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U.S. Supreme Court


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...


Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a record 1,040 bills in his final legislative session, including measures narrowing some California p...


Three Cal State Dominguez Hills student-athletes allege the track coach's husband sexually harassed and assaulted them and tha...


Technology


Senior U.S. District Judge Susan Y. Illston ruled that information transmitted to Meta about users' activity on the Californi...


Justice Victor A. Rodríguez of the 1st District Court of Appeal, who spent his career in public service and ran Alameda County...


A former dependency judge who put off applying to the appellate bench to gain trial experience, Justice Rashida Adams now lead...


Government


On his final day of signing bills as governor, Gavin Newsom approved SB 577, tightening rules for some older childhood sexual ...


Torts/Personal Injury


Nearly 80% of the offers have been accepted, according to the utility, while about 2% have been declined.


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


U.S. District Judge Rita F. Lin ruled that consumers challenging Google's agreements to make its search engine the default on ...


Immigration


A new Justice Department rule giving immigration judges authority to impose monetary contempt penalties has drawn objections f...


Immigration


Three Southern California residents alleging unlawful detention and excessive force by federal immigration agents have added c...


Class Action


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


Private detention operator GEO Group is challenging California's new Civil Detainees' Bill of Rights Act, arguing the state ca...


Labor/Employment


Lyft will pay at least $237 million to drivers to resolve claims it misclassified them as independent contractors before Prop...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


An Oakland federal judge approved Paramount Skydance's acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery over objections from advocacy gr...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


AB 1776 gives state prosecutors new authority to pursue anticompetitive conduct by dominant companies, widening California's d...


A California nonprofit claims OpenAI is legally responsible after AI agents allegedly escaped a controlled testing environment...


Civil Rights


Oakland police oversight to end after 23 years

Oct. 1, 2026
By Daniel Schrager

A federal judge will end one of the nation's longest-running police monitorships after the Oakland Police Department achieved ...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Prosecutors allege Harold G. Becks drove his daughter and granddaughter to Mexico in violation of court orders in a custody di...


Contracts


Sutter Bay Hospitals and Kaiser Foundation Health Plan are preparing to bifurcate a November jury trial over allegations that ...


Torts/Personal Injury


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

Oct. 1, 2026
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


Shawn Carter is asking a California appeals court to reconsider its anti-SLAPP ruling after his accuser declared under oath th...


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


An en banc panel considering photographer Jeffrey Sedlik's copyright case against tattoo artist Kat Von D questioned whether t...