California Supreme Court
Impact of high court's 'mixed-motive' opinion uncertain
By Ben Armisteadn
Neither employers nor the plaintiffs' bar perceives Harris' mixed-motive decision as a "big win," and it remains to be ...
A federal judge's decision to allow a civil bribery suit against several executives at Deutsche Telekom AG's Hungarian subsidi...
Law firms are helpings clients sort through the ICANN's gTLD process. ...
Paul Sieminski General Counsel Automattic Inc. San Francisco ...
Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
2012 year in review: key malpractice decisions
Appellate courts further defined the scope of key defenses available to lawyers by affirming a broad interpretation "actual in...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Malicious prosecution decision gets it right, then gets it wrong
By Ben Armisteadn
What is remarkable is that Silas correctly found the statute of limitations prescribed by Section 340.6 controlled, but...
The attorney-client communication privilege is probably one of the most revered evidentiary rules in the U.S. Such reverence i...
Real Estate/Development
Paul Hastings guides development of tallest Los Angeles office tower
By Connie Lopez
Los Angeles will soon be home to the tallest building in the western U.S., and Paul Hastings LLP is helping the developer brin...
Intellectual Property
For the first time, Wilson Sonsini lawyers use new law to halt business method patent suit
By Rachel Swan
Lawyers at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC scored a courtroom victory defending a patent case by test-running a new pr...
San Francisco lawyer Joel D. Adler will pursue unpaid legal bills on behalf of the Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP estate after a fede...
The National Basketball Players Association has hired Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP to advise it on potential reforms...
The estate for defunct law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP and two groups of retired Dewey partners have reached a proposed settl...
Venture capital deal volume slowed in 2012, but company valuations stabilized, according to a recent Cooley LLP report. ...
Allan Diamond, the Chapter 11 trustee representing the Howrey LLP estate, is seeking permission from a federal bankruptcy judg...
Government
Contra Costa County attorneys band together to fill void created by loss of discovery referee
By Saul Sugarman
As state courts pare back departments and lay off staff, Contra Costa County attorneys are getting creative in finding ways to...
Litigation
School sues State Bar to block rule requiring bar exam pass rate
By Don Debenedictisn
The Soutnern California Institute of Law in Ventura and Santa Barbara filed a law suit attacking a new rule requiring State Ba...
U.S. Magistrate Judge Carolyn Delaney is dialed in to each party's role in the justice system.
Former FTC commissioner returns to Latham & Watkins
Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court.
Carol D. Codrington of the 4th District Court of Appeal takes lawyers and students under her wing.
Steven Sanora has stayed close to home on LA's Eastside his entire legal career.
Described as fair, Judge Colin Bilash is also private. Even staffers don't know his birthday.
Rick Climan and Keith Flaum of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP's M&A group debate the wisdom of attempting to modify the be...
If a studio plans to release a film and there has been a trademark infringement claim, the studio will want to know with certa...
Even in a straightforward case, determining when the 60 day time period begins to run can be tough. When post-trial motions ar...
The 9th Circuit held that attorneys could currently deduct costs if they had a gross fee contract and certain other criteria a...
It may come as a shock, but you will lose. And lose again. And again. Old sayings are often true and none more so than the att...
After losing three partners to a now-defunct law firm and seeing another partner leave twice in one year, Cooley LLP's mergers...
With legal education under fire from all sides and applications to law schools diving toward a new low, Pepperdine University ...
Intellectual Property
Judge invalidates Google patent claims in Microsoft lawsuit
By Rachel Swan
A federal judge in Washington state invalidated 13 patent claims that a Google Inc. subsidiary had asserted in an ongoing cour...