Criminal
Attorney general urges appeals court to uphold Ferguson murder conviction
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Attorney General Rob Bonta's office argued disgraced Orange County Judge Jeffrey M. Ferguson's claims of judicial bias, ineffe...
Criminal
Victims' advocates, police group challenge new parole review process for lifers
By Laurinda Keys
A coalition led by the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation sued California corrections officials, alleging new regulations unlaw...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Federal judge relates challenges to Paramount-Warner Bros merger
By Craig Anderson
A federal judge has related three antitrust lawsuits challenging Paramount Skydance Corp.'s proposed acquisition of Warner Bro...
State Bar & Bar Associations
California will replace its current bar exam with the NextGen Uniform Bar Exam in July 2028, with a California-specific test c...
Civil Rights
Visa must face trafficking conspiracy claims over Pornhub payments
By Skyler Romero
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
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...
Criminal
DOJ drops economic espionage case against Chinese steel company after 15 years
By Daniel Schrager
The Justice Department voluntarily dismissed its economic espionage case against China's Pangang Group and three affiliates ju...
Intellectual Property
9th Circuit orders new trial in $40M Comet trade secrets case
By Craig Anderson
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 seeks $1M in fees, accuses xAI of bad-faith trade secrets suit
By Daniel Schrager
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
Towing company to pay $160,000 over sale of servicemembers' vehicles
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The San Clemente towing company failed to obtain a court orders required under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act.
Torts/Personal Injury
Judge narrows expert testimony ahead of second social media bellwether trial
By Devon Belcher
A Los Angeles judge barred part of Snap's late expert analysis but allowed newly produced user-account data, narrowing expert ...
Criminal
New law lets prosecutors combine sex crime cases across county lines
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Supporters say the measure will spare victims from repeated testimony, while legislative analysts note potential due process c...
Government
Judicial Council weighs budget strategy, technology investments
By Laurinda Keys
The Judicial Council on Friday will consider $3.2 billion in trial court funding, a new budget strategy that drops priority ra...
Class Action
Consumers sue Driscoll's over alleged 'forever chemicals' in berries
By Alicia Alvarez
A proposed class action filed in Santa Cruz County alleges Driscoll's Inc. falsely marketed its conventional strawberries as s...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Judge disqualifies Quinn Emanuel from representing CREXi in CoStar copyright fight
By Skyler Romero
U.S. District Judge Consuelo B. Marshall found that the firm violated its duty of loyalty by simultaneously representing CoSta...
Torts/Personal Injury
Warehouse fire litigation grows slowly as attorneys sort out complex liability
By Skyler Romero
Nearly a month after a fire at a Boyle Heights cold-storage warehouse forced thousands of residents indoors, only three propos...
Intellectual Property
Apple-OpenAI dispute puts hiring practices under trade secrets microscope
By Daniel Schrager
Apple's trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI is raising broader questions about where lawful recruiting ends and trade secret ...
Business Law
Hearing ordered on Playboy licensee's $1.5B damages claim
By Devon Belcher
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 judge sets rigorous schedule for sprawling DTLA discipline trial
By Laurinda Keys
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
State Bar settles suit against Meazure Learning over exam snafu
By Devon Belcher
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.
States face a 'steep climb' in blocking Paramount-Warner merger, legal experts say
By Craig Anderson
Antitrust experts cited the comparatively low percentage of the companies' dominance, resistance of state attorneys general la...
Class Action
Class action claims Google Nest cameras collect facial data without consent
By Daniel Schrager
A proposed class action filed in federal court alleges Google's Nest home cameras unlawfully collect and store facial-recognit...
Technology
Veteran appellate lawyer launches AI-free brief coaching service
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Veteran appellate lawyer Myron Moskovitz has launched a brief-coaching service emphasizing strategy and human judgment over ar...
Torts/Personal Injury
San Diego jury awards $15.5 million in Hyatt wrongful death case
By Alicia Alvarez
A San Diego County jury found Hyatt Hotels Corp. liable for wrongful death and negligence, awarding $15.5 million to the famil...
Environmental & Energy
Judge questions offshore oil company's challenge to permit transfer denial
By Skyler Romero
Chief U.S. District Judge Dolly M. Gee expressed skepticism Friday that Sable Offshore Corp. has stated viable takings and fed...
The lawsuit also alleges OpenAI actively recruits Apple employees and asks them to disclose confidential information throughou...
Intellectual Property
Meta poised to defeat class certification in copyright suit
By Daniel Schrager
U.S. District Judge Araceli Martinez Olguin expressed skepticism that common legal issues predominate over the individualized ...
Civil Procedure
Judge keeps MacLaren Hall sex abuse cases on track for trial
By Devon Belcher
The judge overseeing the MacLaren Hall litigation declined to postpone upcoming trials for mediation and ordered the parties t...