The retrial of two former McKesson Corp. executives accused of securities fraud opened this week and will likely last through ...
California Courts of Appeal
New Year Brings New Rules for Appellate Lawyers
By Sharon Liangn
John Taylor Jr. of Horvitz & Levy summarizes select changes in the California Rules of Court, affecting civil appellate pr...
Anthony DiResta of Manatt address the reality, challenges and opportunities of the FTC Guides regulating social media. ...
Jose Allen, Kenneth Berlin, Don Frost Jr. and Stacy Kray of Skadden spotlight recent rulings in climate change litigation. ...
Reed Smith joined the march of law firms abandoning lockstep advancement of associates Tuesday when it announced a merit syste...
Judges and Judiciary
Curtain Rises On Legislative Inquiry Into Court Spending
By Evelyn Larrubian
Pressure continues to build on the Administrative Office of the Courts as it faces a Legislative committee hearing today on it...
The Administrative Office of the Courts' long-sought computer system - one of the most expensive in state history - is costing...
Successful trade secret misappropriation cases can bring huge payouts in the tens of millions of dollars, but only if you can ...
"You can't rely on speculation that a departing employee may use a trade secret," said Buchalter Nemer attorney Richard Darwin...
Jeremiah Ho of Whittier Law School looks at the phenomenon of hotel mortgage defaults and concept of a market reset. ...
Trial attorney G. Christopher Ritter instructs on a method of trial preparation that focuses on the dynamic of the jury. ...
Nearly all the part-time attorneys who lost their jobs over the past year were women, according to a survey released Monday by...
Jason Oei and Frank Loo of the San Bernardino County Public Defender's Office review the court's treatment of expert testimony...
Criminal
District Attorney Reports Possible Lab Errors in San Diego County
By Pat Broderick
San Diego County defense attorneys are being alerted by the district attorney's office about possibly incorrect lab test resul...
Personal Injury & Torts
Disney Is Accused of Dumping Toxic Water at Burbank Headquarters
By Jean Luc Renault
A federal judge has allowed a lawsuit to go to trial accusing the Walt Disney Co. of polluting the area around its Burbank lot...
Allan Ides of Loyola Law School says when it comes to civil rights, the Supreme Court tends to err on the side of the governme...
When Folger Levin opens its doors next week, it will be as much a new beginning as a return to form for the San Francisco bout...
Michael Durkee, David Blackwell and Thomas Tunny of Allen Matkins write on the future of agricultural and open space land cons...
U.S. Supreme Court
For Class Actions, It's All About Location, Location, Location
By Lawrence Hurleyn
When the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments in a major class action case next month, trial lawyers in California will face a s...
Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech
Lawsuit Against State's Autism Policy Clears Hurdle
By Evan George
California regulators may have violated their own statute meant to protect consumers by writing an "underground regulation" be...
Land use lawyers at Armbruster, Goldsmith & Delvac bring together their decades of experience to form entitlement team tha...
John RogovinGeneral Counsel of Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.— Burbank ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Racial Bias Found in Jury Selection
By John Roemer
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals stood by its July decision that a prosecutor's racially motivated exclusion of blacks du...
Drought-stricken farmers in the western Central Valley launched another legal attack against the U.S. government to force it t...
A breach of contract suit filed against Brondell Inc. marks the second time the defunct Heller Ehrman has pursued a former cli...
Earn one hour of MCLE credit by reading 'Contractual Arbitration' by Sarah K. Hofstadter and answering the questions that foll...
Barry A. Pupkin of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey reflects on the announcement of possible revisions to the Horizontal Merger ...
RealNetworks lost Round 1 against Hollywood when a U.S. judge ordered it to stop selling its DVD-copying technology. The techn...
George T. Bennett 1950 — 2009 ...
Sarah K. Hofstadter of the 1st District Court of Appeal educates on judicial enforcement and review of contractual arbitration...