Government
Federal prosecutors tread lightly amid Bitcoin's virtual explosion
By Henry Meier
Prosecutors and law enforcement have been cautious in assessing Bitcoin's appropriation in illicit transactions and practicall...
General Counsel for Western Growers Assurance Trust Irvine ...
Attorneys say Judge David Chapman has brought collegiality and fairness to Indio and Palm Springs.
Questions regarding the applicability of anti-SLAPP statute in federal courts were finally resolved, for now, when the 9th Cir...
Litigation
Woman paralayzed in crash wins nearly $32 million in damages
By Saul Sugarman
A woman whose legs became paralyzed after a semi-truck crashed into the bus she was driving has won Sacramento County's larges...
The arrest is the first of its kind, the office said, and comes on the heels of a recently passed law barring sexually explici...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Huntington Beach can require voter approval for antennas, court rules
By John Roemer
Municipalities can require cell phone companies to win voter approval before erecting mobile telephone antennas on city-owned ...
Judges and Judiciary
Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor stresses civics education
By John Roemer
She and state Supreme Court Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye told stories about their backgrounds but also emphasized the ...
Defendants won a food court victory Tuesday when a San Francisco federal judge dismissed claims that Whitewaves Food Co.'s yog...
The Beastie Boys has fired a legal salvo in the ongoing battle with girl-centric toymaker GoldieBlox Inc. over its allegedly u...
Intellectual Property
Silicon Valley patent office head to lead entire agency
By Kevin Lee
A little more than a year after joining the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and spearheading its push into Silicon Valley, Mi...
California Courts of Appeal
Student used as bait in a drug sting can keep $1 million verdict
By Emily Green
A state court of appeal has affirmed an award for a student who school administrators used as bait in a drug sting when he was...
A roundup of recent real estate activity and the lawyers involved.
Prosecutor and defender offices across the state stand to lose a combined $21 million annually after the California Commission...
China has finally amended its laws to deter trademark hijacking, with the new law going into effect May 1, 2014. But will it s...
It is difficult to see the justices agreeing with the NLRB on this class action waiver case if it does reach the U.S. high cou...
Latham & Watkins LLP represented Los Angeles-based Leonard Green & Partners LP in its $225 million acquisition of Luck...
The Pittsburgh-based firm added George A. Willman as a partner in its corporate and securities group, the firm announced Tuesd...
Lawrence Anthony Witsoe, 70, who was convicted this year in a bribery scheme to obtain dismissal of a criminal case against a ...
Rambus Inc. reached a patent licensing agreement with Idaho-based chip maker Micron Technology Inc. that settles "all outstand...
Judges and Judiciary
Brown names new appointees to Commission on Access to Justice
By Paul Jones
The 25-member body is comprised of legal professionals, judges and others tasked with identifying how to improve poorer Califo...
Mergers & Acquisitions
DLA Piper guides $350 million Santa Monica sale
By Andrew Mc Intyre
Lawyers say EdgeCast Networks Inc.'s sale to Verizon Communications Inc. is a major victory for the region. ...
With the first pay raise in six years for California judges and justices slated to take effect, one justice has written a lett...
Entertainment & Sports
Former MPAA chief legal officer lands at A&E Television Networks
By Giles Clarke
Entertainment attorney Henry Hoberman will oversee all legal and business affairs teams for A&E Networks as well as the ne...
In a new twist in the increasingly complicated legal battle over mobile app Snapchat Inc., both the defense and plaintiff have...
The city's bankruptcy case should cause existing retirees in any city, county or municipality in the U.S. who are receiving pe...
Financial regulatory attorneys in California found few surprises as they began to pour over the rule's roughly 900 pages of re...
Education
On top of other challenges, some law schools face credit woes
By Don Debenedictisn
With enrollment in sharp decline since the recession, credit quality has fallen at some schools, particularly stand-alone law ...
Frederick Maguire is known for his 'common sense' approach to his criminal trial assignment.
California Courts of Appeal
Justices take conservative approach to publication
By Katie Lucia
So far this year, the seven justices in Riverside have published 41 opinions - roughly 4.5 percent of the 900 opinions the cou...