Litigation
Squire Patton Boggs scores defense win in invention ownership case
By Kevin Lee
A Northern California federal jury determined Tuesday that Singapore-based Venture Corporation Ltd. did not breach contracts, ...
Litigation
Judge appears poised to toss suit over state safety standards for lead in tentative ruling
By Fiona Smith
An Alameda County Superior Court Judge appears poised to throw out a lawsuit that seeks to abolish a state safety standard for...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Chip consolidation continues as activists set sights
By Banks Albachn
Amid an ongoing wave of consolidation in the semiconductor industry,, Milpitas-based Integrated Silicon Solutions Inc. announc...
State Bar & Bar Associations
California attorneys to head new National Cannabis Bar Association
By Joshua Seboldn
A group of attorneys with experience handling matters related to marijuana businesses launched the National Cannabis Bar Assoc...
Criminal
Immigration lawyer indicted for witness tampering in 'birthing house' raids
By Don Debenedictisn
Irvine immigration lawyer Ken Zhiyi Liang was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury for allegedly trying to help smuggle ...
Hewlett-Packard Co. has agreed to pay $100 million to end a shareholder class action concerning the company's bungled 2011 pur...
Steven Vartazarian urged the jury to find Wright Medical Technology Inc. liable for negligence in its manufacture and design o...
Litigation
Former Dodgers player files suit against insurance company
By Deirdre Newmann
Major league baseball player Kevin J. Correia sued Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, alleging the insurance behemot...
It is time to revise the mandatory court form used to issue subpoenas in state courts. As written, it is placing an unintended...
Litigation
ADA suit over fee for gluten-free restaurant food could be sign of future litigation
By Kibkabe Arayan
Lawyers are closely awaiting the outcome of a tentatively dismissed case in San Jose federal court that could signal whether r...
Litigation
Federal agency ignores risk of increased oil development in state, suit contends
By Fiona Smith
Environmental groups sued the U.S. Bureau of Land Management Wednesday claiming it did an inadequate environmental review of i...
A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved.
Labor/Employment
Transgender employees get more support for restroom access
By Kibkabe Arayan
To complement case law, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently announced it supports transgender employee...
The strength of the dollar against the euro (and to a lesser extent, the pound) over the last few months has already attracted...
Johnnie Cochran, who passed away 10 years ago, was much more than O.J. Simpson's lawyer. By Dan Lawton ...
Should two people convicted of the same crime be subject to different immigration consequences for reasons outside of their co...
Obituaries
Aviation litigator Clinton Coddington, dead at 75, was known for winning major trials
By Joshua Seboldn
Clinton H. "Bud" Coddington, a renowned aircraft litigator who handled a litany of high stake trials involving catastrophic ai...
After nearly five years at Snell & Wilmer, M.C. Sungaila is now partner at Haynes and Boone LLP in Costa Mesa. She is the ...
California Courts of Appeal
Plaintiff's lawyer loses bid to overturn medical malpractice cap, but vows an appeal
By Philip Johnsonn
A state appeals court panel rejected a bid Tuesday to overturn a controversial 40-year-old cap on medical malpractice payouts ...
Obituaries
Vincent Bugliosi, Manson prosecutor and bestselling author, dies
By John Roemer
Vincent T. Bugliosi Jr., the literary Los Angeles prosecutor who in 1971 persuaded jurors to put Charles Manson and his "famil...
Corporate
Google general counsel calls for Silicon Valley to push for patent litigation reform
By Alison Frost
J. Kent Walker Jr, senior vice president and general counsel at Google, asked the audience of the Stanford E-Commerce Best Pra...
Law Practice
National law firm celebrates 25-year milestone in Orange County
By Deirdre Newmann
National law firms usually seek out Los Angeles or San Diego as strategic outposts for putting down stakes in Southern Califo...
Litigation
Fired State Bar director argues against arbitrating case
By Don J. De Benedictis
A judge said he will decide this week whether to force the heated lawsuit over the firing of State Bar Executive Director Jose...
Judges and Judiciary
Election marks first in California Judges Association history
By Melanie Brisbon
The California Judges Association elected Judge Eric C. Taylor of L. A. Superior Court as its 84th president the organization...
The Supreme Court just agreed to review one important class action. On Thursday, it should agree to review another. By Stephen...
Litigation
Fresno County judge overturns jury's defense verdict in wrongful death case
By Philip Johnsonn
A judge's surprise ruling in an emotional Fresno County wrongful death lawsuit will restart the trial from scratch. ...
Administrative/Regulatory
Governor seeks CEQA exemption as environmentalists cry foul
By Fiona Smith
As the state Legislature and Brown administration hammer out a budget deal, environmental groups are raising concern about tra...
For more than a decade, Google Inc. and other search engines have fought off numerous lawsuits alleging their practice of sell...
L.A. County Judge Scott Millington tries to find the best solutions for defendants with mental health issues.
A malicious prosecution suit on behalf of former Walt Disney Co. executive David Neuman came to a swift end in favor of the de...
