The central question in Akamai v. Limelight is whether and when parties can be liable for divided infringement. By Juli...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Ethics opinion tackles attorney honesty in negotiations
By Kylie Reynolds
The pending State Bar opinion seeks to outline a distinction between misrepresenting material facts and bluffing. ...
Litigation
Athletes drop damages claims, will seek injunction in NCAA case
By Hadley Robinson
Athletes challenging the NCAA's model of not paying students for use of their names, images and likenesses in TV broadcasts an...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Disbarment recommended for personal injury attorney
By Melanie Brisbon
The State Bar Court review department has recommended disbarment for Henry E. Guzman, a Los Angeles-based lawyer. ...
Government
Central District panel attorney upheaval highlights differences across state
By Henry Meier
Recent upheaval in the Central District highlights differences in how jurisdictions oversee indigent criminal defense panels a...
Jassy Vick is a fusion of the old and the new, traditional and modern. Though well known for traditional media and First Amend...
Labor/Employment
Laid-off biotech employees sue board members and venture firms
By Laura Hautalan
The proposed class action argues the venture capital firms are responsible for employment law violations allegedly committed a...
Aimed at helping law school graduates enter the burgeioning field of privacy protection, Santa Clara University School of Law'...
Outside of his career in law, Robert M. Bennett specializes in fixing things, specifically British sports cars from the 1960s...
California Courts of Appeal
Lawyer fined for leaving out trial testimony in appeal
By Emily Green
A Northridge attorney has been slapped with a $10,000 fine for filing a frivolous appeal and repeatedly giving a misleading ac...
Jason Patric may seek parentage of the 4-year-old boy he fathered through in vitro fertilization. ...
Government
Wrongly convicted men recommended for large compensation awards
By Hamed Aleazizn
A state compensation board Thursday granted Francisco "Franky" Carrillo more than $600,000 for the two decades he spent behind...
The Sacramento legal market has been sprouting boutiques at an increasingly rapid pace over the last four years as one of the ...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Why a 'civility oath,' and why now?
By Ben Armisteadn
On May 23, a dramatic change will occur to the attorney oath all entering lawyers will be required to take at the time of thei...
Just a few weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court gave district judges more latitude to award attorney fees in patent infringement...
A Delaware court recently ruled on a preliminary injunction motion seeking to enjoin Sotheby's annual shareholders meeting. By...
Some of California's most prominent lawyers, judges and other guests gathered May 7 in Beverly Hills as the Daily Journal sa...
A roundup of recent merger and acquisition and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
Senior vice president, legal affairs and general counsel of Marketo Inc. San Mateo ...
The increase in hospital closings nationwide is nothing short of an epidemic, but it remains unclear if we have successfully i...
The FTC recently clarified that sharing cyberthreat information does not implicate antitrust concerns. By Randy V. Sabett ...
Should California courts rethink the limitations on assignability? It may well be time to reconsider, by following the lead of...
The Impact Fund honored former U.S. Ambassador to Australia Jeffrey L. Bleich at its 21st anniversary gala on May 8. The socia...
Litigation
$21M settlement reached in workers' suit against Wal-Mart, distribution subcontractor
By Katie Lucia
Scheider Logistics Inc. agrees to pay the sum to settle allegations of wage theft against it and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. ...
All seven attorneys from Peitzman Weg LLP are expected to join the firm's Los Angeles office on June 2. ...
Labor/Employment
Worker defamation actions gain traction in employment suits
By Laura Hautalan
A jury last week awarded a fired employee more than $5.5 million — not for retaliation or discrimination, but for his employer...
Law Practice
Kaye Scholer adds Paul Hastings corporate chair in Palo Alto
By David Ruiz
Continuing with its long term business plan for office growth, Kaye Scholer LLP added corporate partner Robert A. Claassen to ...
As California courts continue to look for ways to do more with less money, many have turned toward a new source of revenue: on...
Judge Wynne Carvill says the result will depend on the outcome of a pending Supreme Court case ...
Bankruptcy judge Dennis J. Montali indicated he's inclined to throw out a request by a group of unsecured creditors to disqual...