U.S. Supreme Court
Call for Court Consensus Builder May Be Overrated
By Lawrence Hurleyn
Those familiar with the internal workings of the U.S. Supreme Court say the Obama administration may be overstating the import...
Eastern District of California U.S. Attorney Benjamin Wagner has been selected as one of four to serve on the Attorney General...
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved Magistrate Judge Kimberly J. Mueller's nomination Thursday to be a district judge in C...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Circuit Revives Argentines' Human Rights Claims
By John Roemer
Plaintiffs who allege they were kidnapped, detained or tortured by Argentinean state security agents at the direction of Merce...
No Doubt's claims against video game publisher Activision Blizzard over the rock band's appearance in a game was stayed Thursd...
The police department will officially close the controlled substance section of its crime laboratory and begin contracting ou...
Pet food giant, The Nutro Co. Inc., has defeated claims by two-dozen San Bernardino County residents who tried to force the co...
A Sacramento County Superior Court judge was not swayed by a group of cities and publicly owned utilities seeking to remove th...
Securities
Supreme Court Examines Statute of Limitations for Securities Fraud Cases
By Carla Pinedan
Eric Waxman, Peter Morrison and Virgina Milstead explore the Supreme Court's decision in Merck & Co. Inc. v. Reynolds
Maxim Integrated Products announced it will pay $173 million in cash to settle a class action with shareholders who claimed th...
Sacramento County crossed a line when it eliminated funding for mental health programs and services for thousands of severely ...
Few conflicts involve as many trade secrets as those that arise where the digital technology and entertainment sectors interse...
If covering Americans who suffer "pre-existing conditions" will be the first litmus test for health reform's success, that tes...
Real Estate/Development
Surveys Suggest Real Estate Could Be Headed for a Bounce
By Jason W. Armstrong
Name a common term to describe real estate attorneys' outlook for the market. Survey says: Optimism! ...
From construction defects to employment disputes, Michael Duckor specializes in complex matters. ...
On Thursday the California Supreme Court seemed ready to forgive former Judge Norman Gordon for his failure to come clean abou...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Netflix and Wal-Mart Accused of Illegally Dividing DVD Market
By Rebecca Beyer
In the fall of 2004, Netflix Inc. chief executive Reed Hastings asked his counterpart at Wal-Mart.com to lunch. ...
Orange County Judge William Froeberg is known for his sense of humor. But he knows when to get down to business.
The Charles Schwab Corp., which last month agreed to pay $200 million to settle federal law claims that it misrepresented the ...
The ongoing wrangling over where to build a new women's jail in San Diego County is heating up, with plans by the county super...
An initiative that would require public agencies entering the retail power business to first receive two-thirds approval from ...
A federal appellate panel sharply questioned Wednesday whether former Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona should have been charg...
The Port of Los Angeles could eventually impose radical new labor requirements on the trucking industry even if a federal judg...
Randall Spencer discusses the U.S. Supreme Court's rejection of any attempt to restrict the availability of class actions in f...
Private providers who treat developmentally disabled children and teenagers are the latest to sue California officials to reve...
On April 19, 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in City of Ontario v. Quon. Bryce Besser of Brown Law Group wri...
The potential for larger awards has lead to an uptick in false marking suits, creating a new tension for manufacturers of prod...
The law firm of the future - or at least the future the legal industry appears headed toward at the moment - might be found in...
Kristina Lawson of Miller Starr & Regalia says the unprecedented global crisis has dried up financing for development proj...
The San Francisco intellectual property firm Townsend and Townsend and Crew is rumored to be in serious merger talks with Kilp...