Litigation
Jury awards $124 million in breach of contract trial against Mitsubishi
By Robert Pierce
A state court jury in San Jose has ordered Mitsubishi Electric & Electronics USA Inc. to pay nearly $124 million to Grail ...
Several California attorneys have secured spots on the plaintiffs’ committees that will help direct the multidistrict litigati...
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar president candidates emerge
By Don J. De Benedictis
Three lawyers - one each from San Francisco, Los Angeles and the San Diego area - are running to be the president of the State...
A Sacramento medical clinic has reached a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice over alleged violations of the Americ...
Litigation
Celebrity crisis management and attorney-client privilege
By Karen Natividadn
High-profile client's present unique challenges when a public relations consultant is involved; don't accidentally waive your ...
Environmental
Consulting company charged with fraud in environmental cleanup
By Paul Jonesn
The State Water Resources Control Board Office of Enforcement has filed charges against the owners of Hayden Environmental Inc...
Perspective
Attacking a frivolous anti-SLAPP motion: Does CCP Section 187 provide a way?
By Ben Armisteadn
It's no secret that some defendants abuse anti-SLAPP motions; but is the remedy already lurking in the books? By David J. Wils...
Box Inc. recently opened a 100,000-square-foot headquarters in Los Altos and has more than tripled its employee base since 201...
The army of lawyers handling the historic sale of the Dodgers to Guggenheim Baseball Management had to contend with a load of ...
Bruce Bennett, who joined Dewey as one of the most prized laterals the firm brought on last year, will take with him a group o...
The US. Supreme Court's request for the solicitor general's views on a case drew a Los Angeles lawyer into a high-stakes, behi...
Gov. Jerry Brown called Monday for cutting the judiciary's budget by $544 million, a worst-case scenario for the branch that i...
As a judge in LA Superior Court's appellate division, Gregory Keosian scours cases for errors.
Winston & Strawn LLP added John Schreiber and Matthew Walsh as partner in Los Angeles. Schreiber focuses on complex commer...
Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...
Judge Jan Pluim, a prize-winning orchid enthusiast, doesn't let court cases spread too far.
Government
Anchor Pacifica creates new liquidity risk for housing investors
By Michael Leen
New developments could trigger constitutional protections prohibiting investors from evicting tenants at the conclusion of the...
Criminal
When is a hearsay statement against penal interest admissible?
By Michael Leen
A recent decision helps clarify what a "sufficiently reliable" statement is. By Richard La Fianza and Frank Loo ...
Your client's Internet postings could cost them their case. By Stan Freeman and Steven Freeman of Freeman & Freeman LLP ...
State senators have introduced a bill to capture a "$200 milliion cash cow." By Harsh P. Parikh and Heidi McNeil Staudenmaier ...
Victoria L. Von Szeliski, who has advised startups on legal issues, is the first chief legal officer at The Rubicon Project. ...
Months after federal prosecutors in Los Angeles dropped a criminal probe into Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong, a federal...
Commissioner William Dodson, who left retail for the law, uses his oratory skills from the bench.
Intellectual Property
Oracle opposes Google's retrial motion on copyright phase of trial
By Jill Redhage
Oracle Corp. lawyers on Thursday opposed Google Inc.'s request to retry the entire Java copyright infringement case, telling a...
A team of 11 lawyers are leaving Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP to start their own intellectual property boutique in San Francisco. ...
As the first Quinn Emanuel spinoff, LTL Trial attorneys credit their success to starting lean, having a firm business plan, br...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit overturns death sentence based on attorney errors
By John Roemer
A death row inmate who spent a quarter century awaiting execution because his public defender blundered at trial was wrongly c...
Discipline
Vexatious litigant should be disbarred, State Bar Court rules
By Don Debenedictisn
A lawyer who fought so hard for attorney fees in a probate matter that he was declared a vexatious litigant should be disbarre...
Energy Law
Bill that speeds permitting for solar projects passes Assembly
By Paul Jones
A bill that would give a potentially lifesaving boost to a large, 664-megawatt solar project in San Bernardino County passed ...