The Halcyon Co., producer of "Terminator Salvation," was among the most notable film-industry companies to file for bankruptcy...
Here are the top 100 attorneys and how they got there. ...
As the U.S. Congress struggles to pass a bill combating climate change, the courts upped the ante on the debate this week, sid...
The Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission will review and possibly change the guidelines used to regulate mergers be...
Lonny Zilberman of Wilson Turner Kosmo says goodbye to 'mixed-motive' instructions, for now. ...
Kent H. Roberts, the former McAfee Inc. general counsel who was acquitted on charges related to stock options last year, has t...
Rumors fly that the new Daily Journal website will be released to the public Monday, September 28. ...
The California Supreme Court is considering reviewing a question posed by the San Francisco Public Defender's Office: Can Jame...
Using "gumshoe detective work," San Francisco-based K&L Gates partner Michael Bettinger won an International Trade Commiss...
Katherine MacFarlane of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges asks whether the law really protects breastfeeding mothers ...
William Shernoff and Joel Cohen of Shernoff Bidart Darras Echeverria discuss punitive damage calculations. ...
U.S. District Judge David O. Carter was assigned all future proceedings of the long-festering Bratz litigation Tuesday, a litt...
In addition to a "not qualified" rating from the State Bar's judge-vetting group, Court of Appeal nominee Charles "Chuck" Pooc...
Jennifer Taggart of Demetriou, Del Guercio, Springer & Francis LLP says monitor social media to identify product liability...
Debtors and creditors battered by the collapse of the financial markets seek relief each week from U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sheri...
William Patton of Whittier Law School says minor's counsel is necessary for explosion of pro se representation.
The Daily journal compiled its first list of the leading lawyers in California in 1997. It quickly became a key indicator of w...
The Daily Journal publishes its 12th annual listing of the most influential legal leaders in the state.
As wildfires become increasingly destructive, leveling homes, causing mass evacuations and decimating hundreds of thousands of...
Litigation
Retailers Can't Get E-mail Address with Swipe of Credit Card
By John Roemer
Retailers can't record your e-mail address when they run your credit card, a San Diego state appellate panel held Monday in le...
San Francisco-based Del Monte Foods Co. announced it will conduct a private offering of $450 million in 10-year notes, in a de...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Nigerians Appeal Chevron Verdict
By John Roemer
Nigerian protesters who lost their civil rights lawsuit against Chevron Corp. in a federal jury trial here last December tried...
A state appellate court Monday vindicated a Morgan Hill attorney who took it upon himself to investigate rumors of a sex scand...
James Juo of Fulwider Patton LLP says works meeting the bare minimum of creativity may only be protected from virtually identi...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Lawyers Say Mint.com Purchase By Intuit Signals Deal Thaw
By David Houstonn
Two acquisitions last week are signs of a thaw in the Silicon Valley mergers and acquisitions market, which was dormant during...
Richard M. Gittleman and Hank A. Terhune of Akin Gump Struass Hauer & Feld LLP says apply early as tough competition is ex...
Striking another blow at a long-troubled prosecution, U.S. District Judge Stephen V. Wilson ruled that supermarket mogul Georg...
Veteran San Diego trial lawyer David G. Ronquillo has been charged with five felony counts stemming from allegations that he s...
The children of late comic book artist Jack Kirby have moved to claim ownership of several Marvel Comics characters he helped ...
Technology & Science
DOJ Opposition May Hold Up Google Book Search Deal
By David Houstonn
The U.S. Justice Department's decision to oppose Google Inc.'s creation of a digital library in its current form creates a maj...