A federal judge has allowed prominent litigator Patricia Glaser to continue leading the defense of her indicted law partner at...
Law Practice
State Report Heats Up Litigation Over San Diego Wildfires
By Pat Broderick
A report released last week by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, assigning blame for three devastatin...
Law Practice
GOP Senators Pressure Democrats to Confirm Judicial Nominees
By Lawrence Hurleyn
James Rogan, nominated to the Central District of California, and Michael Anello, a nominee to the Southern District, are just...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Court Affirms Millions for Rampart Cops
By Peter Matuszakn
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday that the city of Los Angeles must pay a jury award of $5 million each to th...
Workers' compensation defense firm Goldman, Magdalin & Krikes acquired the Law Offices of Timothy P. Nye and Associates in...
The State Bar Board of Governors, it appears, are gluttons for punishment. On Friday, the group elected an attorney as its new...
Intellectual Property
Firm Tries to Beat Patent Invalidation to Payout
By Craig Andersonn
A San Jose-based technology company is betting it can win large settlements from about 30 different corporations it says is in...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit Strikes Girl's Strip Search
By Amelia Hansenn
Middle school officials violated the constitutional rights of a 13-year-old girl by subjecting her to a fruitless strip search...
Arbitration, that once staid arena of American law where very little seemed to happen is really hopping these days, writes Dan...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
E-mail Communication Can Be Dangerous During Litigation
By Sara Libbyn
When used during litigation, e-mail often drastically escalates conflict in ways none of us fully appreciate, writes Victoria ...
After a fiercely contested seven-week trial, a federal court jury Friday began deliberations to decide if Mattel owns the popu...
The former chair of DLA Piper's labor and employment practice section in Los Angeles, Jon D. Meer, has left his firm of six ye...
A recent ruling in which Rhode Island sought billions of dollars for lead paint abatement presents important implications for ...
Attorneys for Terry N. Christensen on Friday disputed a last-minute claim by prosecutors that Patricia Glaser, his lead defens...
Web Exclusive - U.S. District Judge Mariana Pfaelzer on Friday refused to allow a large part of the case against Countrywide F...
Ruling on a summary judgment motion, a federal judge on Friday knocked down a $140 million patent infringement claim against C...
Just as he shapes his golf shots to stay out of the rough, juvenile court Judge Harry M. Elias crafts his court decisions to g...
Healthcare/Hospital Law
Patient 'Surge' Threatens County-USC, Report Says
By Evan George
When the county's flagship hospital moves into its gleaming, new facility as expected this fall, the crucial institution will ...
California Should Keep Protecting the Insured
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has named Raymond Ceragioli, 75, of Rancho Palos Verdes, to the State Council on Developmental Disa...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Aiming for Mainstream, Mediation Debuts on AM Radio
By Greg Katzn
If you need further proof of mediation burrowing its way into mainstream culture, just turn your radio dial.
Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...
Edmund Willcox Clarke Jr. is back in the court where he tried his first case. This time he's the judge. ...
Alameda County Judge Cecilia Castellanos defied her mother's warning and went to law school where she learned the adversarial ...
Stephen Pickett, senior vice president and general counsel for Southern California Edison Co., is not the type to move around....
Appellate Practice
As Bratz Trial Closes, Lawyers Clash Over Timing
By Jason W. Armstrong
As closing arguments began in a seven-week federal copyright infringement trial, two high-powered lawyers clashed Thursday ove...
Criminal
Prosecutors Claim Christensen's Lawyer Has Conflict of Interest
By Zack Vaneyckn
The lead attorney defending Terry N. Christensen at his upcoming trial could be disqualified from the case because she partici...
Paul Selzer, an environmental lawyer who spent three years locked in a standoff with federal prosecutors, has agreed to plead ...
Intellectual Property
Patent Office Action Jeopardizes Rambus' Claims
By Craig Andersonn
An injunction and big-money settlement Rambus Inc. expected over the infringement of its memory chip technology is now in seri...
The water is murky as to whether employers must force employees to take meal breaks, or must merely make them available, write...