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Beverly Hills Bar hosts civil court judges

Mar. 12, 2026
By Ricardo Pineda

Los Angeles Superior Court Presiding Judge Sergio C. Tapia II and Supervising Civil Judge Lawrence P. Riff addressed the gathe...


Jurors heard deposition testimony that the plaintiff's mental health struggles stemmed mainly from family conflict as closing ...


Two class actions filed in Northern California claim Meta's AI-enabled smart glasses secretly capture and transmit video for A...



Former SEC Los Angeles chief joins McGuireWoods

Mar. 12, 2026
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Gary Y. Leung, who recently led the SEC's Los Angeles Regional Office, has returned to McGuireWoods as a partner alongside aud...



2 more settlements approved in OCDA harassment scandal

Mar. 12, 2026
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

The settlements follow a cascade of harassment claims tied to prior leadership in the district attorney's office. Six employee...


The judge said Ford had not plausibly alleged a conspiracy even if billings were questionable. The company said it will appeal.


Elon Musk's attorney Alex Spiro said that Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP partner Alan Klein -- representing Twitter's boar...


A federal judge reduced a $7 million fee award in immigration litigation, excluding $172,000 in law student billing and applyi...


A defense psychiatric expert testified plaintiff's mental health issues stemmed from trauma and genetics, not social media add...


Archer Aviation alleges Joby misclassified Chinese-made aircraft components as consumer goods to evade tariffs and misled the ...


A Court of Appeal panel sanctioned a lawyer $5,000 for repeatedly citing fabricated cases in a dog custody dispute but also wa...


Judge told public defender's office to accept new indigent clients during claimed crisis.


Intellectual Property


Epidemic Sound, a Swedish music production and licensing company, sued Meta in 2022 alleging the tech giant copied and distrib...


A federal judge granted Amazon a preliminary injunction blocking Perplexity's Comet AI agents from accessing Amazon systems an...


The State Bar has accused DTLA Law Group founder Salar Hendizadeh of unauthorized multistate practice, failing to supervise no...



Attorney sentenced for billion-dollar solar fraud

Mar. 10, 2026
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Prosecutors say Ari J. Lauer helped legitimize a billion-dollar scheme involving mobile solar generators.


Speakers at the opening of California International Arbitration Week said geopolitical tensions, technological change and grow...


Nationwide, employment litigation in federal courts has rebounded sharply since pandemic disruptions temporarily slowed case f...


A federal judge ruled Edison's statements about its wildfire prevention program were too general to be proven false, dismissi...


A therapist who treated the plaintiff testified she never concluded Instagram or YouTube caused the teen's mental health probl...



Twitter's former deal lawyer testified Musk's attorneys issued threats and hinted at consequences if the company forced the me...



Attorney sentenced for billion-dollar solar fraud

Mar. 10, 2026
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Prosecutors say Ari J. Lauer helped legitimize a billion-dollar scheme involving mobile solar generators.


California cardrooms sued Attorney General Rob Bonta to block new Department of Justice regulations they say would effectively...


A San Francisco judge sanctioned an Amazon contractor's attorney $3,500 and rebuked her for ignoring discovery orders in a del...


A federal judge said she will soon rule on Ford's $100 million RICO lawsuit accusing Lemon Law attorneys of a decade-long sche...


Disney agreed to pay $50 million to settle claims it forced streaming services to include ESPN in basic packages to prevent ri...


Plaintiff's final witness told jurors Instagram's recommendation systems and design features encouraged excessive use by young...


Elon Musk's lawyers accused Judge Charles R. Breyer of improper contact with witness Ned Segal in the Twitter-related securiti...


A federal judge grappled with attorney-client privilege issues as Elon Musk resumed testimony in a securities trial over his s...