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Judges and Judiciary


New U.S. magistrate judge named in San Diego

Apr. 3, 2026
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Guillermo "Gil" Cabrera was a litigator and a judge pro tem in state court.


Judges and Judiciary


Bench shortages loom as courts race to recruit judges

Apr. 2, 2026
By Malcolm Maclachlan

From San Diego to Kern County, courts are holding outreach events to build a pipeline as vacancies fluctuate and retirements c...


Cuauhtémoc Ortega, longtime head of the Central District federal defender office, will join Stris & Maher as a partner, br...


Civil Litigation


A federal judge ruled Elon Musk cannot seek punitive damages in his fraud lawsuit against OpenAI, finding his $134 billion res...


Torts/Personal Injury


A man at the center of a San Jose crash must testify or face sanctions as an insurer disputes coverage for a multimillion-doll...


Civil Litigation


A federal court monitor said Los Angeles County is making progress toward meeting its obligations under a landmark homelessnes...


An Oakland federal judge ruled that the personal archives of Li Rui--Mao Zedong's former secretary turned critic--will remain ...


Securities


Extreme Networks' board urged a federal judge to dismiss a shareholder derivative suit, arguing investors failed to plead part...


Civil Litigation


A federal judge ruled Reddit's claims against Anthropic involve contractual and business violations beyond copyright law, send...


A federal jury rejected contract claims against Honda over alleged unintended braking defects but deadlocked on a California c...


Six-page letter alleges constitutional violations tied to concealed jailhouse informants and warns recognition undermines righ...


Superior Court Judge Ashley M. Price runs a pilot program testing a more intensive model of dependency proceedings, with frequ...



Class denied in Meta Pixel tax data privacy case

Apr. 1, 2026
By Daniel Schrager

A federal judge denied class certification in a Meta Pixel privacy case, ruling that Statute of Limitations issues and individ...


Banking


King & Wood opens offices in Los Angeles and Vancouver

Mar. 31, 2026
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Lu Yinghao will lead the Los Angeles office and head the firm's U.S. banking and finance practice.


California public defenders relaunch a revamped motions bank, offering searchable filings and time-saving tools as offices sta...


The volunteer-run project run by an associate at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati features first-person narratives from AA...


Litigation & Arbitration


A federal judge in San Diego denied Abercrombie & Fitch's bid to compel arbitration, finding Hollister's checkout design f...


Technology


A federal judge excluded key defense expert opinions in social media addiction litigation, limited foreign evidence use, and a...


Los Angeles Judge Carolyn B. Kuhl weighs whether social media platforms can face strict liability claims, a decision shaping u...


In a key test of a 2021 reform law, the 1st District Court of Appeal ruled that oversight bodies have subpoena authority, a de...


Civil Litigation


The court found that the firm's prior representation of Masimo's founder created a conflict in his wage dispute with the board...


The court won the 2026 Justice Chin Technology Innovation Award for its AI chatbot, which improved access by guiding users to ...


Attorneys from criminal defense, civil litigation and civil rights practices spoke with law students at UCLA about career path...


Civil Litigation


Former Ben & Jerry's chair Anuradha Mittal sued Unilever, alleging a sham investigation and defamatory statements led to h...


Judge Kimberly A. Repecka, a former public defender elected to the Los Angeles County Superior Court in 2024, presides over a ...


Dana Fox spent four decades defending catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases. His move to BD&J -- late in his career...


A federal magistrate judge allowed key Mountain West claims against the Pac-12 to proceed over school departures, dismissing f...


The Commission on Judicial Performance disciplined 13 judges in 2025 and pursued more cases against retired or departing jurists.


Southern California Edison has issued over 1,000 settlement offers totaling nearly $380 million for Eaton Fire claims, while p...


A Los Angeles jury's $6 million verdict finding social media "addictive design" liability could influence thousands of cases, ...