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State Bar & Bar Associations


Report says the agency used AI-generated questions without proper disclosure and saw costs rise despite hopes of savings


A Los Angeles judge denied Minol Inc.'s demurrer in a proposed statewide class action alleging the utility billing company un...


Labor/Employment, Civil Rights


Veracyte is being sued by a former employee over a myriad of alleged FEHA violations, retaliation and constructive discharge a...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. transferred a misconduct complaint involving 9th U.S. Circuit Judge Ryan D. Nelson to the 4t...


A Northern District lawsuit alleges OpenAI misrepresented ChatGPT's ability to provide reliable business and legal advice, lea...


Driven by the rise of nuclear verdicts, Horvitz & Levy has become increasingly involved in cases long before a notice of a...


Torts/Personal Injury


Judge Carolyn B. Kuhl resolved major pretrial disputes over punitive damages, executive testimony and expert evidence, largely...


Robert A. Bothman Inc. alleges its former attorneys' deficient representation in a high-profile public corruption case left it...


Former chief transformation officer Hakan Kardes claims he was forced out after raising concerns that millions in operating ex...


Environmental & Energy


Federal filing says Air Resources Board is trying to enforce emissions standards despite Clean Air Act preemption.


Former Dodgers pitcher Scott Erickson asks a Los Angeles judge to reduce a $198 million wrongful death judgment by $14 million...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Beverly Hills attorney now faces State Bar discipline proceedings in the same scandal where he once represented Los Angeles.


Labor/Employment


A federal appeals court panel sharply questioned whether California's law barring employers from disciplining workers who...


Chief U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers ruled that four state attorneys general may present evidence that Meta made f...


Environmental & Energy


Sable Offshore Corp. has asked the Trump administration to use eminent domain to acquire state-owned shoreline, parkland and p...


A Delaware bankruptcy judge ruled that fraud claims brought by carbon offset startup investors against Steve Ballmer, Baker Ho...


Civil Procedure


A federal magistrate judge denied a motion to sanction Rack Room Shoes and its attorneys in a privacy lawsuit, criticizing pla...


A judge ruled that Southern California Edison may pursue claims that Los Angeles County's vegetation management contributed to...


Several recent state and federal rulings have limited the application of portions of the California Invasion of Privacy Act to...


The San Francisco Public Defender's Office has asked an appellate court to dismiss misdemeanor charges against a defendant, ar...


Consumer Protection Law


A Los Angeles jury's verdict finding Honda liable for fraudulently concealing a vehicle safety defect could encourage more pla...


The indictment had alleged a yearslong scheme to influence a Navy contracting official through gifts, jobs and other benefits ...


Edward K. Bernatavicius, a longtime trial attorney with the U.S. Trustee Program in Arizona, will serve a 14-year term in the ...


Intellectual Property


Netflix argues a Finnish inventor and his lawyer pursued a patent infringement case in bad faith despite evidence the inventor...


Civil Procedure


Judge Lawrence P. Riff ordered briefing on the legal basis for challenging overlapping childhood sexual abuse claims before de...


Environmental & Energy


A coalition of environmental organizations alleges Barstow violated the California Environmental Quality Act by approving BNSF...


Government


SB 690 would curb private lawsuits over website tracking tools while leaving enforcement to the attorney general.


Torts/Personal Injury


A Tracy resident alleges he suffered respiratory injuries after the June fire at Medline Industries' distribution warehouse re...


Judges and Judiciary


Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers takes leadership from the court from Judge Richard G. Seeborg.


A San Diego County judge struck Huntington Beach's latest challenge to California's Housing Element Law, ruling the city's CEQ...