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Tom Girardi, the disbarred trial lawyer convicted of stealing over $15 million in client funds, remains hospitalized following...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Convicted ex-LA prosecutor Thomas Peters testifies that James Clark knew of an extortion plot in the water and power billing s...


Coinbase faces class actions after cybercriminals, bribing employees, accessed customer data, leading to a $20M ransom demand ...


Intellectual Property


Comet ML seeks TRO to stop PerplexityAI's beta Comet browser launch, alleging trademark infringement and consumer confusion. T...


Real Estate/Development


The case involves a planned hotel development near Fashion Island, where managers allegedly withheld financial information, mi...


Government


The law, set to take effect June 5, caps the number of shops allowed to operate and imposes what plaintiffs call "onerous" new...


Hedge funds buying wildfire subrogation claims from insurers raise concerns about conflicting interests with attorneys, potent...


Technology, Civil Litigation


Irvine attorney James Stout plans to refile a libel lawsuit in state court against a TikTok creator for orchestrating a review...


Litigation & Arbitration, California Supreme Court


During arguments, justices questioned Wednesday whether SB 707's strict penalties on employers that make late payments to neut...


Law Practice


Edward R. Reines and Derek C. Walter will continue representing CareDx Inc. in high-stakes litigation as they settle into new ...


San Mateo golf course restaurant owner sues city, alleging it knowingly leased a moldy, flood-prone building, leading to an em...


Labor/Employment


Kiley McCarthy-Connolly Scholtz joins firm's Irvine office, enhancing labor and employment capabilities


Automaker claims attorneys fabricated thousands of hours of work in a decade-long scheme; RICO violations alleged. Knight Law ...


Contracts


Winston & Strawn and WilmerHale attorneys are asking a federal judge to sanction each other in an escalating contract disp...


Immigration, Criminal


U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli has announced the launch of Operation Guardian Angel, a federal initiative in the Central District ...


Education Law, Civil Litigation


A Los Angeles judge is reviewing a lawsuit challenging LAUSD's policy on campus co-location, which charter advocates argue vio...


The State Bar of California is under fire after revealing it allowed a contractor to use ChatGPT to help write questions for t...


Formerly with Latham & Watkins, Jeffrey Senac brings extensive experience in leveraged lending, acquisition financing, and...


An Orange County judge has granted Attorney General Rob Bonta and the Department of Housing and Community Development permissi...


A 51-year-old man suffered catastrophic brain damage after Orange County Global Medical Center allegedly failed to provide tim...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


A San Francisco Superior Court judge sharply criticized a plaintiff's attorney for attempting to seal a class action settlemen...


Judge delays Google's petition to consolidate 2,296 privacy lawsuits alleging Incognito browser data collection, potentially c...


Criminal


Federal judge challenges prosecutor's bid to overturn jury's verdict finding former L.A. County sheriff's deputy guilty of ass...


LA judge accepts defense attorney's declaration under oath that he did not review a confidential client file a former attorney...


LACERA sues former cybersecurity officer Carmelo Marquez for allegedly defrauding $123,000 by secretly funneling contracts to ...


Universities cutting sports programs due to the $2.5 billion NCAA NIL settlement may face lawsuits from athletes, with experts...


Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg., 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Epic Games argues Apple is retaliating for past legal challenges, escalating a long-running antitrust battle between the two c...


In the wake of a tragic crash that killed a Dana Hills High School student and injured five others, two families have hired le...


The San Francisco-based law firm is expanding its statewide footprint with the addition of longtime Fresno labor attorney Ryan...


The California Valley Miwok Tribe is seeking a court order to stop the California Gambling Control Commission from distributin...