Law Practice
Tort lawyer lobby convention focuses on MICRA, court funding
By Paul Jones
At a conference in San Francisco, California's consumer attorney lobby emphasized its intention to fight the state's cap on me...
Better to be a careful writer, and avoid even the smallest mistakes, so the reader will infer that you are also a careful thin...
Perspective
Attorneys caught in the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's cross hairs
By Ben Armisteadn
The CFPB has not been shy about targeting lawyers. By Richard Gottlieb and Jonathan Cannon ...
Judges and Judiciary
9th Circuit chief judge has unusual courtroom role: objector
By Hadley Robinson
Alex Kozinski, the chief judge of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, spoke up Monday against a proposed class action settl...
Intellectual Property
Apple to get another chance for injunction against Samsung
By Craig Andersonn
Apple's push for a permanent sales ban against Samsung will be reconsidered by a district court judge, a Federal Circuit panel...
Palmdale attorneys have asked a California appellate court to overturn a Los Angeles County Superior Court injunction and allo...
A roundrup of recent merger and acquisition and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
Companies are flocking to the public markets this year, and attorneys say the surge is having a discernible impact on mergers ...
General Counsel and Executive Vice President of KIT Capital LLC New York ...
The idea that after 50 years some have finally stumbled onto the truth should be greeted with skepticism. By Richard M. Mosk ...
The same 9th Circuit panel recently issued a pair of decisions that reached very different results on whether to enforce arbit...
Intellectual Property
Translation service company gets injunction against rival
By Kevin Lee
TransPerfect Global Inc. has secured a permanent injunction against competing language translation service provider MotionPoin...
As part of a yearlong push to build its West Coast operations, Winston & Strawn LLP has snagged two project finance partne...
Labor/Employment
Real estate appraisers get go-ahead on class arbitration
By Laura Hautalan
A judge ruled the court did not have the authority to decide whether the arbitration agreement allowed for class arbitration. ...
Former Texas prosecutor Ken Anderson deliberately withheld evidence that supported Michael Morton's innocence. By Jacqueline G...
Intellectual Property
Apple, Samsung lawyers battle over Cupertino company's clout, innovations
By Craig Andersonn
How much in patent infringement damages Apple Inc. receives from Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. may ultimately come down to whic...
A federal judge postponed implementation of a proposed government rule that would authorize expedited post-conviction proceedi...
Corporate
MoFo helps logistics facility operator set up $3B investment fund
By Salvador Mares
A transnational MoFo deal team helped Global Logistic Properties Ltd. establish a large fund to invest in warehousing and logi...
A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California.
A crew recently finished work on a training film commissioned by the California State Bar for firms across the state.
Lawrence Appel is well-versed in the rules of court and likes them in pages, not on a computer.
David O. Carter, a former Marine, is known to accomplish more in a day than others do in a week.
Orange County neutral specializes in medical malpractice and related cases, finding a way to settle what attorneys say are amo...
Transactions
VIDEO: Defining "material adverse changes" in the M&A context
By Ben Armisteadn
Rick Climan and Keith Flaum of Weil, Gotshal & Manges discuss material adverse changes, circularity and forward-looking ve...
Race-baiting, bullying, xenophobia and violence are occurring in a jury room in Pasadena until Dec. 1. By Alan Friedenthal ...
Technology & Science
iPad Air, apps help deliver seamless visual experience for the jury
By Ben Armisteadn
Many of the jurors stated to the effect, "I'm a visual learner, I need to see it to understand it - why didn't the defendant g...
Ken Feinberg has mediated settlements of the 9/11 fund, Agent Orange claims, and asbestos claims, among other major disputes. ...
It is highly likely that a client will respond to a lawsuit for unpaid fees with a lawsuit for malpractice - and vice versa. B...
In "Talent Wants to Be Free," author Orly Lobel challenges conventional business wisdom about competition and innovation. ...
The founders of Kennerly, Lamishaw & Rossi LLP have stuck to their bread and butter - real estate transactional law. ...