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Torts/Personal Injury


Carson residents who won an $8.8 million verdict over a 2021 odor crisis urged a judge to reject defense efforts to overturn t...


A late-night House committee vote advanced legislation that would sharply restrict when Uber and other rideshare companies can...


A Los Angeles County jury returned a verdict in favor of the former owners of a prominent Asian vegetable farming business, fi...


A Riverside County jury handed Southland Equities a sweeping trial victory after rejecting nearly $200 million in claims broug...


Twenty women incarcerated in San Francisco County Jail filed a proposed class action accusing sheriff's deputies of forcing de...


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


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 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

May 22, 2026
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The executive order does not create immediate obligations, but attorneys say it could lead to changes in WARN notices, severan...


Community News


Former second gentleman Douglas Emhoff received the Humanitarian Award at Inner City Law Center's 26th annual awards luncheon ...


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

May 22, 2026
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

May 22, 2026
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


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 settled with the first bellwether plaintiff in the nationwide social media addiction multidistrict litigation weeks befor...


The ruling is expected to have major implications for pending Helms-Burton litigation involving foreign and domestic companies...


Two closely watched California district attorney races pit candidates demanding criminal justice system changes against toughe...


Government


Experts say federal litigation can deliver a clearer return, while antitrust cases are costly, complex, and potentially lucrat...


Civil Procedure


A Los Angeles judge postponed ruling on an emergency discovery dispute in coordinated Palisades Fire litigation while ordering...


Business Law


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


Seven Jewish UCLA faculty members and administrators joined the Department of Justice's antisemitism lawsuit against the UC Re...


The owner of San Francisco's Barbarossa Lounge alleges a viral 2023 video of the landlord hosing a homeless person outside the...


Legal Education


The Mexican American Bar Foundation established two new scholarships funded by a $75,000 donation from Judicate West co-founde...


Labor/Employment


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

May 21, 2026
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Patrick Harder and Brandon J. Davis previously worked together on major infrastructure deals.


Intellectual Property


The penalties include more than $532,000 in sanctions against lead attorney Gustavo D. Lage for "unreasonably and vexatiously"...