Judges and Judiciary
Candidates line up for seats in Santa Clara County
By Saul Sugarman
Four people are now running to replace retiring Santa Clara County Judge Jerome E. Brock in the June 5 elections. ...
In overturning Proposition 8, the 9th Circuit focuses on the societal meaning, rather than the legal effects, of marriage. By ...
A former district attorney in Del Norte County has been acquitted by a jury of all charges stemming from an incident at a Safe...
Securities litigator Susan Resley has moved to Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP after a seven-year stint at Orrick, Herrington ...
Litigation
Judge again tosses out Bratz antitrust suit
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
A judge for the second time tossed out Bratz manufacturer MGA Entertainment Inc.'s antitrust lawsuit against Mattel Inc. ...
Never leave ambiguous language unresolved, everything depends on interpretation. By Sarah P. Condor-Fisher of CondorLaw ...
The state Supreme Court on Wednesday turned down a former federal prosecutor's request to resurrect a lawsuit against insuranc...
In construing a policy, the challenge is often what should be the interpretation approach. ...
A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals staff attorney is entitled to enroll her wife in her employee health plan, a Northern Dist...
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court punts challenge on Medi-Cal cuts back to 9th Circuit
By Robert Iafolla
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday sent the challenge to California's plan to slash medical spending on poor residents back t...
Intellectual Property
Microsoft joins Apple in attacking Google’s patent licensing policy
By Craig Andersonn
Microsoft Corp. joined Apple Inc. in filing a complaint with the European Commission accusing Google Inc. and Motorola Mobilit...
As California homeowners await details of a $25 billion multistate settlement with lenders over past foreclosure abuses, focus...
California Supreme Court
High court to decide whether lawyers can be disbarred for child porn possession
By Laura Ernden
Real estate lawyers say an increase in health care industry mergers and acquisitions and rising outsourcing of certain hospita...
A reader responds to "Governor's bank regulator an insider." ...
For the first time in California, public employees may sue under the Public Records Act. By Dulcinea Grantham, Harold Freiman ...
Military Law
ERISA regulations and military retirement: No protections for those who protect us
By Michael Leen
The military has deprived service members of the same protections civilians in the private sector enjoy. By Joel Marrero and J...
History is not on Braun's side - no player has successfully appealed a drug use suspension. By Matt Brinton of Southwestern La...
Real Estate/Development
Slightly guarded optimism trumpets in the 2012 California office market
By Michael Leen
Promising developments in the 2012 market and international conditions that might crash the party. By Tony Natsis of Allen Mat...
Real Estate/Development
Parson's World Headquarters sale/leaseback
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
At nearly 1 million square feet of office space, the Parson's World Headquarters in Old Pasadena is an investor's dream. But a...
In U.S. Supreme Court action Tuesday, the justices vacated a 9th Circuit ruling in a GPS case, backed arbitration over litigat...
Solo and Small Firms
Lawyers launch Westlake Village litigation boutique
By Susan Mcraen
Louis Klein and Dan Friedlander have decamped Jackson DeMarco Tidus & Peckenpaugh PC to open Klein Friedlander, focusing o...
Meryl K. Chae and Mike Beinus led the Skadden team in representing Newport Beach-based REIT Nationwide Health Properties Inc. ...
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP added three lawyers to its Los Angeles office, the firm announced Tuesday. ...
National boutique hotel operator Morgans Hotel Group sold the Mondrian Los Angeles to an affiliate of Pebblebrook Hotel Trust ...
Real Estate/Development
Google lease at Technology Corners
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
When Google, Inc. signed a nine-year lease at the Technology Corners at Moffett Park campus in Sunnyvale last July, the deal c...
Plaintiffs suing a tour company that organizes expensive international summer trips say they signed contracts stating they wou...
Real Estate/Development
Horizon at Playa Vista office building sale
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
At $290 million and 500,000 square feet, the sale of two office buildings in the Horizon at Playa Vista office campus was one ...
A vote on a city-funded pro bono civil litigation program in San Francisco has been delayed a week. ...