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Litigation


Hewlett-Packard Co. notched a win on Wednesday in a legal spat with Oracle Co. when a Santa Clara County Superior Court judge...


The Consumer Attorneys of California earlier this year supported changes to a fee associated with jury trials, but the is now...


Government


New consumer agency targets lawyer in first suit

Aug. 3, 2012
By Don Debenedictisn

Lawyers say the new federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's first lawsuit -- targeting a Los Angeles lawyer -- makes po...


California Supreme Court


An influential privacy rights group has filed an amicus letter with the state Supreme Court urging it to grant review in a cas...


A debt collection mill run by a Hollywood lawyer overstepped by mailing dunning letters to hundreds of debtors' employers, a d...


Intellectual Property


Apple Inc. said Wednesday it will seek sanctions against Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. attorney John B. Quinn, partner at Quinn...


Immigration


California may not legally admit an undocumented immigrant to practice law, the U.S. Department of Justice has told the state ...


Real Estate/Development


Real Estate Deals

Aug. 2, 2012
By Connie Lopezn

Sutman, Treister & Glatt inked a deal with landlord Douglas Emmett Inc. to renew its lease for 25,000 square feet at 1901 ...


Litigation



Intellectual Property


Apple, Samsung trial kicks off before jury

Aug. 2, 2012
By Craig Andersonn

Apple Inc. revolutionized mobile computing with homegrown inventions, featured in the iPhone and iPad tablet computer, that Sa...


Perspective


Some courts have 'thrown in the towel'

Aug. 2, 2012
By Ben Armisteadn

Although some courts are stretching their resources, others seem to have given up. By David M. Cairns ...


The tax consequences of being married - or not married - are huge. ...


Litigation


9th Circuit's handling of Dukes

Aug. 2, 2012
By Michael Leen

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has had a handful of opportunities to apply the teachings of Dukes to other putat...


Perspective


Compassion in the 'gentle’ ban?

Aug. 2, 2012
By Michael Leen

As it turns out, it is very difficult for one to obtain medical marijuana from a licensed healthcare provider. By Aaron C. Lac...


After an employer took steps to settle claims with its workers, a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge has thrown out a maj...


Discipline


The State Bar responded Tuesday to defense attorneys opposed to its efforts to claw back two dozen discipline plea bargains pr...


U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit


A closely-divided 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals dealt a blow Tuesday to a tribe that is battling the federal government to...


Labor/Employment


The changed class action landscape following a key U.S. Supreme Court decision last year was debated Tuesday before a 9th Circ...


Law Practice


Perkins Coie pay dispute dismissed

Aug. 2, 2012
By Kevin Lee

Former Perkins Coie partner Harold R. DeGraff must take his compensation dispute into arbitration, a federal judge ruled this ...


Entertainment & Sports


Warner Bros. has launched an assault on businesses selling counterfeit DVDs of the studio's material on Amazon's marketplace i...


Government


Two parties involved in a legal row over Gov. Jerry Brown's upcoming November tax increase measure have filed responses to a p...


The convictions could have widespread ramifications for public corruption trials, including the defendants in the city of Bell...


Law Practice


August marks the month when law firms across the country recruit at college campuses. By most accounts, next summer's class si...


Litigation


Same-sex marriage opponents have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse lower court rulings that struck down as unconstitutio...


Judicial Profile


Mary Thornton House

Aug. 2, 2012
By Ameera Buttn

Mary Thornton House Los Angeles County Superior Court (Pasadena) ...


Judicial Profile


Terry Smerling

Aug. 1, 2012
By Andrew Mc Intyre

Superior Court Judge ...


Government


The committee in charge of finding a new director for the Administrative Office of the Courts ditched a headhunter's work to i...


Intellectual Property


Trying to find 10 unbiased jurors in Silicon Valley to decide the trial between Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd pro...


Kirkland & Ellis LLP represented Sunquest Information Systems Inc. and owner Vista Equity Partners in a planned $1.4 billi...


Labor/Employment


A federal appellate panel on Monday revived the lawsuit of an administrative law judge working for the federal agency in charg...