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Attorney General Rob Bonta's office argued disgraced Orange County Judge Jeffrey M. Ferguson's claims of judicial bias, ineffe...


A coalition led by the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation sued California corrections officials, alleging new regulations unlaw...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


A federal judge has related three antitrust lawsuits challenging Paramount Skydance Corp.'s proposed acquisition of Warner Bro...


California will replace its current bar exam with the NextGen Uniform Bar Exam in July 2028, with a California-specific test c...


Civil Rights


A federal judge found that plaintiffs had strengthened allegations that the payment processor went beyond a routine commercial...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


Writers Guild follows states in bid to block Paramount-Warner Bros. merger

Jul. 15, 2026
By Douglas Saunders Sr., Craig Anderson

The Writers Guild of America filed an antitrust lawsuit seeking to block Paramount Skydance Corp.'s proposed acquisition of Wa...


The Justice Department voluntarily dismissed its economic espionage case against China's Pangang Group and three affiliates ju...


Intellectual Property


A divided 9th Circuit panel ordered a new trial in Comet Technologies USA Inc.'s trade secrets lawsuit against XP Power LLC, r...


Intellectual Property


OpenAI argues Elon Musk's company filed the case in bad faith to discourage employees from joining its rival rather than to pr...


Consumer Protection Law


The San Clemente towing company failed to obtain a court orders required under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act.


Torts/Personal Injury


A Los Angeles judge barred part of Snap's late expert analysis but allowed newly produced user-account data, narrowing expert ...


Criminal


Supporters say the measure will spare victims from repeated testimony, while legislative analysts note potential due process c...


Government


The Judicial Council on Friday will consider $3.2 billion in trial court funding, a new budget strategy that drops priority ra...


Class Action


A proposed class action filed in Santa Cruz County alleges Driscoll's Inc. falsely marketed its conventional strawberries as s...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


U.S. District Judge Consuelo B. Marshall found that the firm violated its duty of loyalty by simultaneously representing CoSta...


Torts/Personal Injury


Nearly a month after a fire at a Boyle Heights cold-storage warehouse forced thousands of residents indoors, only three propos...


Intellectual Property


Apple's trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI is raising broader questions about where lawful recruiting ends and trade secret ...


Business Law


A Los Angeles judge ordered an evidentiary hearing to determine whether a former Playboy licensee's expert may present a $1.5 ...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


New State Bar Court Judge Alison R. Worthington set a 35-day trial schedule and imposed strict case-management procedures Mond...


FPPC chair Adam Silver on the watchdog's Watergate-era origins, exploring AI to catch campaign money laundering, and why discl...


Technology, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


The 1st District Court of Appeal ruled that lawyers have a nondelegable duty to personally verify all legal authorities before...


State Bar & Bar Associations


The State Bar reached a settlement with its former bar exam vendor, securing $5.25 million and cancellation of a $1.36 million...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


Antitrust experts cited the comparatively low percentage of the companies' dominance, resistance of state attorneys general la...


A proposed class action filed in federal court alleges Google's Nest home cameras unlawfully collect and store facial-recognit...


Technology


Veteran appellate lawyer Myron Moskovitz has launched a brief-coaching service emphasizing strategy and human judgment over ar...


Torts/Personal Injury


A San Diego County jury found Hyatt Hotels Corp. liable for wrongful death and negligence, awarding $15.5 million to the famil...


Environmental & Energy


Chief U.S. District Judge Dolly M. Gee expressed skepticism Friday that Sable Offshore Corp. has stated viable takings and fed...


Intellectual Property


Apple accuses OpenAI of trade secrets theft

Jul. 10, 2026
By Daniel Schrager

The lawsuit also alleges OpenAI actively recruits Apple employees and asks them to disclose confidential information throughou...


Intellectual Property


U.S. District Judge Araceli Martinez Olguin expressed skepticism that common legal issues predominate over the individualized ...


Civil Procedure


The judge overseeing the MacLaren Hall litigation declined to postpone upcoming trials for mediation and ordered the parties t...