Let economic reality seep in, and both the majority and dissent in the high court case fade in relevance. By Daniel Brenner ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Federal judge must reconsider state Medi-Cal cuts, 9th Circuit rules
By John Roemer
A federal judge in Sacramento was too quick to toss a lawsuit contesting the state Legislature's Medi-Cal budget cuts, a 9th U...
Community News
Professor and general counsel talk shop at Online Dispute Resolution conference
By John Michael
UC Hastings College of the Law professor Robin C. Feldman, left, and Google Inc. General Counsel J. Kent Walker Jr. discuss re...
Intellectual Property
Apple, Emblaze trade opening statements in patent trial
By Kevin Lee
Nearly five years after sending a demand letter to Apple Inc. alleging patent infringement, Israeli patent holder Emblaze Ltd....
Global initial public offering activity in the second quarter of the year was dominated by new issuances in the financial sect...
Joseph M. Alioto Jr., the lawyer who won $47 million in attorney fees last year, is being evicted from his Nob Hill apartment ...
The state Supreme Court ruling centered on rights of common law employees. ...
Gallo, a nationally recognized trust and estates attorney who spent more than 45 years at Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman &...
Google Inc.'s legal woes deepened Monday when the U.S. Supreme Court let stand a 2013 federal appellate ruling that the Wireta...
The number and scope of federal crimes has vastly expanded over the past few decades, but the U.S. Supreme Court has resisted ...
California Courts of Appeal
New state appellate appointees include federal judge, same-sex marriage advocate
By Emily Green
Gov. Jerry Brown made waves over the weekend with a string of appointments to the state courts of appeal, naming a veteran fed...
Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas announced a lawsuit Monday accusing GM of deceiving consumers and unfair busin...
A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
Perspective
CFPB activity should be a lesson for auto lending industry
By Ben Armisteadn
The CFPB's latest crackdown on deceptive credit card sales and marketing of add-on products is part of a trend which can provi...
In one month, two of the most well-regarded bankruptcy boutique firms in Southern California disappeared from the marketplace....
A cellphone isn't a cigarette pack. This less-than-controversial premise drove the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark ruling in ...
The EPA released its long-anticipated proposed rule under Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act to reduce greenhouse gas emissio...
More courts in the state are embracing services such as Skype or a new video component rolled out by CourtCall to alleviate fr...
Veteran entertainment law attorney Ken Ziffren was honored June 14 with the Tom Mankiewicz Leadership Award at the 44th Annual...
California Courts of Appeal
Appeals court says judge can retire early and work in the public sector
By Emily Greenn
State judges can seek public employment if they retire before their term expires, a state court of appeal ruled late Friday in...
Deals with its two largest creditors brings the defunct firm closer to wrapping up its bankruptcy. ...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Allergan, hedge fund reach accord over special meeting
By Salvador Mares
The contested hostile takeover of Irvine-based drugmaker Allergan Inc. turned a corner Friday with the announcement that the c...
From left, Marjorie Soto, law school student and a recipient of a Mexican American Bar Foundation scholarship, with Arthur J. ...
The O'Reilly & Collins estate has settled $7.4 million worth of claims with its bank and a former attorney. ...
State judges can seek public employment if they retire before their term expires, a state court of appeal ruled late Friday in...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
State Bar will audit more lawyers for MCLE, especially those with past problems
By Don Debenedictisn
The State Bar will audit the MCLE compliance of 5,500 lawyers whose last names begin with the letters N-Z. About 40 percent of...
Instead, the branch will simply be known as its leadership body, the Judicial Council. The move to strip away the name of the ...
U.S. Supreme Court
EPA full speed ahead in light of favorable high court ruling
By Ben Armisteadn
The Supreme Court has now - perhaps surprisingly - waved the Environmental Protection Agency along in its efforts to address c...
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court threw out the EPA's greenhouse gas "tailoring rule," which revised the statutory thresholds ...
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of PetSmart Inc. Phoenix, Ariz. ...