A deputy general counsel for Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. is departing the company to rejoin the Los Angeles office of O'M...
The state Administrative Office of the Courts is working to consolidate its facilities to save more than a million dollars ann...
In yet another chapter of a lengthy legal battle, MGA Entertainment Inc. has filed a cross-complaint against four insurances c...
Administrative/Regulatory
Baseball Hall of Famer charged with insider trading
By Ben Adlin
SEC charges Eddie Murray and two others in connection with insider trading case that felled former Angels player Doug DeCinces...
Labor/Employment
Federal appellate judges seek state Supreme Court help in labor case
By John Roemer
The federal law on class actions boomeranged Friday when appellate judges, baffled in a wage-and-hour case by the state's conv...
Intellectual Property
Testimony in Apple's patent case against Samsung concludes
By Craig Andersonn
Attorneys for Apple Inc. wrapped up testimony against Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. on Friday with witness after witness who re...
Criminal
Report shows reduction in California inmate population slowing after realignment
By Henry Meier
After a dramatic drop in California's prison population over the first six months of realignment, the reduction in inmates hou...
Intellectual Property
Oracle: Google influenced public opinion during trial
By Kevin Lee
Google Inc. funded and leveraged a network of commentators to influence public opinion during a high-profile patent infringeme...
Justice Richard D. Fybel dedicated himself to the bench to honor his parents' Holocaust escapes.
O'Melveny & Myers LLP added Bruce Tovey as partner in Century City and Mark Easton as partner in Los Angeles.
Superior Court Judge
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Divided Circuit endorses Miranda warning
By John Roemer
In a bitter clash on Thursday, a sharply divided 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel issued a strong endorsement of the Mi...
Books
Eye-opener for skeptics who believe the criminal justice system doesn't make mistakes
By Karen Natividadn
Book review: "Full Circle: A True Story of Murder, Lies and Vindication" By Maurice Possley ...
Two fans of Ayn Rand are slugging it out in federal court over each party's use of one of Rand's famous characters in connecti...
We Are The Champions: Champions were crowned as the Landau Lawyers League wrapped up its Summer Softball League. ...
People may never agree on the fundamentals of marriage, but they have an opportunity to reach consensus by thinking more close...
The new Masters Division of the Orange County Bar Association gave its Legends of the Law award to Louis J. Knobbe, the founde...
Community News
San Diego Justice organizations guide juvenile offenders down positive paths
By Caitlin Johnson
This week, the San Diego Superior Court, district attorney’s office and public defender’s office, worked with various public a...
Community News
Judge Francisco Briseno inspires Project SELF interns
By Caitlin Johnson
At the Annual Project SELF Recognition Dinner on Aug. 1, 269 members of the Orange County legal community celebrated the r...
Data security is the top concern for general counsel across the country, according to a survey released on Monday sponsored by...
Intellectual Property
Altered genes can be patented, Federal Circuit rules
By Fiona Smith
In a closely watched decision, a federal appellate court ruled Thursday that biotechology company Myriad Genetics Inc.'s devel...
Valensi Rose's strong camaraderie and familial atmosphere has helped the firm weather the economic downturn and avoid layoffs ...
Los Angeles-based O'Melveny & Myers scooped up Bruce Tobey, a founder of CBS Films and former executive at Paramount Pictu...
After more than a month of proposals, negotiations and revisions, the Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP estate has secured more than $50...
Securities
Oracle, SEC agree to $2 million settlement on corruption claims
By Ben Adlin
Oracle Corp. has agreed to pay a $2 million penalty to settle allegations by the Securities and Exchange Commission that its I...
Government
Bill would allow shorter sentences for some convicted as juveniles
By Paul Jones
A bill that would allow juveniles convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison without parole the ability to earn parol...
A woman whose husband handled asbestos as a car mechanic failed to convince a Los Angeles County Superior Court jury that the ...
A one-time doubter of mediation's value, Charles R. Hayes now maintains his own ADR practice. ...
San Bernardino County and two of itscities are moving forward with a controversial effort to address their communities' underw...