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Construction


An electrical contractor seeks nearly $1.9 million in costs tied to delays building the Lucas Museum, as contractors pursue re...


Technology


New laws targeting social media platforms, companion chatbots and other online services used by children are drawing First Ame...


Education Law


Federal investigators say Berkeley Law used race, essays and other measures to circumvent the Supreme Court's ban on race-cons...


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

Sep. 11, 2026
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


A new California law allows an 86-year-old former farmworker movement volunteer to pursue claims stemming from an alleged 1973...


Civil Procedure


The 2nd District Court of Appeal ruled that the Nickelodeon producer failed to show that the documentary or its trailer reason...


Alan S. Weil recalls how his real estate connections helped Sidley quickly secure emergency Manhattan office space after the S...


Slideshow, Law Practice


David S. Casey Jr. recalls how more than 1,000 trial lawyers put litigation aside after Sept. 11 to help victims' families obt...


Gabriel Luna de la Fuente is accused of taking more than $4,000 from a client, failing to file her daughter's immigration peti...


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


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

Sep. 10, 2026
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


Less than a year after joining the 9th Circuit, Trump appointee Eric C. Tung has repeatedly challenged his colleagues in sharp...


Business Law


Nektar CEO Howard Robin testified that Eli Lilly's interest in their autoimmune drug faded after it acquired a competing eczem...


Civil Procedure


U.S. District Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett questioned whether Jacob Emrani and other defendants had met the standard for recon...


Civil Procedure


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

Sep. 10, 2026
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


A Los Angeles County judge temporarily sealed filings in the Sheriff Civilian Oversight Commission's subpoena lawsuit while th...


Law Practice


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 says Rippling's general counsel crossed an ethical line by sending a deliberately misleading communication designed to ex...


Judge's finding that Michael Renteria did not commit a 2013 shooting goes beyond vacating his convictions and removes a major ...


Environmental & Energy


State argues sovereign immunity protects the commission and says Pacific Pipeline's challenge to efforts to restart the Las Fl...


Leading plaintiffs' attorneys say fights over wildfires, public entity liability and contingency fees are looming, while some ...


Plaintiffs say earlier incidents could show what Southern California Edison knew about electrical induction hazards before the...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


A Los Angeles judge denied summary judgment for attorney Joel Athey, finding triable issues on whether he represented a former...


Real Estate/Development


Hollywood Park used a voter-sponsored initiative to amend a 2009 agreement and allow construction of SoFi Stadium, but the cit...


Law Practice


Dinh will advise boards and senior executives on major transactions, governance, regulatory and public policy matters, litigat...


Technology


Plaintiffs are increasingly arguing that addictive platform features are defective product designs rather than third-party con...