Suzanne Pamela Tom, the former vice president of legal affairs and compliance for Verifone Systems Inc. has joined Calix Inc. ...
Intellectual Property
Federal Circuit affirms validity of patents for lucrative Allergan drug
By Philip Johnsonn
Allergan Inc.'s exclusive rights to a lucrative drug were affirmed Tuesday when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circ...
A former Los Angeles Superior Court Clerk who worked at the Pomona Courthouse has been charged with 15 counts of misappropriat...
Last month, after years of abuse and defiance, Chrysler finally answered for its actions at a public hearing before the Nation...
The Academy's counsel calls GoDaddy's parked pages program "cybersquatting on an historic, massive scale" during opening argum...
Intellectual Property
Appeals court slashes $1.5 billion award, but upholds part of a large patent verdict
By Kevin Lee
Marvell Technology Group Ltd. dodged the bulk of a $1.5 billion patent infringement award, a federal appellate court ruled, bu...
Judge Daniel Link repurposed his trial skills for his new job in San Diego County Superior Court.
Orange County Judge Nancy Zeltzer immerses herself in criminal law to handle a new challenge.
Litigation
Judge considers if prosecutors can take away motorcycle gang's name, logo with forfeiture
By Don Debenedictisn
U.S. District Judge David O. Carter also wonders if the Mongols gang itself can be charged under racketeering. ...
General Counsel and Head of Corporate Development and Legal of RockYou Inc. San Francisco ...
Twelve years after Hewlett-Packard was sued in California in a class action, a Court of Appeal said HP must face a nationwide ...
A bill signed by the president on Friday clarifies what constitutes an "omission" so as to trigger the extended statute of lim...
A recent 7th Circuit decision emphasizes the continuing value of applying to enter the IRS's ongoing offshore voluntary disclo...
The last decade has struck a one-two punch on construction defect litigation. First, the recession brought the construction in...
Environmental
State high court sides with San Diego in CEQA suit against university
By Deirdre Newmann
The city of San Diego emerged victorious on Monday in a state Supreme Court battle against The California State University Boa...
California Supreme Court
State high court backs down in battle with U.S. Supreme Court over arbitration
By John Roemer
A used car deal gone south provided a vehicle on Monday for the state Supreme Court to pull back from its sometimes-contentiou...
A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved.
Entertainment companies AEG Live and Livenation have both acquired festivals and ticketing services involved in suits over onl...
Taking risks and playing fast and loose with the law might work in some industries, but will prove more challenging for so-cal...
California Supreme Court
Cases, hopefully, could end arbitration agreement woes
By Ben Armisteadn
Two cases pending before the state and federal high courts will hopefully resolve the ongoing conflict concerning the enforcem...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau operates as an autonomous entity with little oversight from the president, Congress o...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
ICANN defeats antitrust lawsuit by domain name registry
By Philip Johnsonn
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a Central District dismissal of an antitrust lawsuit by a registry that sought ...
Labor/Employment
Drivers for trucking company misclassified, 2nd District rules
By Andy Serbe
Truck drivers for Seacon Logix Inc. were employees, not independent contractors, and the cargo company forfeited its challenge...
Intellectual Property
Judge rejects dueling mistrial bids after closing arguments in patent trial
By Kevin Lee
U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul S. Grewal found himself in an unusual situation Friday after closing arguments of a high-stakes pat...
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences and GoDaddy.com LLC begin a highly-anticipated cybersquatting trial in U.S. D...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Case brought by The Ray Charles Foundation over royalties revived
By Fiona Smith
The late singer's foundation has standing to challenge a move by Charles' children to gain control of song royalties, a 9th Ci...
The 9th Circuit reversed a San Diego district judge on two issues pertaining to decade-long litigation over a disabled student...
Environmental
San Diego water agency defeats challenge to master plan update
By Joshua Seboldn
The San Diego County Water Authority defeated a lawsuit brought by an environmentalist group challenging the agency's water su...
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar announces new chief operating officer
By Don J. De Benedictis
Alameda County Superior Court's chief executive officer, Leah T. Wilson, will become the State Bar's new chief operating offic...
The overall employment rate for the class of 2014 climbed to 86.7 percent from 84.5 percent for the preceding class, according...