Judicial Profile
Where evictions move fast, Judge Leslie Gutierrez slows down for fairness
MCLE
Military bases' new names sound like the old Confederate ones
Military bases previously renamed to remove Confederate a...
By Eileen C. MooreFrom Sacramento to Shiraz: Practical steps for registering California divorce judgments abroad
A California divorce decree is binding throughout the U.S...
By Abbas HadjianListening as the first principle of civility
Civility, grounded not in mere politeness but in the ethi...
By Scott C. Clarkson
Today's News
Intellectual Property
Class counsel request 20% fee in historic $1.5B Anthropic deal
By Craig Anderson
A motion filed Thursday seeks $300 million in fees and nearly $2 million in expenses as Judge William Alsup of San Francisco prepares to step aside before fi...
Criminal
Lobbyist, former Becerra chief of staff plead to conspiracy
By Daniel Schrager
Sacramento political figures pleaded guilty to conspiracy in campaign money siphoning case. Prosecutors have also accused a former chief of staff to Gov. Gav...
LA Fires
Limited firefighter depositions OK'd in Palisades Fire lawsuit
By Devon Belcher
A Los Angeles judge approved limited firefighter and state parks depositions in the Palisades Fire suit, allowing plaintiffs to probe claims that smoldering ...
Technology
Reasons for AI errors don't matter, panel sanctions for not checking work
By Daniel Schrager
A California appeals court sanctioned attorney Fahim Farivar for submitting an inaccurate brief with AI hallmarks, stressing attorneys' responsibility for ac...
Civil Litigation
City defends homelessness reporting as judge weighs contempt claim
By Skyler Romero
Los Angeles' chief negotiator, Matthew Szabo, testified the city met homelessness settlement reporting duties "to the extent possible," arguing data gaps ste...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit backs iyO in trademark fight with OpenAI over IO name
By James Twomey
A 9th Circuit panel upheld a restraining order barring OpenAI and IO Products from using the "IO" name, finding likely trademark infringement against startup...
Columns
Entertainment & Sports, Alternative Dispute Resolution
Mediation in Hollywood: Knowing how to close the deal
By David R. Shraga
Negotiating Hollywood deals and mediating disputes rely on the same timeless principles: do your homework, build relationships...
The law shapes every stage of a work of art's life -- from its creation and sale to exhibition, reproduction, donation, and ev...
Business cases turn on getting documents into evidence, so trial lawyers must beat hearsay objections by knowing what counts a...
Verdicts & Settlements
| Bad Faith | Cristin Morneau, individual... | $153,000,000 |
| Breach of Contract | P&P Industries LLC and JT3 ... | $29,306,734 |
| Breach of Contract | The Residences at Depot Str... | $5,000,000 |
| Wage and Hour | Andrea Sosa, on behalf of h... | $4,400,000 |
| Auto v. Pedestrian | Neeko Dedrick Alonzo Walker... | $3,250,000 |
| Wage and Hour | Cecilia Perez, individually... | $2,975,000 |
| Wage and Hour | Mary Magdalena Mejia, indiv... | $1,950,000 |
| Malpractice | Doe Plaintiffs v. Roe Medic... | $1,500,000 |
| Malpractice | Doe Plaintiffs v. Roe Medic... | $1,500,000 |
| Breach of Contract | John Demas and Robert Burzi... | $1,444,867 |
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California Gubernatorial Appointments
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Community News
Community News, Alternative Dispute Resolution
Judicate West founder pledges $75k for Charles Houston Bar Association student scholarships
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The bar association dates to 1955, when Black attorneys in the Bay Area banded together to confront discrimination in the cour...
Podcasts
In the fourth episode of In the Counsel's Chair, Hanson Bridgett Managing Partner Kristina Lawson discusses her time as an ele...
Daily Appellate Report
Torts, Real Property
Andrews v. Wagner
Landowner bore no liability for insurance inspector's injuries occurring on her backyard steps when, despite being qualified as a "hirer" under *Privette*, the steps were not a concealed ...
Education
Jacobson v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
The Education Code does not require vendors to disclose fees for retirement investment products that, while previously offered to public education employees, are no longer available to pr...
Torts, Attorneys
Landis' Labyrinth v. Whitaker
Where judge's factual findings in previous case met issue preclusion requirements and created triable issues regarding probable cause and malice in subsequent malicious prosecution case, ...
Torts
Rancho Cucamonga Central School Dist. v. Superior Court (Flowers)
School district's lack of actual or constructive knowledge of child abuse in YMCA after-school program was fatal to plaintiff's negligent supervision claim.
Criminal Law and Procedure
Lee v. Superior Court (People)
Dismissal was required where preliminary hearing on amended complaint was set outside the statutory 60-day period and defendant's limited time waiver--despite defendant's general time wai...