Special Reports
Judicial Profile
5th District Justice Donald Franson's roots run deep in Fresno legal community
ADR Profile
Retired Marin judge Verna Adams leans on deep family law experience to drive settlements
Firm Profile
Gray, Duffy, Eisenbaum & Lee wants to be more than an insurance defense firm, but still do insurers' work
MCLE
Criminal relevance fundamentals
This article explains how courts determine the relevance ...
By Elia V. PirozziWhen the bench has a memory: Prosecutors, the RJA and the limits of neutrality
A recent California appellate decision confronts a questi...
By K. Chike OdiweXactimate 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. Karnikian
Today's News
Civil Procedure
Breakdown between parent, counsel stalls social media addiction case
By Devon Belcher
Law firm cited irreparable conflict as judge allowed withdrawal and granted time to secure new representation.
Technology, Business Law
Musk takes stand, calls OpenAI's shift 'stealing a charity'
By Daniel Schrager
A jury in Oakland heard dueling narratives as tech mogul Elon Musk claimed OpenAI became a for-profit powerhouse in breach of its original purpose.
Immigration, Family
Deportation as Leverage Emerges in Family Court
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Legal professionals warn that immigration threats are being used to gain advantage in disputes, while courts struggle to respond.
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Technology, Business Law
Musk takes stand, calls OpenAI's shift 'stealing a charity'
By Daniel Schrager
A jury in Oakland heard dueling narratives as tech mogul Elon Musk claimed OpenAI became a for-profit powerhouse in breach of its original purpose.
Immigration, Family
Deportation as Leverage Emerges in Family Court
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Legal professionals warn that immigration threats are being used to gain advantage in disputes, while courts struggle to respond.
Columns
Are employee networking events a Title VII liability?
By Mae Alberto
Even well-intentioned workplace initiatives may invite legal scrutiny--the EEOC's lawsuit against Coca-Cola illustrates an exp...
Uber/Lyft are liable for the drivers they put on the road
By Arash Homampour
Uber has spent five years arguing Proposition 22 rewrote California tort law; a recent arbitration award confirms it did not--...
E-filing systems increasingly allow minor technical or formatting mistakes to trigger document rejections that can jeopardize ...
Verdicts & Settlements
| Negligence | Jane Doe v. Dignity Health ... | $35,000,000 |
| Product Liability | George Stephenson v. PK&P I... | $33,384,400 |
| Consumer Protection | Jane Doe I and Jane Doe II,... | $21,500,000 |
| Construction Defects | Peter Hou, an individual, G... | $17,600,000 |
| Consumers Legal Remedies Act | Justin Lytle, et al., indiv... | $11,500,000 |
| Trademark Infringement | Nike, Inc. v. Nicholas C. T... | $11,000,000 |
| Age Discrimination | James Ruffulo and Valerie Y... | $10,000,000 |
| Prisoners' Rights | Patricia Garcia, et al. v. ... | $8,500,000 |
| Dog Attack | Genice Marie Horta v. City ... | $5,405,225 |
| Fair Credit Reporting Act | Larry Tran, on behalf of hi... | $5,000,000 |
On the Move
Jones Day
Christopher Foster joined Jones Day as a partner in San Francisco.
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Daily Appellate Report
Torts
Chang v. So. California Permanente Medical Group
Hybrid in-office/remote employee driving from home to office was merely commuting to work at the time of traffic collision, not shuttling between worksites, so employer was not liable for...
Evidence
Detrick v. Shimada
Declaration in English supporting summary judgment motion was incompetent because the person signing it could not speak or write English, and there was no indication an interpreter had tr...
Commercial Law
AVL Test Systems v. Hensel Phelps Construction
Trial court erroneously granted summary judgment, where a genuine factual dispute existed as to whether an exception to the Contractors State Licensing Law applied.
Constitutional Law
Louisiana v. Callais
Because section 2 of the Voting Rights Act did not require Louisiana to create a majority-minority district, no compelling interest justified its use of race in its new congressional map.
Civil Procedure
First Choice Women's Resource Centers, Inc. v. Davenport
Subpoena seeking documents disclosing donor information had a chilling effect on organization's First Amendment associational rights that was an injury-in-fact supporting Article III stan...