus Group, with plaintiffs...


Hector Alejandro Paez Garcia admitted to using San Diego shell companies and cryptocurrency, federal prosecutors in the Southe...


Judge Lon F. Hurwitz presided over complex civil and family law matters for more than two decades.


Civil Litigation


A Torrance jury ruled artificial stone countertops are safe, attributing silicosis to improper handling, not defective product...


Meta urges a judge to compel whistleblowers to disclose communications, arguing his ruling overly protects former employees' F...


The Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association (SCCLA), the nation's first Asian Pacific American bar organization, comme...


Community News


Los Angeles County probate courts launch a program on June 16 allowing attorneys to monitor multiple remote hearings via a cen...


Legal Education


The California Senate has passed a bill to create a public law school at San Jose State by merging it with Lincoln Law School ...