Corporate counsel are using fewer law firms than they were 15 years ago, according survey results collected from more than 300...
The former general counsel of Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc. has sued the research company in what he calls a "classic case of whis...
Obituaries
LA federal judge Mariana Pfaelzer hailed as 'the model for Lady Justice'
By Kevin Lee
She was a giant on the federal court in Los Angeles for nearly 40 years, ruling on major complex litigation and civil rights i...
Environmental
State is ignoring conservation measures when doling out grants, suit contends
By Fiona Smith
The Natural Resources Defense Council has sued the state Department of Water Resources alleging it is violating state laws as ...
A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California.
San Diego County Judge Bloom is known for helping find the middle ground in otherwise bitter battles.
Attorneys who appear before LA Commissioner Kristi Lousteau say she is like a favorite professor.
Government
State high court debates rules governing police file disclosure
By John Roemer
A three-way fracas among trial judges, prosecutors and defense lawyers broke out before the state Supreme Court here Thursday ...
Mediation offers an incredibly high success rate because there's less formality and more opportunity for each side to express ...
With broad bipartisan support, focused legislation designed to rein in frivolous patent litigation by so-called "trolls" is ex...
There are currently no laws on the books requiring Supreme Court justices to recuse themsleves from cases in which a company t...
A new appellate case may jeopardize efforts to impose conservation-based water supply charges, at least without a careful cost...
The assumed facts in San Francisco v. Sheehan are a bit harrowing, but the Supreme Court's ruling turned out to have mo...
The EPA and the Army Corps recently unleashed a final rule defining the scope of waters protected under the Clean Water Act. L...
Theodore E. Millard Judicial Dispute Resolution Inc. ...
Criminal
State’s high court reverses death sentence, nixes conviction
By L.J. Williamson
The state Supreme Court on Thursday voted unanimously to overturn the death sentence of a convicted robber and murderer after ...
Sidley Austin LLP snagged powerhouse entertainment dealmaker Matthew C. Thompson from Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, t...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
JAMS to welcome one of its youngest neutrals
By Melanie Brisbon
Shirish Gupta, 41, will begin as full time neutral with JAMS in San Francisco on June 1, the mediation and arbitration service...
Litigation
San Bruno-based mortgage lender settles racial discrmination complaint
By Laura Hautalan
Provident Funding Associates LP will pay $9 million to settle allegations from two government agencies that it charged higher ...
Litigation
Fitbit sued by rival company for trade secrets misappropriation
By Philip Johnsonn
Wearable technology company Fitbit Inc. was sued Wednesday by its larger rival Jawbone, creating a cloud of uncertainty for in...
Andrew K. Powell joins Medivation Inc. from executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary position at Inte...
Principal at the Water and Power Law Group PC in Berkeley, Richard Roos-Collins has been involved in more than 50 settlements ...
Fresno County agreed to settle a class action brought by detainees in the county jail Thursday. The agreement sets in place a ...
Apple Inc. has secured a defense win against patent holder Unwired Planet LLC a week before the litigants were scheduled to se...
The question presented in a recent Supreme Court cased had significant practical implications for the continued functioning of...
In what was widely viewed as the latest emblem of consolidation in the semiconductor industry, chipmaker Avago Technologies Lt...
California Supreme Court
State high court: lower standard exists for workers' compensation claims
By Matthew Blaken
The justices ruled that someone filing a workers' compensation claim has a lower hurdle to clear than a plaintiff in a lawsuit...
A long-running shareholder derivative suit against the maker of Botox ended late Wednesday in dismissal by a federal judge. U....
California's Private Attorneys General Act has become a tool for plaintiffs' attorneys to extract large settlements from emplo...
Litigation
Privacy class action certified against Yahoo over email scanning
By Laura Hautalan
U.S. District Judge Lucy H. Koh has certified a class action against Yahoo Inc., giving email users a chance to prove the comp...