Litigation
Attorney 'robosigned' collections complaints for JPMorgan, suit says
By Chase Scheinbaum
A lawsuit echoing Attorney General Kamala Harris' robosigning litigation provides insight into how the bank allegedly filed hu...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Defendants entitled to relief if appellate counsel ineffective, 9th Circuit rules
By John Roemer
Convicted clients who fall victim to ineffective assistance by their appellate counsel may be entitled to relief even if their...
A nightmarish scenario has unfolded in Massachusetts, where a forensic technician who handled 40,000 criminal drug cases over ...
Law Practice
At Wilson Sonsini, the firm's leader grapples with changes, globalization
By Jill Patton
In an interview, Larry Sonsini discusses the major forces affecting law firm business and what advice he has for corporate cou...
Criminal
Proposal would give defenders abilty to record witnesses without their knowledge
By Hamed Aleazizn
The Project for the Innocent at Loyola Law School has drafted legislation that would provide criminal defense attorneys and th...
A roundup of recent real estate activity and the lawyers involved.
Nonbank lenders, from private equity firms to insurance companies, often lend alongside banks, which creates a host of issues ...
Whatever the cause of the recent accident claiming the lives of Paul Walker and Roger Rodas, the event is likely to ignite a f...
Even if proposed rules to allow class action-type litigation in France will not mirror U.S.-style class actions, this new proc...
A recent decision may have moved the dividing line between fatally indefinite statements and enforceable promises in favor of ...
In what could signal an emerging trend in the online music community, the singer-songwriter won the first round of a copyright...
Litigation
Ruling deals blow to NLRB precedent on class action waivers
By Laura Hautalan
The board held that workers have a substantive right to participate in concerted legal activity such as a joint or class lawsu...
Litigation
Unions go to court to protect disputed provision in BART contract
By Saul Sugarman
Bay Area Rapid Transit managers want a do-over, but labor unions went to court Tuesday to argue that a deal's a deal. ...
Intellectual Property
Apple, Nokia want Samsung, Quinn Emanuel punished for disclosures
By Kevin Lee
Apple Inc. has called for a federal magistrate to hamper smartphone rival Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and outside counsel at ...
Law Practice
Kaye Scholer's LA and Palo Alto leader decamps to Jenner & Block
By Kylie Reynolds
Kaye Scholer LLP lost its California offices co-managing partner, G. Thomas Stromberg, to Jenner & Block LLP Monday, but t...
Appellate Practice
For appellate lawyers, the rules they are a-changin'
By Ben Armisteadn
On Jan. 1, 2014, the ground under lawyers is going to shift - if only slightly - when various changes to the California Rules ...
John Quinn, founding partner of Los Angeles-based Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, discusses the firm's expansion in...
Corporate
Corporate attorneys unfazed by spate of biotech IPO postponements
By Salvador Mares
The biotechnology industry's stampede toward public equity markets hit a bit of a stumbling block last month after a spate of ...
Superior Court Judge, Kern County (Delano) ...
Law Practice
As franchising grows, lawyers face evolving regulatory, legal landscape
By Alexandra Schwappach
As the economy pulls out of its slump, attorneys expect the franchising sector to continue to gain momentum. It's recently see...
The new changes and requirements take effect Jan. 1, 2014. By Monica Goel ...
The recent federal budget showdown and automatic sequestration portend even further tightening of the government's already wor...
This is the second of a two-part series concerning John Lennon and his lawyer, Leon Wildes. By Dan Lawton ...
The lack of clarity puts disabled people in danger by causing others to question the legitimacy of their service animals. By P...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Commercials, political ads to stay off public airwaves, 9th Circuit rules
By Hadley Robinson
An en banc panel at the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a law banning commercials and political advertisements on pub...
Litigation
JAMS neutrals to handle $2.5 billion settlement over hip implants
By Chase Scheinbaumn
John K. Trotter and Catherine Yanni, two longtime neutrals, will oversee the implementation of the massive settlement involvin...
A federal judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit against Apple Inc. claiming the company violates antitrust laws by taking a 30 p...
A federal judge considering the case brought up the possibility Monday of suspending the trial so both sides could file writs ...
A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge ruled Palmdale's at-large election system is illegal and the city must institute a d...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit to begin video streaming en banc hearings
By Emily Green
Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals officials said they believe their court is the first among federal appellate courts in the...