Data security is the top concern for general counsel across the country, according to a survey released on Monday sponsored by...
Intellectual Property
Altered genes can be patented, Federal Circuit rules
By Fiona Smith
In a closely watched decision, a federal appellate court ruled Thursday that biotechology company Myriad Genetics Inc.'s devel...
Valensi Rose's strong camaraderie and familial atmosphere has helped the firm weather the economic downturn and avoid layoffs ...
Los Angeles-based O'Melveny & Myers scooped up Bruce Tobey, a founder of CBS Films and former executive at Paramount Pictu...
After more than a month of proposals, negotiations and revisions, the Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP estate has secured more than $50...
Securities
Oracle, SEC agree to $2 million settlement on corruption claims
By Ben Adlin
Oracle Corp. has agreed to pay a $2 million penalty to settle allegations by the Securities and Exchange Commission that its I...
Government
Bill would allow shorter sentences for some convicted as juveniles
By Paul Jones
A bill that would allow juveniles convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison without parole the ability to earn parol...
A woman whose husband handled asbestos as a car mechanic failed to convince a Los Angeles County Superior Court jury that the ...
A one-time doubter of mediation's value, Charles R. Hayes now maintains his own ADR practice. ...
San Bernardino County and two of itscities are moving forward with a controversial effort to address their communities' underw...
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP is expanding its offices to include two new locations in Southern California, the firm...
Intellectual Property
Samsung running out of time as Apple patent trial nears end
By Craig Andersonn
Attorneys with Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP who represent Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. were literally running out...
California Supreme Court
State Supreme Court weighs in on life sentences for juveniles
By Emily Green
A 110-years-to-life sentence for a juvenile offender constitutes cruel and unusual punishment, the California Supreme Court ru...
In a big win to home builders, the California Supreme Court ruled developers can force homeowners associations to arbitrate co...
Despite a perceived slow start to appointing judges, data shows Gov. Jerry Brown is within reach of his predecessors' records....
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Confidentiality: red flags and the dangerous client
By Michael Leen
Under certain circumstances, lawyers have the option of revealing confidential client information. By Wendy L. Patrick of the ...
Perspective
Deleon v. Verizon Wireless provides guidance on commission advances
By Karen Natividadn
A Court of Appeal reaffirmed that employers may recover chargebacks against commission advances where the employee has not ear...
It is vitally important that the outcome of the JOBS Act not be the creation of a market that is so lax that fraudsters and ch...
Litigation
Judge orders Google and Oracle to identify journalists who were paid
By Michael Leen
Does the court have authority to request more information, such as the amount, the timing and the purpose? What about the atto...
With two rulings issued late Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Cormac J. Carney dismissed the bulk of a lawsuit accusing the Federa...
The FBI has arrested a Los Angeles federal court clerk and her husband for their alleged leaking of sealed documents to defend...
Hon. Ollie Marie-Victoire, the second woman to serve on the San Francisco County Superior Court bench, died Saturday at the a...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Silicon Valley lawyers bring in $3.3 billion Getty deal
By Kevin Lee
Silicon Valley-based lawyers from three law firms have their hands full with the $3.3 billion sale agreement of photography ag...
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates took a cut of the legal work in what could be the priciest going-p...
A suspended lawyer who let courts, partners, clients and opponents think he could still practice law should be disbarred, the ...
Criminal
Death penalty foes endure hits to cause in wake of recent crimes
By Henry Meier
After a strong start in their campaign to abolish the death penalty in California, supporters of Proposition 34 have seen publ...
Intellectual Property
Judge asks Apple, Samsung to settle patent case
By Saul Sugarman
U.S. District Judge Lucy H. Koh on Wednesday made a final plea for attorneys to settle a high-profile lawsuit between Apple In...
Long & Delis, a litigation firm specializing in business, construction, products liability and medical and legal malpracti...
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar moves closer to buying LA headquarters
By Don Debenedictisn
A State Bar committee decides today whether to pursue formal negotiations to buy a new headquarters building in Los Angeles. ...
Greenberg Traurig LLP Los Angeles Specialty: real estate transactions ...