Today's law students are going against the grain, against the advice of commentators, some pre-law advisors, and probably frie...
The current enforcement environment should not put schools at ease or detract from efforts to maintain robust athletics compli...
Government
California US attorney's offices buck trend of declining monetary recoveries
By Henry Meier
Led by a banner year in the Northern District, California's U.S. attorney's offices bucked a broader declining numbers trend -...
Nationwide, the sector lost 800 jobs in December, according to data released Friday by the Labor Department. In November it ha...
Litigation
High court takes up labeling dispute over fruit drink
By Alexandra Schwappach
The U.S. Supreme Court decided Friday that it would hear a labeling dispute between beverage company POM Wonderful LLC and Th...
The state attorney general's office filed a motion urging Judge Michael Kenny to toss the remaining complaints filed by oppone...
Beyond dollar amounts, the plans unveiled last week include a number of policy proposals aimed at reducing overcrowding in sta...
Law Practice
Attorneys and legal aid groups celebrate launch of new pro bono effort
By Chase Scheinbaum
The IMPACT Project, a nationwide effort spearheaded by several large firms, provides monthly legal aid clinics. In Los Angeles...
Litigation
Judge's ruling could boost cities' efforts in battles over redevelopment funding
By Katie Lucia
Judge Michael Kenny in Sacramento struck down so-called "clawback provisions" of legislation dissolving redevelopment agencies...
Utah-based Myriad Genetics Inc. has filed patent infringement claims in Utah against six competitors offering genetic tests fo...
A federal judge's decision that a ratings and review company violated antitrust laws when it bought out its largest competitor...
Sacramento County's top judge, Robert Hight found his legal calling as a child in an eatery.
Riverside Judge Thomas H. Cahraman considers probate court an invaluable community service.
A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California.
Los Angeles Judge Edward A. Ferns is filling in at appellate court.
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Administrative/Regulatory
New mortgage servicing rules turn practice on its head
By Ben Armisteadn
The myriad new rules impose strict requirements beginning Jan 10. By Sanford Shatz and Hassan Elrakabawy ...
Intellectual Property
Three steps to an effective open source strategy
By Ben Armisteadn
It is crucial to remember that it is still a copyrighted work subject to a software license that often comes with strings atta...
Intellectual Property
Thwarting 'the great patent revolt' in your engineering organizations
By Ben Armisteadn
There are several myths that make the rounds in engineering organizations and generally mar the reputation of the patent proce...
The Landau Lawyers League capped off its 2013 fall basketball season with playoffs that pitted top teams from each of its "A,"...
On the road to an expected 2014 initial public offering, San Francisco-based New Relic Inc. announced on Wednesday the appoint...
Partners at Minami Tamaki LLP have formed seemingly disjointed groups where their work hardly overlaps, but they say their sha...
California Courts of Appeal
Arbitration award stands even though panel member represented firm
By Emily Green
Bryan Cave LLP did not have to disclose its relationship with an arbitrator who served on a panel that awarded the law firm mo...
Weinberg has settled a number of cases not so much because of his understanding of the problems involved, he said, but because...
A federal judge in Washington state has agreed to take on a case involving an objection to a class action settlement by 9th U....
Litigation
San Francisco company pays $5 million to settle SEC fraud suit
By Fiona Smith
Diamond Foods Inc. agreed to resolve claims it defrauded shareholders by manipulating payments for walnuts, the Securities and...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Google wiretap plaintiffs face a hurdle: the large size of the class
By John Roemer
Now that Google Inc. has lost its bid to find a Wiretap Act escape hatch from the huge class action brewing over its Street Vi...
Attorneys from Miller Starr Regalia reviewed major developments in land use law from 2013 in the firm's annual land use progra...
The San Diego County Bar Association inducted its 2014 president, Jon R. Williams, last month at the group's annual "Stepping ...
The Anti-Defamation League's Pacific Southwest region hosted its Centennial Gala Celebration Dec. 10 at the Beverly Hilton Hot...