Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Callaway Golf Co. Carlsbad ...
As online marketplace lending continues to expand, big institutional investors are cautiously eyeing young financial startups ...
A Brown administration proposal to exempt drought-related projects from environmental review was narrowed during budget negoti...
Senate Bill 213 finally addresses this problem that is wasting citizens' time, souring potential jurors on the legal system, a...
California Courts of Appeal
DA can't rescind misdemeanor plea deal for error in failing to spot molestation claims
By Don Debenedictisn
An arraignment calendar deputy didn't make a "mistake of fact" by missing police report's mention of potential felonies when s...
A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved.
A Sacramento judge allowed state attorney general Kamala Harris to keep the voter initiative from advancing to the next stage....
This month, the Los Angeles City Council cleared the way to make the city the largest in the United States to have a minimum w...
Hologram USA settled quietly this month with the Michael Jackson estate and Cirque du Soleil over unauthorized use of the 3-D ...
Criminal
African Americans still face unequal treatment in SF, study shows
By Joshua Seboldn
African Americans in San Francisco face starkly disproportionate rates of arrest according to a recent study, which found that...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit continued a string of decisions rejecting patent protection for software tec...
A Riverside County jury has awarded $40 million to the family of a man who was stabbed to death in a TGI Fridays. ...
If the road to hell is paved with good intentions, Senate Bill 608 is Exhibit A. The bill does not provide any new shelter, bu...
Litigation
Dueling lawyer spouses battle over allegations of diverted money
By Matthew Blake
A former Sullivan & Cromwell LLP partner said under oath Tuesday that her estranged husband, a semi-retired Irell & Ma...
California Courts of Appeal
Despite problems with the interpreter, divided appeals court upholds conviction
By John Roemer
Even as the Judicial Council wrestles with a new language access plan to bring more interpreters into courtrooms, a state appe...
Administrative/Regulatory
After audit, State Bar defends dues, backlog
By Don Debenedictisn
Contrary to findings in a new audit, the State Bar doesn't have excess money, dues aren't too high and the discipline backlog ...
General Counsel Ovation TV Santa Monica ...
Corporate litigants facing a substantial adverse judgment may attempt summary dissolution to evade execution of the judgment a...
Senate Bill 213, currently pending committee approval in the Assembly, is a bill that will substantially decrease the number o...
U.S. Supreme Court
Warrantless hotel record searches ruled unconstitutional
By America Hernandez
In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court said law enforcement must produce an administrative subpoena for motel owners to cha...
San Mateo County Superior Court Executive Officer John Fitton, who helped lead the court through budget cutbacks during the pa...
Entertainment & Sports
Florida judge rules in favor of Sirius XM Radio
By Ashley Cullinsn
After losses in California and New York, Sirius XM Radio has won summary judgment in Florida federal court, dismissing copyrig...
Transactions
Wilson Sonsini snags Chevron's first woman officer as of counsel
By Alison Frost
Lydia I. Beebe, who has spent the past 20 years as corporate secretary and chief governance officer of Chevron Corp., joined W...
Patent holders are barred from charging royalties from licensees once a patent has expired, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Mon...
Family
Wife offers proof husband underreported income in attorney divorce case
By Matthew Blake
In a divorce proceeding between two multimillionaire finance attorneys, the wife gained a bit of traction on Monday in proving...
A federal jury in Orange County has awarded close to $60 million to the family of a woman who died due to a defective heater. ...
A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved.
Administrative/Regulatory
State DMV will now release full official crash reports for self-driving car tests
By Andy Serbe
The California Department of Motor Vehicles has said that it will release full accident reports on crashes involving self-driv...
Superior Court Judge Los Angeles County (Metropolitan Courthouse) ...
Litigation
Judge knocks out railroad legal challenge to oil spill planning requirement
By Fiona Smithn
Calling the legal claims premature, U.S. District Judge Troy Nunley dismissed a railroad industry lawsuit over a new state law...