Following a nearly two-year hiatus from being a mediator with the Inland Valley Arbitration and Mediation Services in Rancho C...
Litigation
Google settles FTC lawsuit over virtual game purchases by children
By Hadley Robinson
Google Inc. reached an agreement Thursday to pay $19 million back to parents whose children sometimes bought hundreds of dolla...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Attorney who cheated EB-5 investors faces criminal and civil charges
By Melanie Brisbon
Criminal and civil actions were filed Wednesday against Justin Moongyu Lee, an L.A.-based immigration attorney who allegedly d...
The patent infringement case between plaintiff Digital Reg of Texas LLC and defendant Adobe Systems Inc. is now in a federal j...
Texas-based law firm Buckley Madole PC has hired the former general counsel of a foreclosure services company as its first sen...
Imbued with the same entrepreneurial spirit that animates his firm's technology startup clients, Bryan I. Springmeyer started ...
Judges and Judiciary
State Bar president named to judicial candidates committee
By Don De Benedictis
Sen. Barbara Boxer on Thursday named Luis J. Rodriguez to her committee that recommends potential nominees for the Central Dis...
Solo and Small Firms
San Ramon family law attorneys merge their practices
By Alex Shively
Two San Ramon family law attorneys have announced the merger of their solo practices into the new firm Whipple, Mercado, &...
Robb Adkins of Winston & Strawn LLP discuss a case limiting the international reach of Dodd-Frank's whistleblower protecti...
When it comes to impeachment material in police personnel files, even well-meaning prosecutors may be unable to carry out thei...
Labor/Employment
Judge reverses himself, narrows Uber lawsuit only to California drivers
By Laura Hautalan
In a surprise victory for Uber Technologies Inc., U.S. District Judge Edward Chen changed his mind and ruled California employ...
Litigation
SF prosecutor, LA defense attorney are winners in BP oil spill ruling
By Emily Green
Two California lawyers were at the heart of Thursday's blockbuster federal trial court ruling exposing BP PLC to as much as $1...
Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...
Perspective
Healthy court systems are born from sound civics education
By Ben Armisteadn
In California, we are dealing with a catastrophic court funding shortfall that has resulted in the denial of access to justice...
Pacific Life Insurance Co. Senior Vice President and General Counsel Newport Beach ...
An individual's failure to inquire about the well-being of the victims of his actions could be used against him by the governm...
What should you do when your "person most knowledgeable" witness doesn't work out as planned in a deposition? By Erik Syverson...
Consumers don't have a chance at fairness, when they are put into a defective vehicle with no advance warning, all in the name...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit affirms class of Allstate workers in win for statistical sampling
By Laura Hautalan
In a boon to employment class actions, the 9th U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed class certification for 800 Allstate Insurance C...
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority plans to redefine the differences between its two groups of arbitrators, a move th...
Finding success in the lateral market is nothing new for Los Angeles-based Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP, but th...
Companies have marched toward public equity markets with an impressive zeal over the past 12 months, and that trend seems set ...
Administrative/Regulatory
FCC taps Keker partner as deputy bureau chief
By Joshua Seboldn
Paula L. Blizzard has left Keker & Van Nest LLP to join the Federal Communications Commission's Enforcement Bureau as a de...
Many lawyers say they're pushing for more clearly defined contracts between emerging companies and their investors that can c...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Kirkland, Skadden advise on $2.5B Compuware buyout by Thoma Bravo
By Salvador Mares
Kirkland represented Chicago- and San Francisco-based private equity firm Thoma Bravo LLC in its $2.5 billion acquisition of C...
Government
Associate Attorney General Tony West leaving Justice Department
By Hadley Robinson
Associate Attorney General Tony West, a former San Francisco prosecutor and Morrison & Foerster LLP partner, will leave hi...
Government
Debate rages over state's reputation for anti-business legal environment
By Paul Jones
Business interests regularly rake California over the coals for its allegedly anti-business legal environment. But in the eyes...
A new law requires that all smartphones sold in California include a "kill switch" that can shut the phone down remotely. Inte...
The decadelong saga of the landmark Brinker case - in which restaurant workers filed a class action lawsuit over meal and rest...
David L. Haet, a pillar of Vallejo's family court, says he hopes one day to escape to Montana.