Citing pervasive government misconduct, a federal judge took the rare step of vacating the bribery convictions that prosecutor...
Globalization has undermined quality assurance for generic drugs. By Jamie E. Moss of Thomas Jefferson School of Law
An Orange County sole practitioner faces $10,000 in sanctions after an angry state appellate panel called him out Tuesday for ...
Intellectual Property
Hotfile v. Warner Bros.: Is there a slim chance for redemption?
By Karen Natividadn
The Hotfile lawsuit raises the question of whether intentional misuse of copyright tackdown notices is a punishable off...
Perspective
When warnings don’t work: Dealing with independent jury research
By Seena Nikravann
Combating the problem of independent jury research in the iPhone era. By Ben Davidson of Davidson Law Group
A reader responds to "Serving complaints hasn't arrived in technology age."
Perspective
Implied consent: a way to meddle with attorney-client privilege?
By Genevieve Knollen
A new State Bar ethics opinion may justify improper attorney-client communications. By Evan A. Jenness
Litigation
Plaintiffs in new Dukes suit want to share confidential documents from original case
By Jill Redhage
Plaintiffs in the new Dukes case want to share confidential documents from the original suit with other female Wal-Mart employ...
Perspective
A cloud on impartiality: Has Justice Clarence Thomas committed impeachable or prosecutable offenses?
By Seena Nikravann
Reimbursed expenses from the Federalist Society and failure to report his wife's income raise questions about the justice's im...
Perspective
The 'real’ check-up: Is your lifestyle making you unhappy?
By Seena Nikravann
Don't wait for a "wake up call" to begin taking care of your personal well-being. By Jerome M. Bame ...
Training lawyers to model the rule of law is the first order for legal education. By Deanell Tacha of Pepperdine University Sc...
O'Melveny & Myers LLP added former general counsel Mark Peterson as partner in Newport Beach. ...
The National Labor Relations Board is poised to vote Wednesday on a series of rule changes that would make it easier for worke...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit to rehear gun rights case
By John Roemer
A controversial 9th Circuit Second Amendment case took a new turn as the court voted late Monday to rehear en banc its May dec...
Global law firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP announced Monday its year-end associate bonuses for 2011, which showed almost ...
The San Diego Association of Governments is facing a lawsuit alleging its 2050 regional transportation plan is "flawed," and w...
Native Alaskans took on the country's largest oil companies and utilities in a case trying to pin blame on the businesses for ...
Intellectual Property
Government seizes domain names on Cyber Monday
By Craig Anderson
The U.S. Department of Justice and other federal agencies announced the seizure of dozens of domain names that officials said ...
In an effort to expand its private equity practice in Southern California, Jones Day snagged mergers and acquisitions and SEC ...
U.S. Supreme Court
High court mulls whether Santa Ana company can be sued
By Robert Iafolla
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Monday over whether plaintiffs can sue a Santa Ana company for violating an anti-kickba...
Entertainment & Sports
Hollywood weighs how to screen casting staff
By Erica E. Phillips
After a successful casting director was discovered to be a convicted child molester, Hollywood studio lawyers are pondering ho...
A roundup of cases granted or denied for review by the U.S. Supreme Court
In a rare lateral hire, Munger Tolles & Olson LLP has plucked the chief of the criminal division in the San Diego U.S. at...
For such a tiny county, Del Norte's legal community has a lot of drama.
The chair of Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP's intellectual property practice group is decamping her firm after 17 years and...
A roundup of recent M&A and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Tension on high in ADA litigation
By John Roemer
A 9th Circuit ruling spotlights a battle that long has raged within the circuit among judges, lawyers, plaintiffs in wheelchai...
General Counsel for JM Eagle Los Angeles ...
A reader responds to "Senate committee approves new judgeships." ...
Patricia Sturdevant and Naomi Dewey of California Women Lawyers comment on the "Top 100 Lawyers" list. ...