In a study, the American Bar Association found 21 root causes of, across all practice areas. Here's three perticularly importa...
A bankruptcy law firm has filed a putative class action claiming civil rights violations after an e-commerce company terminate...
California Supreme Court
New state high court justices split, allowing sex offender law to survive
By John Roemer
A split among the three Gov. Jerry Brown appointees to the state Supreme Court has allowed a sex offender law - which critics ...
Among lawyers disciplined recently, three were sanctioned because they had beendisciplined in other states, and five were disc...
Though California once led the nation in handing sentences of life without parole to juvenile offenders, the state had now beg...
California criminal convictions may be erased from defendants' record in two ways, pursuant to Penal Code Section 1385 or Sect...
Celebrities are known for seeking alternative options for having a baby, but in the last week alone, two high-profile stories ...
Criminal
Los Angeles County district attorney requests funds for conviction integrity unit
By L.J. Williamson
District Attorney Jackie Lace has requested $928,000 in funding to create a unit dedicated to reviewing all claims of innocenc...
A Delaware federal judge struck down two patents held by Intellectual Ventures Management LLC Wednesday after finding the clai...
California Supreme Court
Coblentz loses tax case against San Francisco
By Joshua Seboldn
The state Supreme Court denied review Wednesday of a series of cases brought by law firms against the City of San Francisco th...
General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer of DocuSign Inc. San Francisco ...
Litigation
Lawsuit by fired employee accuses Disney of age, sex discrimination
By Philip Johnsonn
A female employee at Lucasfilm Ltd. claims she was the victim of gender and age discrimination when was fired following the co...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Appellate lawyer hits grand slam for ex-Giant slugger Barry Bonds
By John Roemer
In a walk-off home run for appellate specialist Dennis P. Riordan, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that ...
If local minimum wage laws interfere with the collective bargaining process, they risk being preempted by the National Labor R...
Patent litigator James C. Otteson has disbanded his firm, Agility IP Law LLP, after five years of operation, and led his group...
California Courts of Appeal
Appellate court reversal chides trial judges for failing to properly advise defendants
By John Roemer
California courts have strayed from correctly advising criminal defendants of their fundamental right to trial, to confront wi...
A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved.
Yet this year marks the 40th anniversary of a legal event which had a more profound impact on Major League Baseball than anyth...
Judges and Judiciary
Recalling a judge would be an extraordinary sanction
By Ben Armisteadn
People may not understand it, and they may not like it, but the job of a judge is not the same as the job of a prosecutor. A j...
Litigation
You may have longer than you think to file an amended answer
By Ben Armisteadn
In federal court, the rule is plain. But in California, not so much. By Michael Acker and Krista Correa ...
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