A Federal Circuit decision last year changed the landscape of willful patent infringement litigation. See you California court...
Attorneys practicing in California - whether admitted in the state or elsewhere - will be ensnared by the bill's provisions be...
Labor/Employment
Trial begins over measure affecting city worker benefits
By Laura Hautalan
Attorneys for San Jose and its employee unions laid out their arguments at the start of a trial that will decide the fate of a...
Anthony E. Shafton, a longtime insurance attorney and founding partner of law firm Berger Kahn ALC who was known for his trial...
Intellectual Property
Quiksilver hit with $3.6 million jury verdict in clothing line trademark suit
By Kevin Lee
A money-losing clothing line inspired by professional surfer Kelly Slater may end up costing Quiksilver Inc. more than $3.6 mi...
Environmental
Environmental group can proceed with lawsuit against recycler, 9th Circuit rules
By John Roemer
Environmentalists can sue a scrap metal recycler in Butte County for Clean Water Act violations for allegedly discharging haza...
Litigation
After failing in federal court, plaintiffs sue Facebook-owned Instagram in state court
By Saul Sugarman
A proposed class action has been filed against Instagram LLC in San Francisco County Superior Court, accusing the photo sharin...
Government
Amid municipal bankruptcies in California, lawyers watch Michigan case
By Katie Lucia
Will retirees who had been promised pensions have priority over Wall Street creditors if the city that employed them goes bank...
A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
Government
Faced with disincorporation, fledgling cities fight for funding
By Katie Lucia
With several new cities discussing disincorporating, municipal leaders are pushing hard for legislation to extend a property t...
General Counsel, Secretary and Executive Vice President, Legal Affairs, for Kofax Inc. Irvine and Basingstoke, England ...
Perspective
Celebrity records breach highlights state laws protecting patient privacy
By Ben Armisteadn
Cedars-Sinai recently reported that it has fired five workers and a student intern for snooping on the private medical records...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Causation hurdles in legal malpractice suits
By Ben Armisteadn
In evaluating causation, California courts consistently apply and discuss the plaintiff's burden as the trial-within-a-trial, ...
You would think that after a hard-fought trial, the entry of a money judgment would bring at least temporary closure. But it a...
Litigation
Disney free to say no way to Segway, appeals court says
By Chase Scheinbaum
An appeals court ruled that Disney was not required to permit a disabled woman to use a Segway at "The Happiest Place on Earth...
Law Practice
Former colleagues launch new litigation boutique in Los Angeles
By Alexandra Schwappach
Holmes, Taylor & Jones LLP, which officially opened July 1, combines the practices of three practitioners in civil litigat...
Government
Immigration fraud, attorney discipline among issues weighed by bar trustees
By Don De Benedictis
At a State Bar meeting last week, trustees vowed to support a bill that would impose extra requirements on immigration lawyers...
A federal judge finalized a $1.6 billion settlement in the class action suit involving Toyota and allegations of unintended ac...
Litigation
Northern District judge aims to limit motions in price-fixing case
By Hadley Robinson
Even in her first order in a consolidated price fixing conspiracy case, U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers made clear ...
Makers of flat panel displays have already coughed up more than $1 billion to settle class action claims that they conspired t...
John D. Conley's childhood experiences helped lead him to his judicial felony trial assignment.
Musick, Peeler & Garrett LLP welcomed back a former colleague to its public and environmental law practice group from the ...
West Covina's veteran Commissioner Harold J. Mulville gets in before the sun to get it right.
Lawyers are advised to wear green in this former Notre Dame basketball player's courtroom.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Judges, attorneys lament absence of 9th Circuit judicial conference this year
By John Roemer
For the first time since 1944, there will be no judicial conference on the docket this summer at the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of...
Perspective
Until FDA acts, generic drug consumers left without remedy
By Ben Armisteadn
The U.S. high court's recent rulings limiting generic drug manufacturers' liability exposure are perplexing given the purpose ...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
When it comes to mediation, 'yes' always means 'no'
By Ben Armisteadn
Everytime you say "yes" to a settlement, you're also saying "no" to every other option. By David B. Simpson ...
There are few people in American history who have served in so many government positions and turned up at so many historical e...
Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey gave a keynote address to nearly 175 pro bono lawyers, board members, staff ...
Criminal
Two companies plead guilty to fixing prices of rechargeable batteries
By Hadley Robinson
LG Chem Ltd. and Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd pled guilty Thursday to criminal charges filed in San Francisco admitting they were pa...