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...
Pre-emption of state law failure-to-warn claims for prescription drugs may carry hidden consequences. By Shawn Khorrami and Al...
Grappling with budget cuts and overloaded criminal courts, Los Angeles City Attorney Carmen Trutanich is seeking the city's ap...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit also takes up standing and gay rights
By John Roemer
On the same day the state Supreme Court considered legal standing of Proposition 8's proponents to defend a gay marriage ban i...
Perspective
Making a case in pharmaceutical and medical device product liability
By Karen Natividadn
When making a medical product liability claim, pay attention to the type of product at issue and the U.S. Supreme Court preced...
Perspective
Justices deliver automakers setback on pre-emption issue
By Genevieve Knollen
Choosing which safety restraint to use becomes more risky for automakers. By Robert C. Rodriguez of Wilson Turner Kosmo LLP ...
Two Chevron Corp. subsidiaries agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle a pollution lawsuit over alleged failures to properly mai...
Product Liability
Social media takes product liability claims to new level
By Sharon Liangn
With social media, an unhappy consumer can easily reach out to others and mobilize a campaign against any product. By Jennifer...
Jean Rosenbluth, a professor at the USC Gould School of Law, has been selected to fill a newly created U.S. magistrate judge p...
California Supreme Court
Justices likely to rule gay marriage foes can defend Prop. 8
By Laura Ernden
The state Supreme Court didn't seem willing Tuesday to stand in the way of allowing Proposition 8 proponents to defend the sam...
Judges and Judiciary
Names of Brown's judicial advisors offer glimpse
By Gabe Friedmann
Gov. Jerry Brown has chosen a varied group of prominent lawyers and judges to act as advisors for his judicial nominations, ac...
Superior Court Judge Sonoma County (Santa Rosa) ...
Judge John M. Tomberlin has a good system for juggling two juries in dual defendant cases.
The former head of President Barack Obama's task force to combat fraud in the wake of the financial meltdown has joined the Sa...
Claiming pension and health-care costs have left their budgets in ruins, some local governments are considering declaring stat...
Director of Legal Affairs for Sofinnova Ventures Inc. Menlo Park ...