Stick with me as I explain why I think the art of judging is a little bit like fly fishing. By Timothy B. Taylor ...
Perspective
Previewing consumer litigation under the Affordable Care Act
By Ben Armisteadn
The Affordable Care Act provides many new rules governing health insurers. But how will it affect the rights of health insuran...
In "The Punishment Imperative," authors Todd Clear and Natasha Frost argue that the move to mass incarceration was more than j...
A recent amendment to the Labor Code strips employers of one possible weapon in their arsenal for deterring nonmeritorious wag...
Labor/Employment
Bill clarifies, improves fee-shifting provision in Labor Code
By Ben Armisteadn
Last week the Legislature amended the Labor Code to bring a two-way fee-shifting provision in line with the code's statutory s...
Chair Mary Jo White's announcement earlier this year that the SEC will abandon its decades-old no admit/no deny settlement pol...
For years, California courts saw more cases being filed. But since 2009, small claims and misdemeanor cases have declined, cat...
Intellectual Property
Patent holders, defendants gear up lobbying effort in D.C.
By Kevin Lee
As Congress and the Obama administration continue to debate how to limit patent litigation, several organizations with Silicon...
Labor/Employment
New precedent gives workers fresh fuel for wage lawsuits
By Laura Hautalan
Hourly workers are filing more valuable wage lawsuits in California, where recent precedent has provided fresh ammunition to w...
Rodent infestations, asbestos and earthquake danger are among the reasons judges, attorneys, public employees and the public a...
The Los Angeles Paralegal Association threw its Annual Charity Wine Tasting event at the Coral Tree Pavilion in downtown Los A...
California attorneys advise Tokyo-based drugmaker Otsuka in $886 million purchase ...
Dozens of top plaintiffs' attorneys and judges convened at the Wynn Las Vegas resort over Labor Day weekend for the nation's l...
Bankruptcy
California municipal bankruptcies pave the way for other states
By Hadley Robinson
In a legal world often governed by precedent, bankruptcy judges overseeing Chapter 9 cases have a tough task. ...
Lawyers from the Pasadena-based Law Offices of Donald P. Schweitzer volunteered at the nonprofit Foothill Unity Center's 15th ...
August has been known as a down time for lateral partner movements among law firms. But such activity nearly doubled this year...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Conservatives maintain influence on 'liberal' court
By John Roemer
It's been tough for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to shake its reputation as a liberal bastion, but outnumbered court ...
In the 10 months since California voters softened the state's three strikes law, more than 1,000 inmates have been released o...
As food companies continue to face pressure to step up productivity while conserving water and other resources, companies are ...
Litigation
Toyota unintended acceleration trial centers on braking theories
By Omar Shamout
In direct contradiction of testimony by plaintiffs' two experts, an expert for the automaker testified that a 66-year-old driv...
Education
Enrollment in California law schools continues downward slide
By Don J. De Benedictis
When classes began at California law schools last month, almost 8 percent fewer first-year students were in the seats than the...
After stepping down from the federal bench in April, former U.S. District Judge A. Howard Matz is returning to the firm he hel...
Google Inc. has taken its share of legal lumps following its acquisition of Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. last year, with th...
Driven by a lifelong desire to be his own boss, Alex M. Weingarten has built a 12-attorney business litigation firm that's reg...
Little wonder that investors are concerned about buying Richmond bonds when the city has demonstrated its contempt for private...
A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
Legal observers say an unusual legal battle over the height of a hedge on private property could impact the way local governme...
General Counsel and Chief Innovation Officer at Montecito Bank & Trust Santa Barbara ...
Health Care & Hospital Law
Finding a way out (the labyrinth of Medicare reimbursement)
By Ben Armisteadn
As most plaintiff and defense attorneys know, a significant part of the difficulty is a result of Medicare's unparalleled stat...
A U.S. district court judge has found that a private Facebook wall posting made by an employee at work is covered by the feder...