Environmental & Energy
Six Flags settles decade-long lawsuit over Santa Clara River pollution
By Skyler Romero
Six Flags Magic Mountain agreed to a new consent decree requiring pollution controls, environmental mitigation payments and co...
Contracts
Judge tentatively backs Pasadena in UCLA Rose Bowl lease dispute
By Devon Belcher
A Los Angeles judge tentatively ruled Pasadena adequately alleged UCLA breached its Rose Bowl lease agreement, while also allo...
Entertainment & Sports
Pac-12, Mountain West reach tentative settlement in realignment fight
By Daniel Schrager
The Pac-12 and Mountain West conferences said they reached an agreement in principle to resolve litigation over the departure ...
Torts/Personal Injury
3 social media giants settle with first bellwether plaintiff ahead of addiction trial
By Daniel Schrager
Snap, TikTok and YouTube settled with the first bellwether plaintiff in the sprawling social media addiction multidistrict lit...
Beverly Hills plaintiffs' firm accused of withholding dying partner's fees
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The estate of attorney John P. Kristensen has sued Beverly Hills plaintiffs' firm Carpenter & Zuckerman LLP, alleging the ...
Civil Rights
LA judge admonished over remarks about prospective jurors' English
By Laurinda Keys
California's judicial discipline commission publicly admonished Los Angeles Judge Susan Bryant-Deason over remarks to prospect...
Land Use
Huntington Beach hit with first major penalties under new housing law
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
A San Diego judge ordered Huntington Beach to pay $160,000 in sanctions for violating California housing laws, marking the fir...
Civil Rights
Individual law professor could be liable under Unruh Act, panel finds
By Skyler Romero
Experts said the ruling could reshape disability for volunteers and educators. UC Irvine School of Law professor Rachel Moran ...
SEC Chairman Paul S. Atkins announced the agency is abandoning its longstanding "no-deny" settlement policy, which had faced g...
Torts/Personal Injury
Retired appellate lawyer sues luxury senior facility over care of mentor's widow
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The widow of late 1st District Court of Appeal Justice Donald B. King alleges a high-end Santa Rosa senior living facility bar...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Kirkland accused of conflict after pre-suit talks with prospective plaintiff
By Devon Belcher
Software company Adaptamed seeks to disqualify Kirkland & Ellis from representing Commure, alleging the firm obtained conf...
Civil Procedure
Fire plaintiffs accuse state of hiding key texts, lagging discovery
By Devon Belcher
Plaintiffs say newly produced State Parks text messages support claims that lingering embers from the Lachman Fire reignited i...
Torrance Superior Court Judge Alan B. Honeycutt says lessons in empathy learned as a child living in Iran continue to shape hi...
Obituaries
Prominent Quinn Emanuel litigator Harry Olivar killed in car crash
By David Houston
The law firm said the head of its national securities practice died Friday in central Georgia.
Business Law
Jurors never reached Musk's allegations that OpenAI abandoned nonprofit mission
By Daniel Schrager
After a three-week trial featuring testimony about OpenAI's founding, Sam Altman's brief ouster and Elon Musk's falling out wi...
Criminal
Amy Karlin named Central District interim federal public defender
By Skyler Romero
Chief Deputy Amy M. Karlin will again serve as interim head of the Central District federal defender office while the 9th Circ...
Torts/Personal Injury
Chris Dolan got pissed, and it resulted in a historic verdict
By David Houston
Fresh off a record-setting Alameda County settlement, plaintiffs' lawyer Chris Dolan discusses suing police agencies, exposing...
Insurance
Judge lets wildfire insurance collusion claims proceed against major carriers
By Devon Belcher
A Los Angeles judge largely preserved antitrust claims accusing major insurers of coordinating policy pullbacks in wildfire-pr...
Intellectual Property
AI dominates global IP debate at INTA conference in London
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Roughly 10,000 intellectual property attorneys gathered in London for the annual INTA conference, where discussions centered o...
Torts/Personal Injury
Motorcyclist asks California Supreme Court to revive $30M Suzuki punitive award
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Plaintiff attorneys say a recent appellate ruling overturning punitive damages against Suzuki conflicts with longstanding Cali...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Donato calls Google plaintiffs' fee request 'patently unreasonable'
By Daniel Schrager
Plaintiffs' attorneys defending an $85 million fee request in the Google Play Store antitrust settlement faced intense questio...
Civil Procedure
Remedies phase in OpenAI charitable trust trial begins Monday
By Daniel Schrager
Juries will begin deliberating liability on Monday, as well. U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers ruled that the proceed...
Community News
Filipino bar foundation receives $75k scholarship commitment
By Ricardo Pineda
A personal $75,000 donation from Judicate West executive Var Fox Yerganian will fund scholarships and pipeline programs aimed ...
Slideshow, Community News
San Fernando Valley Bar Assocation marks centennial
By Ricardo Pineda
During a centennial Judges' Night celebration in Woodland Hills, the San Fernando Valley Bar Association honored judges and le...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
In a speech at the Antitrust West Coast Conference in San Francisco, Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Daniel Glad said...
Wills, Estates & Trusts
Referee orders Jackson estate firms to return bonuses
By Skyler Romero
A court referee ordered three law firms to return $625,000 in bonuses paid by the Michael Jackson estate, ruling the executors...
Business Law
Musk lawyer says OpenAI built on 'Sam Altman's version of the truth'
By Daniel Schrager
Attorneys for Elon Musk and OpenAI delivered sharply contrasting closing arguments Thursday in a high-stakes trial over whethe...
Torts/Personal Injury
The lawsuit filed by Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP alleges county officials ignored repeated warnings dating back to 1996 that ...
Criminal
Former Newsom chief of staff pleads guilty in campaign account embezzlement scheme [VIDEO]
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Dana Williamson faces a reduced prison term as the scandal reverberates through California's chaotic governor's race.
Meazure Learning renewed its attack on the State Bar's fraud allegations, arguing the bar is improperly attempting to transfor...