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Judge Jacob J.H. Yim speeds through Compton's felony calendar without losing focus
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MCLE
Xactimate is not the law: How insurers use one software program to underpay wildfire claims
In California wildfire claims, insurers rely on Xactimate...
By Barret Alexander, Shant A. KarnikianUsing AI to parse the logic of a legal opinion
From opinion to syllogism: How AI rapidly breaks down Sup...
By Marc D. AlexanderWhen going low no longer works: Strategic civility as the new power play in family law
In family court, the sharpest move isn't shouting--it's s...
By Noel E. Guth
Today's News
Torts/Personal Injury
Alternative cause evidence allowed in social media addiction trial
By Devon Belcher
A Los Angeles judge allowed sensitive alternative-cause evidence, declined to delay trial, and weighed summary judgment in coordinated social media addiction...
Criminal
Insider trading conviction vacated over failure to probe juror bias
By Skyler Romero
A federal appeals court overturned a California man's insider trading conviction, ruling the trial judge failed to adequately investigate a juror who express...
Civil Procedure
Musk's case against OpenAI to proceed in bifurcated trial
By Daniel Schrager
A federal judge split Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI into liability and remedies phases, limiting the jury to an advisory role and reserving key financia...
Data Privacy
Bank says data-sharing claims vary too widely among plaintiffs
By Daniel Schrager
Capital One argues class certification is improper in a privacy lawsuit, saying data-sharing claims vary by customer while plaintiffs contend a common questi...
A San Francisco judge refused to seal X Corp. compensation records, citing insufficient evidence. The ruling underscores strict standards for confidentiality...
Civil Rights
Federal jury awards $17M in fatal Tustin police shooting of homeless man
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Jurors found a Tustin officer used excessive force in the 2021 shooting of Luis Garcia, a homeless, mentally ill man, rejecting qualified immunity defenses a...
Columns
Why is CARB giving insurers a pass on climate?
By Clara Vondrich
As CARB implements a first-in-the-nation climate risk disclosure framework, it is giving insurers a pass even as other compani...
Death by rejection: The clerk's office as an unwitting adversary
By Edwin Hong
California's e-filing system can turn minor clerical or formatting errors into dispositive rejections that retroactively jeopa...
Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech
California expands nurse practitioner authority; ownership question remains
By Mehdi Sinaki, Nicole Benalcazar
AB 890 expanded nurse practitioner autonomy while leaving ownership unresolved--creating tension between the statute's grant o...
Verdicts & Settlements
| Fraud | Broadmoor Lumber & Plywood ... | $299,500,000 |
| Unfair Business Practices | Federal Trade Commmission; ... | $100,000,000 |
| Consumers Legal Remedies Act | Patricia Bland and Edward W... | $70,800,000 |
| Securities Exchange Act | Retail Wholesale Department... | $32,000,000 |
| Premises Liability | Redwood Fire and Casualty I... | $10,236,827 |
| Wage and Hour | Lorraine Walters, Jennifer ... | $7,400,000 |
| Invasion of Privacy | Michael Erazo, Miguel Ochoa... | $5,800,000 |
| Excessive Force | Dorothey Heimbach, individu... | $5,000,000 |
| Wage and Hour | Andrea Brazell and Nichole ... | $3,250,000 |
| Auto v. Auto | Elodia Chavez v. George Burns | $2,080,291 |
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ADR Services, Inc.
Holly J. Fujie joined ADR Services, Inc. as a neutral in Los Angeles.
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Community News
Asian American attorney launches anthology to document AAPI legal trailblazers
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The volunteer-run project run by an associate at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati features first-person narratives from AA...
Daily Appellate Report
Employment Law
Martinez v. Sierra Lifestar
Trial court erred in denying class certification where employer's bonus-exclusion defense was not unique and typicality was satisfied despite variation in bonus types.
Civil Procedure
Enbridge Energy, LP v. Nessel
30-day deadline for removing state actions to federal court is not subject to equitable tolling.
Constitutional Law
U.S. v. State of California
State law requiring federal officers to display identification likely violated Supremacy Clause by directly regulating federal law enforcement operations, warranting injunction pending ap...
Education
J.R. v. Ventura Unified School District
Parents' lawsuit against school district was untimely to all claims pre-dating filing by more than two years because they should have known of action underlying their complaint beginning ...
Torts, Government
Hencely v. Fluor Corp.
Army specialist's state-law tort claims against military contractor were not preempted, where the Federal Government neither ordered nor authorized the challenged conduct.