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A Hollywood writer who has not defended a $56 million wrongful death suit for more than a year escaped paying up Monday after ...


Intellectual Property


In a victory for Carlsbad-based Life Technologies Corp., a federal appellate court invalidated the remaining patent infringeme...


Entertainment & Sports


Baldwin’s counsel at Hueston Hennigan LLP said the settlement reflects a full trial victory.


Corporate


CSU counsel Andrea M. Gunn named top attorney for UC Irvine.


A Southern California personal injury attorney accused of misappropriating millions of dollars in client settlement money and ...


Outside expert suggests legal associations provide timely, accurate responses when crises strike


Two of the cases tackle Fourth Amendment questions about vehicle searches, but a third has broader privacy implications for ev...


The city of Oakland and Alameda County do not have blanket immunity from being sued on allegations their breach in performing ...


Judges and Judiciary


Trial lawyers honor justice for promoting civility

Nov. 13, 2017
By Meghann Cuniff

The new California chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates award is named for 4th District Justice William W. Bedsworth.


Criminal, Civil Litigation


Plaintiffs who are challenging the state’s money bail system have filed a motion asking an Oakland federal judge to declare it...


State Bar & Bar Associations


For Pankit Doshi, the newly elected president of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association and a partner at DLA Pipe...


Civil Litigation


Settlement halts Long Beach water bill fee skim

Nov. 13, 2017
By Justin Kloczko

The city of Long Beach will stop overcharging on water bills and return $12 million it swept into the general fund back to the...


A surprise $105 billion bid from Broadcom Corporation may add a new wrinkle to Qualcomm Inc.’s legal battle with Apple Inc. ov...


Tax, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals further entrenched a three-way circuit split over whether investments should be consider...


Civil Litigation


PG&E sued for Redwood Valley couple’s death

Nov. 10, 2017
By Winston Cho

The families of a couple who were killed when one of the Wine Country fires hit the two victims’ home in Mendocino County have...


Entertainment & Sports


A young man’s apology letter to a family friend became a central issue in the copyright battle over the rights to Ultraman, wi...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


A convicted rapist will get a second chance at release due to a technicality, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thur...


Civil Litigation


Consumer protection agency wins mortgage lawsuit

Nov. 10, 2017
By Joshua Sebold

A federal judge in San Francisco fined a mortgage financing service $7.9 million and permanently enjoined it from a wide array...


California Courts of Appeal


A 3rd District Court of Appeal panel has ruled that a lower court must use narrow and specific criteria in demanding a parolee...


Civil Litigation, Banking


Irvine bank settles shareholder suit for $17M

Nov. 10, 2017
By Andy Serbe

An Irvine-based bank has agreed to a $17 million proposed settlement in a suit that accused it of deceiving investors about it...


Community News


The Los Angeles Paralegal Association held its 11th annual LAPA Pro Bono Fair Oct. 21 for San Fernando Valley residents at Nat...


In Recess


Competitive Compulsion

Nov. 10, 2017
By Shane Nelson

Personal injury attorney Taylor Rayfield set records as a member of the University of North Carolina volleyball team.


Entertainment & Sports


Attorneys delivered radically different narratives about the origins of a one-page document that has fueled 20 years of litiga...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, State Bar & Bar Associations


Michael Colantuono says he would like the disclosures prior to the planned re-fingerprinting of lawyers


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Civil Rights


Two judges sitting on a panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals described the facts of a case involving prayers before ...


An appellate panel has possibly expanded the amount of time when former owners of companies are on the hook for employment law...


U.S. Supreme Court, Intellectual Property


Wrapping up one of Apple Inc.’s major patent infringement lawsuits against Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., the U.S. Supreme Cour...


Civil Litigation


A company that makes anti-malware software has defeated a lawsuit by a software company that accused it of false advertising a...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled Wednesday that Glassdoor Inc. must reveal the identities of eight users to a g...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


The State Bar Court has recommended disbarment of a Los Angeles attorney who took money meant to pay a former New York prostit...