Judge Manuel Covarrubias aims to run an orderly family law courtroom in Ventura County.
San Joaquin County Judge Carter Holly traveled the country before settling in his community.
As Gov. Jerry Brown's prisoner early release initiative heads toward the November ballot, the state's district attorneys — the...
Firm Profile
Women-run law firm changes with the times in handling difficult family law cases
By Renee Flannery
When Lisa H. Meyer began practicing law in the 1980s she observed the male-dominated field around her and knew she would event...
Litigation
VW says it is working on plan to deal with more polluting vehicles
By Tim O'connor
After agreeing to settle hundreds of lawsuits by consumers and two by the U.S. government that includes buying back 475,000 em...
An attorney for Apple Inc. intentionally misled a judge about when acquisition talks between Apple and Beats Electronics LLC b...
Orange County-based WFBM LLP, better known as Walsworth, has been recognized by a nonprofit group for its high percentage of f...
California Supreme Court
Expert testimony limited in gang prosecutions by state high court
By Kevin Lee
The state Supreme Court established broad restrictions on expert witnesses who rely on out-of-court documents and statements t...
Sharon L. Petrosino has served as interim public defender since Frank Ospino left for an Orange County Superior Court judgeshi...
A federal judge has denied class certification to a group of plaintiffs in a long-pending lawsuit in which they accuse the soc...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Retired San Francisco judge is enjoying switching gears as a neutral
By Tim O'connor
A kinder, gentler Jim McBride is enjoying life in his second career as a neutral for ADR Services Inc. ...
The Court of Appeals found erroneous jury instructions created a prejudicial error in a duo’s convictions for the 2005 murder ...
Litigation
Judge dismisses mobile home park owner's suit over relocation fees
By Tim O'connor
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Palo Alto mobile home park owners who accused the city of wrongly ordering th...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
POM Wonderful wins round in pomegranate juice war
By Renee Flannery
In an extensive trademark case between competing pomegranate juice makers, a Los Angeles federal court judge denied defendant ...
Litigation
Bakersfield student subject of dog-piling incident turned violent settles for $10.5 million
By Justin Kloczko
A former student subjected to the incident during a 2010 pep rally at Bakersfield High School settled with the Kern High Schoo...
Cooley LLP plucked life sciences lawyer Mika Reiner Mayer and intellectual property litigator Bobby Ghajar, perhaps the firm's...
For the second time in less than a month, the fate of legislation that would authorize the embattled State Bar to collect atto...
Judge Karen Dixon draws on her family law background in Siskiyou County criminal court.
Litigation
Two optical disk drive companies settle lawsuit for more than $100M
By Saul Sugarman
More than $100 million has been tacked onto a settlement deal in a Northern District case accusing several Japanese and Korean...
A former Orange County attorney who resigned from the State Bar in 2011 is facing 7 1/2 years in federal prison after pleading...
General Counsel Square One Development (San Diego) ...
A roundup of recent transactions and the California lawyers involved
Volkswagen AG's announcement that it will spend $14.7 billion to clear up the company's admitted scheme to evade government-ma...
San Francisco Superior Court Judge Ross Moody knows how to dexterously put cases into context.
A state fund reserved for courthouse construction is running dry more quickly than anticipated, prompting local judicial leade...
Litigation
Company that owns multiple dating sites agrees to make them LGBT accessible
By Justin Kloczko
Spark Networks, which owns 10 online dating websites, has settled two lawsuits claiming lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender...
Criminal
San Bernardino County DA dismisses murder charge against four-times-tried William Richards
By L.J. Williamson
The San Bernardino County district attorney dismissed murder charges Tuesday against William Richards, the namesake for a bill...
A federal judge rejected a $1.75 million settlement between Coach Inc. and the company's sales associates in litigation over t...
U.S. Supreme Court
A 9th Circuit Fannie Mae decision will be reviewed by the high court
By Joshua Seboldn
The U.S. Supreme Court announced Tuesday that it would take up a foreclosure case in California that centers on whether the Fe...
Judges and Judiciary
Brown appoints 18 superior court judges in 10 counties
By Meghann M. Cuniff
Gov. Jerry Brown appointed 18 superior court judges in 11 counties on Tuesday, most of them Democrats with experience in publi...