The California Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to review an appellate ruling in the state’s favor compelling the city of Huntington Beach to comply with the state’s affordable housing requirements.

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Generative artificial intelligence can now counterfeit reality at an industrial scale. Deepfakes—photographs, videos and audio tracks that use AI to create convincing but entirely fabricated ...

As surging copper wire thefts are leaving many Los Angeles communities in the dark, a new statewide metal theft law set to kick in next year is aimed at recyclers who buy the stolen metal. The Sixth ...

A local activist group that wants to give voters a greater say on development in their community has submitted signatures to put an initiative on the June primary ballot that it argues “balances ...

The mere display of a gun is seen by many as an act of aggression, an implied threat. That’s why Florida made it illegal in 1987 to walk around with a handgun on your hip or a rifle slung over your ...

I’ve built my legal career in Baltimore, from my first job out of law school to my current role as US Chair and CEO of Womble Bond Dickinson. Along the way, I’ve seen the challenges that law firms big ...