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-...
San Francisco-based Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin PC is joining with international law firm Arnold & Por...
Jones Day helped German enterprise software giant SAP AG in a proposed buy of San Mateo-based SuccessFactors Inc. for $3.4 bil...
A roundup of M&A and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
Plaintiffs in the growing number of securities fraud class actions against Chinese-based companies are getting a shot in the a...
A pair of Inland Empire justice centers are among several long-awaited courthouse projects jumpstarted by the state's sale of ...
The U.S. Supreme Court is set to consider the validity of patents on certain diagnostic tests, the outcome of which could make...
Perspective
Out of time: When does an amended judgment restart the appellate clock?
By Genevieve Knollen
Two recent decisions make it tougher to decide whether to appeal from the original or the amended judgment. By Anne M. Grignon...
A new law, set to take effect Jan. 1, 2012, dramatically increases the stakes.
Perspective
Pandora’s Box opened: Retired county employees may have implied contractual rights
By Sharon Liangn
The state Supreme Court provides employees and retirees with a new way to sue local public agencies. By Judith S. Islas of Lie...
Governments cannot solve their budget problems by repudiating contracts with their employees. By Catherine Fisk of UC Irvine, ...
Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...
A prominent public relations guru and several co-defendants have agreed to a $6.25 million cash payment to settle a federal la...
A San Francisco federal judge issued two rulings last week that stymied a pair of consumer lawsuits against Apple Inc. and AT&...
Jb growth in the legal industry remained sluggish as only 100 jobs were added nationwide last month.
O'Melveny & Myers LLP added Mark Peterson as partner in Newport Beach. He focuses on mergers and acquisitions and corporat...