Litigation
Courtroom defeat in gender discrimination case may still make waves
By Craig Andersonn
Despite not getting what she wanted to in the courtroom, Ellen Pao's complaint will have an impact that will echo across the e...
Professor Joanna Schwartz recently wrote a guest column suggesting that law enforcement officers are unconcerned about possibl...
Last week, the SEC took another important step in breathing life into government-approved crowdfunding, easing the way for sma...
The commercial use of drones is not yet broadly authorized in the U.S., but it will be very soon. By Lisa Ellman ...
Health Care & Hospital Law, Education Law, Administrative/Regulatory
Parents have no right to expose other kids
A proposed law, Senate Bill 277, will be considered by three California Senate committees in April. The law is aimed at curbin...
New judges have been named to the Alameda, San Francisco, Tulare, Los Angeles and San Diego county superior courts. ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit to decide if judge had right to sanction attorneys
By Henry Meier
A federal panel will soon hear an appeal filed by lawyers claiming Judge Otis Wright had no authority to sanction them in conn...
Citing past whistleblower cases centered on the same allegations, a California federal judge has thrown out a False Claims Act...
Law Practice
Six partners join McDermott rainmakers in Paul Hastings jump
By Kevin Lee
Six patent litigation partners will join prominent practitioners Yar R. Chaikovsky and Blair M. Jacobs in their move from McDe...
If properly preserved, an instructional error can easily result in a new trial. But preservation is not automatic. By Scott A....
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Citing torture in Mexico, 9th Circuit rules that man should be granted asylum
By Saul Sugarman
A Mexican man who has been repeatedly tortured by police in his home country should be granted asylum in the U.S., the 9th Cir...
In a decision last week, the U.S. high court crafted a middle-ground approach to accommodating pregnancy-related limitations, ...
Zynga Inc. and several of its current and former officers failed to escape from a case brought by shareholders when a federal ...
Ventura County Judge William Liebmann helps family law litigants to see each other's perspective.
A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California.
Criminal court Judge Michael Cowell of Los Angeles thinks deeply about the law and the death penalty.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit to reconsider pro-firearms concealed carry gun ruling
By John Roemer
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals announced Thursday that it will rehear en banc the question of concealed carry rules and...
The state Supreme Court on Thursday appointed William Kearse McGill to sit on the State Bar Court in Los Angeles. ...
Inland Valley Arbitration and Mediation Services San Bernardino and Riverside counties ...
The lead of Netflix's "House of Cards" series often gives advice to the audience that could also prove useful in negotiating s...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Sharing office space to save on expenses?
By Ben Armisteadn
It sounds like a good idea to save on expenses, but be wary of how clients perceive the arrangement. By J. Randolph Evans, Sha...
A recent ruling cleared the way for the first biosimilar of a biologic product sold in the United States. By Stephen M. Hankin...
Criminal
United Commercial Bank executive found guility in TARP fraud case
By Laura Hautalan
A guilty verdict has resolved the first charges ever filed against an executive at a bank receiving funds from the Troubled As...
Litigation
Diablo wins trade secrets trial against former partner Netlist
By Kevin Lee
Diablo Technologies Inc. has won a defense ruling against former business partner Netlist Inc. after Northern District of Cali...
Plaintiffs' lawyer Brooks Cutter, founder of Cutter Law PC, wants his partners to develop their own unique practice areas unde...
Litigation
Jury awards amputee $28 million in medical malpractice case
By Kibkabe Arayan
Kaiser Permanente Insurance Co. must pay a young amputee $28 million for failing to conduct an MRI before a tumor took her le...
Community News
Veterans Legal Institute honors appellate justice Eileen Moore
By John Michael
Veterans Legal Institute honors appellate justice Eileen Moore ...
California Courts of Appeal
Apellate Court hesitant to throw out 'Napoleon Dynamite' decision
By America Hernandez
A three-judge panel seemed reluctant to disregard an 80-page opinion favoring Fox in a DVD royalty dispute against producers o...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Lawyers behaving badly... in mediation
By Ben Armisteadn
A recent Court of Appeal ruling reaffirms that the absolute confidentiality of mediations survives even malpractice claims. By...
Labor/Employment
WARN Act class action against Space X proceeds, but defamation claim doubted
By Matthew Blaken
Plaintiffs say the company laid them off without warning, but Space X claims dismissals were performance-based. ...