Intellectual Property
As Apple-Samsung case drags along, legal observers question the point
By Kevin Lee
As the patent litigation between Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. returns to San Jose for a possible fourth jury tr...
Litigation
Judge rejects government bid to seize motorcycle club's trademark logo
By John Roemer
The storied Mongols Motorcycle Club rode free from a federal indictment on Wednesday as a Central District judge dismissed an ...
A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
Once a hot new area of state employment litigation, lawsuits over suitable seats are at a major impasse. ...
The Delaware Court of Chancery recently demonstrated the importance of running a real process with the goal of protecting mino...
Last Thursday, a surprising majority of the California Assembly rejected reforming the controversial practice of civil forfeit...
Litigation
Citing precedent, judge rejects baseball minor leaguers' class action
By Philip Johnsonn
Citing baseball's antitrust exemption, a federal judge has dismissed a putative class action that seeks to change minor league...
Litigation
Plaintiffs' privacy firm goes after Twitter for direct messages
By Joshua Seboldn
Twitter Inc. has been hit with a proposed class action led by a well-known plaintiffs privacy firm, alleging that the company ...
U.S. Supreme Court
Industry group is taking affordable housing mandate ruling to U.S. Supreme Court
By John Roemer
Pushing back against a June ruling by the state's highest court favoring affordable housing mandates, builders and a conservat...
A former lawyer and Marin County resident has been indicted for allegedly defrauding several clients, according to federal pro...
Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Don't go crazy with the DMCA
In 1984, Prince released his hit song, "Let's Go Crazy." Now, the song has raised legal questions regarding the issuance of ta...
California Courts of Appeal
Shopping center tenants get what they sought, and it will cost them, appellate court rules
By John Roemer
A legal quirk will let San Bernardino County shopping center owners receive a $126,000 judgment against a tenant - if the owne...
An Irvine-based immigration attorney stood trial Tuesday, facing charges of obstructing justice in a case involving Chinese na...
In a dispute with a contractor over the validity of county audits, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge admonished the county fo...
US District Judge James Donato is tinkering with some unconventional proposals for handling civil trials.
Judges and Judiciary
State high court seeks feedback on political ethics advisory for judges
By John Roemer
Judges attending partisan political fundraisers better watch their step, a state Supreme Court ethics watchdog panel has warne...
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Company Secretary of PayPal Inc. San Jose ...
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...