Litigation
Trial begins in suit against LA Times by former sports columnist
By America Hernandez
T.J. Simers alleges he was harassed and forced out of his job following a 2013 stroke, while the newspaper maintains he resign...
Litigation
New U.S. Attorney brings wealth of national security experience
By Gautham Thomas
Eileen M. Decker, the new U.S. attorney for the Central District of California, takes office after more than two decades in pu...
Law Practice
Baker & Hostetler LLP switching to one-tiered partnership
By Joshua Seboldn
Baker & Hostetler LLP announced Monday it will go through with its rumored switch to a one-tiered partnership, joining Aki...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Fair use ruled a right, not a defense
By Ashley Cullinsn
Copyright holders must now evaluate fair use before issuing a takedown notice under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the ...
Mono County Judge Mark Magit took to remote Mammoth Lakes shortly after finishing law school.
Environmental
U.S. Navy to scale back sonar usage during training following finalized settlement
By Fiona Smith
A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Settlement worth nearly $2 billion reached with banks in antitrust class action
By Gautham Thomas
Pension investment funds, including a Los Angeles County fund for public employees, claimed that some of the world's largest i...
Law Practice
Covington snags Bird Marella's co-managing partner for LA office
By Deirdre Newmann
Covington & Burling LLP has lured away the co-managing partner at Bird, Marella, Boxer, Wolpert, Nessim, Drooks, Lincenber...
A Hollywood family feud over parents' spending of a child star's earnings did not have a happy ending for the actor on Friday,...
A federal judge issued an injunction under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act after awarding to Korean broadcasters $65 mill...
The Manhattan district attorney's office chose the California Department of Justice as one of 20 agencies to receive funding f...
Intellectual Property
San Jose attorney attacks authority of patent office
By Kevin Lee
A San Jose lawyer launched an attack on the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Friday, telling a skeptical federal appeals court...
Perspective
Federal Circuit to consider limits of 'first sale' doctrine
By Ben Armisteadn
At issue is the extent to which U.S. patent rights can be used to control downstream and international trade in the patentee's...
Government
Legislation passed to regulate medical marijuana statewide
By Philip Johnsonn
Twenty years after Californians passed Proposition 215, state politicians reached a bipartisan agreement late last week that w...
Los Angeles-based American Apparel Inc. does not have to advance its founder and former Chief Executive Officer Dov Charney an...
Philip F. Glusker, a founding partner of the firm now known as Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger LLP, died Wedn...
LA Superior Court Judge Elizabeth Lippitt likes to tell stories to help put her courtroom at ease.
Several candidates for the Republican nomination in the 2016 presidential election have adopted as a policy the elimination of...
A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California.
Fresno Superior Court Judge Brian Arax knows the timbre of his demeanor in court can make all the difference.
Criminal
New Justice Department rules for corporate crimes stir debate
By Gautham Thomas
New Department of Justice guidelines released Wednesday signal a renewed focus on individual prosecutions of corporate malfeas...
As data breach cases move past Article III standing issues and proceed to questions of negligence, organizations with concrete...
DA offices across the state need to be transparent as to how they handle wrongful conviction investigations. By Lucy Salcido C...
A federal bankruptcy judge Wednesday ruled that California Farm Investors LLC, led by prominent entertainment attorney Michael...
The news of the resignation of an Orange County deputy district attorney accused of improperly using jailhouse informants and ...
Former Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP partners have adopted a non-heirarchical environment, life-work bal...
Entertainment & Sports
Judge sides with GoDaddy in cybersquatting suit
By Ashley Cullinsn
Judge Andre Birotte Jr. ruled Thursday that GoDaddy did not violate the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act, ending fiv...
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U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit voids EPA approval of pesticide, citing concern over bees
By Fiona Smith
The government relied on flimsy evidence when it allowed widespread use of a a new pesticide despite lack of data on its effec...