General Counsel for Children's Hospital of Orange County Orange ...
The annual pronouncement of the surviving rump of a defunct magazine thus mercilessly lords over legal academia - an amazing s...
California Supreme Court
Major victory for California policyholders in Continental Insurance ruling
By Ben Armisteadn
After 19 years of litigation the state can finally secure the limits of each policy to pay for the enormous costs of one of th...
Intellectual Property
Witnesses say Samsung imitated Apple's 'wow effect' in phones, tablets
By Craig Andersonn
Witnesses for Apple Inc. told a jury Friday that more than 20 mobile devices made by Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. infringe on ...
California Courts of Appeal
Panel says judge engaged in unlawful plea bargaining
By Emily Green
A San Joaquin County judge engaged in unlawful plea bargaining when he allowed a defendant to plead guilty to avoid the possib...
Judges and Judiciary
Plans to reform court administrative office remain under wraps
By Paul Jones
Few details have emerged about a closed meeting of a state Judicial Council committee to vet recommendations for reform of the...
Rocket Fuel Inc., a Redwood Shores-based provider of artificial intelligence advertising solutions for digital marketers, has ...
A long-fought challenge to a Los Angeles city ordinance barring the solicitation of cash at LAX fell short last week, in part ...
Beijing-headquartered information technology company VanceInfo Technologies Inc. is merging with competitor HiSoft Technology ...
For a fee, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will let you to do almost anything. By Gregory A. Hopewell of Fenwick & We...
Former Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP partners are skeptical of a sweetened settlement deal proposed by the Dewey estate that would a...
Entertainment & Sports
Comcast ordered to show Tennis Channel to wider audience
By Jean Yung
Comcast will have to obey an order to widen the distribution of Santa Monica-based Tennis Channel to nearly all of its 22 mill...
Education
ABA task force will explore how law schools should respond to changing market
By Don Debenedictisn
The American Bar Association has launched a new task force to figure out what has gone wrong with legal education and how to f...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit affirms fee denial to McGuireWoods in BAR/BRI lawsuit
By Brian Sumersn
McGuireWoods LLP - the firm that helped secure a $49 million settlement with West Publishing Co., former parent of Bar/Bri, an...
Duane Morris LLP added Marianne F. Adriatico, who focuses on common interest development, land use, commercial lending and rea...
Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...
Due to budget cuts, Commissioner Anthony S. Jones does his court order work in chambers
Judge
In a big win for the government, the state Supreme Court unanimously ruled Thursday that insurance companies must pay out mill...
Except in the most egregious circumstances, legal attempts to place blame on media entities for inciting the violent acts of c...
The mediation process has its own share of potential problems, which usually have a single result: a case that should settle d...
Technology & Science
Recent changes in privacy laws may impact your business
By Michael Leen
The EU is taking steps to safeguard individuals' privacy on the Internet, and as of May 26, new laws are being enforced that w...
Perspective
VIDEO: Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement: the next SOPA-PIPA
By Ben Armisteadn
TPPA will internationalize some of the worst aspects of U.S. IP legislation. By K.J. Greene of Thomas Jefferson School of Law ...
A recent change in San Francisco County Superior Court's asbestos department simplifies a case management system that was usin...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit conference opens in Maui, but cost cutting is on the agenda
By John Roemer
Cost cutting and belt tightening are on the agenda as the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals opens its annual judicial conferen...
Features
Attorney risked life to photograph 1972 Olympics hostage crisis
By Ryne Hodkowski
William D. Temko, a partner at Munger Tolles & Olson LLP, risked his life to shoot photos of the 1972 hostage crisis and m...
Summer associates from 17 major law firms celebrated the completion of their pro bono legal research projects last month with ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
City fights for cell phone warning ordinance
By Fiona Smith
The cell phone industry faced off against San Francisco in oral argument Thursday at the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals as ...
The city's most notorious ticket scalpers may not be hanging around the Memorial Coliseum this upcoming USC football season i...
Judges and Judiciary
Celebration of Life set for former longtime Malibu judge
By Pat Alstonn
Judge John J. Merrick, a Malibu fixture for and the community, dies at 93 ...
