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Class Action


San Diego County settles jail medical care class action

May 22, 2026
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

San Diego County agreed to major reforms to medical and dental care in its jail system under a class action settlement aimed a...


Immigration


Current and former immigration judges warned Thursday that mass departures, political pressure and rising caseloads are strain...


Former San Diego judge Eddie C. Sturgeon says empathy, flexibility and extensive preparation are key to helping litigants avoi...


Meta settled with the first bellwether plaintiff in the nationwide social media addiction multidistrict litigation weeks befor...


The ruling is expected to have major implications for pending Helms-Burton litigation involving foreign and domestic companies...


Two closely watched California district attorney races pit candidates demanding criminal justice system changes against toughe...


Government


Experts say federal litigation can deliver a clearer return, while antitrust cases are costly, complex, and potentially lucrat...


Civil Procedure


A Los Angeles judge postponed ruling on an emergency discovery dispute in coordinated Palisades Fire litigation while ordering...


Business Law


A federal jury's decision that Elon Musk sued OpenAI too late avoided a potentially landmark ruling on whether the company aba...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


The California Senate confirmed George Cardona for a second term as the State Bar's chief trial counsel, endorsing reforms ena...


Civil Rights


Seven Jewish UCLA faculty members and administrators joined the Department of Justice's antisemitism lawsuit against the UC Re...


The owner of San Francisco's Barbarossa Lounge alleges a viral 2023 video of the landlord hosing a homeless person outside the...


Legal Education


The Mexican American Bar Foundation established two new scholarships funded by a $75,000 donation from Judicate West co-founde...


Labor/Employment


Plaintiffs alleged CSU leaders ignored or punished complaints of gender inequity and harassment, while trial testimony reveale...


Law Practice


Blank Rome adds infrastructure partners in Los Angeles

May 21, 2026
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Patrick Harder and Brandon J. Davis previously worked together on major infrastructure deals.


Intellectual Property


The penalties include more than $532,000 in sanctions against lead attorney Gustavo D. Lage for "unreasonably and vexatiously"...


Environmental & Energy


Six Flags Magic Mountain agreed to a new consent decree requiring pollution controls, environmental mitigation payments and co...


A Los Angeles judge tentatively ruled Pasadena adequately alleged UCLA breached its Rose Bowl lease agreement, while also allo...


Entertainment & Sports


The Pac-12 and Mountain West conferences said they reached an agreement in principle to resolve litigation over the departure ...


Snap, TikTok and YouTube settled with the first bellwether plaintiff in the sprawling social media addiction multidistrict lit...


The estate of attorney John P. Kristensen has sued Beverly Hills plaintiffs' firm Carpenter & Zuckerman LLP, alleging the ...


California's judicial discipline commission publicly admonished Los Angeles Judge Susan Bryant-Deason over remarks to prospect...



Single payer, many lawsuits

May 19, 2026
By Malcolm Maclachlan

California's single-payer dream keeps coming back -- but before any bill reaches a governor's desk, it would have to survive E...


Land Use


A San Diego judge ordered Huntington Beach to pay $160,000 in sanctions for violating California housing laws, marking the fir...


Experts said the ruling could reshape disability for volunteers and educators. UC Irvine School of Law professor Rachel Moran ...


Securities


SEC ends decades-old 'gag rule' in settlements

May 19, 2026
By Craig Anderson

SEC Chairman Paul S. Atkins announced the agency is abandoning its longstanding "no-deny" settlement policy, which had faced g...


Torts/Personal Injury


The widow of late 1st District Court of Appeal Justice Donald B. King alleges a high-end Santa Rosa senior living facility bar...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Software company Adaptamed seeks to disqualify Kirkland & Ellis from representing Commure, alleging the firm obtained conf...


Civil Procedure


Plaintiffs say newly produced State Parks text messages support claims that lingering embers from the Lachman Fire reignited i...


Torrance Superior Court Judge Alan B. Honeycutt says lessons in empathy learned as a child living in Iran continue to shape hi...