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Government


Judge Jerrold Abeles denied two deputy unions' bids to intervene in a subpoena fight while sharply questioning County Counsel'...


Justice John Shepard Wiley Jr. says a divided appeals court improperly rescued a corporate borrower from a $1.5 million defaul...


Constitutional Law


A divided 5th District Court of Appeal rejected a compelled-speech challenge to the city's renaming of a street for Cesar Chav...


Immigration, Constitutional Law


Newsom signs immigration-worker privacy bill, setting up First Amendment fight.


Civil Rights


Judge David O. Carter declined to strike statements by former FBI informant Craig Monteilh, saying the Supreme Court ordered a...


Former Meta data scientist George Volichenko testified that safety features were often sidelined if they threatened core usage...


A San Francisco judge set a hopeful nine-day trial period in Lyft's tax refund suit against the city. Lyft seeks more than $1...


Litigation & Arbitration


Epic Games says newly discovered accounts showing a minor continued playing Fortnite after disaffirming its user agreement req...


The appointments include attorneys, prosecutors, public defenders and judicial commissioners with experience in state and fede...


Criminal


Suspect Dustin Crawford was booked on suspicion of attempted murder of a public official; Tulare County prosecutors will handl...


Torts/Personal Injury


Magic Mountain is challenging a settlement with an X2 rider's family, arguing the mediator's undisclosed history litigating ag...


Intellectual Property


Procore wins part of trade secrets fight with Oracle

Aug. 24, 2026
By Daniel Schrager

U.S. District Judge Jon S. Tigar partially granted Procore Technologies' summary judgment motion in Oracle's trade secret misa...


U.S. District Judge Wesley L. Hsu allowed Spotlight Ticket Management to renew its summary judgment bid against rival Concierg...


Environmental & Energy


A federal judge upheld the Trump administration's authority to direct operation of Sable Offshore's Santa Barbara oil pipeline...


A federal judge temporarily barred the Trump administration from obtaining a nationwide database of commercial driver's licens...


The appeals court held California and Giffords Law Center lacked standing to challenge a federal provision excluding some par...


Environmental & Energy


Critics of the business-backed initiative say California has already streamlined environmental review for housing and other de...


Nathan Hochman says reducing 16 felony eavesdropping charges against an LAPD officer protects legitimate whistleblowers, drawi...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


A federal judge rejected Meta's bid to broadly block a former researcher's testimony about communications with in-house lawyer...


Criminal


Measures would protect media access to public proceedings, restrict secret immunity and anonymity agreements and curb abusive ...


A two-lawyer defense team facing eight opposing attorneys focused its resources on a potentially decisive forum issue -- then ...


The appointments address retirements, a death and one elevation.


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


A San Francisco judge ordered an advertiser's antitrust claims against Google to arbitration, finding the requested injunction...


After more than 22 years on the San Bernardino County Superior Court, John M. Pacheco is building a mediation practice around ...


Civil Procedure


Jacob Emrani is urging a Los Angeles federal judge to reconsider allowing Uber's racketeering claims to proceed, citing a new...


Technology


A federal judge allowed states suing Meta to introduce evidence about features previously shielded by Section 230 of the Commu...


Jonathan Rinderknecht pleaded not guilty to a revised two-count federal indictment accusing him of causing the Lachman and Pal...


Law Practice


Amendments would target funder control over legal decisions and protect lawyers and clients who report improper interference.


Class Action


A proposed nationwide class of Logitech customers alleges the company raised prices to cover tariffs later struck down by the ...


A Los Angeles judge rejected summary judgment bids by Meta and YouTube, allowing two plaintiffs' social media addiction claims...