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Technology


U.S. District Judge George H. Wu tentatively rejected the Justice Department's bid to vacate a 2019 consent order, saying the ...


Business Law


Nektar told jurors Eli Lilly deliberately stalled development of autoimmune drug Rezpeg to protect a competing drug it owned o...


Criminal


William Martinez was acquitted of elder abuse after prosecutors retried a case involving the transfer of a dementia patient to...


A Los Angeles judge weighing Roblox's challenge to a county child-safety lawsuit questioned whether age verification constitut...


Environmental & Energy


More than 200 residents and business owners suing over alleged exposure from the Moss Landing battery fire do not dispute comp...


Torts/Personal Injury


Orange County jurors found Fairhaven Park and Mortuary negligent after an infant's burial was marred by a relocated grave, hou...


Obituaries


Retired justice, who rose from childhood poverty and wartime internment to become the first Asian American on California's hig...


Administrative/Regulatory


The California Trucking Association dismissed its federal lawsuit after state regulators formally repealed contested requireme...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


Subscribers sued Anthropic, OpenAI, Google and SpaceX, alleging the companies violated federal antitrust law by coordinating e...


Slideshow, Community News


Judges Armenui Ashvanian, Michael Amerian and Presiding Judge Sergio Tapia reflected on heritage, mentorship and public trust ...


Judges and Judiciary


Gov. Gavin Newsom nominated two members of his staff -- including a former U.S. Supreme Court clerk who represented Microsoft ...


Government


California Primary Care Association alleges union used ballot measure to seek organizing concessions; SEIU-UHW calls claims "c...


Slideshow, Community News


Central District judges offered attorneys advice on trial practice, AI and opportunities for younger lawyers while highlightin...


Kimberly Branscome, Yahonnes Cleary and Jonathan Tam are joining Gibson Dunn from Paul Weiss, the latest major litigation team...


Appellate attorneys say Justice Jon B. Streeter's 49-page concurrence carries no precedential weight but could influence lawma...


Community News


Central District judges offered attorneys advice on trial practice, AI and opportunities for younger lawyers while highlightin...


Environmental & Energy


U.S. District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong indicated residents may proceed with a trespass claim but questioned whether a...


Technology


A proposed class action accuses OpenAI of failing to adequately disclose that contractors may review ChatGPT conversations to ...


Bankruptcy


Longtime Sacramento bankruptcy attorney Jamie P. Dreher begins a 14-year term as bankruptcy filings in the Eastern District co...


Civil Procedure


Meta, YouTube and Snapchat want jurors in the next social media addiction bellwether trial in Los Angeles to hear that both fa...


Immigration


U.S. District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong ordered federal immigration agents in Southern California to make individualiz...


Technology


Developed with OpenAI, Cooley GO Public can produce an initial IPO registration statement in minutes, as the firm looks to AI ...


Business Law


Eli Lilly opened its defense against Nektar Therapeutics' contract claims, telling jurors it abandoned the autoimmune drug Rez...


Constitutional Law


The Justice Department says San Jose's concealed carry licensing fee violates the Second Amendment, setting up a potential tes...


Civil Procedure


A Los Angeles judge proposed two 2027 trials involving Dominguez Channel odor claims as the court considers whether California...


Civil Procedure


Federal prosecutors announced three new cases in an expanding investigation of Los Angeles homelessness spending, including al...


San Francisco Superior Court judges elected Assistant Presiding Judge Christopher C. Hite as the court's next presiding judge,...


Torts/Personal Injury


California litigation alleging Pfizer failed to warn that Depo-Provera increases the risk of meningiomas continues in Alameda ...


Technology


Newsom signs AI performer disclosure law

Sep. 17, 2026
By Malcolm Maclachlan

California advertisers will have to disclose prominent use of AI-generated performers under a new law that drew opposition fro...


Slideshow, Community News


Chief U.S. District Judge Dolly M. Gee welcomed a new generation of federal judges and emphasized the importance of the bench-...