The Anti-Defamation League honored four women, including civil rights attorney, author and legal analyst Lisa Bloom, at its 20...
Labor/Employment
NLRB ruling on NCAA athletes could open the floodgates
By Laura Hautalan
Labor lawyers know the repercussions could extend far beyond unionization, even football. That's especially true here in Calif...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Banks with state roots can keep lawsuits in federal court
By John Roemer
National banks can have headquarters in one state and main offices in another, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel held ...
California Courts of Appeal
State public records act does not cover private cell phones, court rules
By Emily Green
The California Public Records Act does not cover communications related to government business that are sent on private cell p...
Advocates for Southern California ratepayers who have been at loggerheads with the region's two main utilities over costs rela...
California Supreme Court
High court will not review pot cultivation opinion
By Katie Lucia
The state Supreme Court has decided not to review or depublish an appellate decision affirming the right of cities and countie...
The U.S. Senate edged closer to confirming Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP Los Angeles litigation partner John B. Owens to the ...
SB 833, introduced by Sen. Carol Liu, D-La Canada Flintridge and supported by defense attorneys and some in law enforcement, w...
The Newport Beach office of Newmeyer & Dillion LLP joined the Orange County community to help raise funds to fight heart d...
Emison Hullverson LLP is based in San Francisco but its roots stretch across the nation and over decades of family experience ...
Community News
Minority group, city attorney team up for education seminars
By Ben Adlin
The California Minority Counsel Program and Oakland city attorney's office on Wednesday held a series of continuing legal educ...
Loyola Law School's Fashion Law Project hosted a symposium titled "One Channel Does Not Fit All: The Fashion Law Implications ...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Attorney prevails on malpractice appeal
By Kylie Reynolds
A 4th District Court of Appeal panel reversed a judgment last week against a San Diego attorney over claims related to the neg...
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar task force hears ideas of dramatic changes to boost legal services for the poor
By Don Debenedictisn
To expand access to legal help, the legal profession must allow corporate ownership of law firms, the sharing of fees with non...
Google scans emails because advertising is more than just a "business purpose" for Gmail; it is its only commercial purpose, f...
Entertainment & Sports
Can copyright laws keep up with cloud computing?
By Sarah Parvinin
As entertainment and technology giants make a dramatic move toward cloud services, one company has major broadcasters up in ar...
California Supreme Court
Judge's jury-picking mistakes do not require new trial, state high court rules
By Emily Green
The state Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a criminal defendant's plea for a new trial because the judge overseeing his case...
Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...
A roundup of recent merger and acquisition and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
Mahoney draws on 30 years of experience as a litigator and 13 as a judge in San Francisco Superior Court in his new role as a ...
Litigation
Beach access in question in lawsuit against property owner
By Saul Sugarman
A lawsuit filed in San Mateo County Superior Court marks the latest attempt for plaintiffs to reclaim access to a popular Half...
Intellectual Property
The 'Twiharder' Saga: criticism or copying?
By Katharine Malonen
A recent lawsuit filed by the producers of the film "Twiharder" against the producers of "The Twilight Saga" film franchise br...
The 6th District Court of Appeal held that a union cannot be held liable for breach of contract for cooperating with governmen...
Pasadena firm sought payment for work of associates in unpaid fee case against client ...
Criminal
Attorney sentenced to 10 years in prison for stealing from clients
By Katie Lucia
James V. Reiss took $2M in fraudulent pay from LA County transit authority ...
SB 1381 would require manufacturers to indicate on packaging when an item sold in California contains genetically modified org...
Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox recently filed a civil rehabilitation proceeding under Japanese law, and subsequently filed a compani...
A potentially groundbreaking lawsuit that could change how teachers are fired or retained is nearing completion in Los Angeles...
Criminal
Federal prosecutors move to dismiss case over wiretap affidavits
By Henry Meier
Affidavits used to secure approval had omissions, misstatements: defense ...
General counsel of InVitae Corp. ...