Corporate
Fee shifting, forum selection, headed to Delaware General Assembly
By Banks Albachn
Proposals to ban fee shifting and narrow forum selection bylaws in Delaware's corporate law code cleared a vote by the state b...
Solo and Small Firms
Health care boutique firm deals with Affordable Care Act impact
By Kibkabe Arayan
Fenton Law Group LLP Los Angeles ...
Among the lawyers disbarred by the state Supreme Court recently are a few who crossed the line in their efforts to help friends.
Environmental
Farmers in court over fears that effort to save fish is upending their water rights
By Fiona Smith
A case pending at the 3rd District Court of Appeal could decide how far state wildlife officials can go to limit water use to ...
Intellectual Property
IP tips for businesses entering the European market
By Ben Armisteadn
The protection of IP in the EU rests on several pillars including patents, trademarks, designs, copyright and allied rights. F...
A law signed last year appears to have expanded the coverage of a fund used to cleanup some unauthorized discharges of harmful...
Senior vice president and general counsel Anschutz Entertainment Group Inc. Los Angeles ...
Litigation
Uber hires Boutros, other top Gibson Dunn lawyers to take on worker suit
By Matthew Blaken
The company has hired new counsel as it gears up for class certification phase. ...
Immigration
Lawyers seek clarity on new immigrant work visa regulation
By Melanie Brisbon
In little over a month, the spouses of skilled foreign workers on H-1B visas will be allowed to seek employment in the U.S. fo...
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted a petition Wednesday from Sirius XM Radio Inc. to hear a copyright case between ...
The firm has worked with RetailNext, a data analytics company that serves brick-and-mortar businesses, for close to five years...
Intellectual Property
Fee awards in patent cases nearly triple in last year
By Kevin Lee
Two U.S. Supreme Court rulings issued last April have resulted in a wave of successful attorney fee awards for defendants in p...
Samuel S. Coates is moving from Cooley LLP to Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP. ...
Know exactly what your new firm's partnership agreement provides before you leave a firm that treats its partners fairly. It c...
A higher percentage of new graduates from ABA law schools found long-term, full-time jobs as lawyers this year than last, acco...
A federal judge in Sacramento ruled Wednesday that marijuana should retain its position alongside heroin and LSD on the Drug E...
Judge Teresa Guerrero-Daley navigates turbulent family violence cases with empathy and decorum.
A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved.
Law Practice
Firms begin employing more data techniques to make decisions
By Joshua Seboldn
The legal industry resisted data longer than the vast majority of the clients it serves, but "Moneyball" has finally reached t...
Letter to the Editor
LETTER: Former DEA head failed to mention critical point
By Ben Armisteadn
In recent guest column, former judge and former DEA administrator Robert C. Bonner claims it's a "no brainer" that states' leg...
Perspective
LETTER: Code of Judicial Ethics prohibits judges from commenting on Kelly
By Ben Armisteadn
On April 13, the Daily Journal published an article titled "Defense bar backs OC judge criticized for sentencing ruling" that ...
Many foreign-trained attorneys find their way to California as the jurisdiction of choice when they come to the United States....
Assembly Bill 597, would require that plaintiffs in the asbestos litigation disclose relevant information with respect to any ...
Are American companies at risk of losing trade secrets as a result of these invasions? You bet. By Randall E. Kay ...
Contrary to Voltaire's witticism that "Common sense is not so common," it is indeed becoming somewhat common, at least in the ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit refuses to block prosecution of medical marijuana dispensary owner
By Kibkabe Arayan
A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday denied an unusual motion by an owner of a marijuana dispensary asking the court ...
Litigation
Apple sued by fired employee in racial discrimination case
By Philip Johnsonn
A former Apple Inc. employee alleges he was fired for being black, according to a wrongful termination lawsuit filed this week...
The sudden exit of a top rainmaker, changing lead partners while litigation is in process, or a firm leader announcing her ret...
The firm announced the opening of a new office Tuesday in Mountain View, a move that highlights a steady push by the Minneapo...
The overall confidence level among managing partners dropped slightly in the first quarter of 2015, according to a report rele...