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Perspective


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


Twenty years after Californians passed Proposition 215, state politicians reached a bipartisan agreement late last week that w...


Litigation


Ousted CEO denied advanced fees

Sep. 15, 2015
By America Hernandez

Los Angeles-based American Apparel Inc. does not have to advance its founder and former Chief Executive Officer Dov Charney an...


Obituaries


Philip F. Glusker 1924-2015

Sep. 15, 2015
By Steven Crighton

Philip F. Glusker, a founding partner of the firm now known as Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger LLP, died Wedn...


Judicial Profile


Elizabeth Lippitt

Sep. 15, 2015
By XYZ

LA Superior Court Judge Elizabeth Lippitt likes to tell stories to help put her courtroom at ease.


Constitutional Law


Can birthright citizenship be repealed?

Sep. 14, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

Several candidates for the Republican nomination in the 2016 presidential election have adopted as a policy the elimination of...


Firm Watch


On The Move

Sep. 14, 2015
By Steven Crighton

A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California.


Judicial Profile


Brian Arax

Sep. 13, 2015
By Laurinda Keys

Fresno Superior Court Judge Brian Arax knows the timbre of his demeanor in court can make all the difference.


Criminal


New Department of Justice guidelines released Wednesday signal a renewed focus on individual prosecutions of corporate malfeas...


Perspective


As data breach cases move past Article III standing issues and proceed to questions of negligence, organizations with concrete...


Perspective


DA offices across the state need to be transparent as to how they handle wrongful conviction investigations. By Lucy Salcido C...


Litigation


Judge rules that venture misled its investors

Sep. 12, 2015
By Ashley Cullinsn

A federal bankruptcy judge Wednesday ruled that California Farm Investors LLC, led by prominent entertainment attorney Michael...


Litigation


Resignation of OC deputy DA welcomed by many

Sep. 12, 2015
By Deirdre Newmann

The news of the resignation of an Orange County deputy district attorney accused of improperly using jailhouse informants and ...


Solo and Small Firms


Core Values

Sep. 12, 2015
By Deirdre Newmann

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

Sep. 12, 2015
By Ashley Cullinsn

Judge Andre Birotte Jr. ruled Thursday that GoDaddy did not violate the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act, ending fiv...


Arbitrator Profile


Bruce Friedman

Sep. 12, 2015
By Ashley Cullinsn

JAMS (Santa Monica) ...


U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit


The government relied on flimsy evidence when it allowed widespread use of a a new pesticide despite lack of data on its effec...


U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit


The U.S. Department of Justice must produce secret recordings made during a federal investigation into the alleged price riggi...


International


Process of Iran nuclear deal needs scrutiny

Sep. 12, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

A progressive president seeks to end a long conflict through a multilateral agreement, but faces skeptical senators, especiall...


Judge Stephanie Bowick tentatively ruled the case should go to an arbitratior, but said she needed more time to study issue. ...


Ellen Pao's defiant admission of defeat Wednesday in her gender discrimination lawsuit against Kleiner Perkins Caufield & ...


Labor/Employment


Current and former managers with Ulta Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrance Inc. say the chain chronically understaffs stores, leav...


California Courts of Appeal


A Pasadena police union failed to keep secret an independent report on the 2012 officer-involved fatal shooting of an unarmed ...


A San Diego company that distributed cucumbers believed to be responsible for a recent nationwide Salmonella outbreak that has...


Intellectual Property


Artist sues Netflix in rare copyright claim

Sep. 11, 2015
By Ashley Cullinsn

In what attorneys said could be the first litigation of its kind in decades, a handwritten lawsuit from a pro per artist takes...


Trusts & Estates


Last month, new regulations took effect in the EU governing what law controls when dealing with an estate plan in which a clie...


Criminal


A few weeks ago, Regal Entertainment Group announced a "Backpacks/Packages" policy on its website, which has been implemented ...


Perspective


Goodell: judge, jury, commissioner

Sep. 11, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

Questions about the NFL commissioner's alleged lack of impartiality in the so-called "Delflategate" scandal could be the most ...


Intellectual Property


Google Inc. successfully fought off a patent infringement lawsuit brought by plaintiff Blue Spike LLC after an Oakland federal...


California Courts of Appeal


Social media companies win discovery fight

Sep. 11, 2015
By L.J. Williamson

Criminal defendants awaiting trial have no right to the social media content of victims' Facebook, Instagram and Twitter accou...