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ExxonMobil: CA emissions disclosure laws trample 1st Amend

Michael Carroll
Updated Oct 28, 2025

SACRAMENTO - ExxonMobil has filed a federal lawsuit challenging two new California laws requiring large corporations to disclose their greenho…

Santa Monica ‘labor peace’ rule illegal, restaurants warn

Southern California Record

Santa Monica ‘labor peace’ rule illegal, restaurants warn

Michael Carroll
Oct 24, 2025

SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA - A restaurant trade group is poised to sue the city of Santa Monica if the City Council moves forward on approving a…

CA insurance commish defends taxpayer-funded overseas trips

Southern California Record

CA insurance commish defends taxpayer-funded overseas trips

Michael Carroll
Updated Oct 20, 2025

SACRAMENTO - California state Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara’s office has pushed back against criticisms about Lara’s world travel over t…

J&J claims $966M L.A. talc verdict unconstitutional, result of ‘unfair trial’

Southern California Record

J&J claims $966M L.A. talc verdict unconstitutional, result of ‘unfair trial’

Jonathan Bilyk
Updated Oct 16, 2025

LOS ANGELES - Johnson & Johnson has moved swiftly to challenge a headline-grabbing $966 million talc verdict against it in Los Angeles Cou…

Deal ends fight over Gallegly Center fate at Cal. Lutheran

Southern California Record

Deal ends fight over Gallegly Center fate at Cal. Lutheran

Michael Carroll
Updated Oct 14, 2025

THOUSAND OAKS, CALIFORNIA - A long-running legal squabble between California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks and former Republican Rep. E…

CA court hits lawyer with $10K fine for AI citations, issues warning

Southern California Record

CA court hits lawyer with $10K fine for AI citations, issues warning

Michael Carroll
Oct 13, 2025

LOS ANGELES - A California appeals court has transformed a run-of-the-mill employment-claims decision into a stern warning to attorneys who fi…

Fraud, lack of reform drive concerns over CA lawsuit abuse

Northern California Record

Fraud, lack of reform drive concerns over CA lawsuit abuse

Michael Carroll
Updated Oct 9, 2025

California tort-reform supporters marked Lawsuit Abuse Awareness Week with concern and disappointment about the pace of reforming the state’s …

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J&J to fight ‘egregious, unconstitutional’ $966M L.A. talc verdict

Southern California Record

J&J to fight ‘egregious, unconstitutional’ $966M L.A. talc verdict

Jonathan Bilyk
Updated Oct 8, 2025

LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles County jury has ordered pharmaceutical and personal care product maker Johnson & Johnson to pay $966 million t…

Newsom, Bonta keep up fight to ban ‘deepfake’ satire videos

Northern California Record

Newsom, Bonta keep up fight to ban ‘deepfake’ satire videos

Jonathan Bilyk
Updated Oct 7, 2025

SAN FRANCISCO - Even as they spend state resources and much time and effort on opposing the Trump administration in the name of fighting "auth…

CA hospitals can escape fines if workers expose patient info

Northern California Record

CA hospitals can escape fines if workers expose patient info

Scott Holland
Updated Oct 6, 2025

SACRAMENTO - A state appeals panel has agreed hospitals can’t be sued if one of their employees posts confidential patient health information …

SCOTUS to review gun carry ban in Hawaii; Could impact CA rules

Northern California Record

SCOTUS to review gun carry ban in Hawaii; Could impact CA rules

Jonathan Bilyk
Updated Oct 3, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. - A Hawaii state law that bans people from carrying guns in the vast majority of public and private spaces is headed for a Se…

Congress can strip CA emissions power: DOJ, others

Northern California Record

Congress can strip CA emissions power: DOJ, others

Jonathan Bilyk
Updated Sep 30, 2025

OAKLAND - The federal government, joined by a growing number of business groups and others, have fired back at California's claims not even Co…

Google to pay $24.5M for censoring Trump at Dems’ request

Northern California Record

Google to pay $24.5M for censoring Trump at Dems’ request

Jonathan Bilyk
Updated Sep 29, 2025

SAN FRANCISCO - Google will pay $24.5 million to settle a potential class action lawsuit led by President Donald Trump over accusations that G…

DOT limits immigrant CDLs, especially in ‘egregious’ CA

Northern California Record

DOT limits immigrant CDLs, especially in ‘egregious’ CA

Jonathan Bilyk
Updated Sep 26, 2025

Saying states appear to be issuing commercial drivers licenses illegally to immigrants, federal regulators are slamming the brakes on the abil…

LA to pay $5M to lawyers to oversee homeless lawsuit settlement

Southern California Record

LA to pay $5M to lawyers to oversee homeless lawsuit settlement

Michael Carroll
Updated Sep 24, 2025

The Los Angeles City Council last week agreed to quintuple its payments to an outside law firm that’s helping the city to fulfill a legal sett…

Woman OK to sue Kaiser over gender transition deception

Northern California Record

Woman OK to sue Kaiser over gender transition deception

Jonathan Bilyk
Updated Sep 22, 2025

SACRAMENTO - A state appeals court says the largest hospital and health care network in California cannot use an arbitration clause in an empl…

Disney to pay $233M to end Disneyland Anaheim wage suit

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Disney to pay $233M to end Disneyland Anaheim wage suit

Jonathan Bilyk
Updated Sep 19, 2025

ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA - Disney will pay $233 million to settle claims it underpaid tens of thousands of workers at its Disneyland theme pa…

Family of boy allegedly killed by immigrant coach sue LA city, county

Southern California Record

Family of boy allegedly killed by immigrant coach sue LA city, county

Jonathan Bilyk
Updated Sep 17, 2025

LOS ANGELES - The family of the 13-year-old boy allegedly raped and murdered by his soccer coach have lodged legal claims against the city of …

Fed Pub Defender says Essayli improperly serving as US Atty

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Fed Pub Defender says Essayli improperly serving as US Atty

Michael Carroll
Updated Sep 16, 2025

LOS ANGELES - The Federal Public Defender’s Office in Los Angeles has filed a motion to dismiss a felony prosecution and disqualify the curren…

Delta to pay $79M to settle lawsuit over 2020 LA fuel dump

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Delta to pay $79M to settle lawsuit over 2020 LA fuel dump

Michael Carroll
Updated Sep 12, 2025

LOS ANGELES - Delta Air Lines has agreed to pay nearly $79 million in a settlement with southeast Los Angeles homeowners who alleged a 2020 fu…

Appeals panel: CA can restrict cities’ land zoning powers

Southern California Record

Appeals panel: CA can restrict cities’ land zoning powers

Scott Holland
Updated Sep 12, 2025

LOS ANGELES - A California state appeals panel has agreed the state government can restrict certain local communities' abilities to approve bu…

Judge admonished over conduct, jests about 'shooting' people

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Judge admonished over conduct, jests about 'shooting' people

Michael Carroll
Updated Sep 12, 2025

LOS ANGELES - California’s Commission on Judicial Performance has publicly admonished a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge for jokingly t…

Feds file suit vs SoCal Edison over Fairview, Eaton fires

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Feds file suit vs SoCal Edison over Fairview, Eaton fires

Michael Carroll
Updated Sep 12, 2025

LOS ANGELES - The federal government is suing Southern California Edison for $77 million in damages that allegedly resulted from destruction o…

Court trashes suit claiming Ziploc bags leech microplastics

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Court trashes suit claiming Ziploc bags leech microplastics

Michael Carroll
Updated Sep 9, 2025

SAN FRANCISCO - A Malibu law firm’s class-action complaint alleging that the makers of Ziploc bag products deceptively market their bags as mi…

Supreme Court undoes LA judge’s order blocking ICE actions

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Supreme Court undoes LA judge’s order blocking ICE actions

Jonathan Bilyk
Updated Sep 8, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled a Biden-appointed federal judge overreached when she all but shut down ICE immigration enf…

Hilton sues to block CA Dems’ ‘unconstitutional’ gerrymander

Northern California Record

Hilton sues to block CA Dems’ ‘unconstitutional’ gerrymander

Jonathan Bilyk
Updated Sep 5, 2025

ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA - After the California Supreme Court quickly rejected two Republican petitions seeking a hearing on California Democ…

Lawsuits over video gaming ‘addiction’ loading in LA courts

Southern California Record

Lawsuits over video gaming ‘addiction’ loading in LA courts

Michael Carroll
Updated Sep 5, 2025

Los Angeles County has become a venue for lawsuits alleging video game makers are to blame for minors’ gaming addictions and associated ailmen…

Judge folds tribes’ suit vs state over blackjack-style games

Southern California Record

Judge folds tribes’ suit vs state over blackjack-style games

Michael Carroll
Updated Sep 5, 2025

In a victory for card rooms around the state, a Sacramento Superior Court judge has tentatively dismissed a lawsuit by Indian tribes that soug…

Trump can’t use troops to protect ICE from riots, threats: Judge

Northern California Record

Trump can’t use troops to protect ICE from riots, threats: Judge

Jonathan Bilyk
Updated Sep 3, 2025

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge has ruled that President Donald Trump cannot use the National Guard or U.S. Marines to protect federal agents …