Slideshow, Community News
Beverly Hills Bar hosts civil court judges
By Ricardo Pineda
Los Angeles Superior Court Presiding Judge Sergio C. Tapia II and Supervising Civil Judge Lawrence P. Riff addressed the gathe...
Social media addiction trial nears close as psychiatrist cites family conflict
By Devon Belcher
Jurors heard deposition testimony that the plaintiff's mental health struggles stemmed mainly from family conflict as closing ...
2 suits challenge Meta's AI glasses over alleged secret video collection
By Daniel Schrager
Two class actions filed in Northern California claim Meta's AI-enabled smart glasses secretly capture and transmit video for A...
Gary Y. Leung, who recently led the SEC's Los Angeles Regional Office, has returned to McGuireWoods as a partner alongside aud...
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.
Twitter's lawyers, not Musk, tried to renegotiate deal, Musk's lawyer testifies
By Daniel Schrager
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...
Electric air-taxi developer accuses rival of misclassifying Chinese-made aircraft components
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Archer Aviation alleges Joby misclassified Chinese-made aircraft components as consumer goods to evade tariffs and misled the ...
Commissioner, now judge, approved order with fake AI case citations
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
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
Judge orders new filings in Epidemic Sound-Meta copyright suit
By James Twomey
Epidemic Sound, a Swedish music production and licensing company, sued Meta in 2022 alleging the tech giant copied and distrib...
Technology
Federal judge bars Perplexity's AI shopping agents from Amazon site
By Laurinda Keys
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...
Prosecutors say Ari J. Lauer helped legitimize a billion-dollar scheme involving mobile solar generators.
International arbitration leaders gather in San Francisco for global disputes conference
By Jack Needham
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...
Judge dismisses securities class action over Edison wildfire statements
By Skyler Romero
A federal judge ruled Edison's statements about its wildfire prevention program were too general to be proven false, dismissi...
Therapist says social media not primary cause of teen's mental health issues
By Devon Belcher
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...
Prosecutors say Ari J. Lauer helped legitimize a billion-dollar scheme involving mobile solar generators.
Cardrooms sue Bonta over rules they say could shut down blackjack
By Malcolm Maclachlan
California cardrooms sued Attorney General Rob Bonta to block new Department of Justice regulations they say would effectively...
Amazon attorney rebuked for missed deadlines in driver's harassment suit
By James Twomey
A San Francisco judge sanctioned an Amazon contractor's attorney $3,500 and rebuked her for ignoring discovery orders in a del...
Judge weighs dismissal of Ford's $100M RICO suit against Lemon Law firms
By Skyler Romero
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...
Ex-Meta engineer testifies Instagram 'uses you' in social media addiction trial
By Devon Belcher
Plaintiff's final witness told jurors Instagram's recommendation systems and design features encouraged excessive use by young...
Musk attorneys accuse judge of improper contact with witness, seek mistrial
By Daniel Schrager
Elon Musk's lawyers accused Judge Charles R. Breyer of improper contact with witness Ned Segal in the Twitter-related securiti...
Attorney-client privilege dispute emerges as Musk testifies in Twitter securities trial
By Daniel Schrager
A federal judge grappled with attorney-client privilege issues as Elon Musk resumed testimony in a securities trial over his s...