As deal lawyers assess the record-setting sale of the Los Angeles Dodgers, one thing appears clear: An auction like the one th...
Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Human Resources and Secretary Pacific Sunwear of California Inc. Anaheim ...
Intellectual Property
Court-appointed expert's damage report bodes well for Google
By Craig Andersonn
Even if Google Inc. loses the patent phase of its trial for infringing Oracle Corp.'s Java programming language, the company w...
California's building industry is buzzing about a recent state Supreme Court decision to push forward environmental approval f...
The tallying of votes in a merger between two powerful entertainment unions can proceed as scheduled, a federal judge ruled We...
Real Estate/Development
Venable starts West Coast real estate practice
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
In an effort to beef up its Los Angeles office, Venable LLP announced the hiring of three real estate partners this week who w...
Litigation
Historic verdict: A sign of the times or reversible miscalculation?
By Michael Leen
A staggering punitive damages award in a Sacramento sexual harassement case raises questions about what the future holds. By B...
Perspective
Courts can review federal compliance orders under Clean Water Act
By Michael Leen
The U.S. Supreme Court decides that the Clean Water Act does not leave regulated parties with their hands tied. By Roderick E....
U.S. Supreme Court
Court ponders limits of federalism in Medicaid case
By Robert Iafolla
Even as the U.S. Supreme Court considered Wednesday whether Congress forced states into expanding their Medicaid rolls, the ju...
Larry Kramer, who led Stanford Law School and pushed for major curriculum changes that combined the study of law and other aca...
Litigation
For-profit schools fend off class actions through Concepcion
By Saul Sugarman
As for-profit schools face an increasing amount of scrutiny over fraudulent job placement numbers, the institutions are pinnin...
Personal Injury & Torts
Medical bills: Questions remain unresolved after Howell
By Michael Leen
Courts are still unable to define the proper role of medical bills in personal injury actions. By Richard L. Kellner and Jacob...
McDermott Will & Emery has bolstered their intellectual property litigation practice by acquiring a four-lawyer team from ...
Costa Mesa will appeal a trial court decision barring the city's charter resolution from June's primary ballot. Officials also...
Court leaders' decision to abandon the Court Case Management System made clear the judiciary does not have the money to deplo...
U.S. Supreme Court
If the mandate falls, what else would go with it?
By Robert Iafolla
The U.S. Supreme Court appeared ready Wednesday to strike down other pieces of the Obama administration's sprawling health car...
The new owners of the Los Angeles Dodgers will assume the liabilities of current owner Frank McCourt, including the negligence...
A roundup of recent real estate deals and the attorneys involved.
Real Estate/Development
The modern-day data center offers unique challenges to lawyers
By Evan Georgen
Data centers often boast floor upon floor of computer servers. While these mysterious office buildings sport some of the most ...
Known for his diligence, Judge Gary S. Austin serves in the system where he began his career.
Efforts to fix California's death penalty are futile. By Andrew Love ...
Civil liberties advocates on Tuesday released documents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation in San Francisco that they be...
A Riverside County deputy public defender's battle to force the local sheriff's department to admit gay inmates into its drug ...
Amid discontent with the firm's leadership, Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP has taken action to restructure the firm's governance by m...
A missed deadline has disqualified the city of Costa Mesa's charter resolution from appearing on June's primary ballot. ...
Merger talks between Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP and Fulbright & Jaworski LLP are officially off, according to a s...
Beaches, bays and rivers in the Los Angeles area are set for a major cleanup after the federal Environmental Protection Agency...
Whether a worker is an independent contract is determined by the realities of the parties. By Bryan J. Lazarski of Buchalter N...
U.S. Supreme Court
California asks high court to strike down immigration law
By Robert Iafolla
The California attorney general's office argued that the U.S. Supreme Court should strike down Arizona's contentious immigrati...
Even under a stricter standard adopted by an appellate court last year for proving inequitable conduct in patent infringement ...