Los Angeles County (Compton) Superior Court Commissioner University of Pennsylvania Law School ...
HP's settlement with its former CEO Mark Hurd has prompted plaintiffs' attorneys to drop their request for a preliminary injun...
A federal judge sentenced Hollywood movie director John McTiernan, whose works included "Predator" and "Die Hard," to a year i...
The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday it will not intervene in the trademark battle between the two USCs: the University of ...
A federal judge on Monday ruled that dozens of wrongful death cases stemming from the crash of Air France Flight 447 should be...
As the immigration issue lights up the governor's race, the California Supreme Court is mulling the validity of a state law th...
Newly appointed Justice Elena Kagan found out about the sometimes mundane reality of life on the U.S. Supreme Court as the jus...
Less than a week after the two law firms publicly confirmed they were in merger talks, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe and ...
Loeb & Loeb helped guide private equity firm TPG Capital to its acquisition of a stake in Creative Artists Agency, helping...
Ventura County Superior Court Assistant Presiding Judge Vincent J. O'Neill Jr. will take the reins as presiding judge, and Jud...
Marijuana has emerged as a genuine industry in California. But the path from street corners to storefronts continues to be a h...
Last September, San Diego authorities raided medical marijuana dispensaries throughout the city and arrested 60 people as part...
A detailed study released Monday found that California deputy district attorneys are almost never punished for misconduct, suc...
Judges and Judiciary
The 2010 Election and the New Chief Justice:How Will the State Supreme Court Change?
By Seena Nikravann
The arrival of a new Chief Justice could lead to substantial changes in California law. By Jeremy B. Rosen of Horvitz & Le...
Perspective
Which Opinion in Princo Best Applies Recent Supreme Court Lessons?
By Alexander Phersonn
A recent Federal Circuit decision argues three interpretations of the patent misuse doctrine. Which is correct? By Darin Snyde...
Corporate
Electronic Cigarettes: Tobacco Products or Drug-Device Combinations?
By Karen Natividadn
The debate over electronic cigarettes heats up as the FDA decides how to regulate these devices. By Leslie Krasny of Keller an...
At a time when technology is making the private lives of many Americans more accessible, one questions is snowballing in the c...
Intellectual Property
Apple Hit With Huge Patent Infringement Verdict in Texas
By Craig Andersonn
A jury in Tyler, TX awarded $625.5 million in damages against Apple late Friday after concluding that its iPod, iPhone and Mac...
The latest transactions by California attorneys.
The U.S. Supreme Court 2010 term, which starts Monday has a substantial 9th Circuit and California flavor. Of 54 cases the cou...
Co-Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel Thomas Properties Group Inc. Los Angeles ...
Venture capital investment in clean tech for the third quarter of 2010 fell by 11 percent compared to the same period this yea...
Government Contracts
Gov. Signs Laws to Help Building Contractors
By Jason W. Armstrong
Architects, engineers and other design professionals won't have to worry as much about being hit with massive litigation costs...
California's new health insurance exchange could be a bellwether that other states' lawmakers look to as they put together det...
David L. Anderson, first assistant U.S. attorney in the Northern District of California, will leave his post in early November...
The Supreme Court's injunction against state-distributed rescue funds could spell danger for the nation's campaign financing l...
A climate change case that will go before the Supreme Court this session will determine the domains of Congress and the courts...
Immigration
Supreme Court Has Opportunity to Define State Powers Over Immigration Issues
By Alexander Phersonn
Whether Arizona's controversial immigration statutes will survive pre-emption is now a question for the Supreme Court, by Stev...
Constitutional Law
A New Court Term, Sossamon v. Texas And the Case That Did Not Bark
By Alexander Phersonn
The Supreme Court is poised to decide some fascinating cases that may well yield closely-divided votes, by John C. Eastman, fo...
Rose Tracy Reinheimer is one of more than 60 homeowners suing the city over accusations it mismanaged its below-market-rate co...
