Judicial Profile
Family law judge navigates conflict with discipline and heart
ADR Profile
Retired justice Patricia Benke champions classic mediation model
MCLE
IRS 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 ChungWhy litigation leaves everyone wrecked and the role of mediators after ABA Opinion 518
ABA Formal Opinion 518 reshapes but does not eliminate th...
By Leonid M. ZilbermanCalifornia enacts law to speed contractor payment disputes on private projects
SB 440 offers broader, more protective change order remed...
By Daniel F. McLennon
The Morning Docket
Five articles to get your day started.
Monsanto announces $7.25B class settlement in Roundup cancer litigation
California Democrats push new limits on federal immigration enforcement
Rental car apps give access but not blame when a driver causes injuries
Staffing companies aren't 'laborers' under California's construction payment laws
Federal magistrate judge sanctions plaintiffs' lawyer in Uber MDL
Today's News
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
LA County sues over alleged fire truck price-fixing scheme
By Skyler Romero
The lawsuit alleges a coordinated multi-year scheme to "roll up" and monopolize the markets for fire trucks and the custom chassis on which they are built.
Immigration
California Democrats push new limits on federal immigration enforcement
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Lawmakers test the boundaries of state authority as courts weigh earlier challenges and Republicans cite supremacy concerns.
Class Action
Monsanto announces $7.25B class settlement in Roundup cancer litigation
By Skyler Romero
The proposed agreement, filed for preliminary approval in St. Louis, is designed to resolve both current and future claims from individuals alleging they dev...
Class Action
Monsanto announces $7.25B class settlement in Roundup cancer litigation
By Skyler Romero
The proposed agreement, filed for preliminary approval in St. Louis, is designed to resolve both current and future claims from individuals alleging they dev...
Civil Litigation
Juror hospitalization pauses bellwether social media addiction trial
By Devon Belcher
Rather than excuse a juror midtrial, Superior Court Judge Carolyn B. Kuhl granted a one-day recess in the case alleging Meta and Google designed apps to addi...
David L. Greene alleges Alphabet-owned Google unlawfully replicated his voice and persona in its NotebookLM product, violating his right of publicity.
Columns
Judges and Judiciary, California Supreme Court
Gov. Newsom will probably go to the appellate bench for the next SCOCA justice
By David A. Carrillo, Stephen M. Duvernay
Governor Gavin Newsom is almost certain to fill the California Supreme Court vacancy with a safe, experienced Court of Appeal ...
State Bar & Bar Associations
After last year's bar exam disaster, state must adopt NextGen
By Erwin Chemerinsky
After the February 2025 bar exam disaster, California should adopt the NextGen Uniform Bar Exam for July 2028 and restore conf...
Rental car apps give access but not blame when a driver causes injuries
By Michael E. Rubinstein
Remote car rentals aren't responsible for checking if a customer is sober--negligent entrustment requires proof the driver was...
Verdicts & Settlements
| Age Discrimination | Joy Slagel v. Liberty Mutua... | $103,000,000 |
| Unfair Competition | Jane Barcelo and Christina ... | $15,000,000 |
| In re University of Souther... | $10,000,000 | |
| Malpractice | Doe Plaintiff v. Roe Hospital | $8,000,000 |
| Unfair Competition | Jeffrey Jacobs and Madeline... | $7,015,000 |
| Consumer Protection | Ellen Pace, Angela Miranda,... | $6,500,000 |
| School Incident | Jane Doe v. Roe School | $5,990,000 |
| Premises Liability | Dolores Marron v. Food 4 Less | $5,343,662 |
| False Advertising | The People of the State of ... | $4,500,000 |
| Breach of Fiduciary Duty | Corina Lowrey, Christen Lyn... | $3,500,000 |
On the Move
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP
Tommy Huynh was promoted to counsel of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP in San Francisco.
John Muse-Fisher was promoted to counsel of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP in San Francisco.
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Community News
Community News
Krishnan sworn in as U.S. magistrate judge for Northern District
By Ricardo Pineda
Ajay Krishnan joins the bench after a 20-year litigation career at Keker Van Nest & Peters, including 15 years as a partner.
Podcasts
Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp Chair Yakub Hazzard joins In the Counsel's Chair to discuss some of the major cases he's tackl...
Daily Appellate Report
Criminal Law and Procedure
U.S. v. Brandenburg
A non-public-facing security response to a threat may qualify as a "substantial disruption of governmental functions" under U.S. Sentencing Guideline 2A6.1(b)(4)(A).
Criminal Law and Procedure
People v. Alston
Trial court's failure to provide any reasons at all for overruling defense objection to peremptory challenge based on presumptively invalid reasons required reversal.
Consumer Law, Contracts
Diaz v. Thor Motor Coach, Inc.
Where defendant's warranty provision regarding choice of law was unconscionable as a violation of public policy, its mid-litigation offer to apply California law did not cure substantive ...
Criminal Law and Procedure, Evidence
Modification: People v. Dixon
Defendant's grand jury transcripts were not admissible under Penal Code section 1172.6(d)(3)'s hearsay exception.