Education
Conservative group questions UC law reviews on use of affirmative action for authors
By Don Debenedictisn
The Pacific Legal Foundation is demanding public records about whether UC Bekeley and UC Davis consider race and gender in sel...
A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
Neither employers nor the plaintiffs' bar perceives Harris' mixed-motive decision as a "big win," and it remains to be ...
Two months after the extension of the PTC, new wind projects - and lawyers - are benefiting from a tax credit that could have ...
Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech
Prescription drug overdoses: Who's to blame?
By Ben Armisteadn
Over 100 people die every day in the U.S. from drug overdoses, 60 percent of which are caused by prescription drugs. A lack of...
Perspective
'Sustainability' claims warrant extra scrutiny by marketers
By Ben Armisteadn
The FTC released "Green Guides" last year to provide guidance for businesses marketing their products as environmentally frien...
You know the feeling - a valued client calls with a problem in an area of the law where you do not practice. That urgency is e...
U.S. Supreme Court
US high court scales back major antitrust exemption
By Ben Armisteadn
In Phoebe Putney, the Supreme Court held that a state's grant of general corporate powers to government entities does n...
On the heels of a near-shutdown that drew national attention to the nation's busiest seaport, the Port of Los Angeles announce...
Bankruptcy
9th Circuit allows creditors to pursue claims against Guess co-founder
By Fiona Smith
A federal appellate court Wednesday allowed Guess Inc. co-founder Georges Marciano's creditors to pursue claims against the bu...
A bill that would force holding companies to pay legal costs for patent defendants was re-introduced in Congress on Wednesday.
Clearwire Corp., currently sadwiched between a bidder's war involving Sprint Nextel Corp. and Dish Network Corp., announced We...
A San Diego federal judge gave the green light to a major wind project Wednesday.
Susan C. Alker jumped from Reed Smith LLP to the Los Angeles office of Winston & Strawn LLP on Wednesday, part of the firm...
California Courts of Appeal
Appellate court won't reinstate Pfizer verdict
By Emily Green
A biomedical research nonprofit has failed in its effort to have a $58 million verdict against Pfizer Inc. reinstated.
San Diego Superior Court Judge Lisa A. Foster will retire on Feb. 28 following 10 years on the bench.
Newmeyer & Dillion LLP inked a $6.9 million, five-year lease at 895 Dove Street in Newport Beach with Glenborough Realty T...
One of the oldest attorneys still practicing law in California and a founding partner of what's now Richards, Watson & Ger...
Criminal
Prosecutors must identify documents they plan to use in trade secrets theft trial, judge orders
By Hadley Robinson
In a victory for defense lawyers, a magistrate judge ordered federal prosecutors Wednesday to identify which documents - out o...
Litigation
Former Mercury Interactive general counsel settles one of the last SEC backdating cases
By Hadley Robinson
On the eve of her trial, the final defendant in a stock options backdating case against Mercury Interactive LLC executives - f...
California Courts of Appeal
Bevy of high profile lawyers fights over $3 million in disputed attorneys' fees
By Emily Green
The roughly $350 million estate that Herbalife founder Mark R. Hughes left his young son Alex has spawned some nasty legal fig...
Competing guidelines have emerged at the state and federal levels as regulatory and enforcement bodies attempt to address cons...
On Feb. 12, President Barack Obama issued two important documents to secure our digital infrastructure: the Executive Order Im...
Perspective
California in the minority on accessing employee social media
By Ben Armisteadn
California joined Maryland, New Jersey, Delaware, Michigan and Illinois by enacting a bill which creates guidelines and restri...
While data is pouring into organizational networks, nearly one in four respondents to a recent survey indicated that the vast ...
Government
Cybersecurity presents steep learning curve for US enforcers
By Ben Armisteadn
Over the past 20 years, we have witnessed the development of encryption and myriad other security technologies. By Rodney R. P...
Recent reports underscore a growing pattern of patient data breaches, and lawyers across California say they're seeing a corre...
Judges and Judiciary
The Judicial Council weighs in on telecommuting, reapportioning money among the trial courts
By Emily Green
Tuesday's Judicial Council meeting reflected the ongoing struggle among court leaders to determine how the branch will govern ...