Hewlett-Packard Co. does not have to turn over to plaintiffs a report on the allegations of improper behavior by then-Chairman...
Preparing for an uphill slog toward the first courtroom trial over unintended acceleration claims, Toyota Motor Corp. has hire...
Environmental
California’s cap and trade regulations: Will they survive long enough to make history?
By Sharon Liangn
The breadth and novelty of cap and trade make litigation a real possibility. By Malcolm C. Weiss and Ian M. Forrest of Hunton ...
The rising number of homeless veterans returning from service is a national disgrace. By Jeffrey A. Lowe ...
Perspective
Risk management 101: social host liability in California
By Karen Natividadn
The Teen Alcohol Safety Act protects minors against alcohol-related death and injury. By Warren A. Koshofer of Michelman &...
Should the crime of rape be redefined to include a wider range of acts? By Wendy L. Patrick of the San Diego County district a...
Criminal justice realignment - how did it come to this and what does it all mean? By Hadar Aviram of UC Hastings College of th...
Real Estate/Development
Developers watching cases over homeowner contracts
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
For years, developers have tried to dodge the high cost of construction defect trials through alternative dispute provisions. ...
Litigation
Judge dismisses privacy class actions against Facebook, Zynga
By Craig Andersonn
A San Francisco federal judge dismissed class actions Tuesday that claimed Facebook Inc. and Zynga Game Network Inc. violated ...
Netflix Inc. won a motion for summary judgment Tuesday enabling it to escape an antitrust class action filed by its subscriber...
A small and persistent number of in-house attorneys are sticking to the billable hour despite the poor economy. ...
The state Supreme Court rejected a request Tuesday to stop the State Bar from taking over the practice of a lawyer accused by ...
Real Estate/Development
Firms on failed deals play new matchmaker role for clients
By Jason W. Armstrong
Whether it be looking to other clients as capital sources or persuading municipalities to accept new types of entitlement rule...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Lawyers divided over bar's possible involvement in online case management system
By Don Debenedictisn
California lawyers are divided over whether the State Bar should use some of its money to become part of the controversial and...
An ex-Bingham McCutchen LLP associate is suing her former firm in Los Angeles Superior Court for wrongful termination, claimin...
Nearly 600 former prisoners who claim they were erroneously imprisoned months - sometimes years - past their release date are ...
Superior Court Referee Kern County (Bakersfield) ...
The New Lawyer Supplement
FBI recruits at law schools to fill its ranks
By David Mc Afee
The FBI is recruiting at law schools to fill the ranks in its legal departments. ...
The New Lawyer Supplement
Program prepares students interested in entertainment
By Erica E. Phillips
USC's Entertainment Law Society is a student-run group that prepares young lawyers interested in the entertainment industry - ...
Law schools are starting to teach students practical legal skills for careers in corporate law as a way to ensure their educat...
After a successful college baseball career and a stint in the minors, Jonathan Ash is ready to take on the law as a first-year...
As clinical education continues to expand, law schools in the California are dedicating more resources to their programs. ...
The New Lawyer Supplement
Perception is reality when managers decide who makes partner
By Casey Sullivan
To make partner or not to make partner. That is the question on the minds of many law firm managing partners looking at batche...
The New Lawyer Supplement
Stanford law students take on real policy issues
By Kevin Lee
The criminal law course taught at Stanford Law School this fall is different than most other research classes, with students ...
The New Lawyer Supplement
Canines help dog-tired students through exams
By Pat Broderick
Jackie Falk, a stressed out first-year student at the University of San Francisco School of Law, needed a breather. So when sh...
Most people don't know what goes on in our dependency court system, and that needs to change. By Sanford Jossen ...
Law Practice
Step it up: 'Tis the season for job search networking
By Karen Natividadn
Networking during the holiday season can lay the groundwork for job search success in the New Year. By Valerie Fontaine of Sel...
Perspective
General principles for advertising injury coverage in IP lawsuits
By Sharon Liangn
Policyholders are increasingly looking to advertising injury to find coverage. By Marc Feldman of Luce Forward Hamilton & ...
An new, unprecedented state law targets forced labor. By Michael L. Gallion and David Van Pelt of Sheppard Mullin Richter &...
A Paso Robles woman was sentenced to six years in federal prison for defrauding the U.S. Department of Education by applying f...