A recent column missed one additional problem with designating a decision as nonprecedential: the practice is entirely unconst...
Letter to the Editor
LETTER: Mandatory minimums column lacks specifics
By Ben Armisteadn
A recent column asserts that "tough on crime" safety measures are "little more than poorly thought through efforts to pad the ...
I understand Anthony Caso is a professor of law. And so I expect him to know the difference between a ruling that "something c...
It was disappointing albeit not surprising to see Ventura County District Attorney Greg Totten's factual, analytical and irref...
Starting May 26, the USCIS will begin to accept applications to issue employment authorization documents to some spouses of fo...
Can a police officer's reasonable mistake of law provide proper suspicion under the Fourth Amendment to make an investigatory ...
Federal legislation was recently introduced to rein in abuses of civil asset forfeiture. By Pio S. Kim ...
Corporate
Hewlett-Packard wins preliminary approval for shareholder lawsuit over Autonomy deal
By Laura Hautalan
Judge Charles R. Breyer granted preliminary approval Friday to a settlement in the shareholder lawsuit that resulted from Hewl...
Litigation
Plaintiffs accuse company of breach of unilateral contract
By Melanie Brisbon
Lyft Inc., a peer to peer ride sharing company, faces a class action lawsuit where plaintiffs allege that the company promised...
Government
Potential legalization of marijuana proves to be a maze for Native American tribes
By Kibkabe Arayan
In response to the possibility that some states could allow voters to legalize recreational marijuana in 2016, Native American...
Intellectual Property
Pipe patent case may lead to clarity on attorney fees
By Kevin Lee
A patent infringement case could shed light on how much litigation misconduct would be sufficient to justify a shift in legal ...
In light of accusations by its fired director and a backlog of discipline cases, lawmakers late last week told Bar trustees th...
Litigation
Pao peppered by dozens of jury questions in discrimination trial
By Saul Sugarman
On Friday, some questions suggested that, while Pao may have struggled at the firm, there were factors in her control that mig...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Trans fats false advertising case can go forward, 9th Circuit says
By Laura Hautalan
A customer who bought a vegetable oil spread for its health benefits can go forward with lawsuit against a Johnson & Johns...
Orange County Judge Gary Moorhead strives to keep his juvenile dependency courtroom comfortable.
A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California.
Orange County Superior Court Judge Fred W. Slaughter is relentlessly upbeat about his work.
Labor/Employment
Judge slams Uber legal argument and sends misclassification suit to jury
By Matthew Blaken
Two San Francisco judges on Wednesday denied motions by Uber and Lyft in employee misclassification suits, each sending the di...
Sacramento Independent ...
The terrifying derailment of a Metrolink train just north of Los Angeles is a jarring reminder about the risks associated with...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Asking a partner to leave, the right way
By Ben Armisteadn
As economic realities of the modern day law practice set in, law firms are beginning to ask partners to leave the firm or down...
Labor/Employment
Pao finishes cross-examination in gender discrimination trial
By Laura Hautalan
Ellen Pao finished her testimony Thursday in the trial against Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, wrapping up a bruising c...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
How to represent mentally impaired clients
By Don Debenedictisn
Ethics experts say a lawyer representing someone who may be mentally ill or impaired must work extra hard to make sure he and ...
Todd F. Stevens, a civil litigator, and Brandon N. Stallings, a prosecutor in Kern County, will join the bar's Board of Truste...
A judge awarded Canadian semiconductor company Sidense Corp. and counsel at Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP more than $...
ormer NFL wide receiver Willie James Gault took the stand Thursday in the Securities and Exchange Commission trial against him...
Environmental
Battery recycling plant owners reach accord with federal officials
By Fiona Smith
Exide Technologies, owner of a beleaguered battery recycling plant in Vernon, has reached a deal with federal officials in whi...
Solo and Small Firms
Construction defect firm adds new class action practice
By America Hernandez
Kasdan LippSmith Weber & Turner LLP open a downtown Los Angeles office headed by former Girardi rising star Graham LippSmi...
The California Public Utilities Commission announced Thursday that former CPUC Assistant General Counsel Arocles Aguilar has c...
The 9th Circuit's current trend of canceling the protections of the Bill of Rights when ruling majorities find them inconvenie...