Criminal
These attorneys know how to hold their own with tough clients
By Jill Redhage
The Firemen are on an informal short list of Criminal Justice Act panel lawyers who, like fixers, get called in when the feder...
Pinkberry GC Mark Friedman helps make yogurt a worldwide success story. ...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Brantley v. NBC Uni: tying consumers' hands in bringing antitrust tying claims
By Michael Leen
The 9th Circuit had made clear that plaintiffs must plead that tying affects a very specific type of competition. By Clifford ...
The author is an expert in law and pop culture, having cut his teeth in the "Trials of the Century." By Laurie L. Levenson of ...
Criminal
Prosecutors, law enforcement try to keep pace with criminals on use of digital data
By Henry Meier
Prosecutors are learning how to use digital data to bolster their cases. ...
Intellectual Property
With passage of America Invents Acts, it's a whole new ballgame for inventors. Pt. 1
By Michael Leen
The act turns our patent system into a "first inventor to file" system instead of a "first to invent" system. By Hani Z. Sayed...
Corporate
Delaware court weighs in on indemnification of directors and officers
By Michael Leen
A recent decision sheds light on the boundaries of indemnification as well as explaining the "dearth" of guiding case law. By ...
Dozens of new courthouses slated to be built throughout California are once again on the chopping block, as state court leader...
California Courts of Appeal
Appeals court rules ballot language misleading
By John Roemer
A 6th District Court of Appeal panel late Tuesday rejected as impermissibly partisan and misleading the ballot language on a c...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th circuit to review CHP shooting
By John Roemer
A San Francisco federal jury's wrongful death judgment against a California Highway Patrol officer who fired 12 lethal shots a...
Proskauer Rose LLP snagged the chairman of Seyfarth Shaw LLP's labor and employment practice the firm announced Wednesday. ...
Law Practice
Small attorneys balk at fees, delays in accessing court files
By Saul Sugarmann
While California courts are grappling with how to employ technology to link their dockets together, some attorneys are concern...
Walter Liew, an Orinda man accused of economic espionage against DuPont, replaced his well known criminal defense lawyer with ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th circuit moves to expedite DOMA case
By John Roemer
Moving to speed a decision on the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act's Section 3, which excludes valid state sam...
Apple and the two publishers that did not settle civil antitrust charges filed by the U.S. Department of Justice Wednesday mus...
Isaac Guillen was a former gangbanger who turned his life around to defend society's undesirables. That is until he fell back ...
The mystery over what Apple Inc.’s longtime intellectual property counsel was up to when he left the company last summer is so...
A roundup of recent real estate deals and the attorneys involved.
More than a decade ago Tokyo was viewed by many as the epicenter of U.S. law firms' race to foreign expansion. Now, leaders ar...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Question: to arbitrate or not to arbitrate
By Michael Leen
Choosing an arbitrator can be such an important step, that it is sometimes impossible for parties to agree. By Brian Kabateck ...
Government
Medical marijuana: local land use authority versus state and federal law
By Michael Leen
It's no easy task sorting sorting through the mess of multiple levels of government claiming the exclusive right to regulate m...
Perspective
Smoothing the rougher edges off your video deponent: tips from a pro
By Michael Leen
Being substantively prepared doesn't necessarily translate into an effective video deposition. By Alex Craigie and Kimberly K....
Even though Cooley LLP lawyers recently gained dismissal of a proposed publicity rights class action against client Facebook I...
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati is expanding its China corporate practice with the hiring of a new partner from Davis Pol...
At the end of this month, the National Labor Relations Board will implement new rules designed to protect unionizing efforts a...
Litigation
Billionaire's civil suit against bank tossed
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
A federal judge in Santa Anna dismissed civil claims brought by real estate billionaire Igol Olenicoff seeking $1.8 billion in...
Trusts & Estates
How low can you go: the new standard for testamentary capacity
By Michael Leen
Recent decisions offer some guidance on the appropriate standard of testamentary capacity. By Megan Ferkel Earhart of Goldfard...
A federal judge tentatively ruled that he would deny a bid by MGA Entertainment Inc. insurance carrier Evanston Insurance Co. ...
Criminal
Clever cyber criminals scam iTunes for "Madonna-level" royalties
By Michael Leen
An elaborate scheme to defraud iTunes is busted. By Nick Solish ...