Perspective
IRS halts investigation of anonymous political contributions
By Seena Nikravann
Until further notice, contributions to tax-exempt organizations will not be subject to the gift tax. By Timothy J. Kay, Kory A...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
You read what? The continuing perils of inadvertent disclosure, privilege and disqualification
By Sharon Liangn
California receives more guidance in the area of attorney-client privilege and inadvertent disclosure. By Wendy L. Patrick of ...
Hundreds of families living in one of West Los Angeles' last affordable housing complexes will get to hang on to their low ren...
The march toward large-scale solar power production in California moved forward Thursday after the federal government gave fin...
One-time colleagues representing purported victims of a convicted real estate developer now find themselves on opposite sides ...
Bratz manufacturer MGA Entertainment Inc. has decided to accept a discovery master's recommendation that the company receive $...
San Francisco has taken a first step toward suing state and federal regulators for failing to reasonably enforce pipeline safe...
Pedersen Law & Dispute Resolution Corp. PLC focuses on representing employees in suits against employers. ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Court allows deportation of minor drug offenders
By John Roemer
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday held that non-citizen minor drug offenders can be deported even though their...
A consortium of more than 70 media and technology companies has announced a major step forward in the development of its Apple...
California Supreme Court
Corporations can sue to enforce environmental laws
By Laura Ernden
An industry group won the right to challenge the city of Manhattan Beach's ban on plastic shopping bags, but ultimately lost t...
A new U.S.-China joint venture between Beijing-based Huayi Bros. Media Corp. and Hollywood's Legendary Entertainment could pa...
A reader responds to "California Needs Voir Dire Reform," by Brian Katabteck. ...
Content providers are coming to the negotiating table with far more bargaining power than they used to wield. By Jonathan A. L...
Litigation
Making sure there is “value-added”: Use e-discovery referees that know the technology and the law
By Karen Natividadn
Counsel should be aware before agreeing to an e-discovery neutral or referee that it can be a double-edged sword. By Daniel B....
Corporate
The ironies of attorney-client privilege in shareholder derivative litigation
By Seena Nikravann
How California courts stand apart from other state and federal courts in their treatment of derivative malpractice actions. By...
It is time to treat the court as the third, adequately funded, co-equal branch of government. By Stephen N. Zack of the Americ...
In-house teams are utilizing social networks to beef up their employee ranks, not just for support staff but also for hiring l...
Richard J. "Chip" Lutton, Apple Inc.'s longtime chief patent counsel, will be leaving the company later this year as it battle...
Trial courts would see their budgets slashed by 15.2 percent in 2012-13 under a proposal adopted Wednesday by a group of trial...
A Los Angeles judge sided with the California Coastal Commission and ordered a Malibu property owner to stop blocking public a...
Plaintiffs' lawyers suing Toyota Motor Corp. for economic damages alleging vehicles lost value as a result of the unintended a...
The state Supreme Court, which has affirmed the governor's power to furlough state employees, agreed Wednesday to take up the ...
Real Estate/Development
Survey finds commercial property rates on rise
By Jason W. Armstrong
Despite sagging rental and occupancy rates, top-flight California commercial real estate values have been jumping for the past...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Ninth Circuit nominee sails through Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
By Robert Iafolla
Alaska Supreme Court Justice Morgan Christen sailed through her Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday on her nomination...
A federal immigration judge in San Francisco postponed for two years a ruling on whether a gay Venezuelan man will be allowed ...
A former AOC employee is suing the agency, claiming it violated whistleblower protection laws when it fired him. ...
A simple injunction issued by an Orange County Superior Court judge last week could have broad implications for California cit...
California Courts of Appeal
Ruling clears path for plaintiffs trying to skirt Concepcion
By Laura Ernden
A new state appellate court ruling appears to give plaintiffs a way around April's U.S. Supreme Court ruling in AT&T Mobil...
Judges and Judiciary
Orange County judge admonished for biased remarks
By Don Debenedictisn
The Commission on Judicial Performance publicly admonished Orange County Superior Court Judge Nancy A. Pollard on Wednesday fo...