An aviation manufacturer is seeking damages from the U.S. Navy under the Federal Tort Claims Act for the demolition of its car...
Civil Rights
Controversy over attorney jailed for contempt heats up
By Don Debenedictisn
Caree Harper, the lawyer for the homeless woman beaten by a California Highway Patrol officer, said she has hired prominent pl...
Litigation
Public Storage loses fight with Sprint over terminated cell tower leases
By Henry Meier
The contract dispute was remarkable because of the ferocity with which Public Storage pursued its claims despite their relativ...
Health Care & Hospital Law
Firms deal with growing pressure of health data security
By Kibkabe Arayan
Because law firms are ramping up their privacy know-how to help clients and themselves comply with HIPAA, industry experts str...
With court leaders estimating they need $2 billion in repairs to facilities, a bill to place a $2 billion bond measure before ...
Litigation
Kleiner Perkins attorney grills Ellen Pao in gender discrimination trial
By Craig Andersonn
A lawyer for Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers tore into Ellen Pao's portrayal of her relationships at the venture capital ...
Superior Court Judge Marc A. Garcia could be disciplined because he allegedly received $250,000 from his former law firm after...
Education
UC Irvine debuts on U.S. News law school rankings at No. 30
By Don Debenedictisn
California law schools generally did well this time around. Of the 13 to receive numerical rankings, 11 schools moved up or st...
Entertainment & Sports
Jury awards $7.4 million in "Blurred Lines" infringement case
By America Hernandez
Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams were found to have infringed Marvin Gaye's "Got To Give It Up" with their smash 2013 pop hi...
Judge Claudia Silbar channels her experiences as a prosecutor to resolve cases in family court.
Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger LLP Los Angeles
Labor/Employment
Pao touts abilities, unfair treatment in testimony at gender discrimination trial
By Craig Andersonn
In her first day on the witness stand in her gender discrimination trial against venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caulfiel...
The state Supreme Court's recent ruling negating the residency requirements of Jessica's Law is a welcome and well-reasoned de...
According to one study, the percentage of petitions in connection with mergers has skyrocketed since 2011. By Nicholas O'Keefe...
California Courts of Appeal
LA to get another chance to close some marijuana dispensaries
By John Roemer
Los Angeles' bid to shutter some 80 medical marijuana dispensaries over alleged health code and other violations got new life ...
Judges and Judiciary
Judges' commission rescinds not-qualified rating for OC prosecutor
By Don J. De Benedictis
Deputy District Attorney Matthew D. Murphy received a short letter Friday from the Commission on Judicial Nominees Evaluation ...
Government
State attorney general emphasizes her career highlights in award speech
By America Hernandez
Though the words "Senate 2016" were never mentioned during the Johnnie L. Cochran Jr Public Service Award gala at Loyola Law S...
Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Hanmi Bank - Los Angeles ...
Intellectual Property
Trade secrets misappropriation trial opens between business rivals
By Kevin Lee
The fallout from two former memory chip business partners spilled into federal court Monday as attorneys for Netlist Inc. and ...
Intellectual Property
Senate unanimously confirms Lee as patent office director
By Kevin Lee
Longtime Silicon Valley lawyer Michelle K. Lee can finally remove all qualifiers from her director title at the U.S. Patent an...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
State Bar looking into attorney's anti-gay ballot initiative
By Banks Albachn
An initiative mandating the execution of gays and lesbians is being reviewed by the state Attorney General's office and has ac...
A line of questioning by Justice Anthony Kennedy during argument last week in the Affordable Care Act case may have hinted at ...
Still smarting from the disqualification last month of its longtime counsel in the fight against the corn syrup industry, Amer...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit revives shareholder class action against Charles Schwab
By Fiona Smith
Mutual fund investors say Charles Schwab breached a contract when it heavily invested in mortgage-backed securities that went ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit debates whether government can publish falsehoods
By Saul Sugarman
Can the U.S. Department of Justice publish inaccurate statements in a press release about a conviction? And was the press rele...
Superior Court Judge Shahla Sabet's treks across the globe have helped inform her sense of fairness.
A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved.
California Courts of Appeal
Defeated at the polls, malpractice payout cap foes try again in the courts
By John Roemer
Tort lawyers keen to raise the medical malpractice payout cap have been skunked at the polls and frozen out by the state Legis...
A recent decision may represent an implicit backpedaling without sufficient justification. By Theodore G. Brown III ...