Technology
Judge balks at ending TikTok children's privacy consent order
By Skyler Romero
U.S. District Judge George H. Wu tentatively rejected the Justice Department's bid to vacate a 2019 consent order, saying the ...
Business Law
Jury gets Nektar's $1B drug-development fight with Eli Lilly
By Daniel Schrager
Nektar told jurors Eli Lilly deliberately stalled development of autoimmune drug Rezpeg to protect a competing drug it owned o...
Criminal
Jury acquits MacArthur Park physician assistant in elder abuse retrial
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
William Martinez was acquitted of elder abuse after prosecutors retried a case involving the transfer of a dementia patient to...
Technology
Judge weighs Section 230 protection for Roblox age verification
By Devon Belcher
A Los Angeles judge weighing Roblox's challenge to a county child-safety lawsuit questioned whether age verification constitut...
Environmental & Energy
Oakland judge tentatively designates Moss Landing fire exposure suit as complex
By Alicia Alvarez
More than 200 residents and business owners suing over alleged exposure from the Moss Landing battery fire do not dispute comp...
Torts/Personal Injury
Jury finds mortuary negligent in botched infant burial, awards no damages
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Orange County jurors found Fairhaven Park and Mortuary negligent after an infant's burial was marred by a relocated grave, hou...
Retired justice, who rose from childhood poverty and wartime internment to become the first Asian American on California's hig...
Administrative/Regulatory
Truckers drop challenge after California repeals zero-emission fleet rules
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The California Trucking Association dismissed its federal lawsuit after state regulators formally repealed contested requireme...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
AI giants sued over alleged pact to slow development
By Craig Anderson
Subscribers sued Anthropic, OpenAI, Google and SpaceX, alleging the companies violated federal antitrust law by coordinating e...
Slideshow, Community News
Armenian Bar honors 3 LA judges for service, leadership
By Ricardo Pineda
Judges Armenui Ashvanian, Michael Amerian and Presiding Judge Sergio Tapia reflected on heritage, mentorship and public trust ...
Judges and Judiciary
Governor nominates 5 appellate justices, 2 from his office
By Laurinda Keys
Gov. Gavin Newsom nominated two members of his staff -- including a former U.S. Supreme Court clerk who represented Microsoft ...
Government
Healthcare clinics accuse SEIU-UHW of racketeering over Proposition 44
By Malcolm Maclachlan
California Primary Care Association alleges union used ballot measure to seek organizing concessions; SEIU-UHW calls claims "c...
Slideshow, Community News
Federal judges offer practitioners a view from the bench
By Skyler Romero
Central District judges offered attorneys advice on trial practice, AI and opportunities for younger lawyers while highlightin...
Gibson Dunn continues litigation buildout with Paul Weiss mass tort team
By David Houston
Kimberly Branscome, Yahonnes Cleary and Jonathan Tam are joining Gibson Dunn from Paul Weiss, the latest major litigation team...
Criminal
Unusual publication puts justice's Racial Justice Act concurrence in spotlight
By Laurinda Keys
Appellate attorneys say Justice Jon B. Streeter's 49-page concurrence carries no precedential weight but could influence lawma...
Community News
Federal judges offer practitioners a view from the bench
By Skyler Romero
Central District judges offered attorneys advice on trial practice, AI and opportunities for younger lawyers while highlightin...
Environmental & Energy
Judge skeptical of strict liability claim in Chiquita Canyon litigation
By Skyler Romero
U.S. District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong indicated residents may proceed with a trespass claim but questioned whether a...
Technology
ChatGPT users sue OpenAI over human review of conversations
By Daniel Schrager
A proposed class action accuses OpenAI of failing to adequately disclose that contractors may review ChatGPT conversations to ...
Bankruptcy
Downey Brand's Dreher joins Eastern District bankruptcy bench
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Longtime Sacramento bankruptcy attorney Jamie P. Dreher begins a 14-year term as bankruptcy filings in the Eastern District co...
Civil Procedure
Social media companies seek to introduce lawyer ads in addiction trial
By Devon Belcher
Meta, YouTube and Snapchat want jurors in the next social media addiction bellwether trial in Los Angeles to hear that both fa...
Immigration
Judge blocks warrantless immigration arrests without escape-risk finding
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
U.S. District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong ordered federal immigration agents in Southern California to make individualiz...
Technology
Cooley launches AI tool that drafts initial S-1 in minutes
By David Houston
Developed with OpenAI, Cooley GO Public can produce an initial IPO registration statement in minutes, as the firm looks to AI ...
Business Law
Lilly says side effects, not competing drug, doomed Nektar treatment
By Daniel Schrager
Eli Lilly opened its defense against Nektar Therapeutics' contract claims, telling jurors it abandoned the autoimmune drug Rez...
Constitutional Law
DOJ challenges San Jose's $1,591 concealed carry fee
By Craig Anderson
The Justice Department says San Jose's concealed carry licensing fee violates the Second Amendment, setting up a potential tes...
Civil Procedure
Judge eyes 2 trials as Dominguez Channel claims face deadline
By Devon Belcher
A Los Angeles judge proposed two 2027 trials involving Dominguez Channel odor claims as the court considers whether California...
Civil Procedure
Feds widen LA homelessness fraud probe, warn more charges coming
By Skyler Romero
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
State Depo-Provera litigation continues as federal cases move to settlement
By Alicia Alvarez
California litigation alleging Pfizer failed to warn that Depo-Provera increases the risk of meningiomas continues in Alameda ...
California advertisers will have to disclose prominent use of AI-generated performers under a new law that drew opposition fro...
Slideshow, Community News
Gee marks changing of the guard in Southern California federal courts
By Skyler Romero
Chief U.S. District Judge Dolly M. Gee welcomed a new generation of federal judges and emphasized the importance of the bench-...