Insurance
New insurer lawsuit targets Saudi Arabia for Sept. 11 losses
By Sharon Liangn
A UK-based insurance syndicate sues Saudi Arabia for the more than $215 million it paid out on Sept. 11 claims. By Deborah L. ...
U.S. Supreme Court
Limiting class actions: The full impact of Dukes
By Genevieve Knollen
Wal-Mart Inc. v. Dukes will impact class actions in all areas, not just employment. By Erwin Chemerinsky of University ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit sends Costco case back to trial court
By Robert Iafolla
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals spiked a lower court's class certification ruling in a gender bias lawsuit against Costc...
Presiding Judge Katherine Feinstein announced a number of changes Friday to compensate for 75 employees the court still expect...
The legislative session came to a close this year without Chief Justice Tani Cantil Sakauye giving a state of the judiciary sp...
California Supreme Court
Anti-SLAPP law protects attorney case assignment decisions
By Laura Ernden
The state's anti-SLAPP law protects decisions that legal organizations make about attorney case assignments, the 4th District ...
Government
Plaintiffs face restrictions in patent bill signed by President
By Craig Andersonn
The patent reform bill signed into law Friday by President Barack Obama includes bad news for plaintiffs claiming companies m...
Linda Bernhardt, a land use specialist and former deputy mayor of Los Angeles, has joined Greenberg Traurig LLP in Santa Monic...
Judge Robert J. Trentacosta will become the presiding judge of the San Diego Superior Court on Jan. 1. ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Ruling calls into question laws restricting day laborers' solicitation
By Amy Yarbroughn
A Redondo Beach ordinance banning day laborers from standing on the street to solicit work is unconstitutional, the 9th U.S. C...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Blair urges California lawyers to take up African legal causes
By Connie Lopez
Cherie Blair wants her fellow lawyers to remember the millions of people who live without the benefits of the rule of law. ...
Lawyers for defendant Jerry A. Pool advised the 9th Circuit that they now believe his appeal over the constitutionality of arr...
Hogan Lovells LLP appointed Megan Dixon as managing partner of its San Francisco and Silicon Valley offices.
Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...
State Bar & Bar Associations
New State Bar president speaks his mind
By Don Debenedictisn
According to Jon B. Streeter, one of the reasons members of the State Bar Board of Governors elected him to lead them in the c...
U.S. Magistrate Judge Jay C. Gandhi says he still keeps his 'Paul Hastings hours.'
Personal Injury & Torts
Stabbing victim's mother files claim with MTA
By Ciaran Mc Evoy
The mother of a man stabbed to death while riding a Red Line subway train alleges it tolerated dangerous conditions and neglig...
Robert L. Dossee brings a wealth of experience to resolving complex cases, beginning in his days as a state court judge and co...
A Republican-backed group announced Thursday it would file the first lawsuit challenging the new state Senate redistricting ma...
Litigation
Attorney for eBay accuses Craigslist of initiating criminal probe
By Amy Yarbroughn
A lawyer for eBay Inc. accused Craigslist Inc. Thursday of initiating a federal criminal probe into its business dealings. ...
Real Estate/Development
Why high-end buyers of real estate need to be cautious
By Karen Natividadn
With large sums of money on the line, high-end buyers of real estate are wise to be pro-active about their purchase. By Bradle...
Intellectual Property
Hotfile getting hotter: The cyberlocker site fires back at Warner Bros.
By Genevieve Knollen
Fighting fire with fire, Hotfile has accused Warner Bros. of copyright fraud and abuse. By Nick Solish of Bryan Cave LLP ...
The substantive law and procedural considerations you should know for right of publicity litigation in California. By Charles ...
Intellectual Property
Judge allows Oracle's copyright claim against Google to move forward
By Craig Andersonn
A San Francisco federal judge on Thursday rejected Google Inc.'s bid to dismiss a claim that it infringed Oracle Corp.'s copyr...
The Association of Corporate Counsel on Wednesday announced a new vice president, making this the third major staff appointmen...
Defenders of the Defense of Marriage Act should find more meaningful constitutional activities to occupy their time. By Bruce ...
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday ruled against Orange County billionaire Henry Samueli in a tax dispute with ...
Criminal, Constitutional Law, California Courts of Appeal
DNA profiling case could be ruled moot
By John Roemer
A major en banc showdown over arrestee DNA profiling set for oral argument next week might get knocked off the 9th Circuit's d...
The National Labor Relations Board may be sidelined from issuing new decisions due to a 2010 U.S. Supreme Court decision and ...