Our annual roundup of the best intellectual property litigators based in California. ...
Staff writer Pat Broderick tracks down an intrepid law school professor who is chasing IP pirates all over the globe. ...
Intellectual Property
Courts Need New Map for Handling Patent Litigation
By Sara Libbyn
Yahoo's chief IP counsel, Jeanine Hayes, says courts are in desperate need of new guidelines on how to handle litigation over ...
The Daily Journal's 2009 roundup of the top IP litigators and top IP portfolio managers in California. Plus, we take a look at...
Judges and Judiciary
San Bernardino Supervisors Decide Not to Ax Judges' Perks
By Jason W. Armstrong
The San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday voted against cutting benefits for judges, but approved efforts to s...
Congress is considering multiple bills directed at streamlining the pathway for generic biologic drugs, write Knobbe Martens a...
Forum (Forum & Focus)
Wearing a Crown to Chemotherapy Doesn't Ensure the Royal Treatment
By Sara Libbyn
Nora Quinn took on a trial and chemo at the same time - and ended up fighting a third battle against the insurance company tha...
A federal judge dismissed all insider trading allegations against former Countrywide Financial Corp. executives except for for...
After In re Ferguson, thinking outside the box can only be patented when it fits squarely in the decision's tight parameters, ...
California Supreme Court
State Justices Appear to Lean Toward BofA in Giant Class Action
By Alexia Garamfalvin
Upholding a $1 billion dollar class action against Bank of America could do more harm than good, several California Supreme Co...
California Supreme Court
Justices to Decide If Workers Suing Employers Must File Costly Class Actions
By Laura Ernden
Class actions have become the bane of existence for employer attorneys. But in a pending California Supreme Court case, employ...
For nearly 30 years, Brandon Johnson's family has operated the Water Wheel Resort, a modest retreat by the Colorado River on l...
Our annual roundup of the best IP portfolio managers in California. ...
Perspective
Stimulus Bill Provides New Opportunities for Government Contracting
By Sara Libbyn
Tech companies are strategizing how to get stimulus funding while diligently protecting key intellectual property assets of th...
Norm Coleman does have a few legal options left in the Minnesota Senate race - whether they're likely to work is another story...
One of two bankruptcy judges tapped to deal with the Inland Empire's crushing caseload, Peter H. Carroll credits a chance semi...
Deep in the heart of Texas a group of federal judges built the nation's busiest - and most unlikely - patent court. Now forces...
Before he went in-house with the Giants, Jack Bair was a deputy city attorney in San Francisco and led the effort to prevent t...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
U.S. Justices Will Consider How Judges Award Attorney Fees in Rights Cases
By Lawrence Hurleyn
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear a case about the discretion federal judges have to award plaintiffs in civil righ...
Though the proposed 90 percent tax on AIG bonuses raises constitutional issues, courts aren't likely to block the plan, writes...
Perspective
Actors Strike a Deal, but Is a New Compensation System on the Horizon?
By Sara Libbyn
TroyGould attorney Jonathan Handel dissects the recent deal struck between ad agencies and the actors unions. ...
Perspective
Letter to the Editor: Corporate Defenders Want to Bar Consumers’ Access to Justice
By Sara Libbyn
The attorney representing the plaintiffs on appeal in Benson v. Kwisket disagrees with an earlier characterization of the case...
A recent ruling is likely to increase use of a "reasonableness test" in flood damage cases, write Nossaman's Rick Rayl and Bra...
Terrestial radio remains the major holdout among those who believe U.S. artists and performers shouldn't be compensated for th...
Intellectual Property
Digital Rights Groups Push U.S. for Transparency on Global Piracy Treaty
By Robert Iafollan
After critics filed lawsuits demanding more transparency, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative released information Mon...
Judges and Judiciary
Longest Serving S.F. Judge Steps Down After 32 Years
By Dhyana Levey
San Francisco County Superior Court Judge John Dearman - the longest-serving judge in the court's history - has retired after ...
Law Practice
Nevada Jurist Sanctions Liner, Attorneys for Forum Shopping
By Amanda Becker
A federal magistrate in Nevada ordered Liner Grode Stein Yankelevitz Sunshine Regenstreif & Taylor, as well as two lawyers...
Criminal
If Stars Align, Troika of Allies May Emerge as L.A.'s Top Prosecutors
By Greg Katzn
With Los Angeles City Attorney's runoff race scheduled for May 19 and the local U.S. Attorney's office expected to change hand...
Amid public outrage over irresponsible bank practices that prompted huge government bailouts, the California Supreme Court wil...
Sacramento Commissioner Ana M. Bravo demands parties show deference to the court, no gum chewing, no sass, no emotional back-a...