Intellectual Property
FTC could take action against patent holding companies, former chairman says
By Kevin Lee
While Congress considers a slate of proposals aimed at curbing frivolous patent litigation, the Federal Trade Commission is al...
Corporate
Facebook hires Gibson Dunn litigator as deputy general counsel
By David Ruiz
Facebook Inc. hired Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP partner and privacy guru S. Ashlie Beringer to fill the deputy general cou...
Saldana is one of a handful of women mediators in the Central Valley. She is a self-described pragmatist, whipping out lines l...
The Women Lawyers of Alameda County hosted their annual judges' dinner on Wednesday night at the UC Berkeley Faculty Club. The...
Litigation
State officials complain that judges are prescribing policy
By Hamed Aleazizn
In a U.S. Supreme Court filing, state officials this week slammed a recent order by a three-judge panel preventing California ...
Plaintiffs accusing Google Inc. of illegally intercepting users' private emails can proceed on most of their claims, a federal...
Gastrointestinal pharmaceutical company Evoke Pharma Inc. tapped Latham's San Diego office to help navigate its initial public...
The Riverside County Bar Association installed its 2013 Board of Directors on Sept. 19 at the Mission Inn Hotel & Spa in R...
A San Diego County Superior Court judge granted class certification to restaurant workers seeking damages for missed meal and ...
Energy Law
State fracking regulation law might limit environmental reviews
By Fiona Smith
As the state looks to implement legislation controlling the controversial practice of fracking, questions are emerging over ho...
California Courts of Appeal
Districts split on mixed causes of action and anti-SLAPP
By Ben Armisteadn
These differing analytical approaches create vastly different results for litigants advancing mixed claims. By Erik Syverson a...
Government
Federal courts, lawyers to face more cutbacks under new budget - even if deal reached
By Hadley Robinson
Whether Congress can strike a deal by Monday and avoid a government shutdown is unpredictable. Either way, federal courts in C...
Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...
It turns out that stars really must align in order for a billed hour to ripen into a collected greenback. By Alex Craigie
A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
As a first personal injury trial against Toyota wraps up, three upcoming trials shift the focus from whether the automaker sho...
General Counsel of Nexon America Inc. Los Angeles ...
Government
Bill would expand interpreter services for non-English speakers in civil cases
By Paul Jones
The U.S. Department of Justice warned California courts earlier this year it needs to start providing interpreters for non-Eng...
Entertainment & Sports
Hanson Bridgett was key counsel during America's Cup
By Joshua Seboldn
Hanson Bridgett LLP represented Oracle Racing, the entity behind the United States' winning team, as well as the two main comp...
Firm let go 35 secretaries, following similar moves by Weil Gotshal and others. ...
Administrative Office of the Courts promotes Deborah Brown from within. She takes office on Oct. 1. ...
Judge indicates he'll grant Brinker Restaurant workers class certification for their claim that the company deprived them of m...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Students win law firm-funded diversity scholarships
By Don Debenedictisn
The State Bar Foundation has announced it will award scholarships to 22 new law students in California who hail from diverse r...
Framroze Virjee, a partner at O'Melveny & Meyers LLP in Los Angeles, will become the California State University Board of ...
Litigation
Justices: Company's policy on unused vacation failed to compensate workers
By Alexandra Schwappach
The ruling affirms a judgment totaling more than $10 million in a class action lawsuit brought against the company in 2005. ...
Intellectual Property
Federal Circuit pushes tighter review of patent venue dispute
By Kevin Lee
A federal appeals court criticized a district judge in Texas for failing to take a hard look at splitting up a patent lawsuit ...
Plaintiffs' attorneys say companies such as Lyft and Uber are misclassifying drivers as independent contractors. ...
Wenzhuo "Sara" Shen's addition is meant to strengthen the Newport Beach-based firm's work in the Chinese market. ...
Litigation
Lawyers for mentally ill inmates move for additional relief
By Hamed Aleazizn
The battle over the treatment of California's mentally ill inmates continues next week as attorneys for the prisoners argue fo...
Litigation
Judge advances city's suit seeking control of LA/ Ontario International Airport
By Katie Lucia
After a tense hearing, Riverside County Superior Court Judge Thomas A. Peterson overruled Los Angeles' demurrer to Ontario's f...