Litigation
Calvo Fisher & Jacob wins nearly $1 million in fee fight with estate lawyer
By Saul Sugarman
A fee fight between lawyers in Guam and San Francisco ended Monday night with a jury awarding nearly $1 million to Calvo Fishe...
Always prepared, Judge Ronald L. Styn balances the gravity of the courtroom with a good-natured professionalism. ...
California Supreme Court
Losing plaintiff in disability suit must pay defendant's attorneys fees, state Supreme Court rules
By Emily Green
A wheelchair-bound plaintiff who brought a disabilities access lawsuit against a small grocery store and lost must pay the sto...
Perspective
Securities fraud case could impact settlement strategies
By Ben Armisteadn
What must securities fraud plaintiffs prove at the class certification stage? The answer will have far reaching consequences d...
Whereas the state high court issued two employment law decisions in 2012, including the long-awaited decision in Brinker
If the Alameda Unified School District does not petition the Supreme Court and obtain a reversal, the district will be require...
The U.S. Senate confirmed Fernando M. Olguin to fill the second of three vacant seats in the U.S. District Court for the Centr...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
State Bar judge won't sanction prosecutors
By Saul Sugarman
A State Bar judge on Monday denied a motion for sanctions filed by attorneys defending Jon M. Alexander, Del Norte County's em...
A court rules that Samsung's "Olympic Genome Project" Facebook app is free speech rather than an unauthorized use of athletes'...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Sprint makes $2.2 billion purchase to grow LTE network as several firms advise
By David Ruiz
Multiple firms advisd Sprint Nextel Corp. in its acquisition of Clearwire, owner of a coveted frequency range that is more ade...
Judges and Judiciary
Chief justice discusses issues including court funding, executions
By Hannah Mitchelln
Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye said Monday she expects executions in the state won't resume for at least another three year...
Labor/Employment
Employment firm named in assault and harassment suit
By Laura Hautalan
A gay Armenian office worker named partners and staff members from Los Angeles law firm Tobin Lucks LLP as defendants in his e...
A personal injury plaintiff who claims he was thrown from a moving ambulance will be bound by the $350,000 settlement his lawy...
Litigation
Sex offenders argue new California law will stymie their free speech
By Hadley Robinson
Civil rights groups asked a federal judge on Monday to issue a preliminary injunction halting enforcement of a newly enacted b...
Susanne Fenstermacher followed her father's footsteps into the law and on to the bench.
A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
General Counsel for Sabal Financial Group LP Newport Beach ...
Litigation
Government argues wiretapping lawsuit should be dismissed
By Hadley Robinson
Government attorneys asked a federal judge Friday to toss out two lawsuits about a wiretapping and surveillance program enacte...
Intellectual Property
18th century concept meets DVRs, sex tapes and the Internet
By Ben Armisteadn
By Ken Basin ...
During litigation, parties often enter into agreements that restrict the use of information designated "confidential" - but th...
Since the film focuses on Lincoln's effort to end slavery by pushing the 13th Amendment through a sharply divided Congress, th...
Although the U.S. Supreme Court's docket is light on First Amendment cases this term, 2013 may well bring important developmen...
Intellectual Property
Sony, Nokia team up to beat Apple in patent trial
By Rachel Swan
In a sign that large corporations are aggressively pursuing patent claims against rivals, a licensing entity created by Nokia ...
A San Diego defense attorney returned to court Friday, despite being attacked with a razor the day before, allegedly by a cli...
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC represented NetApp Inc. and Autodesk Inc. in their respective note offerings of $1 bi...
Government
Former IndyMac CEO settles FDIC civil claim, will leave financial industry
By Ben Adlin
Michael W. Perry, the former CEO of now-defunct IndyMac Bank FSB, has agreed to leave the financial industry permanently and p...
Judges and Judiciary
Judicial Council maps strategy to preserve court funding
By Hannah Mitchelln
Saving courts' reserves and pushing for better funding will be the judicial branch's No. 1 priority this coming year. ...
Assistant Presiding Judge Winifred Y. Smith is eager to tackle issues facing the court system.
Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar court, listing attorney...
San Diego Superior Court Judge Luis R. Vargas has joined the district attorney's office, effective in January. He is schedule...