Judge orders phased damages discovery for Eaton Fire plaintiffs, balancing urgency against incomplete claims, setting deadline...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Assembly bill would raise mediation cap, add safeguards
By Malcolm Maclachlan
AB 1523, passed by the Assembly Judiciary Committee, would raise the mediation cap to $75,000 and adds safeguards to ensure on...
Securities
Putative investors' class suit over Akero's cirrhosis drug tossed
By Wisdom Howell
Federal judge dismisses securities class action against Akero Therapeutics, finding no evidence of intentional misrepresentati...
U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law, California Supreme Court, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
State Supreme Court justices question pronoun law, Trump's military ban stands
By Craig Anderson
California Supreme Court justices debated the constitutionality and questioned standing of a group challenging a law barring m...
Intellectual Property
Songwriter claims Led Zeppelin documentary violates settlement deal
By Devon Belcher
Musician Jake Holmes has filed a new lawsuit against Led Zeppelin, guitarist Jimmy Page and several companies related to recen...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Flawed California bar exam faces audit scrutiny if bill passes
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Senate debates SB 47 to audit flawed February 2025 California Bar Exam, criticized for technical issues, faulty questions, and...
Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation
Tommy Bahama age bias suit heads to arbitration
By Skyler Romero
Los Angeles judge tentatively rules to compel arbitration in age discrimination lawsuit against Tommy Bahama, rejecting former...
Civil Litigation, California Supreme Court
Does jury trial right override forum selection clause?
By Craig Anderson
State Supreme Court justices questioned a shareholder's argument that jury trial rights override a forum selection clause requ...
A federal judge orders briefing on a plea deal reducing the sentence in a former deputy's assault conviction, amid prosecutor ...
Oakland jury orders NSO Group to pay Meta $168 million for hacking 1,400 WhatsApp users with Pegasus spyware in 2019, followin...
Technology, Intellectual Property
Judge ready to uphold $315M patent verdict against Western Digital
By Devon Belcher
U.S. District Judge James V. Selna was dismissive of defense attorneys' argument that the verdict was not supported by expert ...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Bar exam pass rate hits 60-year high amid troubled testing
By Malcolm Maclachlan
California's February bar exam pass rate soared to 55.9%, the highest since 1965, despite technical problems. Meanwhile, the S...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Bar exam takers demand reforms, despite high passage rate
By Malcolm Maclachlan
February bar exam takers criticized the State Bar despite a 60-year high pass rate, demanding reforms like provisional licensu...
Eaton Fire plaintiffs, Edison clash over timing of damages discovery
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Plaintiffs' attorneys argue Edison is demanding damage details far sooner than in previous wildfire cases.
Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation
Wildfire debris can be dumped in Calabasas landfill, tentative says
By Skyler Romero
A judge tentatively approved dumping Los Angeles County wildfire debris in Calabasas Landfill, finding no evidence of hazardou...
Criminal, California Supreme Court
State Supreme Court splits 5-2 for death penalty arson blaze that killed firefighters
By Craig Anderson
Justices affirmed a conviction and death sentence for starting the 2006 Esperanza Fire, and the killing of the firefighters, d...
Torts/Personal Injury, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Sanctions mulled for counsel walkout during jury selection
By James Twomey
A San Francisco judge allowed new defense attorneys to substitute into a $100 million personal injury case after a mistrial, d...
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar sues tech provider for troubled February exam
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Company that handled exam had promised seamless remote test-taking, but results were disastrous, the State Bar said in a lawsu...
Environmental & Energy
Court slams LA port for air quality violations
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
A San Diego judge rules the Port of Los Angeles violated air quality laws at its China Shipping terminal, ignoring a 2024 judg...
Civil Litigation, Business Law
OpenAI drops plans to convert company to a for-profit business after Musk suit scores early win
By Craig Anderson
U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers trimmed Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI, its executives and Microsoft but allowe...
Judges and Judiciary
Judge's suit over payment gets time-barred claims trimmed
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Sacramento Judge Maryanne G. Gilliard's lawsuit for underpayment faces trimmed claims due to a one-year statute of limitations...
Environmental & Energy
CEQA-caused delay in LA gondola not permanent, but untimely
By Skyler Romero
An appellate ruling found the LA gondola's environmental report inadequate under CEQA, delaying construction. Experts say revi...
Civil Litigation
Jane Doe fights to preserve suit against Pornhub operators
By Devon Belcher
Jane Doe resists dismissal of claims in her lawsuit against Aylo, alleging sex trafficking content was republished, as judge c...
Constitutional Law
Federal judge strikes down Prop. 65 acrylamide food warning requirement
By Craig Anderson
U.S. District Judge Daniel J. Calabretta's ruling Friday delivered a major blow to the state's decades-old labeling regime and...
Environmental & Energy
Oregon logging ruling reverberates in California environmental lawsuits
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Attorneys for the Sierra Club pointed to the Oregon ruling -- which rebuked federal officials for skirting key environmental r...
Dialpad faces a class action alleging it illegally records and uses customer calls to train AI models, violating California pr...
Litigation & Arbitration
Amazon Flex drivers urge appeals court to strike down arbitration mandate
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Amazon Flex drivers arging that their role delivering interstate goods places them firmly within a longstanding exemption unde...
Community News
'Grandpa Brigade' rallies to defend judicial independence
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The group of mostly retired professionals plan to rally on May 10 at 11:00 a.m. on the steps of the historic Orange County Cou...
Intellectual Property
Villaraigosa vows to fight Cloobeck trademark claim over campaign slogan
By David Houston
Antonio Villaraigosa called a lawsuit filed by rival Stephen Cloobeck a "bullying" attempt to drain his campaign, framing the...
Civil Litigation
Artists settle for $1.26 million in Little Tokyo fire lawsuit
By Laurinda Keys
Eleven artists settled for $1.26 million mid-trial after a 2021 Little Tokyo Art Complex fire destroyed their works, raising i...
