Labor/Employment
Wal-Mart gender discrimination suit heads to class certification
By Laura Hautalan
Plaintiffs in the leaner version of an 11-year-old gender discrimination lawsuit against Wal-Mart passed the motion to dismiss...
A former top antitrust official at the Justice Department says she expects President Barack Obama to continue to take a hard l...
Intellectual Property
Irell helps TiVo win another big patent settlement
By Saul Sugarman
Verizon Communications Inc. will pay more than $250 million to settle a patent lawsuit with TiVo Inc., which accused Verizon o...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Binding mediation case leaves questions unanswered
By Ben Armisteadn
The 4th District became the first to publish precedent enforcing a commercial binding mediation award in Bowers, but be...
Perspective
Getting 'real' about debt and equity as factors in law firm financial stability
By Ben Armisteadn
The critical problem in firms is not undercapitalization, whether sourced in equity or debt. It is overdistribution<...
Litigation
Arnold & Porter attorneys accused of switching sides in patent case
By Hadley Robinson
A patent licensing company accused Arnold & Porter LLP of an ethical breach, saying some of the firm's attorneys switched ...
Intellectual Property
Irell helps TiVo collect more in patent settlements
By Saul Sugarman
Verizon Communications Inc. will pay more than $250 million to settle a patent lawsuit with TiVo Inc., which accused Verizon o...
Trigild Corp., a real estate and fiduciary services company based in San Diego, has appointed a new general counsel, the compa...
Judges and Judiciary
Ellen Chaitin, San Francisco judge, retiring from the bench
By Saul Sugarman
After two decades on the bench, San Francisco County Superior Court Judge Ellen L. Chaitin is retiring. ...
Judges and Judiciary
San Diego judicial nominee one of few to get through Senate
By Ben Adlin
Although California is getting one new federal judge, four other local judicial nominees must wait, as Senate Republicans have...
Judges and Judiciary
Stewart picked as San Francisco County Superior Court's next assistant presiding judge
By Saul Sugarman
San Francisco County Superior Court Judge John K. Stewart has been selected as the next assistant presiding judge of the court...
Intellectual Property
Apple seeks another $707 million, injunction in patent case against Samsung
By Hadley Robinson
Apple Inc. has asked a federal judge to award it $707 million extra in its patent infringement case against Samsung Electronic...
Law Practice
Sued by US consumer agency, LA lawyer faces disbarment
By Don Debenedictisn
A mortgage-modification lawyer in Los Angeles sued by the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau could be disbarred unde...
Due to bankruptcies filed by California cities and other local governments nationwide, Goodwin Procter LLP has launched a new ...
Motorcycle lover Judge Charles Ervin first saw courtroom action as a bailiff.
Education
Stanford Law gets federal grant for legal education in Afghanistan
By Kevin Lee
Stanford Law School won a five-year, $7.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of State to continue developing the next gene...
A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
Litigation
Coffee companies hit with lawsuit over chemical under state toxics warning law
By Fiona Smith
Most people don't think about getting cancer when they sip their morning coffee, but a slew of major companies face claims the...
Vice President and General Counsel for Fresh Enterprises LLC Irvine ...
Labor/Employment
Gov. signs bill to curb abusive disability access litigation
By Ben Armisteadn
A cottage industry of lawyers filing or threatening to file serial lawsuits against small businesses over these "technical" or...
A new program at UC Irvine School of Law will provide training for attorneys transitioning from private practice to in-house r...
Intellectual Property
Samsung hopes to drop appeal to get tablet computer back on market
By Hadley Robinson
Hoping to return one of its tablet computers to sales racks in the United States quickly, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. asked a...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit to rehear arbitration ruling en banc
By John Roemer
The 9th Circuit announced late Friday that it will rehear en banc an important arbitration ruling originally decided by a thre...
The judge overseeing the Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP bankruptcy must consider whether to approve a partner settlement plan and whe...
Litigation
All Orange County civil cases must be e-filed next year
By Don Debenedictisn
The Orange County Superior Court will require all documents in new civil cases next year to be filed electronically. The requi...
A long-running gender discrimination class action against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. cleared an important procedural hurdle in the U...
Perspective
Unrealized expectations may justify spousal support modification
By Ben Armisteadn
A change in circumstances may be in the form of "unrealized expectations," but this argument requires the supported spouse to ...
After a hard-knock legislative year, the state's judicial branch is awaiting the outcome of a ballot measure to increase taxes...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Native American tribe loses fight against oil, electric companies
By Emily Green
A village of Inupiat native Alaskans whose land is under threat of disappearing because of erosion it attributes to global wa...
Labor/Employment
New workers' compensation law brings practice changes
By Laura Hautalan
When workers' compensation reforms take effect in January, lawyers won't be going to court anymore over treatment disputes, bu...