A significant new ruling demanding caution with eyewitness identification testimony grew in large part from groundbreaking wor...
Senior vice president and general counsel at Specific Media LLC Irvine ...
The debate over the validity of class action waivers continues. By Ronald W. Novotny and Robert R. Roginson of Atkinson, Andel...
The black robe should not give judges superpowers vis-a-vis the law. By Hirbod Rashidi of the University of California, Rivers...
Misclassifying workers as independent contractors is becoming a dangerous game of roulette. ...
Ping pong match between lawmakers and Amazon over online tax rages on. By Jessica A. Levinson of Loyola Law School ...
A Watsonville-based cement company did not violate California labor laws relating to lunch breaks because its workers were awa...
Two one-time co-counsel have been referred to the State Bar of California to determine whether they illegally intercepted then...
A studio's loss from a contractual blunder with "No Country for Old Men" star Tommy Lee Jones should not be passed on to the f...
Health insurance providers can expect new litigation - and pressure from existing litigants - after a federal appellate court ...
Northern District Chief Judge James Ware appeared torn as he heard arguments Monday on whether he should release to the publi...
California Supreme Court
Liu gets high marks in advance of confirmation hearing
By Laura Ernden
Goodwin Liu is exceptionally well-qualified to join the state Supreme Court, the State Bar said Monday. ...
Judge Carlos E. Vazquez has presided over a variety of cases his first year, which is fine by him.
A roundup of recent M&A and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
Immigration lawyers are waiting for the Obama administration's loosening of deportation rules announced earlier this month to ...
Commissioner Denise Motter made a midlife career change 20 years ago from IRS agent to lawyer.
Senior vice president and general counsel for Sharp HealthCare in San Diego ...
California Rule of Court 3.724 encourages expeditious resolution of e-discovery issues and reduces costs of litigation. By Ter...
Awarding fees to the "prevailing party" can be a complicated matter. By Gail Kavanagh of Sedgwick LLP and Nora Wetzel ...
Understand the most important features of plea bargains. By David Danielsen of the San Diego County Superior Court ...
Once considered a fringe practice, alternative commercial litigation funding is becoming more commonplace. By Jonathan Petrus ...
Although Northern District Chief Judge James Ware's efforts to videotape and broadcast the remainder of the Proposition 8 case...
Health Care & Hospital Law
Mental illness must be covered by insurance, panel holds
By Mandy Jacksonn
Patients who seek insurance coverage for mental health services won a major victory from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals...
Intellectual Property
Palo Alto firm withdraws from Apple-Samsung case
By Craig Anderson
Bridges & Mavrakakis LLP, under fire by attorneys for Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. for an alleged conflict of interest in ...
A San Jose federal judge ruled Friday that San Francisco-based online game company Zynga Inc. can pursue copyright infringemen...
Juan Adilao Ortiz spent years waiting for a judge to rule on his petition for habeas corpus, despite the reporting system unde...
The National Labor Relations Board could deal another setback to companies looking to use an April U.S. Supreme Court decision...
State court leaders emerged from an edgier than usual meeting of the Judicial Council on Friday with few options on the table ...
Gentry was designed to preclude enforcement of the very kind of class action waiver found to be lawful in Concepcion...
Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...