A joint venture between Praedium Group LLC and Davlyn Investments Inc. landed $18.6 million in acquisition financing for the E...
Last month, a state Court of Appeal found Southern California Edison, a private utility, liable for private property damage on...
Immigration
Immigration judge denied asylum petitioner his rights, 9th Circuit rules
By Fiona Smith
A San Francisco immigration judge denied an El Salvadorean man a fair asylum hearing by moving forward with the proceeding aft...
Attorneys from Gibson Dunn's Los Angeles and Palo Alto offices represented the fresh fruit and vegetable giant. ...
O'Melveny & Myers LLP welcomed back attorney J. Jorge deNeve as counsel in its Los Angeles office. DeNeve, who joined Alet...
Retired Orange County Superior Court Judge Donald McCartin, known for his notorious proclivity for handing down death sentence...
State Bar & Bar Associations
New law leaves State Bar dues unchanged
By Don Debenedictisn
Gov. Jerry Brown signed State Bar dues legislation Monday that keeps the annual lawyers' dues fee at $410 for most bar members...
A state court judge has certified a class of more than 100,000 plaintiffs who claim the city of Chula Vista illegally taxed th...
Palo Alto-based law firm Cooley LLP launched a new online generator Monday to help emerging U.S. companies draft privacy polic...
Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest Inc., the division of Planned Parenthood serving San Diego, Riverside and Imperial...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Lawyer says '07 ethics lapse may keep him from '12 honor
By Brian Sumersn
Board members of the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles won't choose their next Trial Lawyer of the Year for anothe...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit skeptical of immunity for CHP officer who shot woman
By John Roemer
Immunity for a California Highway Patrol officer who fired 12 rounds that killed a woman after a high-speed chase appeared ser...
Criminal
San Ramon attorney arrested on tax evasion, eavesdropping charges
By Saul Sugarman
A San Ramon attorney on Tuesday was arrested on a six-count federal indictment alleging she evaded taxes and coordinated illeg...
Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley honed her skills for more than a decade as a federal law clerk.
Intellectual Property
Despite jury verdict, Samsung tablet still stuck in limbo, judge rules
By Hadley Robinson
A San Jose jury's conclusion that Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. did not infringe a patent on the Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet will no...
Defaulted homeowners are often easy targets for lawyers peddling false hopes that foreclosure may be avoided by suing the lend...
Entertainment & Sports
Domestic film distribution: theatrical, video release
By Michael Leen
Get to know the types of distribution arrangements for releasing you film on video and in theaters. By Mark Litwak ...
The recently-formed California Appellate Law Group is seeking to reap the benefits of collaboration without the overhead costs...
Judge Lynn Poncin runs a formal courtroom, but her humanity affects lawyers and litigants.
Under a measure signed into law Monday by Gov. Jerry Brown, depositions in most cases will be limited to less than seven hours...
More voices are calling on Gov. Jerry Brown to sign a bill into law that would put strong limitations on local law enforcement...
Labor/Employment
Zynga's counterclaim touches on anti-competition issues
By Laura Hautalan
If media reports are correct, Zynga Inc. may have reached an agreement with competitor Electronics Arts Inc. last year to limi...
The number of new students starting at ABA-accredited law schools in California has fallen roughly 8 percent each of the last ...
Labor/Employment
Social media boom creates new sources of liability for employers
By Michael Leen
A shocking 66 percent of Fortune 500 companies now have Facebook accounts; 73 percent are active on Twitter. By David L. Marti...
Corporate
Restricting the capacity to sue of improperly registered companies
By Ben Armisteadn
California cannot afford to allow companies -- foreign or domestic -- to cheat the state out of money while reaping the benefi...
One especially frightening development involves grand jury subpoenas to produce your own offshore bank records. Most lawyers h...
Judges and Judiciary
Memorial session for Judge Browning set for Friday
By John Roemer
A memorial session for the late Chief Judge Emeritus James R. Browning of the 9th Circuit is set for Friday in San Francisco a...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit says it's no crime for political parties to endorse judicial candidates
By John Roemer
A 9th Circuit panel voted 2-1 late Monday to temporarily halt enforcement of Montana’s law making it a criminal offense for an...
Groups representing plaintiffs and defendents won some, lost some in final legislative session that was focused on pension ref...
Judges and Judiciary
San Francisco complex litigation documents must be e-filed, court announces
By Saul Sugarman
All complex litigation civil documents in San Francisco County Superior Court must now be filed electronically, Court Executiv...