Special Reports
Judicial Profile
Probate Judge Daniel Juarez notes the emotion, but rules on the instrument
MCLE
Why good mediation briefs matter
A strong mediation brief isn't just paperwork--it sharpen...
By Scott HengesbachThe power of communication in keeping cases moving and clients happy
Cases stall not from law, but from silence. A quick call ...
By Robyn E. FrickIRS Notice 2025-69: How the new deductions for tips and overtime work in 2025
The IRS issued Notice 2025‑69 to guide taxpayers on claim...
By Daniel Chung
Today's News
Constitutional Law
Supreme Court won't hear Huntington Beach challenge to state housing laws
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The federal litigation arose in response to a state enforcement action. On March 9, 2023, Bonta, Newsom and California Department of Housing and Community De...
Labor/Employment
San Francisco court clerks threaten strike for more staff, better training
By James Twomey
San Francisco Superior Court clerks are threatening to strike over short staffing and inadequate training, alleging delays have kept criminal defendants jail...
Insurance
Kaiser sues insurers over $556M Medicare settlement coverage dispute
By James Twomey
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan sued 10 insurers, alleging wrongful denial of coverage for most of its $556 million Medicare fraud settlement and seeking to re...
Technology
xAI's lawsuit against OpenAI dismissed with leave to amend
By Daniel Schrager
U.S. District Judge Rita F. Lin dismissed xAI's trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI, finding no plausible allegations of inducement or misuse, but granted l...
Torts/Personal Injury
Demurrer sustained, amendment OK'd in OpenAI whistleblower's death case
By James Twomey
A San Francisco judge granted leave to amend a wrongful death complaint filed by the parents of former OpenAI employee Suchir Balaji, finding their claims ag...
Judges and Judiciary
Gov. Gavin Newsom nominated three justices to the state Courts of Appeal and appointed seven Superior Court judges in five counties, continuing a reshaping o...
Columns
Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
From tariffs to trust: Why lawyers must oppose efforts to normalize attacks on the judiciary
By Brian S. Kabateck, Shant A. Karnikian
Disagreement with court decisions is healthy in a constitutional democracy, but attacks on judges' loyalty or integrity erode ...
California mobilehome regulations every tenant and public agency should know
By Layla A. Sarwari
California's new mobilehome laws strengthen tenant protections, modernize notices and impose stricter disaster-response obliga...
Immigration
What Billie Eilish really meant - and what Richard Epstein missed
By Victor S. Dorokhin
Billie Eilish's Grammy remark wasn't about land titles. It was about moral standing in the face of a deeply unjust immigrati...
Verdicts & Settlements
| False Claims Act | United States of America, e... | $556,000,000 |
| Securities Exchange Act | In re: PG&E Corporation Sec... | $100,000,000 |
| Trespass | In Re: Delta Air Lines, Inc. | $78,750,000 |
| Invasion of Privacy | John Doe, John Doe II, John... | $46,000,000 |
| Product Liability | Johnson & Johnson Talcum Po... | $40,000,000 |
| Fraud | Thomas W. McNamara, as the ... | $33,000,000 |
| Environmental Protection | The People of the State of ... | $7,700,000 |
| Securities Exchange Act | Myo Thant, individually and... | $7,250,000 |
| Premises Liability | The Estate of Jane Doe v. R... | $5,250,000 |
| Auto v. Auto | John Doe v. Roe Package Com... | $4,650,000 |
On the Move
Kibler Fowler & Cave LLP
Andrew C. Whitman was promoted to counsel of Kibler Fowler & Cave LLP in Los Angeles.
Kevin J. Cammiso was promoted to counsel of Kibler Fowler & Cave LLP in Los Angeles.
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Community News
Lawyers Philharmonic to hold auditions for Disney Hall concert
By Ricardo Pineda
The Los Angeles Lawyers Philharmonic, Legal Voices and Gary Greene, Esq. & His Big Band of Barristers are holding audition...
Podcasts
In this episode of In the Counsel's Chair, Jason de Bretteville gives us the rundown on a potentially landmark sanctions rulin...
Daily Appellate Report
Real Property
Ashirwad, LLC v. Bradbury
Because rebutting Civil Code section 1945's lease renewal presumption requires mutual consent, trial court properly concluded no month-to-month tenancy arose after lease's expiration wher...
Torts
Postal Service v. Konan
The U.S retains sovereign immunity for claims regarding intentional nondelivery of mail because "miscarriage" and "loss" under the Federal Tort Claim Act's postal exception can result fro...
Civil Procedure
Hain Celestial Group, Inc. v. Palmquist
Erroneous dismissal of non-diverse party did not cure jurisdictional defect existing at the time of removal to federal court, so vacatur of the district court's judgment was required.
Torts
Wells v. BNSF Railway Co.
Railroad was shielded from strict liability for abnormally dangerous activity of transporting asbestos-containing materials because it was statutorily required as a common carrier to tran...
Criminal Law and Procedure, Health Care
U.S. v. Motley
Aggravated identity theft sentence vacated where government failed to show defendant's use of relatives' names was the crux of defendant's Medicare fraud scheme.