Labor/Employment
California's worker-friendly laws passed in 2014 could spread across the nation
By Laura Hautalan
Attorneys are eyeing a handful of laws passed this year by the state Legislature and signed by Gov. Jerry Brown as signs of la...
Year in Review Column
High court takes a bite out of patent litigation in 2014
By Katharine Malonen
While the U.S. Supreme Court decided six patent cases this year, one has emerged as the most important with profound practical...
Environmental
Nossaman attorney battling U.S. Forest Service to help Sierra Nevada frog survive
By Fiona Smith
The Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog is facing extinction and in his own small way, Nossaman LLP partner Paul Weiland hopes to...
Intellectual Property
Supreme Court rulings mark shifts in patent, copyright law
By Kevin Lee
Patent law underwent a seismic shift in 2014, thanks in large part to a series of groundbreaking opinions from the U.S. Suprem...
A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California.
Municipal and environmental law attorney Karen A. Feld Feld swam for the first time in the FINA World Masters Championships l...
There are six important lessons from this year, which demonstrate that a holistic approach to cybersecurity is crucial. By Hsi...
To me, a lifelong civilian, torture was something practiced by barbaric and brutal enemies. It was something Americans suffere...
Law Practice
Brothers land adjacent courtrooms after side-by-side careers in personal injury litigation
By Daina Beth Solomon
Mark S. Algorri and Ernest P. Algorri win large verdicts after serendipity brings the partners from DeWitt Algorri and Algorri...
Intellectual Property
Judges stingy with patent protection following high court ruling
By Kevin Lee
Six months after a high-profile U.S. Supreme Court decision, judges have responded to questions of whether patent protection s...
Entertainment & Sports
High-stakes Smokey Robinson case nears settlement
By Matthew Blaken
The Motown legend is set to settle with his ex-wife in a case that would have tackled novel issues of federal copyright and st...
Discipline
Lawyer who took a default against his own client should be disbarred, court says
By Don Debenedictisn
A Fresno lawyer served his lawsuit for fees on himself as the client's agent for service and then obtained a default judgment....
As a dispute resolution specialist with JAMS, former Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Ann Kough is guided by two tenets...
Gov. Jerry Brown on Wednesday named nine judges to superior courts in Los Angeles, Kern, Stanislaus and Orange counties. ...
Third party litigation funding appeared to gain momentum in the U.S. market this year, with more investments by established fu...
Law Practice
Lawyers cautious as South Korea gears up to release new U.S. firm rules
By Alex Shively
As South Korea prepares to unveil new rules for U.S. law firms operating in the country, attorneys in California voice caution...
Last week, the NLRB filed 13 complaints against McDonald's and its various franchisees for alleged unfair labor practices comm...
Litigation
'Follow-on' wage and hour suits create problems for plaintiffs, defendants
By Laura Hautalan
Plaintiffs' lawyers in wage and hour lawsuits are chasing after a smaller number of potentially lucrative class actions agains...
Rolling Stone's controversal report on rape at the University of Virginia warrants a discussion on the difference between lyin...
Several important California family law cases were decided this year in the areas of property rights and support, custody and ...
Products liability attorneys would be wise to study its development, and be prepared to re-think how they represent clients in...
Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday appointed Michael Picker as president of the beleaguered California Public Utilities Commission an...
Litigation
Judge sides with state in its listing of chemical under toxics law
By Fiona Smith
In a rebuff to the chemical industry, a Sacramento County judge has ruled that the state acted properly when it listed the che...
Solo and Small Firms
Noted small firm in LA celebrates its 20th anniversary
By Melanie Brisbon
Kessler & Kessler ALC, a husband-and-wife business law boutique in Century City, looks back on two decades. ...
Administrative/Regulatory
Attorney for chief justice also once sued the State Bar - when she tripped and fell
By Don Debenedictisn
What takes a fairly typical case a bit out of the ordinary are the very unordinary parties involved and the fact that the bar ...
Two IP trial lawyers from the firm will back the studio in at least six employee class actions. ...
Litigation
Judge grants city's injunction against medical marijuana delivery app
By Kibkabe Arayan
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge granted the city's preliminary injunction Tuesday against Nestdrop LLC, the producer of a m...
Litigation
Top banks targeted again for predatory lending among Los Angeles minority groups
By Daina Beth Solomon
Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer is seeking penalties from JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, CitiGroup and Wells Fargo afte...
Noemi "Nicky" C. Espinosa is Redwood City-based HeartFlow Inc.'s first general counsel. ...
Government
Looming change to furniture fire resistance standards could spawn suits, observers say
By Paul Jones
Next month, California will change a decades-old regulation requiring furniture companies make their products fire-resistant -...