California Supreme Court
State justices back use of gang expert testimony
By Laura Ernden
The state Supreme Court on Monday gave prosecutors wide latitude to elicit testimony from criminal gang experts. ...
The U.S. Sentencing Commission issued a report Monday calling on Congress to reassess the current mandatory minimum penalties ...
Federal prosecutors abruptly agreed to return material they seized from a developer under investigation in an alleged San Bern...
The state Supreme Court on Monday made it easier for litigants to win attorney fees when they fight court battles in the publ...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Litigator hopes to steer agenda for plaintiffs' bar
By Ciaran Mc Evoy
Gary M. Paul of Waters, Krause & Paul LLP leads the American Association for Justice, the plaintiffs' bar's national lobby...
California's 4th District Court of Appeal ruled Monday that patent settlement agreements related to the antibiotic Cipro do no...
Defense lawyer calls cases a classic attempt by plaintiffs to go after what they perceive as 'a deep pocket' ...
A roundup of cases reversed by the Supreme Court ...
In its recent Los Angeles hiring spree, Snell & Wilmer LLP, a 400-lawyer Phoenix-based full service firm, has joined with ...
After 21 years at the helm of Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, firm Chairman and CEO Ralph Baxter is preparing to step d...
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court sends arbitration case back to state high court
By Robert Iafolla
The U.S. Supreme Court struck down a California rule banning a type of arbitration agreement in employment contracts on Monday...
Despite accusations to the contrary, Edward M. Chen is known for weighing all sides of an issue.
A roundup of M&A and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
Superior Court Judge Los Angeles County (Antelope Valley) ...
Insurance
When a shield is a sword: an insurance company’s duty to defend
By Karen Natividadn
The duty to defend raises interesting issues in the context of environmental remediation statutes. By Jordan Stanzler and Deb ...
Perspective
Thomas Tang, Robert Boochever, and the war between justice and law
By Sharon Liangn
What good is it to apply law without caring about whether the result is a just one? By Dan Lawton of Lawton Law Firm ...
Perspective
Law and procedure: driving under the influence offenses
By Karen Natividadn
Learn about the elements of DUI offenses, and possible sentences and plea bargains. By David Marsh of the Los Angeles County p...
Superior Court Commissioner San Diego County (San Diego) ...
The bankrupt Heller Ehrman LLP estate has filed a motion opposing claims that its litigation with several law firms employing ...
Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech
New Lawsuits Likely Over Health Cuts
By Mandy Jacksonn
Health care associations and others suing to end California's past Medi-Cal budget cuts have no means to appeal the Centers fo...
Real Estate/Development
Landlords who got home loans facing foreclosures
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
A number of recent forced foreclosures on borrowers who are current on their mortgages but rent their homes out for cash has t...
Video streaming service Zediva, a Silicon Valley startup that streamed unlicensed DVD content to subscribers, will pay $1.8 mi...
A bill proposed this month by a pair of U.S. senators seeking to breathe new life into the sagging housing market by granting ...
A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a proposed class action against Facebook Inc. that claimed the social networking site mi...
Sacramento's second largest firm, Weintraub Genshlea Chediak , is looking to make its mark in the Bay Area by merging with one...
In its recent Los Angeles hiring spree, Snell & Wilmer LLP, a 400-lawyer Phoenix-based full service firm, has joined with ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Court allows Ponzi scheme victim to recover money
By John Roemer
A man who sank $2.3 million into the $13 million Ponzi scheme will get some of it back instead of seeing it seized by the fede...
The Administrative Office of the Courts is cutting about 30 jobs in response to this year's state budget cuts. ...
Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech
Whistle-blower suit settles for $2.3 million
By Mandy Jacksonn
DFine Inc. of San Jose agreed to pay the U.S. government $2.39 million to resolve allegations that it paid kickbacks to doctor...
Government
Judicial Council moves ahead with grant proposal for case management system
By Laura Ernden
The Judicial Council agreed Friday to formally start negotiations with a Los Angeles billionaire and the State Bar to help the...