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...
Staff, attorneys and summer associates at Blank Rome LLP's Los Angeles office participated in a volunteer day on June 29th as ...
Celebrating its third anniversary — and U.S. Supreme Court rulings on same-sex marriage — the Orange County Lavender Bar Assoc...
Government
Irish pharmaceutical company will pay $3.5 million to settle fraud claims
By Fiona Smith
The U.S. attorney's office in San Francisco announced Thursday that the Irish pharmaceutical company Mallinckrodt plc will pay...
The City of Upland is suing a pair of insurance companies that allegedly bailed on paying legal fees to defend the municipalit...
Entertainment & Sports
Estate of Superman co-creator files another 9th Circuit appeal
By Ryne Hodkowski
The ongoing dispute over the rights to Superman continues as attorneys for the heirs of Superman co-creator Jerome Siegel on W...
Pasadena's Presiding Judge Mary Thornton House and current and former members of the Pasadena Bar Association attended an even...
Dozens of members of the Bay Area legal community gathered at One Market restaurant in San Francisco Tuesday for the annual...
Frederick Carr, a Bay Area mediator with a background that includes jobs as a deep sea diver and a fisherman, has coaxed even ...
Through persistence, 12-attorney Sheldon Mak & Anderson PC became the largest intellectual property firm in Pasadena, draw...
Government
Amid hunger strike, lawyer says she's banned from visiting inmates
By Hamed Aleazizn
On the heels of reports that state prison officials have punished inmates participating in a hunger strike, an attorney now cl...
Law Practice
Messner Reeves opens in LA to cozy up with local clients
By Kylie Reynolds
To better serve its Southern California clients, Colorado-based law firm Messner Reeves LLP has opened an office in Los Angel...
"What to do with the baby boomers?" That's one of the largest problems facing law firms today, according to legal industry exp...
Labor/Employment
San Jose effort to air pension case hints at broader battle
By Laura Hautalan
In an upcoming trial to decide the fate of a 2012 voter initiative that shifted some of the cost of unfunded retirement benefi...
A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
The Daily Journal honored California's leading labor and employment lawyers with a July 16 reception on the rooftop lounge of ...
On Tuesday, a federal appeals court denied the major broadcast television networks' petition for a full-court rehearing of the...
General Counsel and Vice President, Legal, of Logitech Newark (legal) Apples, Switzerland (headquarters) ...
The EPA's decision May 13 to approve a new pesticide ingredient without label warning protection is being appealed to the 9th ...
In litigation between the policyholder and the broker, over the years many decisions have resulted in a "win" for the latter. ...
The Iowa Supreme Court recently gave its stamp of approval - twice - to a doctor who fired his assistant for being too attract...
Chief Justice John Roberts recently noted that, "It is well established that Congress' judgment ... warrants substantial defer...
Labor/Employment
Engineer loses age discrimination suit against rocket builder
By Laura Hautalan
After a 5-week trial, the jury decided in less than an hour that evidence didn't show age discrimination. ...
Government
Prisoners participating in hunger strike facing discipline, lawyers claim
By Hamed Aleazizn
As the hunger strike in state prison, which now includes 2,327 prisoners as of Wednesday, its 11th day, attorneys and inmate a...
Litigation
Texas firm unlawfully practicing law in California, complaint says
By Chase Scheinbaum
The firm has been collecting money on behalf of Los Angeles and San Francisco, along with other entities of the state governme...
Labor/Employment
Age discrimination claims can proceed against auto insurer AAA
By Saul Sugarman
Auto insurer AAA has lost a bid to have an age discrimination lawsuit against it dismissed in Contra Costa County Superior Cou...
