Law Practice
Morgan Lewis chair calls on past experience to make Bingham acquisition work
By Alison Frost
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP chair Jami Wintz McKeon is "very confident" about the firm's ability to pull off a successful ...
Robert Bonner has clearly stated the correct constitutional argument given the current state of the law in his recent column. ...
In a recent article, the Daily Journal calls the Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse a "grassroots organizer." That is very mislead...
Over the past year, state trial courts decided hundreds of anti-SLAPP motions and appellate courts have issued over 30 publish...
California Courts of Appeal
Appellate court rules yoga in public schools constitutional
By America Hernandezn
Justices found that context determines whether or not physical movement are religious, and that rebranding poses with secular ...
Since the 1920s, individual and commercial investors have been able to sell property and defer the capital gains tax if they b...
Intellectual Property
Patent litigation star leaves K&L Gates, jumps to Sidley Austin
By Kevin Lee
Michael J. Bettinger, a prominent San Francisco patent litigator who counts smartphone manufacturers and Internet companies am...
Google Inc. won its fight against class certification Friday in a lawsuit filed by plaintiffs who say the company sold apps in...
The legal industry dropped 1,200 jobs nationwide last month according to data released Friday by the Department of Labor. Desp...
A federal appeals court Friday upheld the conviction and sentence of former Nixon Peabody LLP partner who was found guilty of ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit rules corporations can't propose California ballot measures
By Fiona Smith
In a unanimous reversal of an earlier 3-judge panel ruling, the appellate court dismissed arguments that the corporations hav...
California Supreme Court
State high court taking another look at an arbitration case
By John Roemer
The high-stakes court battles over mandatory arbitration clauses in employment and consumer contracts expanded last week. ...
A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California.
San Bernardino Judge Lisa Rogan doesn't shy away from making major decisions on the bench.
Wellness programs designed to steer employees away from doctors and toward preventative actions have struck a chord with the E...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
How counsel can make or break a settlement
By Ben Armisteadn
Counsel's efforts and skills in a mediation have a significant impact on the prospect for settlement. Following are tips for a...
Recently, a federal district court had the chance to apply the U.S. high court's 2014 Lexmark holding regarding what pl...
Gregg M. Adam and his seven-attorney public sector labor law group is separating from Carroll Burdick & McDonough LLP to f...
Litigation
Google must face user suit but plaintiffs lose claim, judge rules
By Laura Hautalan
A Google Wallet user's lawsuit survived but lost a claim Thursday when U.S. District Judge Beth Labson Freeman of the Northern...
Prominent litigator Gregory Evans has merged his small practice with McGuireWoods LLP. The move provides a second downtown Los...
Labor/Employment
Court to decide whether teacher denied tenure can view confidential student evaluations
By Henry Meier
A Los Angeles court is set to hear arguments soon over whether student evaluations of college professors should remain confide...
Two Los Angeles County deputy district attorneys are accusing Gary Hearnsberger, the former head of the office's major crimes ...
Solo and Small Firms
McNicholas family works together as plaintiff lawyers
By Deirdre Newmann
For trial law firm McNicholas & McNicholas LLP, law is a family affair. ...
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U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit weighs in on fight over contaminated property cleanup
By Fiona Smith
In a reversal, the appellate court holds that while the courts have discretion to decide how to divvy up pollution clean-up co...
Stockton recently emerged from bankruptcy, and one of the beleaguered city's creditors isn't happy about how it was treated. B...
Amid concerns over the long-term future of patent litigation, a handful of prominent law firms are doubling down on the future...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
State could soon impose ethics rule on prosecutors
By Don Debenedictisn
California is the only state that does not impose an ethical obligation on criminal prosecutors to turn over exculpatory evide...
Of a dozen lawyers disbarred recently by order of the state Supreme Court, more than half lost their license primarily for not...
California Courts of Appeal
Plaintiffs' firms cleared of fraud in $100 million earthquake settlement
By John Roemer
Three prominent Los Angeles plaintiffs' firms are off the hook on claims they withheld millions from clients following a $100 ...