House Republicans accused the Obama administration Wednesday of engaging in crony capitalism by rushing through a $535 million...
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar convention kicks off in Long Beach
By Don Debenedictisn
More than a thousand lawyers will descend on Long Beach beginning today to hear speeches, discuss possible legislation and att...
Lawyers with DLA Piper LLP and Bingham McCutchen LLP helped negotiate $29 million in financing for an 111,403-square-foot shop...
Public Interest
Indigent litigants fight back against fee waiver denials
By Laura Ernden
As financial troubles plague both litigants and the courts who serve them, public interest lawyers said more indigent clients ...
Bankruptcy
Avoiding avoidance: Keeping payments after client bankruptcy
By Sharon Liangn
If a client declares bankruptcy, you may be sued for the return of fee payments By William Faulkner and Tyler Atkinson of McMa...
Perspective
What the Heck? 9th Circuit delivers misguided birthday present to drunk driver
By Sharon Liangn
A 9th Circuit ruling allows the birthday boy to have his cake, and eat it too. By Harry S. Stern of Rains Lucia Stern PC ...
Perspective
Assessing underinsurance lawsuits against agents and brokers
By Sharon Liangn
What's said between the salesperson and customer is critical in determining underinsurance liability. By R. Randal Crispen of ...
The U.S. Department of Energy finalized a $1.2 billion loan guarantee for the development of the Mojave Solar Project on Tuesd...
In response to mounting financial pressures, the federal judiciary will increase the price to electronically access case docum...
Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech
Pharmaceutical executive will appeal exclusion from Medicare
By Mandy Jacksonn
Former InterMune Inc. chief executive W. Scott Harkonen, convicted of wire fraud in connection with off-label marketing of a ...
Dolby Laboratories Inc. has settled its patent infringement lawsuit accusing Research in Motion Ltd. of infringing its audio t...
The man who oversaw the last years of Howrey LLP, including its demise, is moving his litigation practice to Winston & Str...
Judges and Judiciary
Commission disciplines El Dorado judge for abuse of contempt power
By Pat Alston
Judge James R. Wagoner overstepped his authority a year ago when he ordered his bailiffs to arrest a courthouse visitor and th...
Attorneys for Apple Inc. are seeking to stay patent infringement lawsuits against Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. ...
A San Jose federal judge ruled Monday that Countrywide Home Loans Inc. can't narrow a putative class action against it by tryi...
A round-up of the 2011 legislative session. ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
School district can remove religious posters, panel holds
By John Roemer
A 9th Circuit panel on Tuesday held that a San Diego County school district could order a high school calculus teacher to remo...
A decisive 67-page New Jersey court ruling in a right of publicity case against video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. coul...
Legislators introduced thousands of bills over the past nine months, but in the end those emphasizing job creation, deregulati...
As the TCW case wound down Tuesday, trial-fatigued jurors must now decide whether they can put a price tag on the complicated ...
Vice president, legal, for OnLive Inc. Palo Alto ...
Circuit Judge Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain thinks he knows how to improve the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' dismal affirmance ...
Constitutional Law
Olson concession should be key to Prop. 8 litigation
By Seena Nikravann
Ted Olson's concession should be key to Proposition 8 litigation. By John C. Eastman at Chapman University School of Law ...
Although the IRS deadline has passed, options remain for taxpayers who need to disclose their foreign financial income. By San...
With the right marketing strategies, changes to the Family Code can bring in new clients. By Hirbod Rashidi ...
With the options available today, the choice of which smartphone to use is truly a personal one. By Paul R. Kiesel of Kiesel B...
Family
Putative spouse status: A purely subjective standard ... for now
By Genevieve Knollen
Applying a purely subjective good faith standard to putative spouse claims will create confusion in the law. By Crystal N. Rig...
The Judicial Council plans to conduct a national search to find a permanent replacement for recently retired Administrative Di...
An auto-parts distributor in California has agreed to pay a $43 million fine as part of a plea agreement to settle a price-fix...
After 26 years at a litigation boutique, Edward "Eddie" Wood said Monday he is moving to Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LL...