A dour report from the state Legislative Analyst's Office knocking the cost of a controversial Long Beach courthouse construct...
Law Practice
Newport Beach lawyers named Consumer Attorneys of the Year
By Alexandra Schwappach
Brian Chase and Scott Ritsema of Newport Beach's Bisnar & Chase LLP were named Consumer Attorneys of California's 2012 Con...
Personal Injury & Torts
MTA settles personal injury case for $3.5 million
By Blake Edwardsn
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority finalized a $3.5 million personal injury settlement with a 28-yea...
Former Howrey LLP employees who sued the defunct law firm for providing insufficient warning of firmwide layoffs may get some ...
Intellectual Property
Apple's patent settlement with HTC signals shift in company's legal strategy
By Rachel Swan
In a significant breakthrough for the smartphone wars, Apple Inc. and HTC Corp. announced a settlement that would resolve a pa...
Criminal
Prosecutors gear up to try 'cold case' murder charge against Chula Vista attorney
By Katie Lucia
The case against Eric Fagan, 78, comes as part of a push by San Bernardino County prosecutors to file charges in similarly len...
Government
Lawyers prepare clients for green building requirements
By Alexandra Schwappach
Next year, the California Energy Commission will require industrial and retail buildings to disclose energy consumption. Attor...
A recent AOC report updates the data on the need for judgeships in various counties. The report uses standards that are not un...
The NLRB is already limiting what employers can say in their social media policies. Now it is attempting to regulate employer'...
The major credit reporting agencies suffered a major blow last week when a federal court in California ruled that equitable re...
U.S. Supreme Court
High court case could change IP litigation strategies
By Ben Armisteadn
Although the question presented is stated in terms of trademarks, the holding in this case will clearly be applicable to paten...
Corporate
Stradling handles $425 million acquisition of medical technology company
By Alexandra Schwappach
In the deal to be finalized later this month, Boston Scientific Inc. will acquire Stradling client Vessix Vascular Inc. as par...
Intellectual Property
Juror misconduct claims unlikely to overturn Apple's verdict against Samsung, experts say
By Rachel Swan
A federal judge gave Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. a glimmer of hope last week when she agreed to hold a hearing on the South K...
The State Bar Court has recommended the disbarment of Greenbrae lawyer Sharon L. Lapin over charges she engaged in a sophistic...
The court's conclusion is a little hard to reconcile with the fact that the wallscape had been in place for 22 years and no on...
Law Practice
Plaintiffs' attorneys share advice at San Francisco convention
By Saul Sugarman
Attorney General Kamala Harris delivered the keynote address Friday at the annual convention for the Consumer Attorneys of Cal...
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP added Stephen Reiter as counsel in San Diego. Reiter, a member of the health and life s...
A developer hoping to remove a judge from presiding over litigation related to its massive housing project north of Los Angele...
Litigation
Judge won't impose discovery sanctions on Thomas Jefferson law school
By Pat Broderickn
A San Diego judge ruled that graduates suing Thomas Jefferson School of Law over allegedly exaggerated employment data had not...
Labor/Employment
Increasing disability discrimination claims bring up fraught workplace issues
By Laura Hautalan
Lawyers on both sides of the fence attribute the increased filings to a growing awareness of workplace disability rights among...
Law Practice
New Consumer Attorneys of California president to be sworn in
By Blake Edwardsn
When Brian S. Kabateck is sworn in Saturday as the new president of the Consumer Attorneys of California, he'll have one year ...
In discussing the individual mandate, Professor Einer Elhauge uses logic and a Nobel laureate to convey the fact that its inhe...
We take a look back at 20 of the most significant moments in the law's history. By Mark Goldowitz and Evan Mascagni of the Cal...
The simplest solution is to reduce the number of death penalty cases in the system by narrowing the list of special circumstan...
Two weeks ago, a judge sentenced Rajat Gupta to two years in prison and a $5 million fine for insider trading. By Michael W. E...
Former Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona this week asked U.S. District Judge Andrew J. Guilford to vacate or amend his 5 1/2 y...
At an October event, "What Makes a Leader?" in the San Francisco office of the Equal Rights Advocates, executive director Nore...
Criminal
Federal, state agencies coordinate Inland Empire mortgage fraud crackdown
By Katie Lucia
U.S. Attorney Andre Birotte Jr. and representatives from a host of law enforcement agencies met this week to discuss mortgage ...
A bill that went into effect last month enables women who offer to carry a child for another couple to obtain their own legal ...
A San Francisco federal judge issued a temporary restraining order blocking parts of Proposition 35, a new law that California...