Torts/Personal Injury
Carson odor-crisis plaintiffs fight bid to overturn $8.8 million verdict
By Devon Belcher
Carson residents who won an $8.8 million verdict over a 2021 odor crisis urged a judge to reject defense efforts to overturn t...
Torts/Personal Injury
Federal proposal backed by Uber could dramatically limit lawsuits over driver crashes and assaults
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A late-night House committee vote advanced legislation that would sharply restrict when Uber and other rideshare companies can...
Business Law
Jury awards more than $40M in farm sale fraud case after 4-week trial
By David Houston
A Los Angeles County jury returned a verdict in favor of the former owners of a prominent Asian vegetable farming business, fi...
Riverside jury rejects $200M real estate claim, awards $30M on counterclaim
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
A Riverside County jury handed Southland Equities a sweeping trial victory after rejecting nearly $200 million in claims broug...
Women sue San Francisco jail over alleged cross-gender strip searches and body-camera filming
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Twenty women incarcerated in San Francisco County Jail filed a proposed class action accusing sheriff's deputies of forcing de...
Newsom appellate picks confirmed despite rare opposition at hearing
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The Commission on Judicial Appointments confirmed five appellate court nominees Friday, including a Los Angeles Superior Court...
Founded in 1951, the Newport Beach-based firm has evolved from an insurance defense practice into a full-service business law ...
Education Law
Berkeley law school adopts sweeping restrictions on student AI use
By David Houston
The policy, effective this summer, permits AI use only for limited research purposes unless professors expressly authorize bro...
Apple asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn an injunction and contempt ruling stemming from its long-running antitrust disp...
Intellectual Property
Google argues jury improperly relied on expert testimony trial judge excluded
By Daniel Schrager
Google urged a federal judge Thursday to overturn a $32.5 million Sonos patent verdict, arguing jurors improperly relied on ex...
Technology, Labor/Employment
Newsom AI order puts employers on notice
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The executive order does not create immediate obligations, but attorneys say it could lead to changes in WARN notices, severan...
Former second gentleman Douglas Emhoff received the Humanitarian Award at Inner City Law Center's 26th annual awards luncheon ...
Consumer Protection Law
Blueground to pay $1.2 million, refund tenants in LA wildfire rent-gouging settlement
By Devon Belcher
Los Angeles City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto announced a $1.2 million settlement with Blueground over allegations the compan...
Administrative/Regulatory
Cardrooms win temporary block on Bonta gaming rules
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A San Francisco judge temporarily blocked California gaming regulations targeting blackjack-style games after finding the Cali...
Class Action
San Diego County settles jail medical care class action
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
San Diego County agreed to major reforms to medical and dental care in its jail system under a class action settlement aimed a...
Immigration
Immigration courts losing judges amid firings, resignations, panel warns
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Current and former immigration judges warned Thursday that mass departures, political pressure and rising caseloads are strain...
Former San Diego judge Eddie C. Sturgeon says empathy, flexibility and extensive preparation are key to helping litigants avoi...
Meta reaches settlement before first federal social media addiction bellwether trial
By Daniel Schrager
Meta settled with the first bellwether plaintiff in the nationwide social media addiction multidistrict litigation weeks befor...
International Law
Supreme Court revives Havana Docks suit against cruise lines use of Cuban port
By Laurinda Keys
The ruling is expected to have major implications for pending Helms-Burton litigation involving foreign and domestic companies...
Criminal
DA races spotlight divisions over crime and prosecution policies
By Laurinda Keys
Two closely watched California district attorney races pit candidates demanding criminal justice system changes against toughe...
Government
Bonta seeks more funding for Trump litigation, antitrust
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Experts say federal litigation can deliver a clearer return, while antitrust cases are costly, complex, and potentially lucrat...
Civil Procedure
Ruling delayed on Palisades Fire discovery dispute and late claims
By Devon Belcher
A Los Angeles judge postponed ruling on an emergency discovery dispute in coordinated Palisades Fire litigation while ordering...
A federal jury's decision that Elon Musk sued OpenAI too late avoided a potentially landmark ruling on whether the company aba...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
The California Senate confirmed George Cardona for a second term as the State Bar's chief trial counsel, endorsing reforms ena...
Civil Rights
Jewish UCLA faculty join DOJ antisemitism suit against UC Regents
By Skyler Romero
Seven Jewish UCLA faculty members and administrators joined the Department of Justice's antisemitism lawsuit against the UC Re...
Lounge owner sues SF landlord for $2.55M over viral hosing video
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The owner of San Francisco's Barbarossa Lounge alleges a viral 2023 video of the landlord hosing a homeless person outside the...
Legal Education
Mexican American Bar Foundation gets $75k for new scholarships
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The Mexican American Bar Foundation established two new scholarships funded by a $75,000 donation from Judicate West co-founde...
Labor/Employment
CSU agrees to $12 million settlement in gender harassment, retaliation cases
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Plaintiffs alleged CSU leaders ignored or punished complaints of gender inequity and harassment, while trial testimony reveale...
Law Practice
Blank Rome adds infrastructure partners in Los Angeles
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Patrick Harder and Brandon J. Davis previously worked together on major infrastructure deals.
Intellectual Property
Attorney sanctioned $532K for prolonging lawsuit over Disney's 'Moana'
By Skyler Romero
The penalties include more than $532,000 in sanctions against lead attorney Gustavo D. Lage for "unreasonably and vexatiously"...