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A Santa Ana federal judge punched a hole last week in the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark decision that has forced class actions...
January's Golden Globe Awards show will go on, despite a 30-day delay in an ongoing dispute between the Hollywood Foreign Pres...
Environmental and land use lawyers said they expect a pair of closely watched bills aimed at fast-tracking legal challenges to...
Government
SF and Judicial Council face off, but court wins bail-out money
By Amy Yarbroughn
Accusations flew between state and local court leaders Friday, but the Judicial Council ultimately approved $3.1 million in fu...
Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...
Attorneys say Gary S. Bloch can be tough, but correctly judges the severity of cases he hears.
Judge Theodore R. Howard's command of the Evidence Code has won him points with lawyers.
Robert B. Yonts Jr., a retired Santa Cruz County Superior Court judge who has spent the past four years as a mediator and arbi...
Despite years of wrangling, attorneys say a bill passed by Congress on Thursday to revamp U.S. patent laws will have little im...
Perspective
Professional consequences: What law school doesn’t teach you
By Sharon Liangn
A bright yet naive Harvard Law School graduate is slowly corrupted by the universe in which he exists. By Joel Levine ...
Without distribution, each individual, family or community would need to be entirely self-sufficient. By David Gurnick of Lewi...
In elder care claims, where emotions run high, reaching a resolution is not an easy task. By Alexander S. Polsky of JAMS ...
Why the Internal Revenue Service loves Forms 1099 - and why you should pay attention to the rules that apply. ...
Intellectual Property
Patent bill: Only time will tell if Congress got it right
By Karen Natividadn
Will the America Invents Act provide certainty and cost effective advantages to all inventors? By Robert L. Kovelman and Dougl...
An Emmy Award-winning Hollywood producer pleaded guilty Thursday to falsely inflating the revenue and stock price of his prod...
A bevy of presiding judges and court officers are urging the Judicial Council to revamp the process for issuing new rules of c...
San Diego-based PacketVideo Corp., which claims Spotify USA Inc. infringed its patented music streaming technology, is attempt...
Attorney General Kamala Harris traveled to a poor Riverside County community Thursday to speak out against a massive proposed ...
A group of medicinal marijuana patients and dispensaries is trying to overturn the city of Los Angeles' ordinance limiting the...
Judicial nominees for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and the Northern District of California moved another step closer ...
About one in 10 judges who take the bench every day in San Bernardino County wouldn't be there if not for a statewide program ...
Intellectual Property
Judge turns up the heat on Google and Oracle to settle
By Craig Andersonn
U.S. District Judge William Alsup, ratcheting up the pressure on Oracle Corp. and Google Inc. to settle their lawsuit over pat...
Government
San Francisco court bail-out deal could come with strings
By Amy Yarbroughn
Despite a deal signed last week with a top state court leader, the $2.5 million in bail out money San Francisco County Superio...
Edwin B. Reeser talks about the controversial practices used by law firms to manage profits and partner compensation. ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Chief Judge coins new words for failed enbanc calls
By John Roemer
Chief Judge Alex Kozinski of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has minted the words "dissental" and "concurral" as shortha...