Although California had followed the federal lead in adopting the catalyst theory, it did not abandon when the U.S. Supreme Co...
What's the difference between a cup of coffee and a can of Monster Energy? One has a lot more caffeine than the other and one ...
After losing a large team from its Los Angeles office earlier this month, newly rebranded law firm Kaufman Dolowich & Volu...
Entertainment & Sports
Suit could clarify relationship between production, brand integration companies
By Ryne Hodkowski
A lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court last week could further help define the relationship between production ...
Litigation
Morgan Lewis partner will lead JPMorgan's defense in robo-signing case
By Chase Scheinbaum
Jami Wintz McKeon, who has defended the bank numerous times, will have to challenge allegations that it flooded California cou...
Relativity Media LLC's former general counsel has returned to law firm life at the new Los Angeles-based transactional boutiqu...
Intellectual Property
Rambus drops patent case against STMicroelectronics
By Kevin Lee
Sunnyvale-based Rambus Inc. has dropped its patent infringement lawsuit against Swiss semiconductor company STMicroelectronics...
Intellectual Property
Levi Strauss can challenge Abercrombie trademarks, appeals court rules
By Kevin Lee
Unfavorable federal court decisions against Levi Strauss & Co. do not bar the San Francisco-based jeans seller from challe...
Discipline
State Bar Court puts lawyer on inactive status for allegedly stealing settlement, lying to clients
By Don Debenedictisn
A judge found that a Davis lawyer, Hal Erwin Wright, "engaged in continuous course of misconduct" that poses a "substantial th...
Litigation
In court, lawyers argue damages cap on medical malpractice cases is unconstitutional
By Emily Green
A major push to end the $250,000 cap on pain and suffering damages in medical malpractice cases appeared to get little tractio...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Honest services fraud conviction of disbarred California lawyer vacated
By John Roemer
A disbarred California lawyer serving eight years after pleading guilty to honest services fraud caught a break Tuesday as a 9...
Polycom Inc. San Jose ...
A firefighter's daughter, Santa Clara County Judge Mary J. Greenwood remembers the little guy.
The Cheesecake Factory Inc. Calabasas
TiVo Inc. Alviso
Tilly's Inc. Irvine
Covered California Sacramento
RM Opco LLC dba Real Mex Restaurants Cypress
Trulia Inc. San Francisco
ServiceMesh Inc. Santa Monica
Google Inc. Mountain View
Palace Entertainment Newport Beach
Autodesk Inc. San Rafael
Splunk Inc. San Francisco
The arena of legal representation of EDM artists is growing and still malleable. Artists and their lawyers are hammering out d...
The debate over guns on school campuses has only intensified after last year's massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School and th...
Perspective
Take stock: Pre-1978 copyrighted works require thorough record keeping
By Ben Armisteadn
Recently, the heir of rock-and-roll photographer James Marshall learned the importance of collecting and maintaining proper re...
In a case decided June 13, the 1st District Court of Appeal provided some guidance on how the appellate courts will treat the ...
Perspective
Bankruptcy court chastises Stockton's capital market creditors for their opposition to Chapter 9 relief
By Ben Armisteadn
The capital market creditors asserted that, as a matter of state law, Stockton did not satisfy its good faith negotiation obli...