An Orange County Superior Court judge severed and advanced CEQA claims in a lawsuit challenging Santa Ana's citywide short-ter...

A divided 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals refused to revisit a lower court order keeping federal funding flowing to lawyers ...

Former federal prosecutor Mack E. Jenkins said recent resignations from the U.S. Attorney's Office over internal disputes are ...

AB 495, the Family Preparedness Plan Act, expands caregiver authorization rights to help families avoid court when parents fac...

A San Francisco judge awarded X Corp. $150,000 in attorney fees but criticized its "stunning" overbilling after it partially w...

AB 931 imposes strict rules on consumer legal funding, while SB 37 targets deceptive attorney advertising and expands enforcem...

The Orange County Superior Court complaint claims the firm aided a minority owner's "illegal coup" against a majority partner ...

The Judicial Council of California has announced the winners of its 2025 Distinguished Service and Aranda Access to Justice aw...

Southern California Edison moved to strike class allegations in wildfire litigation, arguing individualized property damage de...

Two Los Angeles federal courtrooms overflowed with defendants amid a defense attorney shortage worsened by an unpaid Criminal ...

Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Lauri A. Damrell dismissed a case brought by Indian gaming tribes against California ca...

A Los Angeles judge rejected Edison's demurrer and motion to strike in a back-billing class action, calling arguments "frivolo...

The new master complaint adds telecommunications companies, government entities and a private museum to the list of claimed de...

Civil rights advocates urge a second Latino justice on the seven-member court, while others say the bench is already highly di...

A San Francisco judge partially overruled a demurrer that could shape the outcome of a high-stakes legal fight between Peter T...

The Palisades Fire master complaint broadens litigation to 12 defendants, alleging shared responsibility among utilities and t...

The estate of writer Travis Michael Flores claims prominent entertainment lawyer Bryan Freedman mishandled Flores's 2021 copyr...

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed SB 79, requiring cities in the state's largest urban counties to allow apartments within a half mile ...

Cassie D. Palmer, former chief of the Public Corruption and Civil Rights Section in Los Angeles, left the U.S. Attorney's Offi...

Santa Clara County prosecutors survived motions challenging a $10 million asset seizure from health care executives accused of...

Midjourney, defended by Cooley LLP, rebuts Warner Bros.' copyright claims, arguing its AI mimics human creativity, uses fair u...

The new laws expand oversight, add funding options, and extend coverage under the state's insurer of last resort, as officials...

In a 5-2 decision, the court said judges may use a 2021 resentencing law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom to reconsider life senten...

Palisades Fire victims expanded their lawsuit, accusing multiple government agencies and utilities of negligence that allegedl...

David Ryan oversaw prosecutions involving cyberattacks, espionage, and election security threats before returning to private p...

Senior U.S. District Judge Lee H. Rosenthal signed off on the deal on Thursday, calling the settlement "fair, reasonable, and ...

Neutral Frederick Link applies ego-free approach to dispute resolution, lawyers say

Judge Peter A. Hernandez criticized an attorney for citing fake AI-generated cases but considered his argument to let a defama...

The American Board of Trial Advocates' Los Angeles Chapter filled West Hollywood's iconic Whiskey a Go Go on Tuesday night for...

Justice Martin J. Jenkins, who made history as the court's first openly gay member and served more than three decades on state...