Intellectual Property
Quinn Emanuel says Apple licensing deal disclosure was inadvertent
By Kevin Lee
John B. Quinn acknowledged Tuesday his law firm may have inadvertently violated a protective order in an ongoing patent infrin...
Privacy and data security attorneys are seeing an increase in activity due to the a rapidly accelerating phenomenon involving ...
An anti-SLAPP motion can be an effective tool to end frivolous litigation, lower costs and reduce agony for the employer and c...
Whatever your area of practice, you have at least one thing in common with me: You know what it is to endure an office move. B...
The plan to move to a two-day bar exam in California is dead, at least for a while. Citing the press of other business, the St...
Ernest George Georggin allowed nonlawyers to operate an apparently fraudulent credit-repair business in his name, according to...
Entertainment & Sports
Reed Smith video game lawyer launches own practice
By Caitlin Johnson
Prominent video game attorney Patrick Sweeney has decided to strike out on his own, becoming yet another gaming specialist to ...
Law Practice
Stoel Rives snags Federal Energy Regulatory Commission chairman
By Joshua Seboldn
Stoel Rives LLP announced Monday that Jon Wellinghoff, chair of the commission, will join the firm as a partner after completi...
It is amazing how many digital assets people have which they do not consider to be "assets." By Susan J. Cooley and Melissa A....
Transaction sees Crown Castle International Corp. buy 600 towers and purchase the rights to 9,100 others. ...
Law libraries - the greatest equalizer for access to justice - suffer when filings drop. By John W. Adkins and Yvonne E. Campo...
While the state's new measures may appear to flout federal policy, they fit into a long tradition of U.S. law seeking to integ...
Law Practice
Amid rollout of Affordable Care Act, firms face challenge in boosting health care practices
By Alexandra Schwappach
The demand for sophisticated attorneys who practice in the niche has jumped. Yet the supply, many lawyers say, is at an all-ti...
A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Assistant Secretary for San Diego Gas & Electric Co. San Diego ...
Solar installations have soared in California in recent years, but a new law raises questions about a rule that allows residen...
Acknowledging that changes to the law were necessary, the Legislature revisited the repeal in order to address some ambiguitie...
At least one senior partner of the defunct Upland-based police law firm Lackie, Dammeier, McGill & Ethir APC has retained ...
Judges and Judiciary
Commission on Judicial Performance elects new leaders
By Don Debenedictisn
Members of the judicial discipline panel elected Santa Clara Superior Court Judge Erica R. Yew as its new chair at the group's...
Federal prosecutors lament the lost opportunity to publicize their work during the partial shutdown, but the court system got ...
In roughly three months, the Los Angeles office of Kaye Scholer LLP lost three notable practice leaders. And under a new stra...
The information found by conducting a Google search for jurors isn't enough for some attorneys these days - they want to see s...
Perspective
Can executive officials 'veto' a voter-approved initiative?
By Ben Armisteadn
The case of Los Angeles County's Measure B has reached the 9th Circuit, and may further determine the fate of the initiative p...
Government
Political transparency bill would combat big anonymous donations
By Paul Jones
The California Fair Political Practices Commission is hoping to pass a bill early next year to stop a repeat of an incident wh...
Education
Slow bar exam results upset law deans, recent graduates
By Don Debenedictisn
To many, the length of time it takes to receive bar exam results in California is a tragedy, slowing job hunts and frustrating...
Superior Court Judge Los Angeles County (Long Beach) ...
A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California.
San Diego Judge Peter L. Gallagher, an ex-prosecutor, thoughtfully wields the hammer of justice.
Judge Lewis W. Clapp says time spent in Alaska in his youth gave him a chance to rise and soar.
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
New export rules likely to help aviation companies, frustrate lawyers
By Caitlin Johnson
This week marked the change in decades-long rules governing the export of defense-related aircraft components and other aviati...