Lawsuits are rare under California's 2019 CROWN Act, which bans discrimination against Black employees for wearing "natural" o...
Jury delivers $7.1M verdict against LA schools
By Jack Needham
The jury found that the school had been negligent in its supervision of the student on the playground.
Ex-Secret Agent seeks sanctions for claim Girardi bribed him
By Devon Belcher
The agent says a costume designer had no cause to include him in a federal lawsuit that primarily targets Erika Girardi, an en...
Judges share their favorite holiday recipes
Superior Court judges from throughout California responded to a Daily Journal request to share their favorite holiday recipes...
Mountain West seeks dismissal of Pac-12 poaching penalty suit
By Craig Anderson
The response seeks dismissal of a lawsuit the Pac-12 filed in the Northern District of California arguing that a penalty again...
Fane Lozman, a Florida resident, has had multiple legal disputes with the City of Riviera Beach, leading to two Supreme Cou...
Federalism allows states and the federal government to balance power and protect individual liberty, encouraging citizens to...
Deportation responsibilities are assigned to ICE under the Department of Homeland Security, not the Department of Defense, m...
2 justices confirmed to Court of Appeal, 3rd is elevated to presiding justice
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Gov. Gavin Newsom nominated Justice Brian M. Hoffstadt to lead the 2nd District Court of Appeal, Division 5. He also nominated...
US judge approves final tuna price-fixing case settlements for $220M
By Devon Belcher
In the multidistrict lawsuit that was initiated in 2015, StarKist Co. and several related companies were accused of fixing the...
Courts to determine Title IX's applicability to transgender athletes
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Advocates on both sides of the legal and political divide have accused each other of flipping Title IX on its head when it com...
Man ordered to pay Gilead $31 million for selling counterfeit HIV drugs
By David Houston
Lorik Papyan admitted obtaining HIV medications from patients in the Los Angeles area and repackaging them with over-the-count...
Lawsuit filed against Bakersfield carrot producer following E. coli outbreak
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Attorneys for man in Sonoma County say their client suffered serious complications after assuming the affected carrots.
Circuit panel rules against Amber Heard in insurance dispute
By Skyler Romero
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Heard's insurer had not breached its duty to defend the actress in her defama...
Jury awards $292M in false advertising case
By Jack Needham
A jury in San Francisco found that cancer test maker Natera made false and misleading claims about rival Guardant's product.
The California Air Resources Board's new Low Carbon Fuel Standard rules tighten emissions reductions and add stricter requirem...
In Richard v. Union Pacific Railroad, the court ruled that a retired railroad engineer with 42 years of experience co...
San Mateo County judge 'knows the law, doesn't waste time,' attorneys say.
Adding a state civil procedure course to the curriculum would aid lower-tier schools and larger firms and would provide oppo...
Lessons learned from modern fictional attorneys
"So Help Me Todd" and "All Rise," and the legal ethics lessons that can be learned from the fictional attorneys in these shows.
Environmentalists sue to block carbon capture and storage project
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The groups argue that the project will undermine the state's climate goals and grow the county's polluting oil and gas industr...
Scott Edelman of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher was honored at the event in Beverly Hills.
VA budget shortfall testimony cited in LA housing dispute
By Devon Belcher
Attorneys representing the VA in a dispute with homeless veterans have pointed to department officials' testimony before a con...
Former LA politician appeals conviction for soliciting favors for son
By Craig Anderson
Alyssa D. Bell, who represents Mark Ridley-Thomas, told a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel that her client was trying t...
Citibank claims former executives solicited its law firm clients
By Wisdom Howell
A trade secrets complaint accuses the executives of taking the business to their new employer, BMO Wealth Management.
Supreme Court allows securities case against Meta to move ahead
By Craig Anderson
The one-sentence opinion was unsigned and quickly followed oral arguments in the case on Nov. 6, in which justices voiced skep...
LASC to begin mandatory eService Dec. 2
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Civil, family law, probate and Mental Health-LPS cases will eventually be required to utilize eService as well, with full impl...
Judge Latrice Byrdsong's judicial career began just 14 months ago as a court commissioner. On Thursday, Gov. Gavin Newsom elev...
With Trump's 2017 tax cuts set to expire in 2025, Congress faces pivotal decisions that could reshape America's entire tax lan...
California's complex web of rent control ordinances and tenant protection laws exposes landlords to significant liabilities, i...