Girl Scouts San Diego sues confectionery over cookie-baking contract
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Girl Scouts San Diego says Ferrero U.S.A. and its subsidiary Little Brownie Bakers breached a cookie-baking contract that was ...
LA jury awards $2.7 million in bias case against Sheriff's Department
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
A jury found the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department discriminated against a police psychologist and retaliated against he...
Dorsey & Whitney adds 3 corporate deal lawyers in Orange County
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Corporate lawyers Terrence Allen, Megan Gess and Andrew Hagopian bring experience in private equity, mergers and acquisitions,...
ExxonMobil has selected litigation boutique Hueston Hennigan LLP to lead its defense in more than 30 climate lawsuits filed by...
San Bernardino County judge applies what he learned from predecessors
After nearly 15 years on the San Bernardino County bench and decades in real estate and business litigation, Elia V. Pirozzi s...
Securities
Musk tells jury tweet delaying Twitter deal was not meant to move market
By Daniel Schrager
Elon Musk told a federal jury his tweet pausing the $44 billion Twitter deal was literal and not meant to move markets, as inv...
Civil Litigation
Judge warns of 'zero tolerance' for defense delays in Patagonia counterfeiting case
By Skyler Romero
U.S. Magistrate Judge Steve Kim ordered an in-person deposition and warned of "zero tolerance" for delays while partially gran...
A Los Angeles judge denied Johnson & Johnson's motions to overturn a $40 million talc verdict, rejecting claims of juror m...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Judge questions frequency of attorney's California appearances, denies PHV request
By James Twomey
A San Francisco judge denied without prejudice a New York lawyer's pro hac vice application in Aurora Solar's trade secrets ca...
The American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers' Southern California chapter names the Orange County Superior Court supervising ju...
Estate sues Google, alleging Gemini chatbot drove user to suicide
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
A Florida man's estate claims Google's Gemini AI cultivated a delusional romantic relationship with the user and encouraged hi...
The Tesla CEO testified in San Francisco federal court about his tweets at the time he was preparing to acquire the company. T...
Judges and Judiciary
Judge's 'hot mic' mistrial leads to reassignment to former law partner
By Devon Belcher
Plaintiff's attorney alleges dental malpractice case was steered by the recused judge to his former law firm partner rather th...
A proposed class action alleges Farmers Insurance relied on flawed environmental testing to deny smoke and ash damage claims f...
Newsom praises Alameda as CARE Court champion, criticizes larger counties
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The governor highlighted early coordination and cross-agency work as key to success while warning lagging counties could lose ...
Government
A year after Trump's law firm orders, early critics say the courts held -- but the legal profession wobbled
By David Houston
Few firms spoke out earlier or more forcefully against President Trump's executive orders against law firms than San Francisco...
Securities
Musk adviser testifies about pivotal meeting with Twitter bosses
By Daniel Schrager
Elon Musk adviser Jared Birchall testified about a key 2022 meeting with Twitter executives as plaintiffs claim Musk falsely s...
Jury hits private equity, REIT owners with $110M verdict in assisted living death
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
A Sacramento jury found Formation Capital and Colony Capital liable for neglect and wrongful death after a 100-year-old Alzhei...
Investors asked a federal judge in San Jose to preliminarily approve a $32 million settlement resolving claims that Stitch Fix...
Ten years after launching with just 23 property damage cases, Acts Law has grown into a 45-lawyer, 150-employee plaintiffs' fi...
Opening statements began in a securities fraud trial over Elon Musk's Twitter acquisition, with plaintiffs claiming his "tempo...
A taxpayer sued Los Angeles County, alleging supervisors secretly approved a $2 million payout to Chief Executive Officer Fesi...
Final judgment was entered Monday on a $50 million settlement resolving California's claims that Meta misled Facebook users ab...
Esports player sues LA over eye injury from 'less-lethal' round
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Isaac Castellanos alleges that he was struck in the right eye by a projectile fired from 60 to 90 feet away.
Ethics committee issues guidance on judges' mentorship conflicts
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
California panel advises judges to assess bias, friendship and timing when former mentees appear in court.
CalPERS accepts trial court judgment but challenges attorney fees and scope of retirees eligible for relief.
With 715 judicial appointments, Newsom eyes another historic benchmark
By Malcolm Maclachlan
With 715 judges and justices appointed so far, retirements, vacancies, and political uncertainty could determine whether the g...
San Francisco clerks strike ends, courts to resume normal operations Monday
By James Twomey
San Francisco Superior Court clerks ended their two-day strike after reaching a tentative contract agreement addressing staffi...
Class Action
Attorney prevails against PayPal in first oral argument over browser
By James Twomey
U.S. District Judge P. Casey Pitts ruled that PayPal failed to show consumers agreed to arbitrate claims over its Honey browse...