Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Judge clears State Bar access to DTLA records in $4B abuse settlement probe
By Devon Belcher
Judge Lawrence P. Riff authorized Los Angeles County to turn over confidential client records sought in the State Bar's invest...
Civil Procedure
Uber must face questions over timing of expanded driver background checks
By Daniel Schrager
Judge Charles R. Breyer ruled that plaintiffs in the passenger sexual assault MDL can question Uber witnesses about whether it...
Consumer Protection Law
Judge tosses privacy claims against Adobe over online tracking
By Daniel Schrager
U.S. District Judge Noël Wise ruled that internet users generally cannot rely on a reasonable expectation of privacy and gave ...
Civil Rights
Federal judge upholds $6.6M LAPD detention verdict, awards $1.7M in fees
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
U.S. District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong on Aug. 26 left the December award largely intact while striking one negligent...
The former prosecutor found herself learning civil law from scratch and now brings patience, preparation and a willingness to ...
Lizbeth L. Hasse draws on decades of litigation experience to mediate and arbitrate complex disputes, focusing on what parties...
Intellectual Property
Oracle trade secrets case against Procore survives key challenge
By Daniel Schrager
Judge Jon Tigar rejected Procore's statute-of-limitations defense and allowed most of Oracle's claimed trade secrets to procee...
Judge allows Catalina deer removal work to begin amid permit challenge
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The case challenges the California Department of Fish and Wildlife's decision to exempt the conservancy's Restoration Manageme...
Technology
Newsom faces final decisions on AI, social media bills
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Measures regulating children's use of AI chatbots, addictive online features and workplace surveillance are among hundreds of ...
Environmental & Energy
Prop. 45 opponents warn measure could streamline rural data centers
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Supporters say the CEQA initiative does not cover data centers, but opponents and a UC Berkeley law professor say its language...
Civil Procedure
Artists seek sanctions against DeviantArt over AI copyright discovery
By Daniel Schrager
Plaintiffs say DeviantArt and Latham & Watkins forced them to spend more than $40,000 pursuing testimony from former emplo...
Civil Procedure
Edison seeks broader SoCalGas discovery, delay in Eaton Fire trial
By Devon Belcher
The utility wants records about SoCalGas' response before and after the fire and says newly released investigative evidence re...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
State Bar drops charges against four DTLA Law Group attorneys
By Skyler Romero
The dismissals halt, at least for now, a multistate unauthorized-practice case that the State Bar had expanded earlier this ye...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Civil Litigation
Valle Makoff lead trial attorney testifies in former clients' fee dispute
By Alicia Alvarez
Valle Makoff attorney Timothy Miller testified from the counsel table about disputed billing in the firm's $423,773 fee lawsui...
Education Law
Judge rejects Trump administration challenge to California transgender sports policy
By Skyler Romero
A federal judge dismissed the administration's Title IX lawsuit, ruling California schools lacked clear notice that excluding ...
Constitutional Law
Bill barring former ICE officers from California police jobs heads to Newsom
By Malcolm Maclachlan
AB 1896 would prohibit former federal officers who participated in immigration enforcement from becoming California peace offi...
Los Angeles and attorneys for thousands of Palisades Fire victims will meet Oct. 2 with two veteran wildfire mediators to begi...
The Northern California family law firm has opened offices in Los Angeles and Ventura counties, extending its complex divorce ...
Los Angeles County sued State Farm, alleging systemic delays, underpayments and misleading claims practices affecting thousand...
Government
Wildfire liability deal collapses amid utility bankruptcy warnings
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A sweeping deal to reshape California's wildfire liability system fell apart after utilities warned it could undermine their f...
Business Law
Judge slashes $1.9M punitive award in family business fight
By Skyler Romero
An Orange County judge reduced punitive damages against Mira Kim's father to $120,000 and eliminated a $500,000 award against ...
The lawsuit filed by Larson LLP alleges Samsung falsely relabeled lower-end televisions as Mini LED models to undercut TCL and...
Labor/Employment, Civil Rights
Uber, Lyft male discrimination proposed class actions dismissed
By Alicia Alvarez
A San Francisco judge dismissed proposed class actions accusing Uber and Lyft of discriminating against male drivers through p...
Intellectual Property
Music publishers accuse Anthropic of pirating lyrics to train Claude
By Daniel Schrager
Sony and Warner music publishers allege Anthropic downloaded copyrighted lyrics from pirate libraries to train its Claude AI m...
Data Privacy
California bill would curb online privacy lawsuits under decades-old law
By Malcolm Maclachlan
SB 690 would restrict private claims involving websites and apps under California's pen register law while leaving other CIPA ...
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Susan J. Townsend draws on lessons learned from her immigrant parents, nearly two deca...
Longtime L.A. County court commissioner sought to ease toll of family disputes
Torts/Personal Injury
2 social media addiction plaintiffs will face platforms together
By Devon Belcher
Two social media addiction bellwether plaintiffs will face Meta, YouTube and Snapchat in a consolidated October trial that cou...
Criminal
Former Orange County judge gets probation in workers' comp fraud case
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Israel Claustro, who resigned from the bench and is permanently barred from judicial office, received one year of probation a...