The Republic of Ecuador and a group of Amazonian plaintiffs have won a small victory in their attempt to exonerate the country...
Intellectual Property
Congress has designs for piracy prevention legislation
By Genevieve Knollen
The fashion world's anxious anticipation for a law that will protect their designs may soon come to an end. By Robert Darwell ...
Perspective
The world of mobile devices is changing ... are you ready to move on?
By Genevieve Knollen
Converting the masses one iPhone at a time. By George Brandon of Morris Polich & Purdy LLP ...
California's Central District has emerged as a hotbed for bankruptcies, where filings spiked by 13 percent over the past year,...
The studio behind last year's action film "The Expendables," filed an unusual, hulking copyright lawsuit against more than 23,...
Health Care & Hospital Law
Regulators drop investigation of health care chief executive
By Mandy Jacksonn
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Friday ended an investigation of Howard Solomon, CEO of Forest Laboratorie...
Perspective
The wages of subsidy: Searching for value in public-private development deals
By Genevieve Knollen
It's not always clear whether the developer is truly receiving a subsidy or paying what the land is worth. By Jon E. Goetz of ...
A federal bankruptcy judge on Monday approved nearly $9 million in settlements that will provide a cash infusion to the bankru...
ADR professionals and lawyers who use their services said trial delays and staff layoffs could make it harder to negotiate res...
Judges and Judiciary
Judicial branch contract law is costly and inefficient
By Seena Nikravann
California's first judicial branch contract law is not progress but a step backwards for the courts. By Fred Cabrera of the Sa...
The first year that Torsten Bassell and Nicole Lari-Joni joined forces to set up a plaintiffs' litigation boutique, the pair s...
Perspective
Vacation clarification: New definition may affect employee compensation
By Sharon Liangn
What counts as paid "vacation" that vests as it is earned and cannot be forfeited under California law? By D. Gregory Valenza ...
Monday's historic stock market plunge was a body blow to start-ups looking to go public-and the lawyers that advise them-just ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Out-of-state Web companies can be sued in California
By John Roemer
A 9th Circuit panel filed separate opinions Monday in two cases, both holding that out-of-state Web companies can be sued in C...
Judge Chestopher L. Taylor presides over cases that affect the average person.
A roundup of recent M&A and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
Alameda County Judge Christine Moruza took disciplinary proceedings against her to heart.
Vice President, Legal Affairs at Sunstone Hotel Investors Inc. ...
Local governments across California are looking at the climate change impacts on everything from housing developments to oil r...
With the law governing meal and rest breaks up in the air, here are some steps employers can take to protect themselves. By Im...
The state Supreme Court makes it easier for taxpayers to challenge local tax impositions. By Stanley S. Taylor of Nossaman LLP...
Discipline
A scarlet letter — your weakest moments can and will be used against you
By Genevieve Knollen
Most attorney suspensions and disbarments result from all to common human foibles. By Stephen J. Strauss of Karpman & Asso...
Corporate
Dealers asked to invest $1 million in their dealerships, or face termination
By Sharon Liangn
Ford uses a questionable tactic to compete against the likes of BMW and Mercedes. By Jonathan Michaels of the Michaels Law Gro...
While cash-strapped San Francisco County Superior Court's decision to close its complex litigation departments has surprised ...
San Diego Superior Court Judge Runston G. Maino's robes don't hide his personal views.
Commissioner Darlene A. White has gone from law clerk to supervising attorney to bench officer.
Hewlett-Packard Co. hired Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP partner Gregg R. Melinson to serve as vice president of global govern...
Gov. Jerry Brown's realignment proposal will go a long way to reducing the state's prison overcrowding problem but won't satis...
The city of Vallejo has cleared the final hurdle to emerging from bankruptcy.
A San Francisco federal judge disqualified Fish & Richardson P.C. from representing plaintiffs in an antitrust lawsuit bec...