An agricultural water district in the Eastern San Joaquin Valley has sued the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation over its decision to ...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Meyers Nave hit with a malpractice suit from the city of Bell
By Kylie Reynolds
The scandal-plagued suburb claims in part that the municipal law firm, which served as Bell's bond counsel and interim city at...
The Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association celebrated its 39th annual installation and awards banquet May 1. The even...
Real Estate/Development, Administrative/Regulatory
Using Airbnb? Get covered to rest easy
Without proper insurance, it will only be a matter of time before litigation eats up Airbnb's venture capital reserves. ...
Government
Federal courts in California consolidate space to save costs
By Hadley Robinson
After decades working out of San Francisco's Financial District, the bankruptcy court is moving in with the district court, ma...
Intellectual Property
Patent litigation proponents pursue other efforts as Senate bill stalls
By Kevin Lee
As the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee exits from the discussion of how to curb frivolous patent litigation, for now, proponen...
A roundup of recent real estate activity and the lawyers involved.
Litigation
NFL players sue in Northern District, saying teams sacrificed their health for profit
By Hadley Robinson
Eight former professional football players filed a lawsuit against the National Football League Tuesday claiming they were eac...
Perspective
New IRS draft form could open floodgates for charity fraud
By Ben Armisteadn
Basically, if I were simply to claim that I met all the requirements, the IRS would automatically grant me 501(c)(3) status. B...
Green Mountain drew attention in late 2013 by announcing its intention to roll out a new platform, called Keurig 2.0. By Alex ...
The 3rd Circuit recently denied a petition for rehearing in a case which has already been highly cited and relied upon by dist...
The Central District of California has emerged over the past decade as a major hot spot for intellectual property litigation. ...
Filing comes as the market for biotech IPOs continues to cool from record-breaking pace ...
The EU's "right to be forgotten" ruling may seem like a win for privacy, but it's far more likely to have negative repercussio...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Law firms dodge malpractice verdict over judge who missed deadline
By Don Debenedictisn
A Los Angeles jury finds two law firms aren't liable for delayed settlement talks after judge blew deadline to rule on new tri...
Litigation
Medical device manufacturers' patent battle ends in $1B settlement
By Henry Meier
Medtronic Inc., one of the world's largest medical device manufacturers, agreed to pay Edwards Life Science Inc., an Irvine co...
Folsom-based fuel cell maker Altergy Systems has won a $58 million award in legal fight with battery maker EnerSys Delaware In...
Litigation
Disabled law student test-takers prevail in government settlement
By Hadley Robinson
The company that administers the admissions test for law school can no longer flag exams of people who received special accomm...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Prop. 8 ruling on donor disclosure laws follows trend, stirs debate
By John Roemer
Underscoring a national trend in favor of campaign finance disclosure laws, a federal appellate panel on Tuesday turned away a...
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that a copyright infringement suit centering on the 1980 boxing film "Raging Bull" can go ...
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The New Lawyer Supplement
Second-year law student is also a sports agent
By Alexandra Schwappach
Not many attorneys can say their clients include college football players who recently signed with teams like the Minnesota Vi...
The New Lawyer Supplement
Law students work to posthumously admit Chinese immigrant to the bar
By Alexandra Schwappach
More than a century after the State Bar denied his admission, students at UC Davis School of Law are petitioning the bar to ad...
The New Lawyer Supplement
More lawyers opting to take bar without attending law school
By Don Debenedictisn
Taking the bar without attending law school may gain popularity in a time of galloping law school tuition and graduate debt. ...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
'Plaintiff's counsel has viewed your profile'
By Ben Armisteadn
If you were sitting in your car in front of the juror's house and he or she looked out the window and saw you sitting there, w...