Supporting enforcement against individual perpetrators would be more effective. By Simone McCormick and Bart Flood of Murphy P...
For dealers who have already been out of business for three years, the prospect of further litigation over the next several ye...
U.S. law currently does not require companies to implement such mechanisms, but regulation is imminent. By Helen Christakos of...
Orange County-based game streaming startup Gaikai Inc. has penned a deal to power Samsung Electronics Co.'s new cloud gaming s...
Intellectual Property
Judge delays injunction against Samsung in case against Apple
By Craig Andersonn
Apple Inc. will have to wait a little bit longer to get a preliminary injunction blocking Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. from ...
California Supreme Court
UC Davis launches new state Supreme Court law clinic
By Emily Green
The clinic will provide pro bono legal services to individuals and organizations with cases before California's high court, an...
Chief Deputy District Attorney Jackie Lacey landed approximately 32 percent of the vote to win the primary. ...
The AOC report says the agency has already launched or completed 57 of the 147 recommendations made recently by an independent...
Law Practice
Objecting to objections: an objectionable new summary judgment requirement
By Michael Leen
The 2nd District's conclusion in Tartle will unfairly burden parties opposing objections. By Barry M. Wolf ...
Internet company Yelp Inc. will pay $1.25 million to settle a lawsuit brought by a group of account executives claiming they w...
A Long Beach jury rejected a prominent plaintiffs' attorney's argument that the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Laguna Niguel should be lia...
Discipline
Lawyer to pay $40,000 in restitution for work on mass joinder suits
By Don J. De Benedictis
A lawyer who enticed homeowners into joining large lawsuits against mortgage lenders has agreed to give up his right to practi...
As large law firms remain wary of returning their summer associate programs to pre-recession levels, law schools are turning t...
Incumbents and deputy district attorneys won big in California’s judicial races on Tuesday, with no challenger appearing to kn...
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday announced there will be no en banc rehearing of February's 2-1 decision holdi...
Washington, D.C.-based Arent Fox LLP has shot up from nine lawyers to more than 60 in its Los Angeles office since 2007. Now i...
Challenges to the SAFE initiative on the November ballot are without merit. By Elisabeth Semel and Charles Sevilla ...
Litigation
Judge rules parody doesn't have to be funny in copyright case
By Don Debenedictisn
A federal judge appears likely to throw out a copyright lawsuit filed by a chain of Detroit abortion clinics against anti-abor...
The Hilton Los Angeles Airport has agreed to pay $2.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a class of current and former emplo...
A brand development company is suing Zynga Inc. for allegedly bailing on paying an $18 million commission . ...
Unlike the larger courthouses, the burden placed on the remaining judge is unmanageable and absurd. By Richard Herzog ...
Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye announced Monday 10 appointments to the Judicial Council. ...
If you or a client lost money and managed to pull off a recovery, will it go into your pocket or must you split it with the In...
By Eric Olson of Baker, Olson, LeCroy & Danielian ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit to issue filing in Prop. 8 case
By John Roemer
The 9th Circuit announced Monday that it will post a new filing in the Proposition 8 same-sex marriage appeal on Tuesday morni...
The Court of Appeal in Los Angeles has temporarily delayed the retrial of actress Nicollette Sheridan's wrongful termination d...
Vietnam veterans were neglected by society; the same neglect looms for veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. By Lew Ho...
The battle over Mattel Inc.'s appeal of rival toymaker MGA Entertainment Inc.'s $310 million judgment is heating up, with Matt...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Counterpoint: statute-approved arbitration clauses
By Michael Leen
Statutorily approved language would be an ineffective remedy to litigation over arbitration clauses. By Aaron Gundzik of Garte...
California Supreme Court
State Supreme Court names new top administrator
By Emily Green
Frank McGuire, managing attorney of the 1st District Court of Appeal, will become the newest clerk and court administrator for...