Once a customer reaches a certain level of data usage, AT&T has been throttling data speeds for smartphones, according to ...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit will consider the appropriate standard for determining damages for design pa...
Litigation
7th Circuit ruling in antitrust case could set up Supreme Court showdown
By Hadley Robinson
Splitting with the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, an appellate panel has struck a blow to Motorola Mobility LLC and other ...
Entertainment & Sports
Mattel could use time defense in epic Bratz litigation
By Matthew Blaken
A probable third jury trial between Mattel and MGA about Bratz dolls and trade espionage could hinge on whether MGA's window t...
California Supreme Court
State Supreme Court nominee described as understated, thoughtful
By Emily Green
Described by colleagues as serious and understated, state Supreme Court nominee Leondra R. Kruger's advocacy before the U.S. S...
James Herman, Santa Barbara County's assistant presiding judge, is active locally and statewide.
Increasingly popular workplace technologies facilitate employees' ability to access data remotely, but also from their new com...
"Drones and Targeted Killing: Legal, Moral, and Geopolitical Issues" is a compilation of 15 authors' views on U.S. drone polic...
If it goes without saying that attorneys should always be prepared, then why am I saying it? Unfortunately, experience, of cou...
A San Francisco federal judge has overturned a $105 million patent damages award for San Jose-based Power Integrations Inc. an...
Lisa G. Sherman started her own employment firm last year, adopting a unique and collaborative business strategy that keeps co...
Pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. successfully warded off a class action over allegedly false advertising practices relate...
Bankruptcy
Spate of municipal bankruptcies leave worker pensions vulnerable
By Paul Jones
With the recent conclusion of a slew of bankruptcies including Stockton, Detroit and Jefferson County, Ala., difficult questio...
Litigation
Slew of education reform litigation in California could trigger more cases
By Matt Hamilton
In 2014, California's public schools were the subject of debate in courtrooms across the state, potentially foreshadowing a sl...
Suit seeks an emergency order to stop the city from forcing motel residents to relocate every 30 days, a limit established by ...
Law firm leaders continue to feel increasingly optimistic about the legal economy and their projections for profits are steadi...
Superior Court Judge Deborah Brazil emphasizes effective communication in her courtroom.
Package delivery companies are allowed to text people when their parcels are arriving without violating the Telephone Consumer...
Intellectual Property
Apple-backed licensing company, Google close to patent settlement
By Kevin Lee
Rockstar Consortium Inc. and technology giant Google Inc. are on the verge of reaching a settlement of their patent lawsuit, a...
Last March, the U.S. Supreme Court took a rare and welcome step: It granted a prisoner's handwritten petition for review. By D...
Constitutional Law
Making the case that chimpanzees are 'people,' too
By Katharine Malonen
History is being made in New York as we speak. Last December, the Nonhuman Rights Project brought a writ of habeas corpus to g...
Most informed citizens probably know by now that corporations collect information about them, but they may be unaware of the e...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Law firms must take steps to protect private client data
By Ben Armisteadn
Data is the new gold and law firms harbor lots of it. Yet law firms have been slow to protect their data in the cyberage. By S...
An ordinance by San Francisco County Supervisor David Chiu is one of two passed by the Board of Supervisors Tuesday seeking to...
Litigation
Attorney ordered to pay $1.5M in punitive damages in construction defect row
By Matt Hamiltonn
Construction defect attorney Fred Adelman must pay about $1.5 million in punitive damages to the builder and broker of his Bre...
Litigation
Judge considers disqualification motion in sugar versus corn spat
By Henry Meier
A judge heard impassioned arguments Tuesday on whether a conflict issue should force Squire Patton Boggs LLP attorneys to ste...
Litigation
Judicial Council seeks to intervene in courthouse tax dispute
By Matt Hamilton
A dispute over the new Long Beach courthouse's tax status will bring the Judicial Council to a Los Angeles courtroom Wednesday...
Administrative/Regulatory
Former State Bar president threatens to sue over leaked report
By Don Debenedictisn
An attorney representing former President Luis J. Rodriguez sent a letter to the bar Board of Trustees demanding an investigat...
Commissioner Donald Kennedy is intimately involved in implementing state prison realignment.
Senior Vice President, Legal & Business Affairs Tongal Inc. Santa Monica ...