Zachary Shub-Essig joins the firm's corporate and private equity practice as McGuireWoods continues expanding its West Coast p...
Breyer scolds Bryan Cave attorney over repeated summary judgment bid
By Daniel Schrager
U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer denied World Market's summary judgment motion, rebuking defense counsel for reasserting ...
Hausfeld, Gibbs Mura named lead counsel in Prosper data breach case
By Daniel Schrager
A federal judge appointed Hausfeld and Gibbs Mura to lead a proposed class action against Prosper Funding over a 2025 data bre...
A federal judge considers certifying a class action alleging UNOS and Cedars-Sinai used race-based kidney function calculation...
An African American-led development team sued Los Angeles and former councilmember Kevin de León, alleging officials sabotaged...
As Mark Zuckerberg prepares to testify, jurors will weigh whether Instagram and YouTube were defectively designed to addict mi...
Jeffer Mangels rebrands after founding partner departs for Blank Rome
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP will rebrand as Jeffer Mangels & Mitchell LLP following the departure of founding...
San Diego jury awards $2.3M in disability bias case against property manager
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
A San Diego County jury found that Fairgrove Property Management violated California's Fair Employment and Housing Act by firi...
Report: California courts log 1.75 million remote hearings as satisfaction tops 90%
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
A new Judicial Council report shows remote proceedings remain widely used across California's 58 superior courts, with high sa...
A federal judge found Los Angeles altered and fabricated sanitation records in a homeless encampment lawsuit, issuing terminat...
Peggy Otum confronts federal funding cuts to pro bono programs and rising attacks on judicial independence, while seeking to e...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
San Francisco DA says judges fear public defender's challenges
By James Twomey
District Attorney Brooke Jenkins accuses the the San Francisco Public Defender's Office of abusing peremptory challenges to re...
The California attorney general said he would investigate whether evacuation delays in West Altadena's historically Black comm...
Ballard Spahr opens San Francisco office with retail class action team
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The firm added a four-lawyer litigation group from Benesch, led by Stephanie A. Sheridan, marking its 19th office and second i...
Brother of Pat Tillman pleads guilty to arson of San Jose post office
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Richard Tillman admitted setting a San Jose post office ablaze in July, telling investigators he acted to "make a statement" t...
Inmate gets 10 more years for threatening federal prosecutor's family
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Stanislav Yelizarov, already serving time for a 2009 murder conviction, was sentenced to an additional decade in prison after ...
A California appellate panel rejected Avon's challenges to expert testimony and found sufficient evidence its talc products co...
CoStar Group fired back at arguments opposing its bid to disqualify Quinn Emanuel, accusing the firm of knowingly representing...
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge tentatively ruled that Palisades Fire plaintiffs adequately alleged dangerous conditions an...
A federal judge in Oakland indicated lawsuits by states and school districts alleging social media platforms fuel teen addicti...
Instagram chief Adam Mosseri testified as an adverse witness in the first bellwether trial of Los Angeles County's coordinated...
CARE Court leaders say program is gaining traction despite lower-than-expected petition numbers
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Officials cite data lag, phased rollout and growing engagement as statewide petitions to Care Court top 3,500.
Civil Litigation
Judge awards ex-Farella partner $178K in years-long fee dispute
By James Twomey
A San Francisco Superior Court judge ordered the International Swimming League, its owner and a law firm to pay more than $178...
McLaughlin & Stern enters California through San Francisco merger
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The New York firm combines with Dillingham & Murphy, establishing its first West Coast office at 155 Sansome Street.
Bradford Bowen, who has represented more than 7,000 fire victims, will lead the firm's expanding wildfire practice.
Behar / Gibbs / Savage / Paulson launches with veteran roster and trial-first mission
By David Houston
The law firm has a broadly diversified practice, handling aviation, product liability, premises and automobile cases, professi...
At a Sacramento conference, Democrat Assembly member and former Judiciary Committee counsel Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan...
Google tells jurors plaintiff not addicted to YouTube in bellwether trial
By Devon Belcher
Google urged jurors to reject claims that YouTube is addictive, arguing usage data and medical records show the plaintiff's me...
Bankruptcy
Insurers seek jury trial in San Francisco archdiocese abuse coverage fight
By James Twomey
Two insurers asked a federal judge to remove their coverage dispute from bankruptcy court, arguing jurors must decide whether ...
Judge Mark Houle reappointed to Central District bankruptcy bench
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Mark D. Houle joined the Central District's bankruptcy court in 2012, after more than a decade of privat...