California Courts of Appeal
Three appellate court appointees win easy confirmation
By Emily Green
Three nominees to the state appellate courts won unanimous approval from the Commission on Judicial Appointments Thursday, inc...
Judges and Judiciary
New San Francisco presiding judge shakes up bench assignments
By Saul Sugarman
New assignments for several judges on Friday shocked attorneys and members of San Francisco County Superior Court, which will ...
Initial public offerings rose in 2012, apparently boosted by entrepreneur-friendly provisions of the JOBS Act. ...
Letter to the Editor
Rethinking the approach to continuing legal education
By Ben Armisteadn
Most attorneys specialize in one or two areas and to require that they catch up on areas that they never use is just unproduct...
Intellectual Property
Federal Circuit decision could change method claim litigation
By Ben Armisteadn
The Federal Circuit issued an important en banc opinion in August in two related cases involving the divided infringement of m...
Although cultural competency is a developing area of scholarship, the use of culture in criminal defense strategies is not a n...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Don't drag our federal courts over the cliff
By Ben Armisteadn
Want to try a civil case after we go off the fiscal cliff? Don't hold your breath. And don't look to the state court...
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP helped Agoura Hills-based video game company THQ Inc. in a Chaper 11 agreement wherein affilia...
Director of legal affairs for the San Francisco 49ers Santa Clara ...
Intellectual Property
Kodak sells digital imaging patent portfolio for less than it wanted
By Hadley Robinson
Eastman Kodak Co. announced the sale and licensing of its digital imaging patent portfolio Wednesday for $525 million to a gro...
Every year, TV networks try to transplant the success of their strongest shows in the form of spinoffs. But if a new show shar...
A jury delivered a resoundingly pro-defense verdict late Wednesday in a federal lawsuit accusing former Los Angeles District A...
Judges and Judiciary
Los Angeles judge that developer accused of bias is reassigned
By Fiona Smith
A Los Angeles judge under fire from a developer after she ruled against it in a high-stakes environmental case has recently be...
Litigation
Barnes Crosby can pursue multimillion dollar fee-splitting suit
By Emily Green
Plaintiffs' lawyers who won a $41.5 million class action settlement in a business-litigation case may be obligated to pay one-...
San Francisco County Superior Court Presiding Judge Katherine A. Feinstein announced her retirement after twelve years on the ...
Litigation
Pension fund question in San Bernardino bankruptcy case could reach high court
By Katie Lucia
A bankruptcy judge is expected to rule Friday on whether San Bernardino can renege on payment obligations to the California Pu...
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates is advising the Greenbrier Companies Inc. in negotiating a hosti...
Greenberg Glusker lawyers say the firm's hiring sweep has helped advance its long-term succession plan, part of which includes...
A team led by Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP partner Tony Natsis assisted Kilroy in closing several major ...
Law Practice
State Bar study of continuing legal education may lead to more required hours
By Don Debenedictisn
The State Bar is beginning a close look at continuing legal education requirements, including minimum hours, provider standard...
After more than four-and-a-half years of expensive and time-consuming litigation, an employer is back to square one. Is this a...
How did firms with so much capital fail? Because what was said, and what was happening, were very different things. By Edwin R...
Lawyers delivered closing arguments on Tuesday in a federal lawsuit accusing former Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve...
Firm leaders say they're responding to an increased demand for tax services as the latest crop of technology companies grows m...
Six prominent members of the defense bar weighed in on the coming slashes to the Los Angeles County Superior Court budget. ...
The Alliance of California Judges' directors have picked the organization's leadership for the coming year, but some have crit...
A San Francisco jury convicted AU Optronics Corp. executive Steven Leung Tuesday for his involvement in a massive cartel that ...
Labor/Employment
Costa Mesa layoffs canceled, but outsourcing battle continues
By Laura Hautalan
After a two-year legal and political battle to outsource more than 100 city jobs, Costa Mesa rescinded the last layoff notices...
A U.S. District Court jduge found Tuesday that state law does not require seated workstations for cashiers in a Tulare Kmart. ...
Intellectual Property
Apple's failure to get injunction may make smartphone peace more likely
By Rachel Swan
Apple Inc. lost its shot at a decisive victory over smartphone adversary Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. late Monday when a San J...
