A $40M verdict against Johnson & Johnson in California’s first talc bellwether, a groundbreaking lawsuit blaming ChatGPT for a murder-suicide, and a tribute to influential 9th Circuit Judge Sandra Ikuta.

9th Circuit orders revisions to Apple’s penalty in its Epic Games fight • YIMBY group sues Newsom over SB 9 suspension in fire zones • J&J talc trial heads to the jury • Judge rebuked for unlawful orders

• Palisades Fire victims push for late-claim relief • No stay in Bob Lee wrongful death suit • Ex-Justice Murray publicly censured

Tung dissents * Plaintiffs warn migrant children’s conditions worsening * Lucid engineer accuses colleague of Nazi slur

California vs. Trump on who should regulate AI • ACLU-backed lawsuit alleging a landlord–tech “surveillance ecosystem” • Federal judge blocks L.A.’s bid to lift limits on LAPD’s less-lethal weapons

New lawyer Justin W. Shegerian wins a stunning $103M verdict against Liberty Mutual • Experts warn Netflix’s $82.7B Warner Bros. merger could squeeze creators • Ex–Becerra chief of staff is cooperating in $225K campaign fraud investigation

New lawyer Justin W. Shegerian wins a stunning $103M verdict against Liberty Mutual • Experts warn Netflix’s $82.7B Warner Bros. merger could squeeze creators • Ex–Becerra chief of staff agrees to testify in $225K campaign fraud scheme

State lobbyist plead guilty in a $225K campaign fund scheme; authors’ lawyers seek $300M in fees in the Anthropic copyright case; Hanson Bridgett opens a new San Diego office.

The CA Supreme Court wrestles with a “Kafkaesque” Coastal Commission case, a judge opens limited discovery in the Palisades Fire suit, a rancher sues Humboldt Co. for alleged retaliation, Alaska Airlines beats a Flight Pass class action, and a lawyer is sanctioned for AI errors.

SF targets ultra-processed foods • LA accuses Judge Carter of bias • Edison seeks dismissal in Eaton Fire suit • Judge Breyer keeps Spiro on Musk case