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Law Practice


Lathrop GPM to combine with Silicon Valley IP boutique

Jul. 23, 2026
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Lathrop GPM will combine with San Jose-based HG Law on Jan. 1, adding 27 attorneys and expanding its engineering-focused paten...


Civil Rights


The suit comes as the California Civil Right's Department prepares for trial over similar accusations against Tesla.


Civil Procedure


U.S. District Judge R. Gary Klausner found that prolific pro se CIPA plaintiff Vivek Shah's litigation history showed frivolou...


A proposed nationwide class action filed in federal court in Santa Ana accuses Taco Bell and Taylor Farms of selling Cyclospor...


Joshua White says his job isn't just to practice law but to build the systems behind it. In under two years, his remote-first ...


Torts/Personal Injury


The second Los Angeles social media addiction bellwether trial ended before jury selection after the Florida minor voluntarily...


Constitutional Law


A Los Angeles judge sent claims against Roblox and Microsoft to arbitration but kept claims against Epic Games in court, findi...


A divided 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an Oregon school district's ban on an educational specialist displaying chi...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


A unanimous 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a federal judge failed to adequately investigate an alternate juror w...


Environmental & Energy


Rob Bonta, along with 19 other states and one city claim the rule will allow industries to continue to use the gases which ha...


Class Action


U.S. District Judge Edward M. Chen certified two classes of plaintiffs challenging Berkeley's homeless encampment enforcement ...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Sergio Valdovinos Ramirez pleaded guilty to stealing more than $300,000 in client funds to finance a gambling addiction and fa...


Data Privacy


The California Privacy Protection Agency will examine whether gig economy companies comply with state laws requiring them to p...


The four-lawyer energy practice team will be based in Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, New York and Washington to capitalize on gr...


Class Action


A federal judge selected Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy LLP, Ahdoot & Wolfson PC and Clarkson Law Firm PC to lead the prop...


A federal judge gave final approval to a $1.5 billion class action settlement resolving claims that Anthropic used pirated boo...



Huntington Beach faces election overhaul after CVRA ruling

Jul. 21, 2026
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Orange County Superior Court Judge Craig L. Griffin ruled Monday that Huntington Beach's plurality at-large system for electin...


Torts/Personal Injury


The widow of a Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy killed in a bomb squad training explosion has sued the county and Sheriff's...


Former federal prosecutors say the Justice Department's decision to dismiss economic espionage charges against Chinese steelma...


Consumer Protection Law


Lawsuits in several states including California were filed last week after the FDA linked recalled iceberg lettuce to a multis...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


A State Bar Court judge rejected requests to delay setting a firm trial date in attorney Paul Kiesel's disciplinary case, whil...


Civil Procedure


Settlement overlap dispute heads toward mediation

Jul. 20, 2026
By Devon Belcher

Attorneys told a Los Angeles judge they have tentatively agreed to pursue mediation over disputed abuse settlement overlaps, d...


Paramount Skydance Corp. got the earlier hearing it sought, but U.S. District Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin of Oakland relied ...


Slideshow, Community News


The Association of Southern California Defense Counsel honored Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Ruth A. Kwan, defense a...


The chair of the Los Angeles County Civilian Oversight Commission accused county officials and the deputies' union Friday of s...


Constitutional Law


Landlord challenges California's Section 8 requirements

Jul. 20, 2026
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Federal lawsuit claims state anti-discrimination laws force property owners to accept warrantless inspections.


Land Use


Challenge to 9,300-home Upper Westside plan highlights debate over whether the ballot measure would favor greenfield developme...


Intellectual Property


Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP has entered an appearance for OpenAI in Apple's trade secret misappropriation lawsui...


California lawyers say litigation analytics and artificial intelligence improve efficiency and litigation strategy but cannot...


The Judicial Council approved its updated five-year courthouse construction plan after the governor's budget fully funded nine...