Intellectual Property
High court sides with patent office in key IP ruling
By Kevin Lee
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld major provisions of a 2012 intellectual property reform law Monday, confirming the U.S. Patent a...
Indigent defendants asked to be dismissed from three mega criminal cases because they say Central District judges interfere wi...
Riverside County Judge Dale Wells' interest in the law was piqued when he was a minister.
Government
Government cannot seek early summary judgment motion in Twitter case
By Tim O'connor
A federal judge has derailed U.S. Department of Justice lawyers' hopes to fast-track a lawsuit filed by Twitter Inc. that seek...
A roundup of recent transactions and the California lawyers involved.
Civil investigations have been closed against all 11 former executives at Countrywide Financial, the company involved in subpr...
Labor/Employment
In marathon hearing, judge indicates Iskanian dismissal
By Matthew Blake
A superior court judge left no stone unturned or law book unopened on Friday in assessing the novel issue of whether a Private...
Litigation
OC judge boots Greenberg Gross LLP from Nicholas lawsuit
By Meghann M. Cuniff
The firm was disqualified from a salacious lawsuit against Broadcom founder Henry T. Nicholas III due to a conflict of intere...
The plaintiff rested Friday in the suit accusing Led Zeppelin of copyright infringement, and the band's attorneys called on th...
Criminal
Prosecutor accuses PG&E of deliberately concealing pipeline flaws as trial opens
By Kevin Lee
Federal prosecutors claimed Friday that Pacific Gas and Electric Co. engaged in a pattern of criminal conduct that included ob...
Joseph L. Dunn has successfully revived his retaliation lawsuit against the embattled State Bar over his termination as execut...
Criminal
Prosecutors' novel FedEx prosecution collapses in less than a week
By Tim O'connor
The government's pursuit of shipping giant FedEx Corp. on criminal charges of delivering drugs to buyers without proper prescr...
Alameda County Judge Jo-Lynne Lee is admired for her ability to handle complex civil cases.
A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California.
Superior Court Judge Los Angeles County (Pomona) ...
Justice Donald Franson is establishing himself on the 5th District bench where his father sat.
Labor/Employment
Doubting her record-keeping, Uber objectors not swayed by lawyer's fee reduction request
By Matthew Blake
Uber drivers' besieged lawyer Shannon Liss-Riordan's late gambit to slash her fee request by $10 million may not salvage a con...
Fresno County Judge James Kelley believes in a strong work ethic; he's been employed since 16.
Criminal
Letter to the editor: Reports of prosecutorial misconduct 'epidemic' are greatly exaggerated
By Riley Guerin
I read with interest Stephen Cooper's recent opinion piece on the New York Times editorial about prosecutorial misconduct, "NY...
California Supreme Court
State high court overturns reversal of school superintendent's conviction
By Saul Sugarman
A state Supreme Court ruling Thursday put a former Beverly Hills Unified School District superintendent on the hook for a misa...
As promised, a group of civil liberties organizations sued Solano County Superior Court on Wednesday after urging it to follow...
Orange County's Transportation Corridor Agencies have been hit with two new class action complaints about electronic toll coll...
Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page took the stand again on day three of the trial, and after a few questions, plaintiff's attor...
Despite reservations from prosecutors and defense attorneys, the state Senate Thursday passed budget Trailer Bill 208, which w...
Solo and Small Firms
The Law Offices of Robert J. Nachshin handle high-profile divorces with level heads
By Amanda Schallert
The Law Offices of Robert J. Nachshin are known for taking on high profile cases, from San Francisco Giants star Barry Bonds' ...
Litigation
Father of terrorist attack victim sues social media companies
By Tim O'connor
The father of the lone American killed in the Nov. 13 ISIS terror attacks in Paris has filed a federal lawsuit in San Francisc...
Assemblyman David Chiu, D-San Francisco, said Thursday that the bar's creation of a new communications position reflected an o...
ADR Services Inc. (Century City)
Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen's office filed a peremptory challenge to Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky's a...
Criminal
Jury selection continues in PG&E case after judge rejects sanctions
By Kevin Lee
Federal prosecutors avoided sanctions in a complex criminal case against Pacific Gas & Electric Co., even though a distric...