Judges and Judiciary
9th Circuit reverses Wright for the third time this year
By John Roemer
U.S. District Judge Otis D. Wright II of Los Angeles was wrong to admit evidence at a chief executive's securities fraud trial...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Appeals court allows state, utilities to seek refunds from power providers
By Fiona Smith
A federal appellate court on Monday opened the door for the state of California, Pacific Gas & Electric Co. and others to ...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Pasternak named to State Bar Board of Trustees
By Don Debenedictisn
The California Supreme Court named David J. Pasternak, a former Judicial Council member from Los Angeles, to the State Bar Boa...
State court judge rules in favor of Prince Abdul-Aziz ibn Abdul-Aziz al Saud, the third son of Saudi King Abdullah and Saudi A...
Judges and Judiciary
Two judges vie to be second-in-command of San Francisco County Superior Court
By Saul Sugarman
Two judges are about to face off in a race for San Francisco County Superior Court's assistant presiding judge seat. ...
Sidley Austin LLP has hired Glenn G. Nash, a former Latham & Watkins LLP partner, to serve as the new global co-leader of ...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Supreme Court returns 18 more discipline cases to State Bar -- but not 24
By Don Debenedictisn
The Supreme Court sent 18 more discipline plea bargains back to the State Bar but rejected the bar's motion to remand 24. ...
Judge Don Christian aimed to be a professor. Now his courtroom is a classroom for litigants.
An Orange County attorney who failed to file multiple income tax returns and helped create an offshore corporation later inves...
Government
Judicial Council committee urges slower approach to AOC reforms
By Paul Jones
Recommendations to the state Judicial Council on how to adopt proposed reforms of the Administrative Office of the Courts were...
A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing transactions and the lawyers involved.
Google Inc. again denied it paid journalists or bloggers to provide commentary about its high-profile infringement trial again...
Executive Vice President and General Counsel NBCUniversal Television Entertainment ...
Even when officers work within the boundaries created by Miranda, Davis and Berghuis, they can still empl...
Lawyers, clients and courts have long complained about the abuse of the discovery process. Serious proposals for reform finall...
Clinically and behaviorally challenged physicians are now empowered by the decision in Fahlen to launch harassing lawsu...
Comcast won't need to make Santa Monica-based Tennis Channel available to nearly all of its subscribers by Sept. 7 after all. ...
Intellectual Property
San Jose company gets major patent award affirmed
By Fiona Smith
An appeals court on Friday handed a victory to San Jose-based ActiveVideo Networks Inc., which is locked in a patent dispute w...
Former professional cyclist Floyd Landis, who was stripped of his 2006 Tour de France title after failing a doping test, has a...
Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...
California Supreme Court
Juror must reveal Facebook profile records after state Supreme Court fails to act
By Emily Green
A cutting-edge case involving a juror who made posts to Facebook during the course of a trial will not get a hearing before th...
Judges and Judiciary
Alliance on California Judges criticizes timing of court construction audit release
By Paul Jones
A director of the Alliance of California Judges is questioning the decision by the Judicial branch's Court Facilities Working ...
A recent report claims the venture environment continues to resemble "a tale of two cities," citing growing money disparities ...
Education
Deans of California accredited law schools resist proposed bar exam pass rate rule
By Don Debenedictisn
California-accredited law schools are fighting a proposal to require them to maintain a 50-percent rolling pass rate for their...
Intellectual Property
Jury awards $1 billion to Apple against Samsung in patent trial
By Craig Andersonn
In a dramatic win that could reshape the mobile device industry, a federal jury awarded Apple Inc. just over $1 billion in dam...
Judges and Judiciary
San Francisco judges to battle for assistant PJ post
By Saul Sugarman
Two judges are about to face off in a race for San Francisco County Superior Court's assistant presiding judge seat. ...
Judge ...
Jeffrey S. White, a Republican appointee, sided with gay rights in case now before high court
San Jose-based Adobe Systems Inc. named Michael A. Dillon as general counsel. Dillon, who will also hold the titles of senior ...
Los Angeles County (Long Beach) ...