One of the country's biggest shipping and warehousing companies got hit with a lawsuit Tuesday for allegedly committing a stri...
A mass-action lawsuit alleging fraud and negligence against the National Football League and helmet manufacturer Easton-Bell S...
Internal investigations and corporate regulatory actions are on the rise while business litigation has slightly decreased, acc...
Mountain View-based Conceptus Inc. won an $18.8 million jury award in its patent infringement lawsuit against Hologic Inc. ove...
A reader responds to "Just don't do it: Prosecutors should avoid partnering with plaintiffs' lawyers." ...
A longtime in-house attorney in the freight industry has recently switched paths to the technology field as general counsel fo...
Litigation
Out-of-state attorneys sue over ban on practicing in California
By Jill Redhage
Seven lawyers not licensed to practice in California have sued the California Supreme Court and its justices, seeking to chang...
California Courts of Appeal
Panel decertifies class action against Honda
By John Roemer
Honda Acura owners cannot sue the manufacturer as a class over allegations of a faulty transmission in 2002 to 2008 models, a ...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
DOJ hires Munger Tolles partner to help with AT&T merger suit
By Craig Andersonn
The U.S. Department of Justice has hired Glenn D. Pomerantz, a Los Angeles-based partner with Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, ...
Government
Obama adminstration deports record number of illegal immigrants
By Robert Iafolla
The Obama administration set a new record by deporting nearly 400,000 people who were in the country illegally during fiscal y...
Neutral, JAMS San Francisco ...
Civil Rights
Equal access axed: Brown limits viability of small discrimination claims
By Karen Natividadn
The governor's veto of the Equal Access to Justice Act will discourage low-wage workers from pursuing their legal rights. By B...
Intellectual Property
Naked licensing: Not as rare as one might think
By Genevieve Knollen
Clear quality control provisions are key to protecting your license. By Antonio R. Sarabia II ...
It is our duty as lawyers to sound the alarm for all citizens. By Eric Webber of the Los Angeles County Bar Association ...
Corporate
Suppliers are not banks: What to do when companies refuse to pay their bills
By Karen Natividadn
The fight against large companies engaged in abusive trade practices. By Richard G. Reinis of Steptoe & Johnson LLP ...
The wife of a former Deloitte Tax LLP partner has agreed to pay a $1 million civil fine to resolve civil insider trading alleg...
U.S. Supreme Court
High court mulls whether to protect lies over medals
By Robert Iafolla
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to consider whether the Constitution protects the right to lie about earning medals for m...
Oakland-based BrightSource Energy, Inc., recently announced its intention to build a 750 megawatt solar thermal project in Riv...
A Newport Beach-based developer has won a $50.3 million jury verdict in a lawsuit alleging an investment fund cut them out of ...
A divided 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals en banc panel on Monday ruled officers in separate incidents in Hawaii and Washing...
Rick Ross, the lawyer who helped grow the O'Melveny & Myers LLP entertainment practice from Century City, has taken his wo...
Intellectual Property
Internet retailers beat back infringement lawsuit
By Craig Anderson
City of Industry-based Newegg Inc. and Utah-based Overstock.com Inc. on Friday defeated the infringement claims of an Alcatel-...
Real Estate/Development
Newhall Ranch attorney joins law firm
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
Real estate attorney and development executive Steven Zimmer is the newest addition to real estate and business law firm Gilch...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Latest 9th Circuit pick may placate conservatives
By John Roemer
An appellate litigation partner at Munger Tolles & Olson LLP in Los Angeles is the latest pick for the 9th U.S. Circuit Co...
O'Melveny & Myers LLP will eliminate 75 staff positions from its U.S. offices over the next month, the firm announced Mond...
A roundup of cases the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review. ...
Gov. Jerry Brown has recently signed legislation allowing a new kind of corporation that can set environmental or social goal...
A rule that for decades has shielded lawyers who advise corporate clients on thwarting unions could be revised to open these c...
Intellectual Property
Apple wins round in patent battle against HTC
By Craig Andersonn
HTC Corp. lost the first round of its patent infringement complaints against Apple Inc., when a U.S. International Trade Commi...
Former Los Angeles City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo is adding another title to his resume: CEO of the Los Angeles County Medica...