After fighting for various causes, Allison Claire now directs her passion toward judicial work.
WebCast
Prof. William G. Ouchi UCLA Anderson Graduate School of Management
By Riley Guerin
A new ABA ethics opinion reviews ethical issues arising from lawyers' review of jurors' social media, and offers lawyers and j...
Tired of waiting on school districts, some of California's top litigators are teaming with parents to fix the problems that pr...
"Choosing the Future for American Juvenile Justice," edited by Franklin Zimring and David Tanenhaus, provides a look at trends...
In "Forcing the Spring," New York Times reporter Jo Becker follows the historic legal challenge mounted against California's b...
The most valuable asset of most Silicon Valley companies is not the brick and mortar, but the company's work force. By Christo...
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. owes $119.6 million to Apple Inc. in patent infringement damages, about 5 percent of what the iPh...
Southwestern Law School alumni and members of the legal community gathered on April 24 for the law school's 26th annual Awards...
UC Irvine School of Law honored Irell & Manella LLP and Orange County attorney Daniel Cornelious Jr. for their work assist...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
State Bar Court affirms disbarment of Del Norte County DA
By Don Debenedictisn
Former Del Norte County District Attorney Jon Alexander should be disbarred for ex parte communication and a long history of d...
Two veteran music attorneys traveled some 10,000 miles to the slums of Kenya to educate local artists on legal issues, but the...
Government
San Bernardino County legal community celebrates new courthouse
By Katie Lucia
Though many court projects have been cancelled or pared down due to funding hurdles, dozens of legal and community leaders in ...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
$3.75M settlement for eBay in anti-poaching case
By Laura Hautalan
The Department of Justice and the California attorney general's office settled employment antitrust claims with yet another bi...
The partners at Kerr & Wagstaffe LLP describe themselves as expert storytellers. Every case has a story inside it, and the...
Winston & Strawn grabbed the co-head of Hogan Lovells' intellectual property practice Thursday, along with two other IP pa...
California Supreme Court
Latino candidates under consideration for state high court vacancy
By Emily Green
The potential candidates to fill retired Justice Joyce L. Kennard's seat include federal judges, one state appellate court jus...
Unfortunately, in California our political leadership remains mired in the past and refuses to seriously consider reforms to o...
Intellectual Property
Jury denies Apple's bid for big patent damages award against Samsung
By Kevin Lee
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. will only have to pay a fraction of the amount of damages Apple Inc. sought for infringing severa...
Government
MICRA initiative backers say drug treatment bill by docs a distraction
By Paul Jones
Backers of a controversial intiative to raise California's malpractice cap and test doctors for drug use say a new bill to tre...
Attorneys praise Bangs for her toughness and ability to resolve construction disputes. ...
Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...
A roundup of recent merger and acquisition and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
Vice President and General Counsel for Verizon Wireless - Western Region Irvine ...
Law Practice
Some states' random trust account audits seek education but find misappropriation
By Don Debenedictisn
A few states conduct detailed audits of lawyer trust accounts at random. They find many problems but few bad actors. The Calif...
Starting July 1, owners of certain nonresidential buildings in California will be required to disclose energy consumption data...
Two former Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies were recently accused of planting guns inside an LA medical marijuana dispens...