Chances are, the federal government's plan to carve out a California-sized part of Alaska as a critical habitat for polar bear...
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP partner Perlette M. Jura visited Kenya as part of a training program for local locals sponsored...
Perspective
Joinder in patent processes: same facts, different results
By Ben Armisteadn
Since the inception of the inter-partes review and covered business method processes in 2011, the Patent Trial and Appeals Boa...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Circuit got it right on unmarried homeowners
By Ben Armisteadn
A recent 9th Circuit opinion resolves a problem of statutory construction that has existed for well over 20 years. By Patricia...
Trust & estate boutique Albertson & Davidson LLP announced it will open an office in Irvine in September, along with n...
In the first decisions of their kind, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office rejected two patent challenges from the Coalition f...
A Kirkland & Ellis LLP deal team guided Sycamore Partners LLC through a $3 billion buyout of North Carolina-based Belk Inc...
Litigation
Distress in health care industry highlights nursing home woes
By Deirdre Newmann
The high cost of operations, coupled with a continual onslaught of lawsuits - varying from medical malpractice to class action...
Intellectual Property
Inventor sues LA County Metropolitan Transportation Authority over FasTrak patent
By Saul Sugarman
An inventor has sued the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, claiming it is infringing his patent on tec...
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge David Cowan fully engages attorneys in probate court.
A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
Last week, the NLRB voted to decline to exercise jurisdiction over the Northwestern University's football team's attempt to be...
Opening statements began Friday in an Orange County Superior Court case pitting a pension benefit company against seven former...
Government
Clock running out in congress for national data breach bills
By Joshua Seboldn
2015 was supposed to be the year for federal data breach legislation, but observers say the clock is running out for bills int...
Entertainment & Sports
No-poach suit against movie studios will proceed
By America Hernandez
Judge Lucy H. Koh ruled Friday that animation studio employees sufficiently proved studios took steps to fraudulently conceale...
LA County Superior Court Judge Michael Tynan tends to favor rehabilitation over punishment.
Labor/Employment
Obama Title IX investigations have not sparked private litigation
By Matthew Blaken
Due to a lack of lawyers and unfavorable case law, there have been few private lawsuits in response to the federal Education D...
A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California.
Nevada County Superior Court Judge Linda Sloven likes people to feel at ease in her courtroom.
Law Practice
Bar registration still trips up out-of-state in-house counsel
By Kibkabe Araya
California steadfastly remains a business magnet, and as industry crosses state lines, so do lawyers. But a decade afte...
An underused tool is the evaluation of the dispute by a neutral evaluator in advance of a contested hearing - that is, early n...
Rather than being strategically employed at a critical juncture in litigation, mediation often is reflexively scheduled as one...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Smart firms have a plan for unplugging
By Ben Armisteadn
It's important for attorneys to get away, but firms must do more than just address vacation on an ad hoc basis. By J. Randolph...
In his new book, 2nd Circuit Judge Robert Katzmann defends the use of legislative history. By John Shepard Wiley Jr. ...
Labor/Employment
Federal judge certifies nationwide class of Wal-Mart pharmacists who claim missing wages
By Matthew Blaken
Plaintiff lawyers now must get class members to affirmatively opt-in to fiercely contested lawsuit. ...
Doll Amir & Eley LLP, a litigation boutique based out of Century City, is celebrating its 10th anniversary this month. ...
Judges and Judiciary
Longtime San Francisco County judge Lillian Sing to retire
By Philip Johnsonn
San Francisco County Superior Court Judge Lillian K. Sing, the first Asian-American judge in Northern California, will retire ...
Litigation
Settlement apparently nixed in sensational UC Regents medical records case
By Matthew Blaken
In an abrupt reversal of a surprise development, Norma Lozano will take her Confidentiality of Medical Information Act lawsuit...
Litigation
Compton students and teachers seek class action against district
By Gautham Thomas
Students and teachers from Compton Unified School District seek a class action and an injunction to demand training for all st...
Coming from a family of entrepreneurs, yet fiercely independent, trial attorney Richard K. Bridgford started his own law firm ...
