Justice Juliet O. Macaulay is seeking a 12-year term on the 4th District division that reviewed her jury selection r...
Rodriguez's path to 4th District spans prosecution and rehabilitation courts
By Laurinda Keys
San Diego County Superior Court Judge Lisa R. Rodriguez, confirmed in August to the 4th District Court of Appeal, Division 1, ...
New 5th District Justice Sandhu built treatment courts, school outreach
By Laurinda Keys
Justice Sonny S. Sandhu, a former Stanislaus County public defender and presiding judge, joined the 5th District Court of Appe...
Santa Clara County Judge Frederick S. Chung seeks a 12-year appellate term after rulings involving a mass shooting, religious ...
Torts/Personal Injury
Jury selection begins in second social media addiction bellwether trial
By Devon Belcher
Jury selection began Wednesday in Los Angeles' second social media addiction bellwether trial, with two plaintiffs presenting ...
Law Practice
Judge allows claims that law firm exploited dying lawyer to proceed
By Devon Belcher
A Los Angeles judge allowed a deceased attorney's estate to pursue conversion, breach of fiduciary duty and punitive damages c...
Education Law
Closed Oakland charter school sues over allegedly missed renewal deadline
By Alicia Alvarez
A closed East Oakland charter school seeks a court order recognizing a five-year renewal, arguing Oakland Unified missed a man...
Civil Procedure
Uber asks 9th Circuit to protect privileged documents in sexual assault litigation
By Daniel Schrager
Uber argues that a federal court improperly denied its request to reclaim 42 documents after encouraging broad disclosure in m...
Labor/Employment
Jury rejects racial harassment claim despite plaintiff's landmark Supreme Court victory
By Alicia Alvarez
A San Francisco jury rejected Twanda Bailey's harassment and retaliation claims after a California Supreme Court ruling revive...
Immigration
Judge blocks deportation of South Korean woman awaiting green card decision
By Skyler Romero
A Riverside federal judge temporarily halted the deportation of a South Korean woman who applied for permanent residency befor...
Civil Procedure
Judge slashes $5 million in fees from Hawaiian Electric securities settlement
By Daniel Schrager
A federal judge approved a $48 million settlement arising from the 2023 Maui wildfires but sharply criticized plaintiffs' atto...
Jury awards $67.7 million to countertop worker with failing transplanted lungs
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
A Los Angeles jury found Caesarstone liable for a design defect in its artificial stone products that caused a countertop fab...
Napa winery owners sue Buchalter over $7 million easement settlement
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Paul and Betty Woolls allege that decades of faulty legal advice and litigation missteps over access to their Napa Valley wine...
U.S. District Judge David O. Carter ruled that the Trump administration failed to establish the reliability of its list of sus...
Law Practice
Jones Day's partnership with Draftwise reflects a growing effort among major law firms to transform decades of client work int...
Civil Procedure
Attorney facing kidnapping charges declared vexatious litigant
By David Houston
A 2nd District Court of Appeal panel barred Beverly Hills attorney Tristram T. Buckley from filing new litigation without judi...
9th Circuit allows Berkeley to clear homeless camp but preserves broader restrictions
By Daniel Schrager
A divided appellate panel allowed Berkeley to finish clearing an encampment where a bacterial infection was detected but decli...
DOJ seeks to segregate thousands of California ballots over citizenship questions
By Skyler Romero
Federal prosecutors urged a Los Angeles judge to prevent ballots cast by suspected noncitizens from being counted while their ...
Government
LA County poised to take over key homelessness programs as HUD settlement nears
By Skyler Romero
Federal officials told a judge they are close to resolving litigation over LAHSA's suspension from federal funding, clearing t...
Immigration
Bovino emails could shape ruling on Central Valley immigration raids
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The ACLU and United Farm Workers say newly disclosed emails show former Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino resisted orders...
From restaurant critic to appellate justice, Guerra values people's stories
By Laurinda Keys
Justice Amy K. Guerra, a former defense attorney and family law judge, seeks retention on the 5th District after writing two p...
A former family law research attorney and federal law clerk, Justice Charles F. Adams presided over CARE Court before joining ...
Justice Deborah C. Servino, a former deputy attorney general who argued before the U.S. Supreme Court and conducted more than ...
Daum brings a historian's eye and a litigator's range to the 2nd District
By Laurinda Keys
Justice Nicholas F. Daum, a former entertainment litigator and trial judge, seeks retention on the 2nd District after writing ...
Real Estate/Development
Judge preserves Eaton Fire claims against Edison over inactive power line
By Devon Belcher
A Los Angeles judge rejected Edison's attempt to dismiss inverse condemnation claims arising from the Eaton Fire, finding that...
After Charles Schwab won summary judgment in an employee speech lawsuit, the plaintiff argued that changes to company policies...
Armond Wilson adds two veteran IP litigators as Newport Beach practice expands
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Alan G. Laquer and Brenton R. Babcock have joined the intellectual property litigation boutique as partners, bringing extensiv...
Actual fear not required for felony brandishing conviction, California Supreme Court rules
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The unanimous court held that prosecutors need only show that displaying a gun would cause a reasonable person to fear bodily ...
Federal judge disqualifies Essayli from overseeing criminal prosecutions
By Craig Anderson
A visiting federal judge ruled that Bilal A. Essayli is unlawfully serving as a de facto U.S. attorney in Los Angeles, citing ...
X Factor S2 LLC, represented by Pacific Legal Foundation, acknowledges that recent 9th Circuit decisions have upheld the Natio...