Alternative Dispute Resolution
New spin on old strategies for lawyers in mediation, Pt. 1
By Michael Leen
It is important to remember that you are setting out to obtain a resolution and not to decimate the other side. By Christine M...
Law Practice
Lieff Cabraser antitrust chair leaves to start his own practice
By Saul Sugarman
The chair of the antitrust and intellectual property practice group at Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP is leaving...
Last week's announcement shows California looking to the only other state where Global Tel Link currently operates a communica...
A group of plaintiffs have settled civil price-fixing claims they lodged in federal court against LCD panel makers, leaving el...
A bomb scare closed Riverside County’s criminal courthouse in downtown Riverside for four hours Friday. ...
A Riverside County Superior Court jury rejected a $55 million lawsuit against a title company that a bank accused of committin...
Intellectual Property
Star patent lawyer hit with sanctions in ITC case
By Craig Andersonn
Star patent litigator Matthew D. Powers has been known to push the envelope. He did so again last week while representing App...
State court leaders will have a limited pool of applicants to choose from for the next director of the Administrative Office o...
Law firms Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP and Levene, Neale, Bender, Yoo & Brill LLP were sued for the second time i...
Less than 100 words. That's what consumer lawyers in California apparently believe it will take to get around the U.S. Supreme...
Two Philadelphia-based firms, Pepper Hamilton LLP and Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, are the most recent outfits to have reap...
Chief Judge James S. Ware of the Northern District said Saturday that he will step down in August from his leadership post. ...
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has appealed a ruling that forces the agency to reconsider its me...
Shearman & Sterling LLP added Richard C. Hsu as partner in Palo Alto. He focuses on corporate and intellectual property tr...
Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...
Judge Patricia Titus took her future in her own hands and expects effort from parties in her court.
Commissioner Marshall Rieger calculates child support in his courtroom with a vigor for analysis.
Southwestern Law School's dean is stepping down, becoming the fourth California law school dean to depart or take another role...
Perspective
Limitations on Concepcion in PAGA claims: Brown v. Ralphs Grocery Co.
By Ben Armisteadn
It is now well established that PAGA claims are not subject to compelled arbitration under Concepcion. By Richard L. Ke...
The Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding of a prominent plaintiffs' lawyer embroiled in a bitter divorce has grown unusually heate...
A bill that would allow employees of the Administrative Office of the Courts to unionize passed its first legislative hurdle T...
Perspective
Battle of the forms: conflicting terms in purchase orders and acceptance agreements
By Ben Armisteadn
The parties involved are often unaware of, or perhaps unconcerned by, the discrepancy in terms, and business can proceed witho...
Corporations with global supply chains often do business with companies that are potentially violating labor laws. By Anne Ric...
California Supreme Court
Court says tax collectors can audit businesses in enterprise zones
By John Roemer
The state Supreme Court added uncertainty to a popular corporate tax break on Thursday by ruling that state tax collectors can...
Public Interest
Former Lieff Cabraser partner gives up the law for life behind the camera
By Saul Sugarman
William B. Hirsch gave up his partnership at Lieff Cabraser to create documentaries with the goal of inspiring social change. ...
Shearman & Sterling LLP has bolstered its Palo Alto office with the addition of partner Richard C. Hsu, the firm announced...
Books
Immigration system tests our commitment to protecting families
By Ben Armisteadn
The Supreme Court has long sought to protect the American family from government interference; immigration puts those values t...
No one can paint a full picture of the situation in California: the state doesn't even track when and where wells are fracked ...
Bradley A. Bening put himself through college and law school as a blackjack and baccarat dealer in Lake Tahoe, and uses that g...