Perspective
Managing school property: There’s no 'one-size-fits-all’ approach
By Sharon Liangn
With schools struggling financially, efficient use of district property is essential. By Andreas C. Chialtas and Lindsay A. Th...
Corporate
New disclosure requirements for retailers and manufacturers
By Karen Natividadn
On Jan. 1, 2012, the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act will impose new disclosure requirements on certain companies...
From Twitter to student speech, what role does the Constitution play? By Rachel Wilkes Barchie of Greenberg Glusker Fields Cla...
Perspective
Prop. 14 faces more legal challenges: Is the party over?
By Karen Natividadn
Proposition 14 faces yet another challenge, this time involving the ballot access rights of minor parties. By Jessica A. Levin...
Social gaming company Zynga Inc. has settled its copyright infringement litigation against Vostu Ltd., a Brazilian rival.
Veteran Superior Court Judge Loren Miller Jr., whose legal career spanned four decades, has died.
Business and litigation firm Bryan Cave LLP, which employs more than 1,000 lawyers and consultants in 25 offices worldwide, ha...
A former federal judge has backed out of representing the powerful Westlands Water District in a state environmental case afte...
California Supreme Court
Justices grapple with standards for self-representation for mentally ill
By Laura Ernden
The state Supreme Court wrestled Tuesday with how to apply a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowing courts to disqualify me...
Litigation
Judge dismisses health care providers' suit over unpaid bills
By Mandy Jacksonn
Radiologists and a group of emergency room doctors came up short in their bid to recoup medical fees from several major healt...
San Francisco-based Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin PC is joining with international law firm Arnold & Pal...
Carmel Valley has seen a proliferation of law firms in recent years, most of them focused on servicing the biotech and high-te...
California Supreme Court
Justices grant rare reversal in death penalty case
By Laura Ernden
Two death row defendants got a rare reprieve Monday from the state Supreme Court, which unanimously overturned their convictio...
Perspective
Law designed to spur investment in small businesses to expire
By Sharon Liangn
A key component of the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 will come to an end on Dec. 31. By Michael Haun and Jeff Hartlin of Pau...
Perspective
'Pay for delay' settlements gain staying power under antitrust law
By Karen Natividadn
A state appellate court holds that reverse payment settlements do not violate antitrust laws. By Lincoln Mayer of McDermott Wi...
Chapter 9 can allow a California municipality some breathing space from debt collection efforts. By David Kupetz of SulmeyerKu...
Entertainment & Sports
Lawyers appointed in data security breach case
By Erica E. Phillips
A San Diego judge appointed liaison counsel to coordinate the multi-district litigation against Sony Computer Entertainment Am...
After 10 years of establishing a client base in the Israel corporate market, Greenberg Traurig LLP has announced it will open ...
Driven by client demand to expand its insurance practice in Dallas, Los Angeles-based Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP ...
U.S. Supreme Court
Justices may expand liability protection for police
By Robert Iafolla
The U.S. Supreme Court appeared likely Monday to shield Los Angeles Sheriff's Department officers from personal liability for ...
U.S. Supreme Court
High court to weigh arrest in Cheney confrontation
By Robert Iafolla
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to weigh whether a man can sue federal agents for arresting him after telling then-Vice P...
The National Football League is aggressively seeking to dismiss or consolidate several lawsuits alleging it hid the effects of...
Intellectual Property
Judge rejects Apple's bid for injunction against Samsung
By Craig Andersonn
A federal judge has rejected Apple Inc.'s bid for a preliminary injunction barring Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. from selling s...
Transportation
Spend it like you got it: Dealers suffer under facility design programs
By Karen Natividadn
Automakers are dead set on spending big - with someone else's money. By Jonathan Michaels of Michaels Law Group
Nearly one month after hearing oral arguments, the state Supreme Court agreed Friday to accept additional briefs in the most-w...
Bryan Cave LLP, which employs more than 1,000 lawyers and consultants in 25 offices worldwide, has officially acquired Denver-...