A Fresno federal judge ordered the government to scale back measures to protect the endangered delta smelt fish Wednesday. ...
Fee disputes in the Bratz doll war are quickly heating up, with several insurance companies filing a motion seeking a chunk of...
Is a good settlement one where everyone walks away unhappy? By J. Grant Kennedy of KennedyKamrowski ...
A bill that would give the state the power to regulate health insurance premiums will carry over to the next legislative sessi...
The high-stakes trial between Trust Co. of the West and its former bond guru has featured sometimes salacious testimony, but i...
San Francisco County Superior Court officials have agreed to accept $3.1 million in extra funding from the Administrative Offi...
Litigation
Plaintiffs score $388 million in settlements in price fixing case
By Craig Andersonn
Eight companies that manufacture display panels used in computers, cell phones and television screens have agreed to pay $388 ...
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar hires new discipline prosecutor
By Don Debenedictisn
Assistant U.S. Attorney Jayne Kim will take over as the State Bar's chief discipline prosecutor this month, the bar announced ...
Criminal
In recent rulings, 9th Circuit backs plaintiffs in search and force cases
By John Roemer
Adding to recent decisions favoring Fourth Amendment plaintiffs, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel on Wednesday let a ...
Recent settlements over text message advertising have drawn a flurry of new class actions that could put an end once and for a...
If the Department of Justice is successful in blocking AT&T's merger with T-Mobile, the Texas-based company stands to lose...
Miller Barondess LLP renewed the lease for its Century City office for 10 years. The deal gave the firm an extra 3,000 square ...
Judge Timothy R. Saito honors his father, whose law career goals were scuttled by war.
Kristin Smith, a Concord-based African American attorney, started her own practice in 2008 after being employed as an associat...
Perspective
Don’t get hosed: Register your car wash with the Labor Commission
By Karen Natividadn
Failure to register may result in a fine up to $10,000 or a stop order to cease car wash operations. By Ryan van Steenis of Hu...
Law Practice
The conflicting pressures between profits and optimal client service
By Karen Natividadn
This time it isn't the consultants speaking out but the clients. By Edwin B. Reeser ...
Perspective
Did the Supremes go too far? The backlash against Concepcion
By Sharon Liangn
Will employee and consumer advocates get the last laugh? By Christian Scali of Arent Fox LLP ...
Perspective
Is copyright protection for fashion designs a windfall for designers?
By Genevieve Knollen
The Innovative Design Protection and Piracy Prevention Act may favor large companies with hefty litigation budgets. By Melissa...
Real Estate/Development
Making your real estate project attractive to immigrant investors
By Karen Natividadn
Ten ways to make your project stand out in the competitive marketplace. By Victor Shum and Catherine Holmes of Jeffer Mangels ...
Two months after losing its provisional American Bar Association accreditation, University of La Verne College of Law has rega...
Novak Druce & Quigg LLP is the latest law firm to open a Silicon Valley office. The Houston-based intellectual property fi...
A California-based auto parts distributor agreed to plead guilty Tuesday to conspiring to fix the price of aftermarket auto li...
Adding to what was already believed to be a record outcome in a California whistle-blower suit, a lab company has agreed to pa...
Entertainment & Sports
Investor gives up bid to control Lions Gate
By Erica E. Phillips
After years of mounting tension, billionaire Carl Icahn agreed Tuesday to give up his stake in Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. ...
California Courts of Appeal
Furloughs for constitutional officers' employees okay, panel rules
By Laura Ernden
Deputy attorneys general and others state employees who work for elected constitutional officers are not immune from being fur...
California Courts of Appeal
Sole practitioner fights fees in long-running fight with attorney
By Laura Ernden
A long-running fee fight among San Francisco plaintiffs' lawyers appears to be ending on a sour note for a sole practitioner f...
Health Care & Hospital Law
Consumer group pushes for changes to generic drug labeling requirements
By Mandy Jacksonn
A consumer rights group is lobbying the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for changes that would hold generic drugmakers acco...
A federal judge approved a class action settlement Monday in which Wal-Mart Stores Inc. agreed to pay $27.3 million to resolve...
Amazon has so far avoided the courtroom in its quest to overturn a new California sales tax on Internet purchases. That could ...
Delivering the strongest pushback so far against transfers of state inmates and parolees to counties, Los Angeles County super...