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$950M in J&J punitive damages wiped out; Judge to give daily jury limits in social media trial; L.A. court pilots AI for judges

California plaintiffs’ attorneys back bills to mandate disbarment for “capping” and curb private equity influence in law firms; Courts say they lack key data to measure Proposition 36’s impact as felony caseloads surge and strain resources; Jurors in landmark social media addiction trial revisit evidence on data gaps and alternative causes of plaintiff’s harm; Federal judge dismisses $10M suit aga...

27 Ninth Circuit judges rebuke colleague over a “vulgar” dissent in a transgender spa case • Lawsuit claims Elon Musk’s Grok generated deepfake images of minors • Prop 36 adds 34K felony cases as lawmakers debate funding

Judge lets OpenAI question Elon Musk’s motives at trial • Geopolitics reshaping global arbitration • Lavely & Singer rebrands after 45 years

9th Circuit partly blocks California’s child online safety law; CAA settles writer’s “blacklisting” lawsuit for $600K; Closing arguments in landmark social media addiction trial

Ford’s lemon-law RICO suit tossed in federal court, San Francisco’s public defender held in contempt over caseload limits, and Orange County pays another $1.85M in DA harassment settlements.

SF Public Defender Manohar Raju held in contempt over refusal to take new cases • Appeals court rebukes judge for approving order with fake AI citations • Judge Dolly Gee cuts $172K in law student billing from $7M fee award

State Bar charges DTLA Law Group founder with multistate unauthorized practice • Musk lawyer warned forcing Twitter deal would mean “World War III” • Therapist testifies social media wasn’t primary cause of teen’s mental health issues

Musk attorneys accuse judge of improper contact with witness, seek mistrial; Judge weighs dismissal of Ford's $100M RICO suit against Lemon Law firms; Ex-Meta engineer testifies Instagram 'uses you' in social media addiction trial

Musk testimony sparks attorney-client privilege clash in Twitter trial • ExxonMobil hires Hueston Hennigan to lead climate litigation defense • Ex-Girardi Keese lawyer pleads guilty over Lion Air funds

Google faces a wrongful death lawsuit over Gemini AI, Elon Musk defends his “Twitter deal on hold” tweet in federal court, and a judge refuses to overturn a $40M Johnson & Johnson talc verdict.

110M verdict against private equity owners in assisted living death • Musk adviser testifies in Twitter deal securities trial • Trump law firm orders still roiling Big Law a year later

Opening statements in Elon Musk’s Twitter fraud trial; Lawsuit challenges LA County’s $2M payout to its CEO; Gov. Newsom tops 715 judicial appointments, eyes 800

SF court clerks end strike after tentative deal; Judge Carolyn B. Kuhl warns media over juror contact in Social Media Cases trial; and a federal judge tosses assault & cover-up claims against LA sheriff’s officials.

A 20-year-old testifies in the first social media addiction bellwether trial; the State Bar charges prominent trial lawyer Paul Kiesel; an attorney accepts discipline over AI-fabricated briefs; and judges warn courthouse funding gaps could stretch to 2186.

9th Circuit restores $4.5M in fees, ruling small firms can earn “big law” rates; therapist testifies “social media addiction” isn’t a DSM diagnosis in teen design-defect trial; and Manny Pacquiao sues over 8-year finder’s fee case

Ex-LA Fire Chief Kristin Crowley sues Mayor Karen Bass over alleged retaliation, jurors watch a YouTube “infinite scroll” demo in a youth addiction trial, a battle brews over a proposed 25% fee cap in accident cases, and SF court braces for clerk strike.

Social media addiction trial drama as plaintiffs’ lead lawyer is removed for violating courtroom tech rules. SF court clerks threaten to strike over staffing shortages. And SCOTUS declines Huntington Beach’s housing law challenge.

A sealed hearing in Elon Musk’s Twitter securities case, Gov. Newsom nominates 3 appellate justices and appoints 7 trial judges, and a “hot mic” comment prompts a mistrial in an L.A. dental malpractice case.

Jurors express strong feelings at Elon Musk securities trial; alibu sues state, L.A. agencies for $250B over Palisades Fire; Federal Public Defender hiring, moving to L.A. Times Building

Zuckerberg defends Instagram in the first social media addiction bellwether trial. A judge lets investors pursue a broader scheme theory against Elon Musk over Twitter. And an Orange County prosecutor wins $3.5M in a harassment verdict.

A federal judge sanctions a plaintiffs’ lawyer in the Uber sexual assault MDL, a juror hospitalization pauses the first social media addiction bellwether trial, and L.A. County sues major manufacturers over an alleged fire truck price-fixing scheme.

California courts held nearly 1.75 million remote proceedings with high satisfaction rates; an African American-owned development team sues LA over a killed $1.2 billion project; legal observers weigh in ahead of Zuckerberg's testimony in the social media addiction trial; and a major law firm rebrands after a partner's departure.

AG Rob Bonta orders a civil rights probe into Eaton Fire evacuation delays in West Altadena; a federal judge hits LA with terminating sanctions in a homeless cleanup case; and SF’s DA accuses the Public Defender of judge-shopping in Drug Court

Instagram chief Adam Mosseri testifies in the first minors’ social media bellwether trial, Palisades Fire claims move forward against LA and the state, and CoStar escalates its DQ fight with Quinn Emanuel.