The dramatic rise in patent valuations reflects a fundamental perception shift in the way that patents are 'monetized.’ By Suz...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Bar prosecutors will investigate possible perjury in attorneys' MCLE compliance
By Don Debenedictisn
Two dozen lawyers will be investigated by State Bar discipline prosecutors for apparently lying to the bar about their continu...
Intellectual Property
Google CEO avoids questions in Java trial testimony
By Craig Andersonn
Google Inc. Chief Executive Officer Larry Page bobbed and weaved on the witness stand Wednesday trying to avoid questions on h...
A roundup of recent real estate deals and the attorneys involved
Judge John Kronstadt scales mountains for fun while he seeks out new challenges in his career.
Government
State Bar considering putting an end to unaccredited law schools
By Don De Benedictis
Hector Pena Ramirez graduated from UCLA in 2008, worked as a researcher and social activist for a few years and then decided ...
Perspective
Patent infringemet liability: What is the 'entire market value'?
By Michael Leen
Patent infringement cases leave continuing uncertainty surrounding application of the "entire market value" rule in calculatin...
Equitable concerns suggest that the "making available" theory is preferable to the "actual transfer" theory. By Kollin J. Zimm...
U.S. Supreme Court
Court ruling extends government immunity to contract lawyers
By Robert Iafolla
A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a Manhattan Beach attorney is immune from liability for work he performed as...
In a sign they lack the votes needed to pass foreclosure-reform legislation, Democratic leaders are planning an unusual proced...
In a victory for a long-planned effort to connect downtown Los Angeles and Santa Monica by rail, a state appellate court rejec...
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP nabbed two intellectual property lawyers who specialize in Japan-based clients from the...
Recent years have seen a rush to shell out breathtaking sums of money for patent portfolios. By Suzanne S. Harrison of Percipi...
Intellectual Property
The future of patenting genes and biological molecules: when is 'enough' enough?
By Michael Leen
Biotech firms are holding their breath now that the Supreme Court has sent Myriad back down for consideration in light ...
Civil Rights
Former state Supreme Court justice heads up task force at UC Davis
By Saul Sugarmann
Former state Supreme Court justice Cruz Reynoso was tapped to chair a UC Davis task force investigating an incident in which s...
A Superior Court judge shot down a Riverside County deputy public defender's closely watched bid to force the local sheriff's ...
New gTLDs can be generic names in any language or script. By Katy Basile of Novak Druce + Quiff LLP ...
Six years after they first materialized, the 9th Circuit granted D.C. Comics access to a package of documents that could revea...
Intellectual Property
America Invents Act: A brave new world for patents?
By Michael Leen
The AIA provides seriously naunced changes to patent laws in the U.S. that require attention. By Peter Jon Gluck of Baker Host...
Labor/Employment
Two pending cases could again delay NLRB poster rule
By Brian Sumersn
Will California employers have to display a poster later this month alerting workers to their rights under the National Labor ...
A bill that would expand and clarify the scope of California's medical marijuana law cleared its first legislative hurdle on T...
Judges and Judiciary
LA court leaders detail which courtrooms will close
By Ciaran Mc Evoy
Leaders of the state's largest trial court on Tuesday announced plans for what they called "the most significant reduction of ...
The San Diego law firm Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP has found itself in increasingly hot water with a federal judge w...
Oracle Corp. CEO Larry Ellison acknowledged on Tuesday that he explored the idea of building a smartphone and then tried to re...
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday gave itself a second shot at clarifying whether copyrighted goods acquired legally overseas c...
Entertainment & Sports
Lawyers join forces to take on music labels
By Erica E. Phillips
A coalition of lawyers have joined forces to take on the music industry's major labels, launching class action lawsuits seekin...
Blind acceptance of the "woe as me" defense defies progress in the tax refund discussion. By Paul Heidenreich of Huskinson, Br...
