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The 9th Circuit revived nine trade secret claims in a biotech suit, ruling a federal judge wrongly applied California law to d...


Environmental & Energy


Four truck manufacturers sued to exit California emissions agreements, citing Trump-era revocation of federal waivers and a Su...


Judge William Alsup denied Anthropic's bid to pause a major copyright trial over pirated books used to train AI, rejecting cla...


Judge Laura Seigle disclosed a conflict in the Eaton Fire litigation, as fellow Judge Wendy Chang is a plaintiff. Southern Cal...


Litigation & Arbitration, Government, Constitutional Law


An attorney representing California told a San Francisco federal judge Tuesday that President Donald Trump's use of federalize...


Ron Brand has extensive experience in workplace disputes, class actions, and HR counseling, along with deep community ties in ...


Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation


L.A. County seeks dismissal of ex-probation chief Adolfo Gonzales' whistleblower lawsuit, arguing his firing stemmed from not ...


Litigation & Arbitration


StudioCanal won a key ruling in its fraud case over the film "Legend," as a judge confirmed a nearly $5 million arbitration aw...


A federal judge denied the U.S. Attorney's request to dismiss a sentenced deputy's case, ruling it violated separation of powe...


Criminal


Disgraced OC Supervisor must pay $878,000 in restitution

Aug. 12, 2025
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Kevin Dunn, senior deputy Orange County Counsel, pressed for full restitution of $10.2 million, arguing that Andrew Do knew t...


Labor/Employment


A split California Supreme Court upheld a state law requiring timely arbitration fee payments by businesses, ruling it's not p...


Immigration


Huntington Beach argues California's sanctuary law violates federal supremacy, compels unlawful conduct, and exposes local off...


Attorneys say deaths from January's Eaton and Palisades wildfires continue mounting, with clients dying later from stress and ...


Litigation & Arbitration, Government, Constitutional Law


California Deputy Attorney General Jane E. Reilley argued the move amounted to unlawful military involvement in civilian law e...


Eric Grant served four years as deputy assistant attorney general in the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the U.S...


Criminal


Charles J. Snyder has rejoined Kendall Brill & Kelly LLP as a partner after six years as supervisory deputy federal public...


Edsell "Chip" Eady has joined Nossaman LLP as of counsel in its infrastructure practice group, bringing decades of experience ...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Retired 5th District Court of Appeal Justice M. Bruce Smith has joined Judicate West as a mediator, arbitrator and private jud...


One Los Angeles federal judge has dismissed a tax evasion case against Fatburger founder Andrew Wiederhorn at the request of A...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


A federal appeals court has affirmed a $243 million order against former California lawyer James Wen, rejecting his Eighth Ame...


Litigation & Arbitration, Government, Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


As the Trump administration seeks more than $1 billion from UCLA and pushes to end race-based scholarships, a federal judge wi...


Criminal, Constitutional Law


California's 4th District upheld an undercover jail operation where agents discouraged a murder suspect from seeking counsel, ...


In Los Angeles federal court, advocates and the government clashed over enforcing or ending the Flores settlement, which gover...


A Sacramento judge is reconsidering her tentative ruling dismissing California tribes' lawsuit against cardrooms, which challe...


Real Estate/Development


Two Los Angeles landlords are appealing a federal judge's dismissal of most claims challenging rent control amendments as cons...


Counsel for a Los Angeles homelessness coalition seeks dismissal of the city's appeal, arguing a recent court order wasn't fin...


Data Privacy, Class Action


A federal judge appointed two attorneys to lead a consolidated class action alleging Blue Shield of California improperly shar...


The California Privacy Protection Agency is seeking court enforcement of a subpoena in a dispute over whether its authority un...


Sacramento County Judge Lauri A. Damrell tentatively ruled that a new California law giving tribes the right to sue cardrooms ...


Judges and Judiciary


Retired California judges launched the Retired Judges Initiative to defend sitting judges from unfair criticism, promote judic...