Corporate
Google general counsel calls for Silicon Valley to push for patent litigation reform
By Alison Frost
J. Kent Walker Jr, senior vice president and general counsel at Google, asked the audience of the Stanford E-Commerce Best Pra...
Law Practice
National law firm celebrates 25-year milestone in Orange County
By Deirdre Newmann
National law firms usually seek out Los Angeles or San Diego as strategic outposts for putting down stakes in Southern Califo...
Litigation
Fired State Bar director argues against arbitrating case
By Don J. De Benedictis
A judge said he will decide this week whether to force the heated lawsuit over the firing of State Bar Executive Director Jose...
Judges and Judiciary
Election marks first in California Judges Association history
By Melanie Brisbon
The California Judges Association elected Judge Eric C. Taylor of L. A. Superior Court as its 84th president the organization...
The Supreme Court just agreed to review one important class action. On Thursday, it should agree to review another. By Stephen...
Litigation
Fresno County judge overturns jury's defense verdict in wrongful death case
By Philip Johnsonn
A judge's surprise ruling in an emotional Fresno County wrongful death lawsuit will restart the trial from scratch. ...
Administrative/Regulatory
Governor seeks CEQA exemption as environmentalists cry foul
By Fiona Smith
As the state Legislature and Brown administration hammer out a budget deal, environmental groups are raising concern about tra...
For more than a decade, Google Inc. and other search engines have fought off numerous lawsuits alleging their practice of sell...
L.A. County Judge Scott Millington tries to find the best solutions for defendants with mental health issues.
A malicious prosecution suit on behalf of former Walt Disney Co. executive David Neuman came to a swift end in favor of the de...
General Counsel, Executive Vice President Luther Burbank Savings Manhattan Beach ...
Litigation
Gore Vidal's half-sister drops her claim against his estate
By Don Debenedictisn
Sheppard Mullin partner calls the voluntary dismissal a "total victory" for the famed author's trust and Harvard University. ...
Government
Fiscal impact of newly eliminated bail requirement for traffic violations yet unknown
By America Hernandez
Unpaid traffic tickets has contributed to the $10 billion gap in courts' coffers from uncollected fines and fees. ...
Attorneys said the Supreme Court's decision Monday to let stand a San Francisco ordinance that required handguns to be locked ...
Education
LA Incubator Consortium launches solo practice training program
By Alison Frost
An event Tuesday will introduce the nine lawyers selected for a new initiative aimed at helping attorneys develop effective so...
Loeb & Loeb LLP has snagged two attorneys from Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP in Los Angeles. Allan J. Abshez joins as a partn...
A ruling provides defendants with powerful ammunition to contest a plaintiff's request for far-reaching contact information ba...
Administrative/Regulatory
Former State Bar president files defamation claim
By Don Debenedictisn
Luis J. Rodriguez has filed a formal government claim accusing the bar Board of Trustees of defaming him by leaking a secret r...
California Supreme Court
Death sentence affirmed, but state high court justices dispute jury selection standards
By John Roemer
Despite a quarrel over the standard for detecting racial bias in jury selection, the state Supreme Court on Monday affirmed th...
Los Angeles County Commissioner William Sadler is patient with litigants, even in stressful situations.
A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved.
Ellen Pao offered to drop her appeal if Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers agreed to pay her $2.7 million tab for legal fees...
California's chronic failure to adequately fund dependency counsel has led to colossal caseloads. By Michael Kaufman and Victo...
An artist copies someone else's Instagram photo, adds a silly comment, and sells it for thousands: Can he do that? By Stephen ...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Ebay may escape big payout in no-poach litigation
By Matthew Blaken
A federal judge may soon approve the company paying $3.75 million for a single, bilateral 'no poach' agreement the company is ...
Administrative/Regulatory
State agency to hold hearing on proposed Blue Shield acquisition
By Alison Frost
In a relatively rare move, the state Department of Managed Health Care is holding a public hearing in Sacramento Monday on Blu...
Intellectual Property
San Jose chip company wins small patent verdict from rival
By Kevin Lee
A Delaware federal jury awarded Fairchild Semiconductor Corp. $2.3 million in a patent case against Power Integrations Inc. Fr...
The Howrey LLP estate added to its coffers and resolved a variety of claims against 17 former partners and some of their new f...
California Courts of Appeal
Former juvenile criminal denied honorable discharge
By L.J. Williamson
An appellant who fell into "a black hole of the law" lost his appeal for a trial court to find that his discharge from parole ...
May suffered dismal growth in the national legal sector compared to April's spike of 2,100 new jobs, according to the latest e...