9th Circuit says state courts must be free to run its own operations
By L.J. Williamson
A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel on Tuesday affirmed the Central District's dismissal of a class action challenging a...
A longtime appellate attorney and former professor Golden Gate University School of Law has launched an appellate boutique thi...
Intellectual Property
Sidley wins $4.6 million award in 'exceptional' patent case
By Kevin Lee
A federal judge has awarded Universal Remote Control Inc. more than $4.6 million in legal fees and costs Thursday after the de...
A federal judge in San Diego sided with Sempra Energy in a long-running dispute with a Mexican rancher stemming from a billion...
Government
Court leadership hopes to head off bill limiting use of outside contractors
By Fiona Smith
A union-backed bill that would curtail courts' use of outside contractors in place of employees has passed out of the Legislat...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Federal prosecutors' press releases cannot be subject of lawsuit, court rules
By Saul Sugarman
U.S. citizens have no legal right to challenge information that the U.S. Department of Justice circulates about them in press ...
California Courts of Appeal
Juvenile murder 'adjudication' prevents early release under Prop. 36, court rules
By Philip Johnsonn
A man's juvenile adjudication for second degree murder renders him ineligible for postconviction release under the Three Strik...
Criminal
State Supreme Court hints at reconsideration of the death penalty
By John Roemer
Pressure from a Santa Ana federal judge's finding that California's death penalty is unconstitutional has reached the state Su...
During a recent meeting with a school district client, they casually mentioned that they were using a "drone." Many other gove...
The state Senate recently passed the California Fair Pay Act, which closes some loopholes in the California Equal Pay Act. The...
Last week, Northern District Judge Edward Chen issued his anticipated certification order in the Uber class action suit. The r...
California Supreme Court
San Diego DA asks high court for clarity on Prop. 47
By Lisa Churchilln
After appellate decision, Bonnie Dumanis asks if resentencing law applies to juveniles. ...
Senior Vice President of Legal and Business Affairs Prodege LLC El Segundo ...
Litigation
No-poach settlement with eBay looks small, but it might not be over
By Philip Johnsonn
In the wake of a large antitrust class action settlement between Silicon Valley titans and employees, the $3.75 million resolu...
Less than two months after DirecTV LLC's acqusition by AT&T Inc. was finalized, the company has reached a settlement in it...
Superior Court Judge Sonoma County (Santa Rosa) ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Sony can share customer information with its affiliates, 9th Circuit rules
By Saul Sugarman
A pair of Sony Corp. companies are allowed to keep and share between them the personal information provided when a customer re...
Criminal
Former LA County presiding judge pleads not guilty at arraignment
By Deirdre Newmann
James Bascue, a former presiding judge in Los Angeles County accused of shooting at police, entered a plea of not guilty Frida...
Legal employment in California has been trending upwards in recent months and has reached pre-recession levels for the second ...
Proxy access proposals, or the push for shareholders to nominate their own directors, landed on the laps of about 120 companie...
Superior Court Judge Fresno County (Fresno) ...
Vice President and General Counsel of FCTI Inc. Los Angeles ...
A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California.
A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved
Judge Allan Goodman, praised for his dedication and keen mind, keeps working on assignment.
Truly at issue is whether the Private Attorneys General Act lets plaintiff's act like state prosecutors. ...
While law firms today are doing relatively well, it is still important for law firms to have dissolution agreements and polici...
Law practice is a profession which supposedly aspires to the highest integrity and ethics. Yet incivility committed by lawyers...
A Los Angeles jury swiftly decided that a doctor and his assistant, and not a sprawling university health system, were liable ...