Former deputy federal public defender sworn in as US magistrate judge
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Angela Viramontes was the Riverside branch chief of the Federal Public Defender's Office for the Central District of California.
Lawsuit alleges Moreno Valley School District failed to stop staff sexual abuse
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
A campus officer at Canyon Springs High School allegedly abused a student, and the new lawsuit claims the district ignored war...
The lawsuits, brought by teenagers, school districts and state attorneys general, allege that features such as infinite scroll...
Judicial watchdog files misconduct charges against LA County judge
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Commission cites alleged bias, improper conduct and failure to cooperate in a sweeping case against Judge Robert S. Draper.
Southern California Edison and Edison International filed a sweeping cross-complaint claiming that public agencies, emergency ...
Civil Litigation
San Francisco real estate fee dispute escalates into dueling lawsuits
By James Twomey
A San Francisco developer and its former law firm are locked in a complex legal battle involving lawsuits in two counties, san...
Courtroom simulator developer Juries.ai has settled a trade secrets lawsuit against co-founder Vincent Sheu less than a month ...
Veteran federal prosecutor joins Dykema Gossett as senior counsel
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Erik Silber will handle commercial litigation, white collar investigations, and cybersecurity, data privacy, and intellectual ...
LA Labor Federation seeks dismissal of Cedillo lawsuit over secret recording
By Skyler Romero
The A.F.L.-C.I.O. Los Angeles County Federation of Labor Building Association is asking a court to dismiss a lawsuit by former...
Court rejects sexually violent predator's federal due process claims
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Jacob Payne was confined for over a decade as a sexually violent predator, but federal court says he cannot relitigate argumen...
U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers denied OpenAI's motion for summary judgment in Elon Musk's lawsuit, clearing the wa...
Civil Litigation
Jury hears damages claims against Southern California Edison over Thomas Fire
By Devon Belcher
A Los Angeles County jury began a damages-only trial Thursday as cannabis businesses allege the 2017 Thomas Fire and subsequen...
California Supreme Court
California Supreme Court steps in on AI-hallucinated prosecutor brief
By John Roemer
In the first case of its kind to reach the Supreme Court, justices directed the 3rd District Court of Appeal to reconsider san...
Consumer Law
Judge orders Tesla, plaintiffs to show cause in $500M false advertising case
By Daniel Schrager
Judge Eumi K. Lee criticized both sides for missing multiple deadlines, including Tesla's months-late answer to an amended com...
Civil Litigation
Beverly Hills councilman sues city over bid to bar him from 2026 ballot
By Skyler Romero
John Mirisch argues Beverly Hills is unlawfully applying a voter-approved term-limits ordinance retroactively and seeks a cour...
Labor/Employment
Boehringer Ingelheim faces whistleblower retaliation suit over biosimilar safety concerns
By James Twomey
A former 20-year employee alleges he was fired after repeatedly raising concerns about potential contamination in Boehringer I...
The boutique, with offices in San Francisco and New York, has built a client roster that includes Google, Discord, HMD and oth...
Donahue Fitzgerald launches wildfire defense practice as fire litigation grows
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
With wildfire verdicts and settlements rising, Donahue Fitzgerald has launched a new practice group focused on defending utili...
U.S. District Judge Rita F. Lin suggested applying discovery controls used in patent litigation to an algorithm-theft case inv...
Earthquake, rain--not fire--caused 2021 Carson odor, expert testifies
By Devon Belcher
A geochemist testifying for Prologis in a lawsuit over a 2021 "rotten egg" odor in Carson told jurors the smell came from dist...
Assembly speaker seeks pause in discovery in former aide's misconduct lawsuit
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Motion argues the case could be narrowed or dismissed as the court weighs challenges to claims against Rivas, his brother, and...
California urges 9th Circuit to revive blocked law regulating websites for children
By Daniel Schrager
The state told a divided 9th Circuit panel that its Age-Appropriate Design Code Act is a business regulation aimed at protecti...
Civil Procedure
Arbitration subpoena fight puts new California discovery rules to the test
By James Twomey
The petition seeks to compel Wolfire Games to comply with an arbitrator-issued subpoena, testing statutory changes that expand...
Former Huntington Beach city attorney launches bid for California attorney general
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Michael Gates, a Republican and former deputy U.S. assistant attorney general for civil rights, says California's justice syst...
California tests its authority to regulate AI use in arbitration
By Malcolm Maclachlan
As AI creeps into arbitration, lawmakers test the limits of how far California can go in regulating its use by arbitrators.
Judge signals doubt about nationwide class in SanDisk defective drive case
By Daniel Schrager
A federal judge questioned whether California consumer protection law can support a nationwide class in a lawsuit over alleged...
Jury selection begins in Thomas Fire damages trial against Southern California Edison
By Devon Belcher
Plaintiffs claim significant economic losses, while Edison contests the extent and recoverability of the damages.
CoStar moves to disqualify Quinn Emanuel from representing rival CREXi
By Skyler Romero
CoStar Group alleges Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP created an impermissible conflict by representing competitor CR...
Justice urges lawyers to ask one key question: 'Have you served in the military?'
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
California Court of Appeal Justice Eileen Moore encouraged attorneys to screen clients for military service, highlighting how ...
Litigation & Arbitration
A decade of big cases: How Larson LLP built a trial-first culture
By David Houston
In just 10 years, Larson LLP has grown from a Los Angeles boutique into a 60-lawyer "big-case platform" with offices on two co...