Intellectual Property
Judge turns up the heat on Google and Oracle to settle
By Craig Andersonn
U.S. District Judge William Alsup, ratcheting up the pressure on Oracle Corp. and Google Inc. to settle their lawsuit over pat...
Government
San Francisco court bail-out deal could come with strings
By Amy Yarbroughn
Despite a deal signed last week with a top state court leader, the $2.5 million in bail out money San Francisco County Superio...
Edwin B. Reeser talks about the controversial practices used by law firms to manage profits and partner compensation. ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Chief Judge coins new words for failed enbanc calls
By John Roemer
Chief Judge Alex Kozinski of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has minted the words "dissental" and "concurral" as shortha...
Two state appellate decisions blur the law as to whether an insured's private right to action remains barred under certain cir...
Perspective
Transparency in law firms: I’ll show you mine, if you show me yours
By Karen Natividadn
For lateral partners seeking a new home, and law firms seeking their next rainmaker, the courtship just got even more complica...
Personal Injury & Torts
Trial Lawyers Care: The legal community responds to aftermath of Sept. 11
By Karen Natividadn
Attorneys from all around the world join forces to help those who lost someone on Sept. 11. By David S. Casey Jr. of Casey Ger...
When seeking a foreign manufacturer to make your product a reality, remember, your destiny is in the details. By Vasko R. Mitz...
Law Practice
Allen Matkins partners split off to start boutique
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
This month, two partners departed major real estate firm Allen Matkins to join forces and start their own boutique practice in...
A federal judge is weighing whether to incarcerate an ultra orthodox Hasidic rabbi who has refused to testify to a grand jury ...
Prosecutors plan to retry a San Jose lawyer for conspiracy to launder money after the judge determined last month she deserved...
Litigation
Citing Dukes, judge denies class cert in case against Wells Fargo
By Jill Redhage
Citing the recent Dukes v. Wal-Mart decision, a federal judge denied class certification Tuesday to a putative class of black ...
Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech
Regulators fine hospitals for violations
By Mandy Jacksonn
The California Department of Public Health on Wednesday assessed fines totaling $650,000 against 12 California hospitals. ...
California Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed a bill Wednesday that would have outlawed picketing outside of funerals because it did not ...
Ten students who loudly protested during a UCI speech by Israel’s U.S. ambassador in February 2010 carefully orchestrated a pl...
The former head of President Barack Obama's task force to combat fraud in the wake of the financial meltdown has joined the Sa...
California Supreme Court
Justices consider bounds of expert testimony in gang case
By Laura Ernden
In a lively oral argument Wednesday before an audience of UC Hastings College of the Law students, the state Supreme Court s...
The judge in the multi-million-dollar corporate feud involving Trust Co. of the West has limited further cross-examination of ...
Land use and municipal lawyers say cities are increasingly going to court to try to force bond companies to pay to finish publ...
With summer associate programs for 2011 in the books and firms already on law school campuses recruiting for 2012, hiring appe...
San Mateo-based SolarCity clinched a $344 million government loan guarantee Wednesday to help fund what the U.S. Energy Depart...
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors narrowly approved a plan to accommodate the thousands of state parolees and inmate...
Litigation
California case law may help patients hoping to sue over generic drugs
By Mandy Jacksonn
Patients harmed by low-cost versions of brand-name drugs have little legal recourse after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that st...
Hundreds of homeowners and former homeowners sued California Attorney General Kamala Harris late Tuesday, accusing her of viol...
Product Liability
Gateway points to Concepcion in product liability case
By Robert Iafolla
A Los Angeles federal judge has teed up an issue that could allow a product liability class action to move forward against Gat...
Litigation boutique Browne Woods George LLP has changed its name to Browne George Ross LLP, the firm's principals said Tuesday...
The Shasta Union High School District has agreed to end its policy of drug testing students who participate in school-related ...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Why conflict of interest disclosures matter in arbitration
By Sharon Liangn
Failure to make proper disclosures is not a consequence-free proposition for an arbitrator. By Ryan C. McKim of Murray M. Sinc...