While Congress continues to appropriate ever-increasing sums of money for immigration enforcement and detention efforts, the i...
A lawsuit over infringement of the James Bond character has spotlighted an issue in copyright law that plagues screenwriters: ...
The Conference of California Bar Associations (CCBA) recently passed a resolution to strictly limit the use of solitary confin...
Community News
Neighborhood Legal Services recognizes law firm, community leaders at annual gala
By John Michael
Neighborhood Legal Services recognizes law firm, community leaders at annual gala ...
Queen's Bench hosts Hillary Clinton campaign manager ...
Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday vetoed a bill that would have granted California judges power to carve up local voting districts i...
Litigation
Judge advances lawsuit alleging unconstitutional jail health care conditions
By Kylie Reynolds
A lawsuit seeking relief for inmates facing allegedly unconstitutional health care conditions in Monterey County Jail can cont...
Intellectual Property
NetApp wins attorney fees against Acacia subsidiary in patent case
By Kevin Lee
NetApp Inc. has won $1.4 million in attorney fees after a Delaware federal judge determined that an Acacia Research Corp. subs...
Law Practice
Work-life balance a key consideration among in-house lawyers
By Alison Frost
Of more than 2,000 corporate counsel surveyed by the Association of Corporate Counsel for its 2014 Global Work-Life Balance Re...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Bar to return to the drawing board on rules revision
By Don Debenedictisn
Abandoning 14 years of effort, the state Supreme Court has told the State Bar to try again to revise and update California's a...
In Washington and the states, an insurmountable divide seems to block our path to common ground on some of the most pressing i...
Litigation
Family of security guard killed near CBS television set reaps $10 million
By Matt Hamilton
A Los Angeles County Superior Court jury Tuesday awarded $10 million in damages to the family of a security guard killed near ...
Law Practice
Bingham-Morgan merger would create top 10 firm in the state
By Joshua Seboldn
The proposed combination of Bingham McCutchen LLP and Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP would create one of the largest firms in...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit approves first-of-its-kind drug disposal program
By Saul Sugarman
A program that requires pharmaceutical companies to front the cash needed to dispose of unused prescription drugs in Alameda C...
On California's highest court, Goodwin Liu may shape state law in a way that liberals seek and conservatives fear. ...
Corporate
High-tech companies spend big on sophisticated new video game content
By Matthew Blaken
Companies like Amazon and Microsoft are pouring money into the interactive entertainment industry, hoping to keep pace with yo...
Deep pocket contaminators beware! The 9th Circuit has held that if you are not among the early settlers in an action under CER...
In recent days, the NFL has been forced to face its failure to hold abusers accountable and impact the culture of aggression a...
Abolition of the "at-will" doctrine, codified in California in Labor Code Section 2922, is long overdue. By William M. Crosby ...
KABA gathers for annual meeting ...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Lawyers say effect of inversion regulations will be limited
By Salvador Mares
A series of tax-code tweaks seeks to limit how easily U.S. companies can access stockpiles of cash stored overseas virtually t...
Litigation
Coffee companies avert early defeat in Prop. 65 toxics trial
By Craig Andersonn
A rare trial under the state's toxics law over whether the level of acrylamide in coffee requires merchants to post labels war...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Kirkland, Wilson Sonsini handle $4.3B sale of Tibco Software
By Salvador Mares
Kirkland & Ellis LLP represented private equity firm Vista Equity Partners in its $4.3 billion acquisition of business so...
Immigration
Legal aid non profit organizations to receive $3 million for representation for immigrant minors
By Melanie Brisbon
Governor Jerry Brown on Saturday signed a bill providing $3 million in legal services for unaccompanied minors arriving illega...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit ruling highlights split with U.S. Supreme Court on "harmless error"
By Saul Sugarman
State prosecutors must dismiss or retry a case against a man who landed in jail after making sexual advances on a decoy 13-yea...
SB 1253, which was backed by former state Chief Justice Ronald George, is intended to make the ballot initiative process more ...
A federal judge on Monday indicated he may retry issues decided last year in a headline-garnering trial that ended with a jury...
Loyola Law School bestows public interest award ...
Community News
Zuber Lawler & Del Duca partner receives award from Italian bar association
By John Michael
Zuber Lawler & Del Duca partner receives award from Italian bar association ...
Perspective
For plaintiffs, foreign corporations increasingly elusive
By Ben Armisteadn
The Supreme Court has significantly diminished the ability of plaintiffs to obtain a forum in the United States for adjudicati...