U.S. District Judge Lucy H. Koh stayed a smartphone patent trial slated for next week because of intervention by the U.S. Supr...
Melissa Murray has expertise in sexual orientation and gender identity law. ...
The Commission on Judicial Performance publicly admonished Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Patrick Connolly for "engaging in ...
Landmark case is handed over to the jury to determine if law school misreported jobs figures ...
A federal judge found that none of Sterling's claims against the NBA were actionable. ...
State Bar & Bar Associations
LACBA calls for audit, says event price hikes were due to internal misallocation of funds
By Justin Kloczko
The president of the financially strapped Los Angeles County Bar Association says event pricing guidelines will be revised aft...
A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Appellate court considers whether to revive habeas appeal filed a day late
By Fiona Smith
The 9th Circuit weighed Tuesday whether to overturn a three-judge panel opinion which held that, even in post-conviction death...
Letter to the Editor
Letter to the editor: Scalia and affirmative action
By Riley Guerin
The U.S. Supreme Court will ultimately recognize that race can never be used by public schools in making admissions decisions,...
A recent column presents an excellent account of how the U.S. Supreme Court continues to follow flawed rationale in affirming ...
California's political supervisory body has fined a former judicial candidate for failing to divulge the origin of a $50,000 l...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Health care regulator approves insurance network merger
By Joshua Seboldn
A $6.8 billion merger between two major health insurance networks received final approval from two California regulators Tuesd...
Intellectual Property
After long litigation, an LA jury sides with Coke against Pom Wonderful in false advertising claims case
By Amanda Schallert
A Los Angeles jury did not think Coca-Cola tricked customers by marketing a juice as "pomegranate-blueberry" though it contain...
Michael Zweiback, who has nearly 20 years of experience as a federal prosecutor and is defending embattled former Los Angeles ...
Writing laws involving police body cameras is not simple and the technology is still untested in much of the state. ...
Plaintiffs' lawyers want to hit the accelerator on the idling Volkswagen emissions cheating class action litigation while atto...
A Fresno County jury found Fidelity National Title Insurance Co. liable for $25 million for failing to pay out insurance polic...
Litigation
A federal judge won't move up status conference in Trump lawsuit
By Amanda Schallert
Judge lets the main plaintiff go and denies a motion for an expedited status conference in the Trump University lawsuit. ...
Fresno County Judge Hilary Chittick is able to motivate others, particularly in drug court.
LA County Judge Thomas Griego wins praise for demeanor but criticism for criminal law expertise.
Technology & Science
FBI may have a way around forcing Apple to help it break into iPhone
By Amanda Schallert
U.S. Magistrate Judge Sheri Pym granted the federal government's request for a continuance on a hearing Tuesday after prosecut...
Media
Antitrust lawsuit stops L.A. Times publisher from acquiring Freedom Communications
By Amanda Schallert
A government antitrust lawsuit and a federal judge's temporary restraining order killed the deal for the Los Angeles Times pub...
General Counsel, Endemol Shine North America, Los Angeles ...
David E. Lanzer previously served as the first vice president and senior counsel at Prologis Inc. ...
Litigation
'Degree mill' settlement receives preliminary approval
By America Hernandez
Students claim they were misled about the accreditation status of a Los Angeles campus. ...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Santa Clara-based Affymetrix Inc. sticks with $1.3 billion purchase
By Banks Albachn
The company rejected a last-minute $1.5 billion offer from Origin Technologies Corp LLC, a shell company run by former Affymet...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Subpoena issued to co-author of bar's report on Dunn
By Lyle Moran
Attorneys for the former State Bar executive will get to depose Munger Tolles partner ...
U.S. Supreme Court
EA's petition in likeness case rejected by Supreme Court
By Steven Crighton
The court will not weigh in on EA's argument that its use of former players' likenesses was transformative ...
Intellectual Property
High court to consider Samsung appeal of Apple win in design patent case
By Kevin Lee
The nation's highest court entered the smartphone war between Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. Monday, just days be...
An expert witness for the Thomas Jefferson School of Law pushed back Monday against claims from a former graduate of the San D...