U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
US can allow oyster farm's permit to expire
By Hadley Robinson
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar had discretion to let a 40-year-old permit to farm oysters in Marin County expire, a split 9th ...
Plaintiffs in Toyota unintended acceleration trial rested after testimony of husband. ...
New branch becomes Edison, McDowell & Hetherington's first West Coast location ...
Last year's passage of Proposition 30, which boosted state taxes, accelerated the trend of businesses fleeing California. ...
The Los Angeles office has scooped up an authority on Chinese outbound investments from Reed Smith LLP. ...
Arthur Gilbert is appealing a ruling in which a trial court judge said that he would not be allowed to take a state job before...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Apple fends off antitrust suit
By John Roemer
Claims of anticompetitive conduct stemming from Apple's iPod device and iTunes software got nowhere at the 9th Circuit on Tues...
Firm adds lawyer from Stradling Yocca in Orange County to expand on Rus Miliband merger ...
Simpson Thacher, Covington & Burling and Skadden Arps worked on Microsoft Corp.'s $7.2 billion acquisition. ...
Best Buy earns nominal award from HannStar; Toshiba is cleared ...
Judge Nancy Davis Stark works hard to make an impact on a region where she has deep ties.
State Bar judge Catherine Purcell finds legal ethics intellectually compelling and important.
Corporate
In India, local patent landscape keeps Western drugmakers on their toes
By Caitlin Johnson
Recent policies and court decisions are causing headaches for Western drugmakers in some of the world's fastest growing market...
Re: "Who Is in Charge of Our Hospitals?" Aug. 27. By Bruce M. Brusavich ...
Letter to the Editor
Interpreters in civil cases are a waste of our tax dollars
By Ben Armisteadn
Re: "After a Brutal Start, Chief Justice Assumes 'Affirmative Posture,'" Aug. 21. By Joel Drum ...
Reflecting on my term as an advisory member of the Judicial Council in my capacity as president of the California Judges Assoc...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit wrestles with definition of 'fire'
By Alexandra Schwappach
A divided 9th Circuit panel held Thursday that use of a thermal lance - a tool that uses extreme heat to cut through metal - i...
A compromise was reached Friday over a controversial bill that would have defined as public money much of the revenue used by ...
Special Coverage
VIDEO: Maryann Gallagher goes in-depth on types of evidence
By Riley Guerin
Maryann Gallagher of The Law Offices of Maryann Gallagher goes into specifics on "me-too" and hearsay evidence. ...
Special Coverage
VIDEO: Clifford Pearson at the CAALA Annual Convention
By Riley Guerin
Clifford Pearson of Pearson, Simon & Warshaw, LLP speaks about his experiences at the CAALA Annual Convention and why he c...
Judges and Judiciary
Courts to Legislature: additional funding will translate into better services
By Paul Jones
When the Legislature approved a budget increase for courts in July, the $60 million came with a requirement that courts show h...
Special Coverage
VIDEO: Tips for presenting wrongful death cases to juries
By Riley Guerin
Ricardo Echeverria of Shernoff Bidart Echeverria Bentley LLP offers advice for presenting wrongful death cases to juries. ...
Appellate Practice
When is a judgment truly appealable? We'll soon know
By Ben Armisteadn
This basic, threshold question is on the menu in a case that will be argued Sept. 4 before the state Supreme Court. By Jens B....
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit affirms ban on force feeding ducks
By John Roemer
Ducks got a break from the 9th Circuit on Friday as a panel let stand California's novel anti-animal cruelty law banning sale ...
Administrative/Regulatory
Discord stymies effort to reform state toxics law — for now
By Paul Jones
With no public announcement, a letter to businesses and consumer groups by CalEPA last week confirmed that troubled talks over...
Twitter Inc. General Counsel Alex Macgillivray took to social media channels Friday to announce his plans to part ways with th...
Christa Haggai of The Haggai Law Firm speaks about her time at the CAALA Annual Convention and the panel she participated in. ...
Squire Sanders announced today it has added three former Dorsey & Whitney LLP lawyers to its Palo Alto office, with labor ...
Prosecutor John Zajec, a skilled trial lawyer who dedicated more than three decades of service to the Los Angeles district att...
Two state lawmakers will oversee public hearings as soon as this fall on the use of solitary confinement in state prisons, a m...