A new report by the California Public Utilities Commission has found that the cost to secure renewable energy is falling, whic...
Commissioner Mitchell Block takes his own advice to defendants - he's trying again for a judgeship.
A roundup of recent M&A and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit rules against Prop. 8
By John Roemer
Voting 2-1, a 9th Circuit panel Tuesday affirmed former Chief Judge Vaughn R. Walker and found that California's Prop. 8 same-...
Vice President and General Counsel for Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Oakland ...
Labor/Employment
Employment lawyers anticipate state Supreme Court's ruling on mixed-motive defense
By Laura Ernden
The state Supreme Court has a new opportunity to address the mixed-motive defense in an employment case that has been fully br...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Acquisitions: A unique defense for publicly traded companies under attack
By Michael Leen
A special state law protects directors from actions challenging the acquisition of their company. By Chet Kronenberg, Ben Gold...
L. Timothy Perrin, vice dean and law professor at Pepperdine University School of Law, will take over as president of Lubbock ...
Imprisoned music producer Phil Spector, convicted of murdering an actress at his Alhambra mansion in 2003, has settled a wrong...
Our present system is not working, and we should not be wedded to a failing approach. By Ellen Chaitin of the San Francisco Co...
Kiesel, Boucher & Larson LLP, a veteran of the sex abuse litigation against the Roman Catholic Church, is once again cente...
The music industry's number three is the latest label to be hit with a class action suit mounted by musicians seeking to claw ...
A lawyer who once advertised heavily in San Diego now faces a slew of discipline charges from the State Bar. ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Blind man loses arbitration award
By John Roemer
A blind man who was fired after selling coffee and pastries for years from a tiny snack shop in the lobby of a federal courtho...
While 2011 marked a year of overall recovery for the U.S. labor market, the legal industry remained stagnant in job growth. ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit sides with environmental group over forest plan
By Fiona Smith
A divided 9th Circuit panel partially struck down a plan to dramatically increase logging, road building and grazing in the mo...
Criminal
L.A's DA race heats up in advance of official nomination period
By Henry Meier
The district attorney's office has been the domain of Steve Cooley for over a decade but that will likely change come Novembe...
Greenberg Traurig LLP is expanding its pharmaceutical, medical device and health care litigation practice group with an additi...
As a search committee ramps up its nationwide efforts to hire a permanent director of the state's Administrative Office of the...
In the first official acknowledgement of the U.S. attorney's criminal probe of cycling legend Lance Armstrong, prosecutors too...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Taking the stand: Scripts are for actors, not witnesses
By Sharon Liangn
Is the use of a script a breach of professional ethics? By Jason de Bretteville of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP ...
Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...
Zoning, Planning and Use
Settlement reached in litigation involving Islamic center
By Henry Meier
The U.S. attorney's office for the Central District settled litigation alleging that Lomita discriminated against an Islamic c...
Superior Court Judge Los Angeles County (Los Angeles) ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Prop. 8 tapes must remain sealed
By John Roemer
Videotape of the 2010 trial over Proposition 8's same-sex marriage ban cannot be released to the public, a 9th U.S. Circuit Co...
Judge Armando Cuellar, who owns three horses, has a hands-off approach in court. -->
Defense attorneys hoping to knock out a set of product liability lawsuits against generic drugmakers didn't get the victory...
In the wake of recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions, a fight about class-action waivers has broken out between San Francisco br...