A San Francisco federal judge has overturned a $105 million patent damages award for San Jose-based Power Integrations Inc. an...
Lisa G. Sherman started her own employment firm last year, adopting a unique and collaborative business strategy that keeps co...
Pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. successfully warded off a class action over allegedly false advertising practices relate...
Bankruptcy
Spate of municipal bankruptcies leave worker pensions vulnerable
By Paul Jones
With the recent conclusion of a slew of bankruptcies including Stockton, Detroit and Jefferson County, Ala., difficult questio...
Litigation
Slew of education reform litigation in California could trigger more cases
By Matt Hamilton
In 2014, California's public schools were the subject of debate in courtrooms across the state, potentially foreshadowing a sl...
Suit seeks an emergency order to stop the city from forcing motel residents to relocate every 30 days, a limit established by ...
Law firm leaders continue to feel increasingly optimistic about the legal economy and their projections for profits are steadi...
Superior Court Judge Deborah Brazil emphasizes effective communication in her courtroom.
Package delivery companies are allowed to text people when their parcels are arriving without violating the Telephone Consumer...
Intellectual Property
Apple-backed licensing company, Google close to patent settlement
By Kevin Lee
Rockstar Consortium Inc. and technology giant Google Inc. are on the verge of reaching a settlement of their patent lawsuit, a...
Last March, the U.S. Supreme Court took a rare and welcome step: It granted a prisoner's handwritten petition for review. By D...
Constitutional Law
Making the case that chimpanzees are 'people,' too
By Katharine Malonen
History is being made in New York as we speak. Last December, the Nonhuman Rights Project brought a writ of habeas corpus to g...
Most informed citizens probably know by now that corporations collect information about them, but they may be unaware of the e...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Law firms must take steps to protect private client data
By Ben Armisteadn
Data is the new gold and law firms harbor lots of it. Yet law firms have been slow to protect their data in the cyberage. By S...
An ordinance by San Francisco County Supervisor David Chiu is one of two passed by the Board of Supervisors Tuesday seeking to...
Litigation
Attorney ordered to pay $1.5M in punitive damages in construction defect row
By Matt Hamiltonn
Construction defect attorney Fred Adelman must pay about $1.5 million in punitive damages to the builder and broker of his Bre...
Litigation
Judge considers disqualification motion in sugar versus corn spat
By Henry Meier
A judge heard impassioned arguments Tuesday on whether a conflict issue should force Squire Patton Boggs LLP attorneys to ste...
Litigation
Judicial Council seeks to intervene in courthouse tax dispute
By Matt Hamilton
A dispute over the new Long Beach courthouse's tax status will bring the Judicial Council to a Los Angeles courtroom Wednesday...
Administrative/Regulatory
Former State Bar president threatens to sue over leaked report
By Don Debenedictisn
An attorney representing former President Luis J. Rodriguez sent a letter to the bar Board of Trustees demanding an investigat...
Commissioner Donald Kennedy is intimately involved in implementing state prison realignment.
Senior Vice President, Legal & Business Affairs Tongal Inc. Santa Monica ...
Education
State's bar passage rate plummets, tracking national trend
By Don De Benedictis
Only 61 percent of first-time test-takers passed the California exam this year, compared to almost 68 percent a year ago. And ...
Through my personal experiences, my work as a career counselor, and my own work as a private career coach, I realize that most...
The New Lawyer Supplement
It's not just a profession, it's a community
By Katharine Malonen
Success as a lawyer is fundamentally dependent on developing solid relationships - and you never know where you will find them...
Even though we often think of computers as facilitating interaction, for reading cases, computers don't give us the meaningful...
Even when utilizing any job search professionals, it's your responsibility to remain in control of your job search. By Valerie...
So, you graduated from law school and passed the bar. Wonderful! And you thought you were finished with legal education and te...
The New Lawyer Supplement
New repayment programs make law school more appealing
By Don Debenedictisn
Although not a requirement of plans that base loan repayment on income, legal aid organizations are seeing a rise of young app...
Following President Barack Obama's immigration order last week, debate has focused on the legality of extending deferred actio...