Prison reform lawyer Donald Specter was among three lawyers honored last week by the American Constitution Society’s San Franc...
The Japanese American Bar Association held its annual Installation and Awards Gala on Mar. 9 at the Omni Hotel in downtown Los...
Five bands made up of legal professionals performed at the Whisky A Go-Go on March 8 in the first annual Law Rocks! “battle of...
Litigation
Shrinking court reporter staffs brings changes to civil litigation
By Ciaran Mc Evoy
Court reporters have been a constant fixture in California's courtrooms for decades, but as the state's largest trial court pl...
General Counsel ServiceMesh Inc. ...
Mega indictment leaves innovators and future customers guessing as to whether they might be targeted next. By Tony Falzone of ...
Intellectual Property
Former patent litigator files first complaint as plaintiffs' attorney
By Fiona Smith
A patent defense powerhouse-turned-plaintiffs' attorney has filed his first case on behalf of a patent holding company, which ...
Law firm leaders are moderately optimistic in the global and legal markets but underwhelmed by their practice groups' performa...
Health Care & Hospital Law
Modern-day oracle: Adjudicating health care reform by dissent
By Michael Leen
In many cases, the dissenting opinion has provided a foreshadowing of things to come. By Craig B. Garner ...
U.S. Supreme Court
Experts debate health insurance mandate in moot court
By Gabe Friedmann
A panel of legal experts participated in a moot court Tuesday over the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, hosted by t...
A small but key group of California legislators has recommended the judiciary suspend all future deployment of the California ...
Four law schools in California have become the next targets in a wave of lawsuits that have accused schools of misrepresenting...
A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge on Wednesday dismissed a class action seeking damages from Chevron Corp. for asking ...
The hidden risks of filing a small claims court case in lieu of joining a class action. By Brian S. Kabateck and Evan Zucker a...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Court says cost awards should be based on total circumstances
By John Roemer
Losing litigants in federal civil cases aren't automatically liable for the prevailing party's costs, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court...
Litigation
9th Circuit limits extent of states’ power over arbitration agreements
By Michael Leen
The 9th Circuit significantly limits California's power to restrict the enforcement of arbitration agreements and class action...
Intellectual Property
Patent office declares Westinghouse's patent invalid
By Paul Jones
Solar installation equipment company Zep Solar scored a victory over rival Westinghouse Solar after the U.S. Patent and Tradem...
Securities class-action settlements in 2011 dropped to the lowest level in a decade - in both total number and dollar value - ...
The country's largest pension fund has lowered its estimated rate of return on investments, forcing the state, local governmen...
Fenwick & West LLP partners Douglas N. Cogen and Kris S. Withrow advised San Jose-based Cisco Systems Inc. on its proposed...
California Courts of Appeal
Governor vetting at least 5 nominees for 6th District seats
By Laura Ernden
A year after the first of two vacancies opened on the 6th District Court of Appeal, at least five people are reportedly being ...
Senate leaders reached an agreement Wednesday on stalled judicial nominees, apparently paving the way for Los Angeles federal ...
Alston & Bird LLP slightly expanded its digs in downtown Los Angeles' Bank of America Plaza to 80,000 square feet on three...
Law Practice
As class actions are squeezed, Lieff Cabraser branches out
By Jill Redhage
Lawyers at Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP have noticed the challenges facing consumer class actions, their bread a...
In a year brimming with social media IPOs, Cooley LLP stood at the forefront, helping to lead companies like popular gaming si...
The hot spotlight on wins in the big Wal-Mart Stores Inc. class action and the attack on Proposition 8 illuminate Gibson, Dunn...
It took Richard E. Climan just two years to turn Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP into Silicon Valley's powerhouse M&A law firm. ...
With De Beers, it was a monopoly on diamonds. With vitamin makers, price-fixing. No matter the transgression, Lieff Cabraser H...
As lead bankruptcy counsel for the city of Vallejo, Orrick put together a team of lawyers from relevant practices, including p...
A look at how Thomas Turner, managing partner of Procopio, has fended off countless merger proposals and kept the 120-lawyer S...