The debate over cameras in courtrooms has heated up, with proponents saying courts must respond to public interest, and oppone...
2010 ended with the death of comprehensive patent reform and an inconclusive U.S. Supreme Court ruling in a major patent case....
Judges in the Central District of California in 2011 will consider rules establishing a standard procedure for each patent cas...
2010 was the year that patent litigators broke free from the Eastern District of Texas, a tiny spot on the globe where a grou...
Entertainment & Sports
Small Film Studios Say FCC Rules Fall Short
By Jean Luc Renault
Even as some business interests decried the new Internet regulations passed by the Federal Communications Commission last week...
The private equity firm Leonard Green & Partners announced Thursday that it will acquire Jo-Ann Stores Inc., the nationwid...
Financially struggling jurors are less sympathetic to personal-injury litigants. ...
General Counsel for Palomar Pomerado Health San Diego ...
In Howell v. Hamilton Meats & Provisions Inc., the state Supreme Court will revisit the collateral source rule. By ...
Inmate reduction is key to resolving the toxic conditions in Men's Central Jail in Los Angeles County. By Margaret Winter and ...
Judges choose to exonerate police officers involved in police abuse at the expense of our civil liberty. By Ben Rosenfeld. ...
Perspective
A Two-Pronged Strategy Is Key for Protecting Gay Rights
By Alexander Phersonn
The campaign for gay rights requires a hybrid political and legal approach. By Ari Waldman of California Western School of Law...
Read the article on peremptory challenges by Gale E. Kaneshiro and take the test that follows to earn MCLE credit. ...
Litigation
Batson Motions: Protecting the Right to a Fair and Impartial Jury
By Karen Natividadn
Batson motions aim to protect members of certain groups from discrimination in the jury selection process. By Gale E. K...
A federal judge has ordered that two long-detained immigrants with mental disabilities get legal representation. ...
The U.S. Senate has confirmed the nomination of U.S. District Judge Kathleen O'Malley of the Northern District of Ohio to the ...
A Santa Clara County Superior jury returned a verdict of nearly $800,000 this week in the first in a series of suits related t...
The Environmental Protection Agency set a new precedent Thursday when it announced an agreement to set limits for greenhouse g...
With a little more than a month remaining before a trial date, Samsung Electronics Co. has agreed to pay $15 million to settle...
Mattel Inc. and MGA Entertainment each walked away with victories as part of a lengthy summary judgment ruling late Wednesday ...
When Thomson Reuters announced last month its purchase of legal process outsourcing company Pangea3, it signaled more than a d...
Cooley enjoying string of major acquisition deals. ...
Tides are shifting in the litigation that has embroiled Toyota Motor Corp. related to unintended acceleration following revela...
In a unanimous vote on Wednesday, the last day of the 111th Congress, the Senate passed legislation to patch a gap in coverage...
Years spent settling cases as a private attorney has helped Judge Jeffrey S. Ross excel at mediating for the San Francisco Sup...
Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...
Securities and SEC enforcement litigator Gidon Caine has joined Alston & Bird as a partner in Menlo Park.
Former civil litigator Margaret Henry never expected to find her place in children's court. But then she got opportunity to wo...
The legal battle between video game publisher Activision Blizzard and two former developers could widen dramatically, as consp...
When it comes to civil litigation, Wendell Mortimer has seen it all. ...