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Recent settlements in Los Angeles and Alameda counties show how notice of hazardous trees can drive liability for public entit...


Paul Paton claims Chapman University ousted him as dean under the guise of scholarship-budget concerns after deciding to retre...


Judges and Judiciary


Shay, who helped oversee major civil, criminal and national security matters for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Los Angeles, su...


Labor/Employment


Devin Kim claims he was fired after repeatedly warning company leaders that Grok posed discrimination and public safety risks,...


Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Chief Judge Mary H. Murguia initiated a judicial misconduct proceeding against 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Ryan D....


Torts/Personal Injury


Plaintiffs have accused Peter Grossman of shifting assets to protect family wealth from potential judgments after the 2020 cra...


Environmental & Energy


Experts say the lawsuit over Gov. Gavin Newsom's four-day per week office mandate may clear early hurdles, but the remedy coul...


Judge Gassia Apkarian found that SCSA Group and its co-founder knew or should have known of the alleged billing irregularities...


Intellectual Property


Apple defeats Neonode touchscreen patent suit

Jun. 9, 2026
By Daniel Schrager

A federal judge ruled that Apple's iPhone touchscreens do not infringe a Neonode patent, finding the patent failed to adequate...


Rejecting Ricoh's argument that determining liability would require individualized review of hundreds of thousands of contract...


Contracts


A Los Angeles judge allowed Pasadena's contract claims against UCLA and SoFi Stadium entities to proceed, finding allegations ...


A Los Angeles judge dismissed the murder indictment against former LAPD Officer Clifford Proctor, ruling that a former special...


Entertainment & Sports


A federal judge allowed fraud and misrepresentation claims to proceed against boxer Ryan Garcia and his company over a failed ...


Torts/Personal Injury


Chatsworth jury finds dangerous intersection contributed to crash, rejects Los Angeles' design immunity defense.


Real Estate/Development


Federal judge says Attorney General Rob Bonta cannot be sued over the law because his office does not enforce it.


Alameda County District Attorney Ursula Jones Dickson says her office must rebuild prosecutor training, restore victim trust, ...


The agency opened a formal inquiry earlier this year into Diversity Lab's Mansfield Certification program, which has been adop...


Torts/Personal Injury


A defense verdict in the second ovarian-cancer bellwether trial gives Johnson & Johnson a significant win in California's ...


Proposed class action alleges State Farm unlawfully limited coverage and appraisal rights guaranteed under California insuranc...


Judges and Judiciary


Eight challenged judges appeared headed for re-election; at least 29 new judges won open seats, while several contests remaine...


Civil Procedure


Attorney representing defendants in a fraud suit involving Chinese investors asks a federal judge to order Quinn Emanuel to di...


Torts/Personal Injury


A day after jurors awarded $176 million in wrongful death damages, attorneys began arguing whether Rebecca Grossman and Scott ...


Torts/Personal Injury


Jurors began deliberating in the second Los Angeles talc bellwether trial after plaintiffs accused Johnson & Johnson of co...


Constitutional Law


City argues the Supreme Court's recent Callais decision requires dismissal of a challenge to Huntington Beach's at-large elect...



The jury whisperer

Jun. 5, 2026

Former judge Bryan Foster blends jury insight and empathy to resolve disputes


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


The State Bar alleges the two co-founders and two other attorneys at Downtown LA Law Group LLP participated in a multistate pe...


A federal magistrate judge ordered Meta to produce additional versions of a disputed slide deck but rejected state attorneys g...


Jurors weighing wrongful death claims against Rebecca Grossman and Scott Erickson sought guidance Wednesday on legal standards...



Incumbent Bay Area DAs cruise to victory  

Jun. 4, 2026
By Laurinda Keys

Alameda County's Ursula Jones Dickson and Santa Clara County's Jeff Rosen appeared headed toward decisive re-election wins, ba...


Government


Early returns showed Los Angeles City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto trailing challengers Marissa Roy and John McKinney, with t...