U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit skeptical of investment firm's bid to avoid liability for advice to invest with Madoff
By Hadley Robinson
An attorney for a San Francisco investment firm tried to convince an appeals court Monday that arbitrators should not have fou...
Government
Lacey sworn in as first woman, black LA County DA in historic event
By Henry Meier
In a nod to the institution where her legal career began, Jackie Lacey was sworn in as Los Angeles County's 42nd district atto...
Private equity giant Carlyle Group LP's planned acquisition of Los Angeles-based TCW Group Inc. can move forward under the ter...
The Federal Communications Commission last week issued a declaratory ruling clarifying a decades-old privacy law that had been...
Law Practice
Big firms poised to hire real estate lawyers amid resurgence in work
By Ameera Buttn
As the real estate market continues to rise from its slump, legal observers say larger firms will increasingly scramble to pul...
Attorneys defending an ongoing lawsuit alleging the price fixing of flat panel displays lost their motion for partial summary ...
Litigation
Judge approves $20 million Facebook class action settlement
By Hadley Robinson
A federal judge gave preliminary approval to a settlement late Monday that will require Facebook Inc. to pay $20 million to re...
Justice Brad Hill of the 5th District Court of Appeals plans to ask members of a working group on courthouse construction to p...
California Supreme Court
Recanted expert witness testimony not enough for a new trial, state high court rules
By Ameera Buttn
A man convicted of murder largely on the basis of an expert witness who later recanted isn't entitled to a new trial, the stat...
Judge Jules Fleuret maintains peace in his San Bernardino County criminal trial court.
Superior Court Judge Los Angeles County (Los Angeles) ...
Law firms and corporate counsel can find a new source of revenue while reducing costs to clients by implementing litigation re...
A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
Has our high court, in adopting Daubert-ese, pointed the way for greater rigor in the scrutiny of suspect expert testim...
Judges and Judiciary
Brown's appointments diverse ethnically, less so politically
By Paul Jones
While heavily Democratic, Brown's judicial appointments are more diverse than several of his predecessors, a fact that has dra...
The line between an unenforceable "agreement to agree" and a binding contract can be an obscure one. By Diane Hvolka and Shell...
Certain provsions of the law can no longer be ignored as the abuse of selling PPO discounts is more prevalent than at any time...
DLA Piper added Dharmesh Pandya as partner in Silicon Valley. Pandya advises US and Asian companies and has worked in transfe...
A federal judge gave preliminary approval to a settlement late Monday that will require Facebook Inc. to pay $20 million to re...
The California Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in six cases Tuesday, including two closely watched cases that are among...
Law Office Automation
Novak Druce & Quigg and Connolly Bove to merge Jan. 1
By Alexandra Schwappach
The partnership of Novak Druce & Quigg and Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP announced last week that their merger discus...
Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer for Atmel Corp. San Jose ...
Environmental
Judge favor government's efforts to protect green sturgeon fish
By Fiona Smith
A judge ruled against the building industry's bid to reduce the vast territory the federal government designated to protect th...
Environmental
Developer hires retired appeals court justice in battle to disqualify judge
By Fiona Smith
A developer fighting to disqualify a Los Angeles judge after she ruled against it in a major environmental dispute has hired t...
The Los Angeles city attorney's office said Friday it is filing criminal changes against Brea-based Brea Canon Oil Co. and thr...
The workers claim Wal-Mart conspired with the contractors to steal wages and promote unsafe working conditions in two Mira Lom...
Intellectual Property
Microsoft wins court ruling in patent battle against Google
By Rachel Swan
A federal judge in Seattle sided with Microsoft Corp. Friday, vacating an injunction that a German court had awarded to its l...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Ventura County names new bar association president
By Henry Meier
The Ventura County Bar Association has chosen Joel Mark as its new president. Mark will begin his duties on Jan 1. ...
The appellate division of Orange County Superior Court has reversed defendant Hugo Godinez's conviction for violating a county...
Government
Judge lets suit against Thomas Jefferson School of Law proceed
By Don Debenedictisn
A judge has rejected an attempt by Thomas Jefferson School of Law to throw out a lawsuit accusing the school of recruiting stu...