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Civil Procedure


A federal judge split Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI into liability and remedies phases, limiting the jury to an advisory ...


Torts/Personal Injury


A Los Angeles judge allowed sensitive alternative-cause evidence, declined to delay trial, and weighed summary judgment in coo...


Civil Procedure


A San Francisco judge refused to seal X Corp. compensation records, citing insufficient evidence. The ruling underscores stric...


Civil Rights


Jurors found a Tustin officer used excessive force in the 2021 shooting of Luis Garcia, a homeless, mentally ill man, rejectin...


Labor/Employment


Jurors found the Riverside County Sheriff's Department forced a veteran sergeant to resign after he reported workplace harassm...


Alameda County's public defender may soon refuse new indigent cases, citing funding gaps and surging caseloads, as tensions gr...


Torts/Personal Injury


A Los Angeles judge signaled she will keep next week's ovarian cancer talc trial against Johnson & Johnson on schedule des...


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 whether allegedly privileged emails lost protection, as disqualification bid collides with waiver issues in a ...


Labor/Employment


A lawsuit claims the firm fired a senior executive on protected leave after he reported harassment and suspected embezzlement ...


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 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


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 tied to a Twitch "watch party" dispute are seeking to block subpoenas unmasking them, as a federal court weighs w...


Labor/Employment


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 argued two attorneys were deprived of due process before a special master recommended sanctions in a misleading-...


Government


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


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

Apr. 21, 2026
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...


Plaintiffs seek to add 83 more late claimants in Palisades Fire litigation, arguing wildfire victims missed deadlines due to d...


Bankruptcy


A bankruptcy trustee proposed selling remaining claims against Erika Girardi for $2 million, aiming to secure immediate recove...


Torts/Personal Injury


Dykema attorneys say a highly visual, expert-driven defense helped jurors quickly reject claims a defective axle caused a fata...


Class Action


A federal judge signaled skepticism but left open nationwide class certification in litigation alleging Wells Fargo steered cl...


Judges and Judiciary


Judges are using AI to manage caseloads

Apr. 20, 2026
By Jack Needham

At Stanford Law School's CodeX FutureLaw Conference on Thursday, panelists discussed how they are deploying AI and what to do ...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


A San Francisco judge allowed Packlane to amend its malpractice lawsuit, rejecting claims of delay and prejudice, and permitti...


Constitutional Law


An advocacy group is urging the full 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to revisit a ruling that treated a volunteer advisory b...


Galit Lipa urges continued funding as lawmakers weigh court budget pressures.