Judge Ernest H. Goldsmith ruled Monday that Yelp must pay nearly $5,000 in attorney fees to the McMillan Law Group, which the ...
A San Jose federal judge on Tuesday rejected Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.'s bid to stay proceedings in the just-concluded pate...
Labor/Employment
Attorney general intervenes in union spending case, pushes court for ruling
By Laura Hautalan
California Attorney General Kamala Harris this week interjected in a First Amendment challenge over union spending by schoolte...
Once a rarity, research faculty who are actively interested in bringing their technologies to the marketplace are increasingly...
After weeks of talks about a potential union, the firms ditched plans to merge Tuesday after partners voted against the propos...
Some plaintiffs' lawyers in California superior courts question whether they will take as many cases to trial.
Government
Liability fears mount among legislative efforts to stop cyberattacks
By Joshua Seboldn
Companies are concerned that the more they share information about data breaches, the more they open themselves up to privacy ...
There are many kinds of firms: big, small, local, national, virtual, and the list goes on. By Valerie Fontaine
The New Lawyer Supplement
Loyola Law graduates start unique immigration clinic
By Andrew Mcintyre
Home Base Immigration Clinic is the only law school program to take on immigration cases that involve a criminal matter, accor...
The New Lawyer Supplement
Asylum cases give UCLA student experience, satisfaction
By Kylie Reynolds
Friyana Dadabhoy sat in an immigration court in August as the sole representation for a client seeking asylum.
The New Lawyer Supplement
How State Bar committee assesses moral character of would-be lawyers
By Don Debenedictisn
For many people, the bar's moral character review presents no problems. But for some, the bar committee must look into the app...
The New Lawyer Supplement
San Diego law student hurdles toward Rio Summer Olympic Games
By Caitlin Johnson
For many aspiring lawyers, the summer after law school graduation is a time to buckle down and study for the bar exam. But if...
The New Lawyer Supplement
Family law clinic provides educational escape from classroom
By Alexandra Schwappach
The clinic is run primarily by UCI law students who come in from 1p.m. to 5p.m. every Friday during the spring and fall semest...
The New Lawyer Supplement
Berkeley law students work to ease parole process in California
By David Ruiz
California's overpacked prisons, at about 150 percent capacity with roughly 120,000 inmates, include thousands of life sentenc...
Intellectual Property
Big stakes for copyright infringement plaintiffs in laches case
By Ben Armisteadn
Laches is, after all, an equitable defense created by the courts, and as such, it stands in tension with copyright, a wholly s...
Litigation
JPMorgan cites litigation privilege in AG's 'robosigning' suit
By Chase Scheinbaum
Laying out their defense for the first time in court papers, lawyers for JPMorgan Chase & Co. are trying to convince a jud...
The chairmen of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP and Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP blamed prospective client confl...
Judges and Judiciary
Judge files complaint with UCLA police over alleged mistreatment during traffic stop
By Henry Meier
David S. Cunningham III, a former LAPD comissioner who now presides over a family law courtroom at Stanley Mosk Courthouse, sa...
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reaffirmed that Warner Brothers does hold the copyright to Superman and that siblings of...
A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Denial of federal benefits to domestic partner is discriminatory, 9th Circuit rules
By Hadley Robinsonn
A former law clerk suffered discrimination when her same-sex partner was denied federal benefits, three judges on the 9th U.S....
Wood, Smith, Henning & Berman LLP is making a run at the New York legal market with a new office staffed by a six-attorney...
Burford Capital Ltd. can now bet $340 million on lawyers to win in court - the largest sum in the world of any financier in th...
Labor/Employment
Unpaid overtime claims by trainers at 24 Hour Fitness goes to arbitration
By Laura Hautalan
A judge ruled the plaintiffs signed lawful arbitration agreements, rejecting the employees' arguments that the agreements were...
Metadata - data about data - helps paint a clearer picture for the court. By Daniel B. Garrie