Litigation
Attorney says prosecutor intends to sue DA for malicious prosecution
By Saul Sugarman
A Contra Costa County prosecutor has announced intentions to sue the District Attorney's office for what he claims were "poli...
Judge Christopher Estes faces a busy, stressful felony calendar with little time to spare.
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court to tackle health care law next week
By Robert Iafolla
Next week the U.S. Supreme Court will hear the constitutional challenge to the individual mandate, which is at the heart of th...
Litigation
Prepare a successful motion for summary judgment in five steps
By Michael Leen
Consider these suggestions to make your motion a success. By Blair Schlecter of the Law Offices of Blair Schlecter ...
A group of black and Hispanic borrowers who claimed that Wells Fargo Bank NA discriminated against them in its home loan pract...
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear two state challenges to federal court rulings that have delayed executions of men...
Environmental
It’s not easy being green: The winding path of California’s Green Chemistry Law
By Karen Natividadn
Whether the theory of green chemistry will ever match its practice is an open question. By Olivier F. Theard of Sheppard Mulli...
Attorneys from Fenwick & West LLP and Intel Corp. are helping to start a pro bono patent program for independent inventors...
Entertainment & Sports
Mistrial declared in 'Desperate Housewives' case
By Erica Phillips
A Los Angeles County judge has declared a mistrial in actress Nicollette Sheridan's wrongful termination lawsuit against Touch...
Addressing the Legislature Monday, Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye gave an inaugural State of the Judiciary speech that stru...
A Northern District federal judge said Monday she was inclined to require two classes of plaintiffs to bring their civil price...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
En banc panel hears arguments over gun ban
By John Roemer
Epic litigation over Alameda County's disputed right to ban guns on county property took yet another turn Monday in oral argum...
Judges and Judiciary
Union backing prosecutor accuses judge in race
By Jason W. Armstrong
A Riverside County judicial race is heating up, with the union backing a prosecutor running for a judgeship accusing the incum...
Law Practice
Student loan debt on the rise as law schools fight off critics
By Don Debenedictisn
Students who graduated from private law schools last year had nearly $125,000 in education debt on average - a 17.6 percent ju...
California Courts of Appeal
Justice steps down from 1st District Court of Appeal
By Laura Ernden
Gov. Jerry Brown won't have a shortage of candidates to choose from to fill a recent vacancy on the 1st District Court of Appe...
The Creative Artists Agency has settled with 115 class members who described themselves as "older" television writers, agreein...
Perspective
CEQA traffic chaos: potential new standard of project analysis
By Sharon Liangn
A tentative opinion by the 2nd District offers hope that traffic studies will return to how it has always been done. By James...
Effectively defended, the deposition can show opposing counsel that your witness will be effective at trial. By Paul D. Beeche...
A Los Angeles Superior Court jury on Friday awarded a World War II veteran $8 million in a lawsuit against his insurance compa...
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court to release same day audio of arguments in health care case
By Robert Iafolla
Recognizing the intense public interest in the upcoming health care case, the U.S. Supreme Court announced Friday that it woul...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit blocks execution of death row inmate
By John Roemer
A convicted murderer who's been on death row since 1980 cannot be executed because Madera County's then-district attorney lied...
Intellectual Property
Restaurants, bars: be careful with musical performances
By Sharon Liangn
Avoid hefty fines and get that license before playing copyrighted music. By David Muradyan of Weintraub Genshlea Chediak Tobin...
Los Angeles County Juvenile Court Presiding Judge Michael Nash said his order doesn't change existing law. It merely lays out ...
A look at how Thomas Turner, managing partner of Procopio, has fended off countless merger proposals and kept the 120-lawyer S...
A Palm Desert attorney who is a Canadian citizen was indicted last week for using another lawyer's Social Security number to o...
We seem to care for our children until they become 18, at which point their legal status and our judgments quickly change. ...
Costa Mesa's effort to lay off more than 100 city workers and outsource their jobs to private contractors hit another snag las...
Mintz Levin signed a lease agreement for office space in San Francisco earlier this month even though the firm hasn't yet seal...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
How the world’s largest companies handle conflict
By Sharon Liangn
General counsel and senior lawyers at Fortune 1,000 corporations are asked about how they approach dispute resolution. By Thom...