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Litigation
State high court to review fee award in disability access suit
By Ben Armisteadn
It seems likely that the trial court will be affirmed as part of the effort to rein in abusive litigation, along with the chan...
Labor/Employment
Court addresses case of multiple non-compete covenants
By Ben Armisteadn
A recent case involved multiple non-compepte covenants, each with a different duration. By Stephen H. Kay, Robin Samuel, Rober...
Many taxpayers sometimes pay more tax than they should and sometimes pay less, but nearly everyone at some time receives a tax...
A contentious battle over a YouTube video featuring a dancing toddler wound up in a San Jose federal courtroom Tuesday when a ...
Environmental groups filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the state, alleging it issues permits for oil and gas wells without adequ...
Days after the Federal Trade Commission circulated an internal memo that called for an antitrust suit against Google Inc., a C...
State Bar & Bar Associations
In first of 24 discipline cases returned by justices, State Bar Court takes hint to get tougher
By Don Debenedictisn
Ruling in the first of 24 disciipline plea deals remanded by the state Supreme Court, a State Bar judge imposed a much tougher...
A showdown in the long-running Bratz doll case – as Mattel Inc. appeals MGA Entertainment Inc.'s $310 million trial court judg...
Litigation
DLA Piper partner to mediate settlement talks over San Bruno pipeline explosion
By Kevin Lee
Former U.S. Senator George J. Mitchell, a current DLA Piper partner and former chairman, will help mediate a series of settlem...
Law firms facing "unfinished business" lawsuits from the Heller Ehrman LLP estate claim that they should not be held liable be...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Del Norte DA ethics trial puts judges on the witness stand
By Saul Sugarman
State Bar prosecutors experienced an apparent setback Tuesday, when one of their ethics trial witnesses - an incumbent judge -...
Litigation
Federal judge allows California fraud lawsuits against Lehman executives to continue
By Hadley Robinson
California municipalities can continue to pursue claims of accounting fraud and securities violations against former executive...
Government
Trial courts' funding to undergo close scrutiny by judicial branch
By Paul Jones
California's judicial branch is preparing to review state trial court funding, a 15-year-old system praised by some for helpin...