U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court returns to 9th Circuit as new term opens
By Craig Anderson
The justices have already agreed to hear six appeals from the 9th Circuit, nearly matching last term's total, as major dispute...
Arnold Schwarzenegger wants a car-crash plaintiff to pay added courthouse security costs he says could result from her attorne...
Newsom closes final legislative session with changes to privacy, indigent defense laws
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a record 1,040 bills in his final legislative session, including measures narrowing some California p...
Cal State athletes sue over alleged sexual misconduct, ignored complaints
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Three Cal State Dominguez Hills student-athletes allege the track coach's husband sexually harassed and assaulted them and tha...
Technology
Meta defeats lawsuit over tracking on California DMV website
By Daniel Schrager
Senior U.S. District Judge Susan Y. Illston ruled that information transmitted to Meta about users' activity on the Californi...
Government
He napped on a courthouse bench. Now he's asking voters to keep him on one.
By Laurinda Keys
Justice Victor A. Rodríguez of the 1st District Court of Appeal, who spent his career in public service and ran Alameda County...
New Division 3 presiding justice faces voters with record of rulings that cut both ways
By Laurinda Keys
A former dependency judge who put off applying to the appellate bench to gain trial experience, Justice Rashida Adams now lead...
Government
Newsom signs limits on older childhood sexual abuse claims
By Malcolm Maclachlan
On his final day of signing bills as governor, Gavin Newsom approved SB 577, tightening rules for some older childhood sexual ...
Torts/Personal Injury
Edison says it has offered $1B to Eaton Fire claimants
By Devon Belcher
Nearly 80% of the offers have been accepted, according to the utility, while about 2% have been declined.
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Google defeats consumer challenge to default search deals
By Daniel Schrager
U.S. District Judge Rita F. Lin ruled that consumers challenging Google's agreements to make its search engine the default on ...
Immigration
Immigration lawyers warn new contempt powers could chill advocacy
By Skyler Romero
A new Justice Department rule giving immigration judges authority to impose monetary contempt penalties has drawn objections f...
Immigration
US citizens invoke new California law against immigration agents
By Skyler Romero
Three Southern California residents alleging unlawful detention and excessive force by federal immigration agents have added c...
Class Action
5 Children's Council data breach suits move toward consolidation
By Alicia Alvarez
Five suits over a 2025 Children's Council of San Francisco data breach are expected to be consolidated after a judge questione...
After 44 years as a civil litigator, ARC neutral Gary N. Stern brings extensive trial experience, rigorous preparation and a d...
Immigration
GEO Group sues California over new immigration detention rules
By David Houston
Private detention operator GEO Group is challenging California's new Civil Detainees' Bill of Rights Act, arguing the state ca...
Labor/Employment
Lyft agrees to $272.5M settlement over California driver classification
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Lyft will pay at least $237 million to drivers to resolve claims it misclassified them as independent contractors before Prop...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Paramount-Warner Bros. merger wins final court approval
By Craig Anderson
An Oakland federal judge approved Paramount Skydance's acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery over objections from advocacy gr...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Newsom signs major expansion of California antitrust law
By Malcolm Maclachlan
AB 1776 gives state prosecutors new authority to pursue anticompetitive conduct by dominant companies, widening California's d...
Technology
OpenAI sued over AI agents' alleged escape, Hugging Face cyberattack
By Daniel Schrager
A California nonprofit claims OpenAI is legally responsible after AI agents allegedly escaped a controlled testing environment...
A federal judge will end one of the nation's longest-running police monitorships after the Oakland Police Department achieved ...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Beverly Hills lawyer and neutral charged in San Diego child abduction case
By David Houston
Prosecutors allege Harold G. Becks drove his daughter and granddaughter to Mexico in violation of court orders in a custody di...
Contracts
Sutter, Kaiser near agreement to bifurcate $50M payment trial
By Alicia Alvarez
Sutter Bay Hospitals and Kaiser Foundation Health Plan are preparing to bifurcate a November jury trial over allegations that ...
Torts/Personal Injury
Settlement in principle reached in California Ranitidine litigation
By Alicia Alvarez
Attorneys reported a settlement in principle covering a significant number of California Ranitidine cases, prompting an Alamed...
Criminal
Catalina Island hotel owner pays $1.5M in wage theft case
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Prosecutors said Yueh Mei Tucey exploited workers at her hotels and restaurants for years, using payroll aliases to conceal ov...
Appellate Practice
Jay-Z seeks rehearing after accuser recants rape allegations
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Shawn Carter is asking a California appeals court to reconsider its anti-SLAPP ruling after his accuser declared under oath th...
Petrou's PG&E defamation ruling heads to high court as she faces voters
By Laurinda Keys
Justice Ioana Petrou, whose ruling wiping out a $2.16 million verdict against PG&E is before the state Supreme Court, face...
Attorneys who have been members of the State Bar of California for at least 10 years are eligible to apply. The deadline is De...
Intellectual Property
9th Circuit weighs overhaul of decades-old copyright infringement test
By Skyler Romero
An en banc panel considering photographer Jeffrey Sedlik's copyright case against tattoo artist Kat Von D questioned whether t...
Burns' rulings trace boundaries of fairness in government proceedings
By Laurinda Keys
Kim rulings weigh what public agencies owe employees, litigants, ratepayers
By Laurinda Keys