An annual report indicates that the judicial nominee pool was slightly less diverse in 2012 than in the previous year.
U.S. District Judge S. James Otero issued the injunction order against Randy H. McMurray.
Litigation
ABA committee seeks to lure accomplished Bay Area antitrust plaintiffs' bar
By Hadley Robinson
A defense attorney from Washington, D.C. and two plaintiffs' attorneys are attempting something historically difficult: entici...
One of the biggest players in a massive government tax fraud suit against members of an Hasidic sect was back in a Central ...
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar board will debate charging lawyers to support legal services programs
By Don Debenedictisn
The State Bar is likely this week to decide to seek legislation that would impose a surcharge on lawyer dues to bolster fundin...
Central Valley farmers hoping to force the federal government to give them more water got nowhere with a federal appellate cou...
Litigation
Lawyers vie for lead counsel role in HP-Autonomy class actions
By Hadley Robinson
A line of lawyers vied Friday for a leading role in the many actions filed against Hewlett-Packard Co. and its executives for ...
Intellectual Property
Judge slices Apple's patent infringement award almost in half
By Rachel Swan
A federal judge cut Apple Inc.'s patent infringement award nearly in half Friday, ruling that jurors had miscalculated damage...
Judges and Judiciary
Cashing in our constitutional rights: a jury of our peers
By Ben Armisteadn
A group of state judges wants to convince us to sell off one of our cherished constitutional protections for a pittance: a tri...
Mabel Walter Willebrandt was far ahead of her time working as a federal prosecutor during prohibition. By Ira Friedman and Dav...
Litigation
Case involving federal pleading standards could be headed to high court
By Henry Meier
A significant split over federal pleading standards and a highly unusual amended opinion in a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal...
Sheppard Mullin adds attorneys in San Francisco and Los Angeles
Environmental
Judge rejects LA bid to reduce responsibility for Owens Valley dust
By Fiona Smith
A Fresno federal judge on Thursday rejected a bid by the city of Los Angeles to scale back its responsibility to control dust ...
"Who are those guys?" A question that often arises when attorneys are sued by nonclients who seem to come out of nowhere. By J...
On Jan. 10, President Barack Obama signed the Strengthening Medicare and Repaying Taxpayers Act into law, which consisted of a...
Here's how it works: The player and the team each submit a proposed salary to the arbitrator (of course, the player proposes a...
The San Mateo County district attorney's office has reached a plea deal with Orange County resident John G. Hedderman, who was...
A courthouse construction project for San Diego County Superior Court has drawn a number of critics in recent months, includin...
Once a prosecutor who logged long hours in trial, retired Contra Costa County Superior Court Judge Richard S. Flier now devote...
The Daily Journal celebrated 20 years of honoring rising California legal stars with a reception Tuesday night in Santa Monica...
"Tomorrow's Lawyers" provides lawyers and legal educators an account of the issues currently facing the legal profession. Acco...
Former Los Angeles-based Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP partner Edith Ramirez was tapped by President Barack Obama ...
Government
A Republican senator's comment suggests Orrick will become a Northern District judge soon
By Hadley Robinson
A key Republican U.S. senator's statement that he would not "fight to the death" to block the confirmation of William Orrick I...
Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor urged state leaders to better emphasize civic education for students at an e...
MGA Entertainment Inc. asked a federal court for permission to revive its trade-secret claims that an appeals court threw out ...
The State Bar has suspended former Nixon Peabody LLP partner David M. Tamman based on his conviction on charges related to hel...
Labor/Employment
Lawyers seek to add plaintiffs to suitable seating case
By Laura Hautalan
Attorneys for a putative class of California Kmart cashiers filed a motion Wednesday to add two new name plaintiffs to their s...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Weil Gotshal gains Facebook as client in buy from Microsoft
By David Ruiz
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP represented Facebook Inc. in its purchase of Microsoft's Atlas Advertiser Suite for an undisclo...
If Los Angeles wants its residents to make intelligent decisions in its elections, then it needs to make serious reforms regar...
Everyone's asking: How do we get the U.S. Supreme Court to read our amicus brief in the Proposition 8 case?