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NEWS
General News
Wednesday, October 1, 2025 |
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A federal judge reviewed a proposed $62.1 million Hyundai-Kia settlement resolving claims over defective airbags, with objections over fees and injury rights addressed; final approval still pending. |
General News
Wednesday, October 1, 2025 |
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Expect to pay more for health coverage next year -- possibly a lot more -- whether you get your health insurance from an employer or on a health care exchange. |
General News
Wednesday, October 1, 2025 |
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A Los Angeles judge tentatively approved Bank of America's $4.4 million settlement resolving wage-and-hour claims, representing 19.3% of the class's estimated $22 million in damages, with minimal objections. |
General News
Monday, September 29, 2025 |
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A Los Angeles judge allowed a class action against TikTok to proceed, ruling its terms of service may unlawfully restrict consumer speech, rejecting defenses under federal law and the Yelp Law. |
General News
Friday, September 26, 2025 |
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Attorneys criticized Southern California Edison's draft compensation plan for Eaton Fire victims, calling it unfair, self-serving, and inadequate, particularly regarding emotional distress and property damage payouts. |
General News
Thursday, September 25, 2025 |
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A dramatic change in how inter partes reviews are handled under interim U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Coke Morgan Stewart has drawn sharp criticism from law professors and technology companies, setting up a high stakes battle at the Federal Circuit. |
General News
Thursday, September 25, 2025 |
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Triumph Foods sued to overturn California's Proposition 12, arguing the animal-confinement law violates federal meat regulations and the Constitution by burdening out-of-state pork producers and disrupting the national pork supply chain. |
General News
Thursday, September 25, 2025 |
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Law firms are facing intense competition, prompting them to explore alternatives to traditional debt. |
General News
Wednesday, September 24, 2025 |
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U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd denied Grimmway's bids to toss the case and to deny class certification, allowing the California Civil Rights Department's disability claims to move forward while narrowing some theories. |
General News
Wednesday, September 24, 2025 |
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A former Orange County prosecutor alleges unwanted advances from a unit head; District Attorney Todd Spitzer's office says the manager was quickly placed on leave and later resigned. |
General News
Wednesday, September 24, 2025 |
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Attorneys for authors and publishers filed new responses this week seeking to satisfy Senior U.S. District Judge William Alsup's concerns about their proposed $1.5 billion settlement with AI company Anthropic. |
General News
Tuesday, September 23, 2025 |
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Housing nonprofits sued Los Angeles, alleging City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto and Councilmember Traci Park unlawfully obstructed a Venice affordable housing project approved under the city's Comprehensive Homeless Strategy. |
General News
Tuesday, September 23, 2025 |
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Scholars say the state can bind local police but likely can't enforce the new mask rule against federal agents; other student- and health-privacy bills seen on firmer ground. |
General News
Tuesday, September 23, 2025 |
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A federal judge tentatively ruled a fourth jury trial is needed to decide punitive damages in the trade dress infringement battle between MGA Entertainment and the OMG Girlz, citing the Seventh Amendment. |
General News
Monday, September 22, 2025 |
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After a year of legal wrangling and a week into trial, the City of Los Angeles has agreed to an $18 million settlement with two elderly brothers severely injured in a crash involving an LAPD officer. |
General News
Monday, September 22, 2025 |
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Southern California Edison is launching a voluntary claims program for Eaton Fire victims, offering fast compensation without requiring legal representation. |
General News
Friday, September 19, 2025 |
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To ensure you're maximizing your benefits, it's important to understand the different terms and acronyms you are likely to encounter as you review your health insurance options. |
General News
Friday, September 19, 2025 |
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Gov. Gavin Newsom has raised roughly $70 million in less than two months for the California ballot measure to redraw the state's congressional lines, with the family of prominent Democratic financier George Soros recently kicking in $10 million, according to two people with direct knowledge of the fundraising. |
General News
Friday, September 19, 2025 |
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A former Orange County judge has been sentenced to prison following his conviction for the murder of his wife. |
General News
Friday, September 19, 2025 |
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Investors accuse Edison International of misleading them about wildfire safety measures, linking stock losses to alleged failures in power shutoff protocols and system upgrades after California wildfires. |
General News
Wednesday, September 17, 2025 |
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Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Samantha P. Jessner has authorized plaintiffs in the Palisades Fire litigation to file a master complaint on behalf of 10,000 residents and business owners, a ruling that adds new defendants, overturns her predecessor's order for a narrower lead complaint, and alters defense strategy for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. |
General News
Wednesday, September 17, 2025 |
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Reports of aggressive client recruitment after California and Hawaii wildfires have also prompted new ethics scrutiny in California. |
General News
Wednesday, September 17, 2025 |
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Ford Motor Co.'s $100 million racketeering suit against Knight Law Group and other lemon law firms intensified over the weekend, as defendants filed motions to dismiss and strike, arguing the amended complaint relies on vague allegations, expired claims, and inadmissible accounts of private communications. |
General News
Wednesday, September 17, 2025 |
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Environmental hygienists say homes in the fire zone that escaped total loss are nevertheless embedded with toxic residue. |
General News
Monday, September 15, 2025 |
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It has been 37 days since Ellison, 42, took over Paramount Global as part of an $8 billion merger that combined his company, Skydance Media, with a beaten-up collection of old-media assets -- MTV, the Paramount movie studio, CBS -- and two streaming services. |
General News
Monday, September 15, 2025 |
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OpenAI said Thursday that it was giving an equity stake worth at least $100 billion to the nonprofit that controls the organization and has reached a tentative deal to settle financial issues with its partner Microsoft. |
General News
Monday, September 15, 2025 |
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Attorneys for an AFL-CIO ex-bookkeeper urged dismissal of a lawsuit over his secret recording of Los Angeles City Council members making racist comments, arguing anti-SLAPP protections apply. |
General News
Wednesday, October 1, 2025 |
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Researchers have left their work at Meta, OpenAI, Google DeepMind and other big AI projects in recent weeks to join a new Silicon Valley startup, Periodic Labs. |
General News
Monday, September 29, 2025 |
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A Los Angeles judge denied Google's request to dismiss a class action alleging YouTube misled users by labeling digital rentals as "purchases," allowing consumer deception claims to proceed under California law. |
General News
Monday, September 22, 2025 |
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A judge ruled an attorney's email directing clients to destroy evidence in a Beverly Hills mansion case isn't protected by privilege due to fraud, allowing the plaintiffs to use it at trial. |
General News
Friday, September 19, 2025 |
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Emily Moncur alleges gross negligence by the County of Orange and OC Animal Care after a shelter dog attacked her, leaving at least 18 bite wounds and forcing her to drag the animal through the facility while still latched onto her arm. |
General News
Wednesday, September 17, 2025 |
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In a setback for Huntington Beach's yearslong battle against state housing laws, an appellate panel vacated a lower court ruling and told a San Diego County judge to issue a new order imposing strict compliance deadlines. |
General News
Monday, September 15, 2025 |
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Judge Doreen Boxer denied comics creator Frank Miller's summary judgment bid, allowing producer Stephen L'Heureux to take his good faith claim over the "Hard Boiled" adaptation rights dispute to a jury. |