The State Bar Board of Governors will consider more than a dozen new rules, many of which have stirred controversy, when it me...
Last-minute scrambling in the Heller Ehrman bankruptcy last week led the firm to six settlements with former clients as it clo...
Jerold Oshinsky and Kenneth Lee of Jenner Block discuss the surge of wage and hour class action lawsuits in California. ...
Product Liability
With Stakes High for Fees, Plaintiffs Lawyers Draw Lines in Toyota Cases
By Evelyn Larrubian
The fight to take control of potentially the largest mass tort in U.S. history heated up last week, as lawyers divided into tw...
An appellate court's reinstatement of a malicious prosecution claim against Manatt, Phelps & Phillips dealt a blow to the ...
Kagan, 50, was seen as the frontrunner for the position ever since Stevens announced his retirement in April. ...
Sheppard Snags Manatt Bankruptcy Co-Chair Bankruptcy partner Alan M. Feld moved to Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton's ...
Superior Court Judge Robert J. Kearney said he tries to create a stress-reducing atmosphere and listen to all sides in the cri...
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...