Loyola Law School's Civil Justice Program recognized two Los Angeles-area lawyers during its ninth-annual Tribute to the Champ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Greenhouse gas suit plaintiffs do not have standing, 9th Circuit rules
By Hadley Robinson
Environmental groups do not have standing to bring a case against the state agencies in Washington for failing to regulate gre...
IsoHunt Web Technologies Inc. agreed to settle a lawsuit filed against it by several major movie studios for inducing copyrigh...
Lawyers at Mountain View-based intellectual property boutique Turner Boyd LLP appreciate the flexibility of small-firm life, w...
UC Hastings College of the Law bestowed honors on several alumni and current faculty Oct. 11 at the St. Regis Hotel in San Fra...
The governor signed about 800 bills in 2013 before setting down his pen on Sunday; several will impact California's private em...
Civil Rights
Wording error leads to reversal of Palmdale election ruling
By Omar Shamout
A state appellate court will allow a City Council election to go forward due to a drafting error by plaintiffs' error in a law...
California Supreme Court
State high court leaves intact disputed doctrine
By Emily Green
The state Supreme Court continued its dance with the U.S. Supreme Court on the enforceability of mandatory arbitration provisi...
A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Vocera Communications Inc San Jose ...
Litigation
State court ruling barring anti-gay juror bias may influence federal case
By John Roemer
While a federal appellate panel considers whether trial lawyers can exclude prospective jurors due to their sexual orientation...
Indeed, the Colorado River is the source of drinking water for over 33 million people. By Tiffany Keith Ackley ...
Retired state Supreme Court Justice Carlos Moreno and other members of the legal community announced Wednesday the creation of...
Gov. Brown blasts the proposed law for its specific focus on private institutions ...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Fenwick guides $1.5 billion Finnish game company deal
By Andrew Mc Intyre
Firm helps with the sale of 51 percent of Supercell Oy to Japanese communications giant Softbank and game developer Gungho. ...
Law Practice
Fresno firm Lang, Richert & Patch celebrates 50th anniversary
By Joshua Seboldn
The 20-attorney firm has survived multiple recessions by creating a mix of practices that keep attorneys busy during good fina...
A San Francisco jury acquitted former AU Optronics executive Richard Bai of criminal price fixing charges last week. ...
California Courts of Appeal
Appellate court lets wage and hour case go forward
By John Roemer
A state appellate panel on Wednesday reversed a Los Angeles County judge and let go forward a wage and hour class action again...
Intellectual Property
San Jose chipmaker turns to jury in licensing dispute
By Kevin Lee
Entrenched in a patent licensing dispute with chipmaker Realtek Semiconductor, LSI is betting it can present a more persuasive...
Adding to a recent string of partner defections, Jeffrey Chester, the head of Kaye Scholer LLP's renewable energy project fina...
A roundup of recent real estate activity and the lawyers involved.
Working in the alternative dispute industry for the last 21 years, I can usually spot a future top neutral from a mile away. B...
The current battle to fund Obamacare is as serious a breach to the structure of the Constitution as the Nullification Crisis o...
For many years commercial developers have questioned why they were subject to regulations intended for residential association...
With the signing of AB 1309, NFL owners now can eschew responsibility for their players and send the bill to the public. By Ja...
Litigation
Defense attorneys in antitrust trial claim customers weren't harmed
By Hadley Robinson
During closing arguments, government attorneys called the customers "cherrypicked" and instead focused on the documents writte...
A retired superior court judge is suing the pension system for failing to reimburse him for some contributions in what he call...
Timothy Spangler, chairman of Kaye Scholer's investment funds group, will jump to Sidley Austin in Los Angeles in the coming w...
Corporate
Report finds many companies separate compliance, legal departments
By Caitlin Johnson
As experts continue to debate the value of situating the compliance function within the legal department, a new survey reveals...
The Legislature-approved bill would have required law enforcement to obtain warrants before asking Web companies to turn over ...