Government
Report: Low number of immigration cases closed for prosecutor discretion
By Henry Meier
Only 6.7 percent of immigration cases were closed as a result of prosecutor discretion since October 2012 despite several gove...
The Encino Lawyers Association gathered at The Elbow Room on Ventura Boulevard earlier this month to help raise funds for Hope...
The Justice & Diversity Center of The Bar Association of San Francisco celebrated the top 15 percent of its volunteers at ...
California Courts of Appeal
Court expands coverage for autism treatment
By Chase Scheinbaum
In a case that's drawn the attention of medical professionals in California, a state appellate panel this week expanded insura...
David Smith and Elisa Zitano had to overcome their own qualms and the doubts of others before opening a two-lawyer medical mal...
Alston & Bird LLP hosted more than 200 guests at an April 17 open house to celebrate the firm's newly renovated downtown L...
Community News
Beverly Hills Bar Association applauds entertainment lawyer
By Ben Adlin
A wide swath of Hollywood talent, producers and attorneys turned out to honor attorney L. Lee Phillips, partner at Manatt, Phe...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
State Bar committee tightens ethics guidelines for e-discovery
By Don Debenedictisn
Lawyers could land in discipline trouble if they botch discovery requests for email and other electronic information, accordin...
Attorneys from Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy LLP and Mary Alexander & Associates PC took home the San Francisco Trial Law...
In spite of - or maybe because of - her time as a family law bench officer, former San Diego County Superior Court Commissione...
The Anti-Defamation League's Orange County/Long Beach region honored three attorneys and civil rights advocates with the 2014 ...
Perspective
VIDEO: Ruling may put the brakes on some CEQA investigations
By Ben Armisteadn
A new decision says the government may need to use eminent domain rather than "right-of-entry" statutes to gain access to prop...
Keeping a promise made last year, branch leaders finally approved a policy to open committee meetings to the public, a dramati...
Judges in some California courts may soon have no courtrooms to call home. With several bench spots empty, Sacramento and San ...
U.S. Supreme Court
What's next, a bad driving exception to the Fourth Amendment?
By Ben Armisteadn
"After today's opinion all of us on the road, and not just drug dealers, are at risk of having our freedom of movement curtail...
Google Inc., Apple Inc., Adobe Systems Inc. and Intel Corp. settled the case for an undisclosed sum. The case alleged the lead...
Intellectual Property
Apple-backed holding company sparks fierce legal battle
By Kevin Lee
The entry of Rockstar US Consortium LP into the smartphone patent wars has reopened the debate over what role patent holding c...
Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...
A roundup of recent merger and acquisition and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
General Counsel and Executive Vice President of Business Affairs for High Noon Entertainment Sherman Oaks ...
Real Estate/Development
Facebook housing project could signal new work for real estate lawyers
By Alexandra Schwappach
Late last year, Facebook hit the ground running with plans to create workforce housing near the social media giant's headquart...
Monday, the Supreme Court will hear argument in yet another patent case, the fifth of the term - but it could be the sleeper c...
Recently, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued guidelines implementing a new procedure for patent examiners. By Jeffrey...
Law Practice
Jenner's 'counterculture' approach finds traction in LA
By Kylie Reynolds
Jenner & Block has seen steadfast growth during its five years in the city, growing from two attorneys to nearly 35 after ...
California prosecutors and defense attorneys are applauding a new U.S. Department of Justice initiative encouraging qualified ...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Allergan adopts poisin pill defense in response to takeover bid
By Salvador Mares
Irvine-based cosmetic drug developer Allergan Inc. announced late Tuesday that the company's board of directors had adopted a ...
UC Berkeley School of Law's acting dean Gillian Lester has been appointed the next dean of Columbia Law School, Columbia annou...
In an era of smartphones and online tracking, a state Senate bill meant to shield people's personal data from tracking by yet ...
The question before the U.S. high court is whether the 9th Circuit erred in holding that a private party cannot bring a Lanham...
Litigation
Retired judge takes another stab at his unusual suit against CalPERS
By Katie Lucia
Christopher J. Warner, a former San Bernardino County Superior Court judge, filed an opening appellate brief Wednesday in his ...