Civil Rights
ACLU eyes $1 million in attorney fees as part of LA County jail abuse settlement
By Daina Beth Solomon
The American Civil Liberties Union and Paul Hastings LLP could receive $950,000 as part of the settlement of its 2012 lawsuit ...
Anti-Defamation League hands out honors at annual gala ...
San Diego-based Volcano Corp. tapped Cooley LLP in connection with its sale to Dutch technology conglomerate Royal Philips NV ...
The City of Upland settled remaining bad faith claims related to a group of its insurers for $3.5 million Friday, ending litig...
A federal judge affirmed in part Wednesday an earlier sanctions ruling against a translator who publicly posted sealed documen...
One of the final cases by plaintiffs over allegedly misleading representations regarding Countrywide Financial Corp.'s mortgag...
Sherman Oaks-based residential retail mortgage lender Prospect Mortgage LLC announced Wednesday the appointment of Joseph J. G...
Intellectual Property
Ambry Genetics, McDermott win Federal Circuit patent ruling
By Kevin Lee
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit declared Wednesday that certain portions of three gene testing patents asser...
Government
Senate confirms former prosecutor as Northern District judge
By Hadley Robinson
In the quickest route from nomination to confirmation of any of President Barack Obama's 11 appointees in the Northern Distric...
State Bar & Bar Associations
New Bar Association of San Francisco president focuses on pro bono work
By Saul Sugarman
Timothy W. Moppin, the new president of the Bar Association of San Francisco, plans to emphasize pro bono work while trying to...
Litigation
Powerful plaintiffs' law firm jumps into fray of Sony suits
By Matthew Blaken
Michael W. Sobol of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP is suing Sony Pictures on behalf of former and current employee...
Litigation
In win for NFL, judge dismisses retired players' class action over prescription drugs
By Hadley Robinson
Retired football players must defer to collective bargaining agreements to resolve claims they were overprescribed drugs to ke...
Kabateck Brown Kellner LLP filed suit against online storage company Bitcasa Inc. after it eliminated an unlimited cloud stora...
A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved.
The improving economy has buoyed several practice areas in California this year. The hottest among them: data security and pri...
Labor/Employment
We need clarity, consistency in employee classification
By Ben Armisteadn
The state Legislature should provide a clear and consistent definition to classify employees and independent contractors. By C...
Does the Federal Labor Standard Act require employers to compensate employees for the time spent on all actions required by em...
The past year proved to be another eventful one for white collar criminal enforcement. Here's what the developments of 2014 te...
An overview of the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau's active 2014 provides many insights into the agency's probable agenda i...
Judges and Judiciary
Orange County Superior to pool court reporters
By Alexandra Schwappach
The change comes after a successful pilot program that started in late August and that has apparently provided significant cos...
Litigation
Hotel associations challenge constitutionality of Los Angeles minimum wage law
By Laura Hautalan
Two hotel associations filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging the city of Los Angeles' new minimum wage ordinance, saying federal...
After just three hours of deliberating, an eight-person federal jury found Apple's 2007 firmware upgrade improved the product,...
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art announced Tuesday the appointment of a new general counsel. In her new job, Adine Varah...
Litigation
Settlement reached in suit over reforms to Los Angeles County jail system
By Henry Meier
Los Angeles County's Board of Supervisors agreed to a proposed settlement Tuesday that gives an independent oversight panel po...
Legal analysts say the ever-increasing number of law firm mergers, both large and small in size, depict a future in which law ...
Government
Los Angeles legal community protests police brutality with 'die-in'
By Kibkabe Arayan
Around 250 lawyers, law students and legal professionals braved the rain to voice concern over a string of police bruality cas...
Entertainment & Sports
Sony Pictures Entertainment faces data breach lawsuits
By Melanie Brisbon
Complaints filed against Sony Pictures Entertainment alleges the company did not take the proper security measures prior to a ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit panel express concern that ruling for actress could lead to more lawsuits
By Matthew Blaken
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals panel wondered how many actors might copy Cindy Garcia's claim of a copyright in "Innocence o...
Employers have long known it is unlawful to discriminate against an employee because they are pregnant under the Pregnancy Dis...
Government
Counties look to sell shuttered courthouses - but there's a hitch
By Saul Sugarman
Many courts have responded to budget cutbacks by temporarily shuttering facilities with officials hoping to reopen them in bet...