Alternative Dispute Resolution
JAMS leverages history in Hollywood
By Erica E. Phillips
The nation's largest ADR provider is two years into an initiative targeting Southern California's most close-knit industry -- ...
Sonoma County Superior Court (Santa Rosa) ...
Lawyers with Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP represented a real estate fund in securing an $85 million refinancing for a portf...
Since the unexpected passage last month of a controversial bill to decentralize control of the state judiciary, AB 1208's supp...
Top Verdicts
Top Defense Verdicts--In re Homestor.com, Inc. Securities Litigation
By Pat Broderick
Top Verdicts
Top Defense Verdicts--Trust Co. of the West v. Jeffrey Gundlach, et al.
By Pat Broderick
Top Verdicts
Top Defense Verdicts--Mattel Inc. v. MGA Entertainment Inc.
By Pat Broderick
Top Verdicts
Top Plaintiffs' Verdicts by Impact--Broadcom Corp. v. Emulex Corp.
By Pat Broderick
Top Verdicts
Top Plaintiffs' Verdicts by Impact--Antelope Valley Groundwater Adjudication
By Pat Broderick
Top Verdicts
Top Plaintiffs’ Verdicts by Dollar--Christopher Trejo v. Johnson & Johnson, et al.
By Pat Broderick
Top verdicts ...
Jim Rishwain took the helm of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP six years ago, at a time of crisis for the international law...
Technology & Science
The FCC’s shot clock — not a game-changer in California
By Michael Leen
A tool meant to make it easier for wireless providers to get local approval for their facilities lacks punch. By Javan N. Rad ...
70 years after the forced evacuations of Japanese Americans from their homes, what have we learned? By Gordon Yamate of the Ja...
The obstacles facing health care reform and how this will impact the industry. By Craig B. Garner of Garner Health ...
Perspective
Justices consider patent process for personalized medicine industry
By Michael Leen
The patent process, as it stands, is impeding innovation in the personalized medicine industry. By Michael J. Shuster of Fenwi...
How the law prevents abuse of process and manipulation of the courts. By Gary A. Watt of Archer Norris PLC ...
Perspective
Entering the 'legal twilight zone’: a lesson in trust law
By Karen Natividadn
A girlfriend adopted as a child to get backdoor access to a children's trust isn't exactly something you see every day. By Ste...
Major solar panel manufacturer SunPower has filed a lawsuit alleging several former employees stole confidential sales informa...
Assemblyman Mike Feuer announced Tuesday that he will run for Los Angeles city attorney next year. He hopes to replace current...
There are now three hopefuls seeking a bench seat left vacant by a retiring judge in Alameda County. ...
Litigation
SF City attorney sues federal agency over San Bruno explosion
By Saul Sugarman
City Attorney Dennis Herrera on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against a federal agency charged with pipeline safety, claiming it bea...
Bankruptcy judges in Southern California are trying to identify nonlawyers who cheat consumers while claiming to help them f...
Reed Smith LLP nabbed an associate general counsel from Bank of America to beef up the firm's financial industry practice. ...
In discipline charges filed Friday, bar prosecutors claim that Darden, 52, misappropriated $438,300 . ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit lashes out at prosecutorial misconduct
By John Roemer
Prosecutorial misconduct is getting increased disapproval at the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, and censure doesn't come m...
It's a plaintiffs' lawyer's worst nightmare - watching a multi-million-dollar trial verdict go up in smoke. In this case, the ...