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The article reports that a jury in California awarded $269.2 million in damages to the television production company Celador International Ltd. in its civil action against Walt Disney Co. Celador had charged that Disney had concealed royalties due it for licensing fees of the successful television game show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire."

The article presents information on a campaign led by the nonprofit group Consumer Watchdog to raise the cap of the California law on medical malpractice awards for non-economic damages and to add doctor drug and alcohol testing to the ballot campaign as of March 2014.

The article reports on the lawsuit filed by lawyers of Los Angeles City, California seeking compensation against nine imprisoned gang leaders. These leaders allegedly continue to oversee their criminal enterprises from inside prison. It says that the defendants are reputed members of the 18th Street gang with an estimated membership of more than 30,000 in 15 states and five foreign countries. The case is described the first in Los Angeles that seeks civil monetary penalties for alleged damages to the public caused by criminal activity.

Reports the compensatory damages charged against Genentech Inc. for patent-license revenue with the City of Hope National Medical Center based in Duarte, California.

Reports on the compensatory damages awarded by a federal jury in Oakland, California to two environmentalists for false arrests made by U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation agents and Oakland police officers.