U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit Dukes It Out Over Dicta
By John Roemer
Two prominent Ninth Circuit judges sparred over the limits of appellate decision making and revived a decades long argument th...
The county public defender's office and sheriff's department are investigating why a bailiff handcuffed a defense attorney who...
Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...
Letter to the Editor
California Supreme Court Case Was Not About a Forum-Shopping Plaintiff
By Sharon Liangn
NEW YORK - Trepp, a provider of analytic information for the commercial mortgage-backed securities market, announced its acqui...
NEW YORK - The costs of nonresidential building construction fell 0.5 percent from fourth-quarter 2009 to first-quarter 2010 a...
In a sweeping triumph for Crocs Inc. the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Wednesday found that defendants did ...
Appeal Court Justice Betty Richli's upbringing in rural Pennsylvania fed her intellectual curiosity and led her to the law.
Laura E. Duffy, chief deputy of general crimes for the Southern District U.S. attorney's office, was nominated for the top pos...
Yelp!, the popular Web site that posts customers' reviews of restaurants, nightclubs and other businesses, was hit with a fede...
The head of a state mental institution that treats convicted sex offenders was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of child molest...
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Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech
Judge Reinstates Autism Treatments
By Evelyn Larrubian
A state-run mental health center must reinstate popular autism treatments for nearly 200 children despite crippling budget cut...
Three current and former Google Inc. executives, including chief legal officer David Drummond, were convicted in an Italian co...
An unprecedented number of San Diego County judges are being challenged in the upcoming June 8 primary, prompting some observe...
A state appellate panel Wednesday affirmed the dismissal of an unusual lawsuit filed by a disbarred attorney who wants the San...
A judge long critical of the way District Attorney Rod Pacheco runs his office said Wednesday he will challenge the top prosec...
A new bill introduced Wednesday seeks to make it easier for some foreign entrepreneurs to obtain visas in exchange for creatin...
On the eve of a highly anticipated and politically charged health care summit, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly app...
Eric Kingsley and Elana Levine of Kingsley & Kingsley say proposed bill attempts to make class certification more difficul...
In her new book, attorney Susan Blakely addresses the work-life issues facing women lawyers today and provides a road map to p...
Perspective
The Partner: When Things Don't Turn Out Right the First Time
By Sharon Liangn
When her plan to become a health care lawyer didn't unfold as expected, Colleen Snow learned to let go and move onto a new ver...
Jordan Crosby felt stuck in her career choice, but with high student loans, a mortgage and a family to support, she was afraid...
After realizing she couldn't have it all, Laura Oberbroeckling left her partner position at a national firm to start her own p...
A Superior Court judge has ruled for the first time that State Bar investigators are law enforcement officers and may testify ...
Patrick Coughlin has stepped down from the executive committee of Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins, the nation's lar...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Obama Taps Berkeley Law Professor to Sit on the 9th Circuit
By John Roemer
Professor Goodwin Liu's nomination to one of the two open seats on the federal appeals court is likely to set off a tough conf...
In 10 years in the movie business, David Bergstein has developed a list of enemies that take most Hollywood moguls a lifetime ...