Litigation
Economics expert says Arco wholesale rates unjustified, as BP trial continues
By Andy Serbe
Four gas station owners say BP forces them to buy Arco gasoline, which BP also owns, at name-brand prices, leaving them at a c...
Employees of Apple Inc. stores in California will have their day in court over wages they say they're owed for time spent havi...
Netflix Inc. secured a comprehensive summary judgment victory Wednesday when a Northern District judge struck down five patent...
Environmental
Kern County resident sues governor over fracking wells
By Joshua Seboldn
A Kern County resident is suing Governor Jerry Brown, the state Division of Oil, Gas & Geothermal Resources (DOGGR) and it...
An ex-wife who wants to keep embryos stored during her marriage testified Thursday during a superior court trial that a consen...
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Litigation
Internet TV streaming service eligible for copyright license
By America Hernandez
U.S. District Judge George H. Wu ruled Thursday that FilmOnX, LLC are entitled to a cable retransmission license if they can q...
Judges and Judiciary
LA County Superior Court judge nominated for federal post
By John Roemer
Mark A. Young, an Australian-born jurist currently serving on the Los Angeles County Superior Court bench, is President Barac...
Judges and Judiciary
Brown nominates 19 for superior court judgeships
By Philip Johnsonn
The bevy of nominations included Chad W. Firetag, president of the Riverside County Bar Association, and two partners from Ir...
California Courts of Appeal
State appellate court schools plaintiffs after reversing massive jury award
By John Roemer
Even as it reversed a $32.5 million punitive damages jury award in an asbestos wrongful death case, a state appellate panel ex...
Lawyers disbarred or suspended recently by the state Supreme Court or State Bar Court include two disciplined for involvement ...
Worried about the high cost of state orders to cut PCB contamination in water, the cities are suing Monsanto, the sole maker o...
Registration proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board are become more hotly contested due to a recent Supreme C...
U.S. Supreme Court, Criminal, Constitutional Law
Breyer's powerful death penalty dissent
The Supreme Court justice's dissent in a recent case is a blueprint for ending the death penalty. ...
Administrative/Regulatory
Earthjustice sues EPA over neglected civil rights complaints
By Joshua Seboldn
Earthjustice sued the Environmental Protection Agency and its administrator, Gina McCarthy, Tuesday for civil rights violation...
California Courts of Appeal
Court of Appeals confirms no fees can be paid to non-admitted attorneys
By America Hernandez
A Chicago attorney can not collect $200,000 in fees for work on a California class action he did without being admitted pro ha...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Celgene to buy Receptos, the latest pharma deal in active landscape
By Banks Albachn
San Diego pharmaceutical firm Receptos Inc. relied on Latham & Watkins LLP in its $7.2 billion sale to Celgene Corp. Prosk...
The subsidiary that operates Uber's ride-hailing service in California violated PUC rules because it failed to submit data ab...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
LA judge reversed, rebuked by 9th Circuit
By John Roemer
U.S. District Judge Manuel L. Real of Los Angeles has sustained anothe smackdown from a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals pan...
As it prepares for rapid growth and an initial public offering, Claremont-based pharmaceutical startup Redwood Scientific Tech...
The Supreme Court's recent term ended amidst cries that it is time to amend the Constitution to end lifetime judicial appointm...
Describing the Fresno County Public Defender's Office as in "a state of crisis," the ACLU filed suit on Tuesday against Fresno...
Litigation
Judge's ruling for the accused in sexual assult case could have wide ranging effects
By Deirdre Newmann
A ruling out of San Diego County Superior Court which found there was not enough evidence to convict a male student of sexual ...
A ruling out of San Diego County Superior Court which found there was not enough evidence to convict a male student of sexual ...
Ventura County Commissioner Anthony Sabo was a prosecutor and civil attorney at the same time.
A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved.
Public Interest
Legal profession confronts the transformation of Atticus Finch
By John Roemer
If it turned out that Snow White shot Grumpy or Joe Friday took bribes, the legal profession could hardly be more startled t...
The state high court has adopted a line of cases recognizing an emerging exception for custodial public entities from discover...
California Supreme Court
Fee award split continues to widen in Courts of Appeal
By Ben Armisteadn
The courts are grappling with Civil Code Section 1717's prevailing party definition for actions on a contract - coupled with e...