The Bay Area's Big Law graveyard is littered with firm bankruptcies. But lawyers from the dissolved firms have sought new lif...
Family
Frank and Jamie McCourt: a cautionary tale of divorce gone wrong
By Sharon Liangn
How the McCourts ended up with far, far less than what they had at the beginning of their divorce process. By Jeffery S. Jacob...
Getting in trouble for filing a false police report isn't as clear-cut as it may seem. By Matt Brinton of Southwestern Law Sch...
Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech
Keeping score on health care reform
By Sharon Liangn
A look at which portions of health care reform may be here to stay. By Craig B. Garner of Garner Health ...
A reality star and a cartoon ape go bananas in court. By Megan Rivetti of Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger LLP...
A tentative settlement between MGA Entertainment Inc. and O’Melveny & Myers LLP involving the law firm’s claims that the B...
A few years ago when the U.S. economy reached record lows, many attorneys thought it wise to stay put at their firms instead o...
Chinese company CECEP, a state-owned solar panel manufacturer, has reportedly frozen $500 million in solar installations in th...
Law firms with well-established intellectual property practices in California are likely to come out of the gate hiring at th...
A report by the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office hailed Gov. Jerry Brown's pension reform proposal as a "bold" startin...
In what could be a bellwether case for privacy protections in the digital age, the U.S. Supreme Court wrestled Tuesday with wh...
A San Francisco federal judge sentenced the wife of a former Deloitte Tax LLP partner to 11 months in prison Tuesday. ...
Litigation
Pharmaceutical companies settle lawsuit over diabetes drug
By Mandy Jacksonn
Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Eli Lilly and Co. announced a settlement Tuesday that will resolve a lawsuit stemming from the...
In an expansion effort to attract work from plaintiffs with more lucrative assets , four family law firms have merged into one...
Dykema Gossett PLLC beefed up its corporate finance group with an addition from SNR Denton, the firm announced Tuesday. ...
The U.S. Supreme Court underscored the limitations on federal habeas corpus review of state convictions in a unanimous opinion...
As companies across the country update their social media policies to protect what they say is proprietary information, sites ...
The state Supreme Court on Tuesday seemed to be leaning strongly toward giving workers the flexibility to skip meal breaks. Bu...
Judge Charles E. Stafford has found balance between his personal and professional lives.
Six partners are decamping the Los Angeles office of Washington D.C.-based Hogan Lovells US LLP and taking their commercial en...
The judiciary is worried about Gov. Jerry Brown's call for major, across-the-board changes to public employee pensions. ...
Judge John M. Davis gives first-time offenders leeway but throws the book at hardened criminals.
Administrative/Regulatory
California’s new procedural regulations will facilitate administrative claims
By Sharon Liangn
The FEHA administrative process gets a makeover. By Margaret Gillespie of Littler Mendelson PC and Phyllis Cheng of the Califo...
Perspective
Think outside the box: coverage for trade dress infringement
By Sharon Liangn
For claims you may believe aren't covered, you might just need to think outside the box. By Peter S. Selvin of Raines Feldman ...
While the couple executed a prenuptial agreement, their divorce may not be that simple. By Ty Supancic of The Law Collaborativ...
Courts debate over how the anti-SLAPP statute applies to certain claims against lawyers by their clients.
Two well-known Orange County plaintiffs' law firms have filed lawsuits against the man who allegedly killed eight people last ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
No appeal for prisoner who wanted to be closer to home
By John Roemer
A 9th Circuit panel held Monday that a judicial recommendation on prison housing is not part of a sentence and cannot be appea...
In orders handed down Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court announced two summary reversals and three new cases granted, but it won't...
Real Estate/Development
Allen Matkins assists on DIRECTV lease
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
In one of the largest lease transactions in California in the last decade, DIRECTV Inc. signed a 15-year, 630,000 square-foot ...