There are many strategies available to avoid paying the capital gain tax. By Bruce Givner and Owen Kaye of Givner & Kaye. ...
Insurance
An Insurer’s Duty to Defend: A Step in the Right Direction
By Alexander Phersonn
A state Supreme Court decision expands the duty of a general liability insurer to defend its insured in non-judicial proceedin...
For the second year in a row, Los Angeles-based Irell & Manella paid associate bonuses two times the market standard laid ...
The U.S. International Trade Commission has agreed to investigate Rambus' patent infringement claims against 34 technology com...
Two San Francisco Bay Area alternative newsweeklies have settled a long-running antitrust case. ...
San Francisco-based Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe opens its fourth office in Germany. ...
James J. Sandman, former managing partner of Arnold & Porter and current general counsel and chief legal officer for the D...
Ecuadorean plaintiffs seeking billions of dollars in damages from Chevron Corp. in an environmental lawsuit pending in their c...
Two ballpark security guards filed a potential class action against the San Francisco Giants, accusing them of routinely denyi...
Morris Polich & Purdy pooled its international law firm contacts to create an in-house referral service for clients, a net...
U.S. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. singled out California's Eastern District as "one of the most severely burdened" courts...
Health Care & Hospital Law
Government sues hospice care company over billing practices
By Mandy Jacksonn
The government has joined a False Claims Act lawsuit against AseraCare Hospice, which operates three locations in California. ...
Police can freely search cell phones found on people who are under arrest, a divided state Supreme Court ruled Monday, weighin...
Preparing for appellate oral argument starts at the moment an argument notice is received. By Mary-Christine Sungaila of Snell...
Law enforcement officials for the city and county on Monday denounced Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's decision to reduce the man...
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips advised the audit committee of Sucampo Pharmaceuticals Inc. in the company's acquisition of Swit...
New Laws of 2011
Some market observers expect Tesla's successful IPO, which made the biggest splash in 2010, is a signal that the time is ripe ...
What is the standard to determine patent infringement by active inducement? The Supreme Court is set to answer that soon. By K...
Corporate
Why Technological Advancements Should Not Undermine Design Immunity
By Alexander Phersonn
Public entities should not have to continually update their facilities to retain design immunity. By Julie Veit and Christine ...
Perspective
Annoying Civic-mindedness or Credible Threat of Violence?
By Genevieve Knollen
Public employers have a valuable resource to limit repeated disruptions classified as more than merely annoying speech. By Kim...
The review of arbitration awards by trial courts poses potentially serious consequences to our overtaxed system. By Frank J. C...
The attorney for the American Indian tribe and environmental activists, who are challenging the federal permitting process for...
San Diego Superior Court Judge Robert C. Coates retired Sunday after serving more than 28 years on the bench. ...
MGA Entertainment Inc. has asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to delay its trial against Mattel Inc. over the Bratz d...
The conflict between federal regulators, failed bank directors and their attorneys heated up another degree when a national tr...
Market observers said they don't believe the successful IPO means that the outlook is better for bank IPOs or IPOs in general,...
James F. Horton II is one of a handful of California death-row inmates released since reinstatement of the death penalty in 19...
Jane Via defies the Vatican's ban on women in the priesthood. During the day, she works as a lawyer. At night, she pastors her...