Consumers seeking to enjoin AT&T's now-dropped $39 billion merger with T-Mobile USA Inc. asked a federal judge Thursday fo...
An independent panel has cleared two government scientists of wrongdoing after a Fresno federal judge accused them of acting i...
One year into office, Gov. Jerry Brown has embarked on perhaps the single largest transformation of corrections and rehabilita...
Law Practice
Reed Smith loses 5 partners in Silicon Valley to DLA Piper
By Casey Sullivan
A group of five corporate and intellectual property partners from Reed Smith LLP's Silicon Valley office have decamped the lig...
The Securities and Exchange Commission's announcement that it will scrap its policy of allowing some defendants to settle civi...
Lacking in criminal law experience, Judge Shelly Averill remedied that with scholarly zeal.
Bankruptcy Judge Mark S. Wallace stakes out a position then allows the debate to change his mind.
Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...
Indiana-based Barnes & Thornburg LLP snagged labor and employment attorney Howard Fabrick as partner in Los Angeles.
David T. Bristow became a judge to help ease a shortage of bench officers in the Inland Empire. ...
Discipline
Defense attorneys say clients benefitted from bar's efforts to reduce backlog
By Don Debenedictisn
Getting rid of the State Bar's backlog of old discipline cases took commitment and hard work, according to the chief prosecuto...
Once a pharmacist with hopes of opening his own drug store, Joseph D'Antony has had to adapt to the world of lawyering, where ...
Being brief and to the point will help communicate your message more effectively. By Blair Schlecter of Hurrell Cantrall LLP ...
Ian M. Wallach and Jason K. Feldman say they want their firm to be a place clients can feel at home. ...
Lawsuits filed by advertisers against Google Inc. over its AdWords program suffered a major setback Thursday when a federal ju...
Entertainment & Sports
Appeal returns Hollywood practices to spotlight
By Erica E. Phillips
A $319 million verdict that shed light on Hollywood studios' alleged so-called "self-dealing" practices, is now in the throes ...
Steven J. Howell, a 24-year veteran of Butte County Superior and Municipal courts, announced his retirement, effective Feb. 29...
Governor Jerry Brown's proposed budget released Thursday fell short of restoring funding to the judiciary's slashed coffers, b...
A bill recently introduced in the state Legislature aims to blunt the effects of a state Supreme Court ruling eliminating the ...
Labor and employment specialist Howard Fabrick has left Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP in another of a series of defec...
The University of the Pacific's McGeorge School of Law on Thursday announced the appointment of a new dean. ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit seeks clarity on insurance coverage
By John Roemer
A flood on the Truckee River in 1997 that destroyed a hydroelectric power dam led a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel on...
John F. Finston, partner and head of the insurance regulatory practice at SNR Denton, will leave the firm to become deputy com...
Entertainment & Sports
Defamation case involves actor, Warhol painting
By Erica E. Phillips
An actor who led a "stormy" romantic relationship with deceased actress Farrah Fawcett can proceed in a $1 million defamation ...
A San Francisco federal judge upheld the use of genetically modified alfalfa on Thursday, ruling that the government did an ad...
George Gascon was sworn in as the city's 12th elected DA and first Latino to hold the position. ...
California Supreme Court
Justices skeptical of expanding civil liability in molestation cases
By Laura Ernden
The state Supreme Court seemed reluctant Thursday to expand civil liability for churches and schools who allegedly harbored ch...
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments next week on the government's indecency-enforcement policy for broadcasts, potentia...
Zoning, Planning and Use
CEQA challenge may be next stop in subway fight
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
A legal fight between the Beverly Hills Unified School District and the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority over the pr...
Why adopting a judicial philosophy can be a judge's best asset. By Brenda F. Harbin-Forte of Alameda County Superior Court. ...