With the ongoing drought in California,some developers may consider establishing a privately held mutual water company to serv...
The development of the modern business judgment rule has occurred in cases involving takeovers. By D. Gordon Smith ...
The U.S. high court's recent ruling in Horne v. Department of Agriculture will have several important consequences rela...
Litigation
Former Broadcom employee files suit for discrimination, retaliation
By Deirdre Newmann
A former Broadcom Corp. employee has filed suit against the Orange County semiconductor company for gender discrimination and ...
Realty Mogul Co., an online peer-to-peer real estate investment platform, has brought in Ryan T. Sakamoto as the company's new...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit vacates drug conviction due to witness' absence
By Steven Crighton
A man convicted of smuggling 50 kilos of marijuana across the Mexican border had his conviction vacated Friday after a 9th Cir...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
iPhone customers avoid arbitration in Apple antitrust case
By Joshua Seboldn
A group of iPhone customers suing Apple Inc. for antitrust violations got good news Monday when a 9th Circuit panel ruled 2-1 ...
Labor/Employment
Sexual harassment suit against UCLA highlights issue of Title IX coordinators
By Matthew Blaken
As federal and state officials examine UCLA and other univerisities, the complaint alleges that school did not have the person...
California Supreme Court
Personal opposition to death penalty should not disqualify jurors, state high court rules
By John Roemer
The state Supreme Court reaffirmed that personal opposition to the death penalty is not automatic grounds for disqualifying pr...
OC Superior Court Judge Thomas A. Glazier is a legal veteran who can fill in wherever he's needed.
A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Suit by inmate seeking sex reassignment surgery revived by 9th Circuit
By John Roemer
A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel on Friday revived a civil rights suit by a transgender inmate allegedly suffering fr...
Commissioner Charles Fuertsch is comfortable in the courtroom, boardroom, or hockey arena.
At a less-in-the-weeds level, the case is of immediate legal significance in three ways. By Glenn C. Smith ...
U.S. Supreme Court
With great, flawed precedent comes great responsibility
By Ben Armisteadn
Last week, Justice Elena Kagan used this idea, derived from Spider-Man comics, to try to explain the Supreme Court's muddled j...
Same-sex marriage scored a major victory last week, but same-sex couples looking for marry will still face complex legal quest...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Audit sheds no light on charge of State Bar backlog tampering
By Don Debenedictisn
State Bar leaders say the new audit proves no one manipulated discipline case data. But auditors made no finding about former ...
The state Judicial Council on Friday adopted its proposal that asks superior courts to cut water use 25 percent. ...
California Courts of Appeal
Appellate court vacates man's conviction because of testimony by dismissed juror
By Philip Johnsonn
The 2nd District Court of Appeal reversed a man's drug conviction, ruling that testimony from an excused juror violated his ri...
Environmental
Amidst drought, state high court to look at groundwater pumping fees
By Fiona Smith
The California Supreme Court has taken up a case that tests the powers of local agencies to raise money to help sustainably ma...
Five record labels, controlling about 80 percent of oldies played on Sirius XM Radio, will receive a total of $210 million fro...
A UC Santa Barbara student is suing the university, the county, the sheriff's department and the gunmen's parents for negligen...
The impact of the same-sex marriage ruling will be far-reaching - it is a testament to the Supreme Court's - and the judiciary...
"There's no there there," Judge Mark A Juhas said Friday, decisively rejecting a former Sullivan & Cromwell partner's clai...
Judges and Judiciary
Governor appoints LA County judge to 2nd District Court of Appeal
By Laurinda Keys
Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. on Friday appointed Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Luis A. Lavin as associate justice of the Se...
Alameda County Judge George Hernandez Jr. sees himself as a participant in trials he oversees.
A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California.
Nancy Ramirez's work with underserved litigants prepared her to handle a child support courtroom.
After paying more than $4 million to settle a class action suit filed against one of its policy holders, insurer Columbia Casu...
Many law practices find themselves in the uncomfortable position of deciding what to do when someone suspects or discovers mis...