Barbara J.R. Jones Appellate justice Barbara J.R. Jones relishes tough cases, and also is praised for her even temper.
Justice Gilbert Nares, known for his affability, asks often-pivotal questions at oral argument.
A recent settlement in Minnesota may signal the end of one tactic employed by some so-called trolls. By Matthew S. Jorgenson ...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
The advantages of moving first in a mediation
By Ben Armisteadn
Most people believe that they gain insight into the other side's bargaining position by moving second. But research belies thi...
The attorney filed tax returns showing he earned over $1.5 million during 2000-03 but paid nothing, and hid his bank accounts ...
Litigation
Setback for plaintiffs in bellwether Toyota acceleration trial
By Omar Shamout
Days away from handing the $20 million lawsuit to a jury, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Lee Smalley Edmon dealt a bl...
Community News
Family law nonprofit lauds judge at record-setting fundraiser
By Ben Adlin
More than 400 guests attended the Stand for Justice Gala, an annual fundraiser for the Levitt & Quinn Family Law Center, a...
The San Diego chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel, California Western School of Law and Thomas Jefferson School of...
Deans from half a dozen Southern California law schools offered insights into current legal education controversies at a dinne...
The founders of Irvine's Boutwell Fay LLP didn't set out to be a women-only firm, but it sort of happened that way. ...
A San Francisco judge has awarded Facebook Inc. $3 million in damages in its unfair competition lawsuit against Power Ventures...
Intellectual Property
FTC could take action against patent holding companies, former chairman says
By Kevin Lee
While Congress considers a slate of proposals aimed at curbing frivolous patent litigation, the Federal Trade Commission is al...
Corporate
Facebook hires Gibson Dunn litigator as deputy general counsel
By David Ruiz
Facebook Inc. hired Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP partner and privacy guru S. Ashlie Beringer to fill the deputy general cou...
Saldana is one of a handful of women mediators in the Central Valley. She is a self-described pragmatist, whipping out lines l...
The Women Lawyers of Alameda County hosted their annual judges' dinner on Wednesday night at the UC Berkeley Faculty Club. The...
Litigation
State officials complain that judges are prescribing policy
By Hamed Aleazizn
In a U.S. Supreme Court filing, state officials this week slammed a recent order by a three-judge panel preventing California ...
Plaintiffs accusing Google Inc. of illegally intercepting users' private emails can proceed on most of their claims, a federal...
Gastrointestinal pharmaceutical company Evoke Pharma Inc. tapped Latham's San Diego office to help navigate its initial public...
The Riverside County Bar Association installed its 2013 Board of Directors on Sept. 19 at the Mission Inn Hotel & Spa in R...
A San Diego County Superior Court judge granted class certification to restaurant workers seeking damages for missed meal and ...
Energy Law
State fracking regulation law might limit environmental reviews
By Fiona Smith
As the state looks to implement legislation controlling the controversial practice of fracking, questions are emerging over ho...
California Courts of Appeal
Districts split on mixed causes of action and anti-SLAPP
By Ben Armisteadn
These differing analytical approaches create vastly different results for litigants advancing mixed claims. By Erik Syverson a...
Government
Federal courts, lawyers to face more cutbacks under new budget - even if deal reached
By Hadley Robinson
Whether Congress can strike a deal by Monday and avoid a government shutdown is unpredictable. Either way, federal courts in C...
Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...
It turns out that stars really must align in order for a billed hour to ripen into a collected greenback. By Alex Craigie
A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
As a first personal injury trial against Toyota wraps up, three upcoming trials shift the focus from whether the automaker sho...
General Counsel of Nexon America Inc. Los Angeles ...
Government
Bill would expand interpreter services for non-English speakers in civil cases
By Paul Jones
The U.S. Department of Justice warned California courts earlier this year it needs to start providing interpreters for non-Eng...