Intellectual Property
Doctor wins patent infringement suit against Medtronic
By Logan Noblin
A Menlo Park-based attorney with Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP won a $20.3 million verdict for his client, a doctor w...
Litigation
Company sues state agency after losing to unusually low bid
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A satellite data company has challenged the California Department of Technology's decision to award a contract to AT&T Cor...
The city of Claremont's bid to take over a private water company via eminent domain was denied by a Los Angeles County Superio...
Kathleen Banke of the 1st District Court of Appeal is a stronger believer in a good oral argument.
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar weighing changes that would bolster finances
By Lyle Moran
The agency is considering charging a processing fee for electronic payments, among other initiatives. ...
SVP of Legal and General Counsel Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Carlsbad) ...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Plaintiffs' attorneys hand out annual honors
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The Consumers Attorneys of California gave several attorneys awards for major verdicts. ...
San Diego-based Petco Animal Supplies Inc. announced Monday the appointment of Alan K. Tse to senior vice president, general c...
Anonymous individual hopes offer will add to scarce clues to killing of James G. Gilliland Jr. ...
Paul Hastings LLP is advising Samsung and Harman has tapped Wachtell, Lipton, Rozen & Katz as counsel. ...
Natural Resources
First federal report on offshore fracking challenged by environmentalists
By America Hernandez
After securing the first federal agency report on offshore fracking earlier this year, environmental groups now claim report, ...
Criminal
Federal prosecutors indict British executive on fraud charges
By Logan Noblin
A federal grand jury in San Francisco has indicted the former chief financial officer of Autonomy Corp. PLC on 15 counts of fr...
Immigration
US judge says noncitizens can't be detained without ability to pay bonds
By Renee Flannery
A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction which calls for changes in bond determinations made by U.S. immigration offic...
Bankruptcy
After GC becomes CEO, American Apparel files for bankruptcy again
By Paula Lehman Ewing
One month into her role as CEO at the Los Angeles-based American Apparel USA LLC, Chelsea A. Grayson will oversee a second ban...
Irvine-based medical technology company Masimo Corp. has settled patent litigation against Philips Electronics North America C...
A roundup of recent transactions and the California lawyers involved.
Government
New plaintiffs' attorney group president has ambitious goals
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The new president of the Consumer Attorneys of California acknowledges that plaintiffs' attorneys face national headwinds, but...
Litigation
Judge: Smoking depictions in films protected by free speech
By Steven Crighton
The MPAA's rating system is an opinion, not an authority, the judge ruled. ...
Natural Resources
Oil drilling case back before original state judge
By Justin Kloczko
A cross-complaint regarding a settlement between the city of Los Angeles and environmental nonprofits is back in state court. ...
Litigation
Judge vacates $44M antitrust verdict, citing new 9th Circuit precedent
By America Hernandez
A business is not liable for anticompetitive behavior if it profits immediately, a federal judge reasoned. ...
California Supreme Court
High court takes up Prop. 47 DNA expungement case
By Kevin Lee
California's highest court will consider whether state government can retain a convicted juvenile's DNA sample in its criminal...
Peters' elevation will be effective Jan. 1 and the new name of the San Francisco firm will be Keker, Van Nest & Peters LL...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Special master advises against most of State Bar's requests for extra funding
By Lyle Moran
The appellate justice also urged future monitoring of the bar's spending in his 25-page report. ...
Superior Court Judge Los Angeles County (Long Beach) ...
Attorney moves and promotions and new firms from around the state.
Man of few words, US Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill keeps attorneys on track in Fresno.
Merced County Judge Mark Bacciarini has gone from music teacher to respected jurist.
Litigation
President-elect Donald Trump transitions to office in midst of lawsuits
By Lyle Moran
Trump would not be immune from suits over acts alleged to have occurred prior to his presidency. ...
When voters passed Proposition 64, it didn't just legalize recreational marijuana for adult use. It also allowed thousands of ...
The lawsuit claims that while the bill has good intentions, it is misguided and chills free speech. ...