Judge questions Musk's Noerr-Pennington defense in Twitter stock-drop case
By Daniel Schrager
Senior U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer challenged Elon Musk's lawyers on First Amendment and Noerr-Pennington arguments as ...
Entertainment litigator Jill Basinger joins Stris & Maher as partner
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
After serving as chief legal officer at Discovery Land Company, Jill Basinger rejoins private practice to head Stris & Mah...
Jurors watched plaintiff's attorney Mark Lanier demonstrate YouTube Shorts' autoplay, questioning the company's vice president...
U.S. District Judge Trina L. Thompson recused herself from authors' copyright suit against Anthropic, Meta and other AI firms,...
LA County probate judge works to understand each side's perspective
Technology
xAI's lawsuit against OpenAI dismissed with leave to amend
By Daniel Schrager
U.S. District Judge Rita F. Lin dismissed xAI's trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI, finding no plausible allegations of indu...
A Los Angeles federal judge heard arguments over whether California's egg sales ban, tied to hen confinement standards, is pre...
Wiener bill to ease PG&E breakup sets stage for constitutional fight
By Malcolm Maclachlan
SB 875 would streamline San Francisco's path to public power, but critics warn it could trigger legal challenges, higher rural...
Torts/Personal Injury
Demurrer sustained, amendment OK'd in OpenAI whistleblower's death case
By James Twomey
A San Francisco judge granted leave to amend a wrongful death complaint filed by the parents of former OpenAI employee Suchir ...
Descendants of Sidney Dearing sued Piedmont, alleging officials colluded with residents and used eminent domain to drive him f...
A federal judge heard arguments on whether homeowners may pursue racketeering and fraud claims against State Farm, alleging sy...
Musk asks judge to delay Twitter securities trial, certify appeal issues
By Daniel Schrager
Elon Musk's attorneys asked Judge Charles R. Breyer to postpone next week's securities trial over his Twitter acquisition, arg...
Greenberg Glusker nabs Sheri Bonstelle to lead land use practice
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The former Jeffer Mangels partner brings 20 years of land use, zoning and development experience as California housing laws re...
Lead social media attorney apologizes for rule violations in bellwether trial
By Devon Belcher
A YouTube engineering vice president told a Los Angeles jury the platform optimizes for user value, not addiction, as plaintif...
Lathrop GPM adds 5 construction attorneys in San Jose expansion
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Boutique Leonidou & Rosin bring decades of construction litigation and contract experience to the national firm.
San Francisco Superior Court clerks say they will strike Thursday over staffing shortages and inadequate training, alleging ba...
Constitutional Law
Supreme Court won't hear Huntington Beach challenge to state housing laws
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The federal litigation arose in response to a state enforcement action. On March 9, 2023, Bonta, Newsom and California Departm...
Federal judge skeptical of challenge to California 'zombie mortgage' law
By Malcolm Maclachlan
During a Sacramento hearing, U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd pressed attorneys on whether California's attorney general is a...
Attorneys for Elon Musk urged a federal judge to bar plaintiffs from advancing a stock price "scheme" theory at trial, arguing...
Edison doubles legal fees reimbursement in Eaton Fire recovery program
By Laurinda Keys
Southern California Edison doubled legal fee reimbursements to 20% in its Eaton Fire recovery program after 32% of claims invo...
After a judge's "hot mic" comment using the words "kill this case" was broadcast during a dental malpractice trial, he declare...
PacifiCorp to pay $575M to US to settle California, Oregon fire lawsuits
By Skyler Romero
PacifiCorp agreed to pay $575 million to settle federal claims that its equipment ignited two California and four Oregon wildf...
Insurance
Kaiser sues insurers over $556M Medicare settlement coverage dispute
By James Twomey
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan sued 10 insurers, alleging wrongful denial of coverage for most of its $556 million Medicare fra...
Judges and Judiciary
Gov. Gavin Newsom nominated three justices to the state Courts of Appeal and appointed seven Superior Court judges in five cou...
Federal judge strikes convenience stores' antitrust action against PepsiCo
By Craig Anderson
A federal judge in Los Angeles dismissed a putative class action accusing PepsiCo and Frito-Lay of unlawfully favoring large g...
Judge Charles R. Breyer seated nine jurors in a securities class action over Elon Musk's 2022 Twitter takeover, dismissing doz...
Plaintiff: Law says Netflix had to stop operations when suit was filed
By Skyler Romero
A federal judge challenged DivX's theory that Netflix induced patent infringement by continuing operations after being sued, a...
A former Meta executive testified that company leadership, including CEO Mark Zuckerberg, prioritized growth and ad revenue ov...
Malibu claims $250B in fire losses suit against state, LA city and county
By Laurinda Keys
The City of Malibu has sued the state, Los Angeles and other agencies over the devastating Palisades Fire, alleging dangerous ...
Assembly, Rivas urge court to block discovery in ex-staffer's RICO case
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Attorneys for the California Assembly and Speaker Robert Rivas urged a federal magistrate judge to halt discovery in a RICO la...