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...
Government
Grand jury backs LA sheriff oversight panel in records fight
By Skyler Romero
A Los Angeles County Civil Grand Jury recommended giving the Civilian Oversight Commission independent legal counsel and limit...
Civil Procedure
Judge allows evidence of missing notebook in USF baseball abuse case
By Daniel Schrager
A federal judge found the University of San Francisco negligently failed to preserve a former athletic administrator's noteboo...
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP has been named an official legal services provider for LA28 and Team USA, bringing its sports ...
Crowell & Moring's Joshua Robbins on why the best trial lawyers build their cases around documents instead of performances...
Government
Supreme Court upholds subpoena power of sheriff oversight agencies
By Alicia Alvarez
A unanimous California Supreme Court ruled that county-created sheriff oversight entities have the authority to subpoena recor...
Slideshow, Community News
Incoming ABA criminal justice leader vows to defend judicial independence
By Ricardo Pineda
White-collar defense attorney Nina Marino, the incoming chair of the American Bar Association's Criminal Justice Section, said...
Judges and Judiciary
2nd District Court of Appeal loses two longtime justices to retirement
By Laurinda Keys
Two longtime 2nd District Court of Appeal justices, Lee Smalley Edmon and Audrey B. Collins, retired at the end of June after ...
Litigation & Arbitration
Published ruling says anti-gay harassment is sexual harassment under FEHA
By Craig Anderson
A published 2nd District Court of Appeal opinion holds that harassment based on sexual orientation constitutes sexual harassme...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Audit faults State Bar for rushed February 2025 bar exam rollout
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Report says the agency used AI-generated questions without proper disclosure and saw costs rise despite hopes of savings
Class Action
Court allows class action testing utility billing under debt collection laws
By Skyler Romero
A Los Angeles judge denied Minol Inc.'s demurrer in a proposed statewide class action alleging the utility billing company un...
Labor/Employment, Civil Rights
Former cancer care employee alleges pregnancy, disability discrimination
By Alicia Alvarez
Veracyte is being sued by a former employee over a myriad of alleged FEHA violations, retaliation and constructive discharge a...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Roberts sends misconduct probe of 9th Circuit judge to 4th Circuit
By Craig Anderson
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. transferred a misconduct complaint involving 9th U.S. Circuit Judge Ryan D. Nelson to the 4t...
Technology
Business owner sues OpenAI over ChatGPT's allegedly faulty legal guidance
By Daniel Schrager
A Northern District lawsuit alleges OpenAI misrepresented ChatGPT's ability to provide reliable business and legal advice, lea...
Driven by the rise of nuclear verdicts, Horvitz & Levy has become increasingly involved in cases long before a notice of a...
Torts/Personal Injury
LA Judge narrows evidence disputes before 2nd social media trial
By Devon Belcher
Judge Carolyn B. Kuhl resolved major pretrial disputes over punitive damages, executive testimony and expert evidence, largely...
Construction
Construction company sues former lawyers over handling of corruption case
By Alicia Alvarez
Robert A. Bothman Inc. alleges its former attorneys' deficient representation in a high-profile public corruption case left it...
Labor/Employment
Former Alignment Healthcare executive alleges retaliation over accounting concerns
By Skyler Romero
Former chief transformation officer Hakan Kardes claims he was forced out after raising concerns that millions in operating ex...
Environmental & Energy
DOJ seeks to join challenge to California clean truck rules
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Federal filing says Air Resources Board is trying to enforce emissions standards despite Clean Air Act preemption.
Technology
Ex-pitcher seeks $14M offset from $198M wrongful death judgment
By Devon Belcher
Former Dodgers pitcher Scott Erickson asks a Los Angeles judge to reduce a $198 million wrongful death judgment by $14 million...
State Bar & Bar Associations
From city's counsel to State Bar respondent, Kiesel's long legal odyssey
By Laurinda Keys
Beverly Hills attorney now faces State Bar discipline proceedings in the same scandal where he once represented Los Angeles.
Labor/Employment
9th Circuit questions California's ban on mandatory workplace meetings
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A federal appeals court panel sharply questioned whether California's law barring employers from disciplining workers who...
Technology
Judge rejects Meta's bid to shield moderation claims under Section 230
By Daniel Schrager
Chief U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers ruled that four state attorneys general may present evidence that Meta made f...
Environmental & Energy
Sable asks Trump administration to seize California land for pipeline
By Alicia Alvarez
Sable Offshore Corp. has asked the Trump administration to use eminent domain to acquire state-owned shoreline, parkland and p...
Securities
Delaware judge clears way for investors' fraud suit against Ballmer, Baker Hostetler
By David Houston
A Delaware bankruptcy judge ruled that fraud claims brought by carbon offset startup investors against Steve Ballmer, Baker Ho...
Civil Procedure
Judge rejects sanctions bid in CIPA suit, faults plaintiffs' counsel
By Daniel Schrager
A federal magistrate judge denied a motion to sanction Rack Room Shoes and its attorneys in a privacy lawsuit, criticizing pla...
A judge ruled that Southern California Edison may pursue claims that Los Angeles County's vegetation management contributed to...
Data Privacy
Recent rulings narrow reach of CIPA, but broader privacy fight continues
By Daniel Schrager
Several recent state and federal rulings have limited the application of portions of the California Invasion of Privacy Act to...
Criminal
Public defender seeks dismissal of misdemeanor case over speedy trial claim
By Alicia Alvarez
The San Francisco Public Defender's Office has asked an appellate court to dismiss misdemeanor charges against a defendant, ar...