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McGuireWoods adds private equity partner in Los Angeles

Feb. 18, 2026
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Zachary Shub-Essig joins the firm's corporate and private equity practice as McGuireWoods continues expanding its West Coast p...


U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer denied World Market's summary judgment motion, rebuking defense counsel for reasserting ...


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 Butler & Mitchell LLP will rebrand as Jeffer Mangels & Mitchell LLP following the departure of founding...


A San Diego County jury found that Fairgrove Property Management violated California's Fair Employment and Housing Act by firi...


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


District Attorney Brooke Jenkins accuses the the San Francisco Public Defender's Office of abusing peremptory challenges to re...



Bonta orders civil rights probe into Eaton Fire response

Feb. 13, 2026
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

The California attorney general said he would investigate whether evacuation delays in West Altadena's historically Black comm...


The firm added a four-lawyer litigation group from Benesch, led by Stephanie A. Sheridan, marking its 19th office and second i...


Richard Tillman admitted setting a San Jose post office ablaze in July, telling investigators he acted to "make a statement" t...


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...


Officials cite data lag, phased rollout and growing engagement as statewide petitions to Care Court top 3,500.


Civil Litigation


A San Francisco Superior Court judge ordered the International Swimming League, its owner and a law firm to pay more than $178...


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.


The law firm has a broadly diversified practice, handling aviation, product liability, premises and automobile cases, professi...



Tech lobbying surge may signal momentum for AI rules

Feb. 11, 2026
By Malcolm Maclachlan

At a Sacramento conference, Democrat Assembly member and former Judiciary Committee counsel Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan...


Google urged jurors to reject claims that YouTube is addictive, arguing usage data and medical records show the plaintiff's me...


Two insurers asked a federal judge to remove their coverage dispute from bankruptcy court, arguing jurors must decide whether ...


U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Mark D. Houle joined the Central District's bankruptcy court in 2012, after more than a decade of privat...