An electrical contractor seeks nearly $1.9 million in costs tied to delays building the Lucas Museum, as contractors pursue re...
Technology
Newsom signs child online safety laws amid warnings of legal challenges
By Malcolm Maclachlan
New laws targeting social media platforms, companion chatbots and other online services used by children are drawing First Ame...
Education Law
DOJ says Berkeley Law discriminated by race in admissions
By Daniel Schrager
Federal investigators say Berkeley Law used race, essays and other measures to circumvent the Supreme Court's ban on race-cons...
Momeni wrongful death suit tests liability of uncharged family members
By Alicia Alvarez
Bob Lee's children allege Nima Momeni's relatives helped conceal evidence after his killing, raising questions about when fami...
Government
Counties move to bolster prosecutor funding, security
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Sacramento County restored nearly $3 million for its district attorney's office while Fresno County moved to allow prosecutors...
Torts/Personal Injury
Revival law opens path for decades-old Cesar Chavez assault claim
By Skyler Romero
A new California law allows an 86-year-old former farmworker movement volunteer to pursue claims stemming from an alleged 1973...
Civil Procedure
Appeals court tosses Dan Schneider defamation suit over 'Quiet on Set'
By Skyler Romero
The 2nd District Court of Appeal ruled that the Nickelodeon producer failed to show that the documentary or its trailer reason...
Law Practice
Real estate lawyer recalls race to keep Sidley running after 9/11 attacks
By Laurinda Keys
Alan S. Weil recalls how his real estate connections helped Sidley quickly secure emergency Manhattan office space after the S...
Slideshow, Law Practice
Trial lawyers united after 9/11 to help victims obtain compensation
By Laurinda Keys
David S. Casey Jr. recalls how more than 1,000 trial lawyers put litigation aside after Sept. 11 to help victims' families obt...
State Bar seizes files from Chula Vista immigration consultant
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Gabriel Luna de la Fuente is accused of taking more than $4,000 from a client, failing to file her daughter's immigration peti...
Insurance
9th Circuit asks state Supreme Court to resolve major Prop. 103 insurance dispute
By Craig Anderson
The 9th Circuit asked California's high court to decide whether USAA may charge enlisted servicemembers higher auto insurance ...
Mediator and arbitrator Debra A. Graceffa draws on her experience as a real estate broker, developer, landlord and litigator t...
Labor/Employment
2nd District backs California civil rights probe of SpaceX
By David Houston
The Court of Appeal ruled SpaceX must comply with a Civil Rights Department subpoena investigating discrimination and retaliat...
Judges and Judiciary
Ocampo elected presiding judge of LA Superior Court
By Ricardo Pineda
Judge Ricardo R. Ocampo will succeed Presiding Judge Sergio C. Tapia II, while Judge Yvette Verastegui will become assistant p...
Judges and Judiciary
9th Circuit Judge Tung makes his mark with pointed dissents
By Craig Anderson
Less than a year after joining the 9th Circuit, Trump appointee Eric C. Tung has repeatedly challenged his colleagues in sharp...
Business Law
Nektar tells jury Lilly acquisition doomed drug partnership
By Daniel Schrager
Nektar CEO Howard Robin testified that Eli Lilly's interest in their autoimmune drug faded after it acquired a competing eczem...
Civil Procedure
Judge skeptical of Emrani bid to revisit Uber RICO ruling
By Skyler Romero
U.S. District Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett questioned whether Jacob Emrani and other defendants had met the standard for recon...
Civil Procedure
Judge sets two new social media addiction trials for 2027
By Devon Belcher
A Los Angeles judge set two more social media addiction bellwether trials for 2027 as nearly 3,000 coordinated cases move forw...
Law Practice
Smith Gambrell adds 5 litigators in Los Angeles expansion
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The five-lawyer group from Turner Dhillon LLP boosts Smith Gambrell's class action and employment litigation practices and exp...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Judge temporarily seals disputed attorney-client records in sheriff oversight fight
By Skyler Romero
A Los Angeles County judge temporarily sealed filings in the Sheriff Civilian Oversight Commission's subpoena lawsuit while th...
Law Practice
Womble adds 29-person product liability litigation team from Lewis Brisbois
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Merrick Benn, U.S. chair and CEO of Womble Bond Dickinson, said the group will expand Womble's national litigation capabilities.
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Deel seeks sanctions over Rippling's 'honeypot' spy trap
By Daniel Schrager
Deel says Rippling's general counsel crossed an ethical line by sending a deliberately misleading communication designed to ex...
Criminal
Factual innocence ruling gives exoneree path to compensation, cleared record
By Skyler Romero
Judge's finding that Michael Renteria did not commit a 2013 shooting goes beyond vacating his convictions and removes a major ...
Environmental & Energy
Coastal Commission seeks dismissal of Pacific Pipeline lawsuit
By Malcolm Maclachlan
State argues sovereign immunity protects the commission and says Pacific Pipeline's challenge to efforts to restart the Las Fl...
Law Practice
Plaintiffs' bar braces for tort reform battles, calls to police its own
By Jack Needham
Leading plaintiffs' attorneys say fights over wildfires, public entity liability and contingency fees are looming, while some ...
Civil Procedure
Judge leans toward allowing Eaton Fire discovery into 2019 Edison arcing incident
By Devon Belcher
Plaintiffs say earlier incidents could show what Southern California Edison knew about electrical induction hazards before the...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Judge finds triable issues over whether lawyer aided wife against client
By Laurinda Keys
A Los Angeles judge denied summary judgment for attorney Joel Athey, finding triable issues on whether he represented a former...
Real Estate/Development
Judge voids Hollywood Park development agreement in Inglewood dispute
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Hollywood Park used a voter-sponsored initiative to amend a 2009 agreement and allow construction of SoFi Stadium, but the cit...
Law Practice
Sullivan & Cromwell adds former Fox legal chief Viet Dinh in Los Angeles
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Dinh will advise boards and senior executives on major transactions, governance, regulatory and public policy matters, litigat...
Technology
Social media addiction lawsuits test limits of Section 230
By Daniel Schrager
Plaintiffs are increasingly arguing that addictive platform features are defective product designs rather than third-party con...