Civil Procedure
Musk's case against OpenAI to proceed in bifurcated trial
By Daniel Schrager
A federal judge split Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI into liability and remedies phases, limiting the jury to an advisory ...
Torts/Personal Injury
Alternative cause evidence allowed in social media addiction trial
By Devon Belcher
A Los Angeles judge allowed sensitive alternative-cause evidence, declined to delay trial, and weighed summary judgment in coo...
A San Francisco judge refused to seal X Corp. compensation records, citing insufficient evidence. The ruling underscores stric...
Civil Rights
Federal jury awards $17M in fatal Tustin police shooting of homeless man
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Jurors found a Tustin officer used excessive force in the 2021 shooting of Luis Garcia, a homeless, mentally ill man, rejectin...
Labor/Employment
Riverside jury awards $2.25M to sheriff's sergeant who alleged retaliation
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Jurors found the Riverside County Sheriff's Department forced a veteran sergeant to resign after he reported workplace harassm...
Criminal
Alameda public defender weighs refusing new cases amid funding crisis
By James Twomey
Alameda County's public defender may soon refuse new indigent cases, citing funding gaps and surging caseloads, as tensions gr...
Torts/Personal Injury
Judge keeps J&J talc bellwether trial on track amid pretrial disputes
By Devon Belcher
A Los Angeles judge signaled she will keep next week's ovarian cancer talc trial against Johnson & Johnson on schedule des...
DA improperly invoked defendant's Chilean origin in seeking conviction, judge rules
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Orange County DA Todd Spitzer has been urging lawmakers to remove Chile from the visa waiver program, pointing to gangs who tr...
Civil Procedure
Judge questions privilege claim in disqualification fight
By Skyler Romero
Judge questions whether allegedly privileged emails lost protection, as disqualification bid collides with waiver issues in a ...
Labor/Employment
Former Lewis Brisbois executive accuses firm of bias, retaliation
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
A lawsuit claims the firm fired a senior executive on protected leave after he reported harassment and suspected embezzlement ...
From bold start to billion-dollar verdicts, Mary Alexander marks 25 years
By David Houston
The pandemic and AI made plaintiffs' law more demanding. Mary Alexander says the work of standing up for injured people makes ...
Torts/Personal Injury
Plaintiffs in 2nd Uber federal bellwether case win much lower verdict
By Daniel Schrager
Plaintiffs secured a second federal MDL bellwether win against Uber, but damages dropped to $5,000 due to a 24-hour limit, and...
Adaptamed alleges Commure secretly accessed its health records platform for months to steal proprietary technology and lure aw...
Litigation & Arbitration
Appeals court weighs limits on state challenges to labor arbitration awards
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A state appeals court is weighing whether California can overturn a labor arbitration award requiring safety changes at Pelica...
A driver advocacy group alleges Uber has failed to provide the appeals process required under Proposition 22 for drivers remov...
Civil Litigation
Reddit users fight subpoenas in Twitch 'watch party' copyright dispute
By James Twomey
Reddit users tied to a Twitch "watch party" dispute are seeking to block subpoenas unmasking them, as a federal court weighs w...
Labor/Employment
LA city attorney defends return-to-office mandate amid union dispute
By Skyler Romero
Los Angeles City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto is defending stricter in-office work rules as her office faces a labor complain...
Civil Procedure
Quinn Emanuel lawyers challenge sanctions process before federal judge
By Daniel Schrager
Quinn Emanuel argued two attorneys were deprived of due process before a special master recommended sanctions in a misleading-...
Los Angeles County argues a taxpayer lawsuit over a $2 million payout to its former CEO is untimely and legally deficient, whi...
Torts/Personal Injury
Orange County reaches settlement in animal shelter dog-bite case
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
A volunteer who said she was bitten at least 18 times during a prolonged attack at a Tustin shelter has conditionally settled ...
Labor/Employment
Judge tosses $2.9M retaliation verdict against Santa Ana
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
An Orange County judge has thrown out a $2.9 million jury verdict against the city of Santa Ana in a retaliation case brought ...
A longtime prosecutor with more than 130 trials under his belt, Judge Jacob Yim now presides over one of L.A. County's busiest...
Judge asked to allow 83 more late claims in Palisades Fire litigation
By Devon Belcher
Plaintiffs seek to add 83 more late claimants in Palisades Fire litigation, arguing wildfire victims missed deadlines due to d...
Bankruptcy
Trustee seeks $2M sale of estate claims against Erika Girardi
By Skyler Romero
A bankruptcy trustee proposed selling remaining claims against Erika Girardi for $2 million, aiming to secure immediate recove...
Torts/Personal Injury
Dykema wins 1-hour defense verdict for Kia in $200M wrongful death trial
By Laurinda Keys
Dykema attorneys say a highly visual, expert-driven defense helped jurors quickly reject claims a defective axle caused a fata...
Class Action
Nationwide class debated in Wells Fargo cash sweep case
By Daniel Schrager
A federal judge signaled skepticism but left open nationwide class certification in litigation alleging Wells Fargo steered cl...
At Stanford Law School's CodeX FutureLaw Conference on Thursday, panelists discussed how they are deploying AI and what to do ...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Judge allows Packlane to expand malpractice claims in $6 million dispute
By James Twomey
A San Francisco judge allowed Packlane to amend its malpractice lawsuit, rejecting claims of delay and prejudice, and permitti...
Constitutional Law
Rehearing motion targets 9th Circuit's limits on religious speech by volunteer officials
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
An advocacy group is urging the full 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to revisit a ruling that treated a volunteer advisory b...
Criminal
State public defender warns of workload crisis worsened by Racial Justice Act demands
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Galit Lipa urges continued funding as lawmakers weigh court budget pressures.