An insurance policy clause known as the "entertainment industry exclusion" is causing some musicians and other showbiz types t...
Solo and Small Firms
Three lawyers blend diverse backgrounds in new firm
By Alexandra Schwappach
Litigation experience, entertainment industry know-how, and a strong client list all made for a perfect recipe when three like...
The concentration of women equity partners at America's largest law firms has remained essentially unchanged for the past seve...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Cooley aids NextWave Pharmaceuticals in $680 million purchase
By David Ruizn
Cooley LLP is representing NextWave Pharmaceuticals in its sale to pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. for $680 million. ...
After months of contentious negotiations, Contra Costa County deputy district attorneys Tuesday settled their labor dispute wi...
Large Firms
Lewis Brisbois adds land use lawyer with government experience
By Alexandra Schwappach
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP has hired a new partner in the firm's land use and environmental practice group in a m...
Intellectual Property
Patent office ruling gives Samsung a small opening in Apple patent case
By Rachel Swan
An Apple Inc. patent that a jury concluded was infringed by Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. this summer has been declared invalid...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Del Norte County DA accuses State Bar prosecutors of leaking email to hurt his reputation
By Saul Sugarman
Del Norte County's district attorney on Tuesday accused State Bar prosecutors of pursuing a vendetta to have him disbarred wit...
Obituaries
Betty Binns Fletcher, liberal stalwart on 9th Circuit, dies at 89
By John Roemer
Senior Circuit Judge Betty Binns Fletcher, a liberal lioness at the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, died Monday night at a ...
Environmental
9th Circuit to consider government regulation of genetically modified food
By Fiona Smith
As Californians consider a ballot measure to require labeling of genetically modified food, a federal appeals court will consi...
U.S. District Judge and Director, Federal Judicial Center, San Jose and Washington D.C. ...
Judge Linda Colfax excels on the juvenile dependency court despite her heavy docket
A continuing recovery in key sectors of the California economy has contributed to a 4.7 percent rise in median general counsel...
Corporate
Lawyers reaping benefits of China's Los Angeles investment surge
By Andrew Mc Intyre
Last year's $250 million purchase of Los Angeles-based Riot Games Inc. by Shenzhen-based investment company Tencent Holdings L...
Interest in this memo intensified following a 2011 drone strike in Yemen that killed Anwar al-Awlaki, an American citizen. By ...
Perspective
Ballot initiative to expand human trafficking definition
By Ben Armisteadn
Modeled in part after legislation in New York, Prop. 35 will expand the definition of human trafficking and increase prison se...
Health Care & Hospital Law
Drug database helps shield innocent physicians from 'doctor shoppers'
By Ben Armisteadn
It is important to take appropriate steps to avoid mistakes that can lead to overprescribing enforcement actions by the Medica...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Veteran 9th Circuit judge dies
By Laura Hautalan
Otto R. Skopil Jr., who served as a federal district judge and, since 1979, as a judge on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal...
Morrison & Foerster LLP, a law firm that has garnered awards and acclaim for its pro bono efforts, has successfully levera...
Public Interest
Lawyers volunteer thousands of hours to defend prisoners' rights
By Henry Meier
In the wake of the ACLU's investigation last fall into conditions in Los Angeles County's jail system, more than 50 attorneys ...
Education
Law schools are becoming fashionable...in more ways than one
By Ameera Buttn
Far from being polar opposites, fashion and law go together like a hat and a pair of gloves. Now, they're about to head to the...
Intellectual Property
Emboldened by Federal Circuit ruling, Samsung attacks Apple's injunction motion
By Rachel Swan
Attorneys for Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. are citing language in a successful appeals court ruling against Apple Inc. in one ...
Litigation
Graduates accuse law school of shredding documents, discovery abuse in suit
By Don Debenedictisn
Thomas Jefferson School of Law falsified its graduate employment figures and destroyed documents with accurate numbers, former...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Betty Binns Fletcher, liberal stalwart on 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, has died
By John Roemer
Senior Circuit Judge Betty Binns Fletcher, a liberal lioness at the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, died Monday night at a ...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Del Norte DA defends himself against State Bar corruption charges
By Saul Sugarman
Del Norte County's district attorney took the stand in State Bar Court Monday to defend himself against seven corruption charg...
Days before assuming the leadership of the Administrative Office of the Courts, a retired superior court judge vowed to bring ...
A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
Kirkland & Ellis LLP and its top litigator, Mark C. Holscher, have gone all in with their pro bono work on behalf of the c...
It's imperative to have policies that demarcate the boundary between professional and personal use of social media. By Julia E...
In a bid to further expand its reach, plaintiff's trial firm AlderLaw PC is opening an office in Orange County on November 1. ...