State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar to buy new Los Angeles headquarters building
By Don Debenedictisn
The State Bar intends to buy a small office building near the downtown Los Angeles Staples Center as its new headquarters in t...
Intellectual Property
In 9th Circuit, Microsoft and Google fight for advantage in patent wars
By John Roemer
New chess moves in the high technology patent wars played out Tuesday at an oral argument session before a 9th U.S. Circuit Co...
U.S. Magistrate Judge
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP Los Angeles Litigation and corporate counseling Specialty: advising board
This is the 15th year the Daily Journal has published a list of California's 100 leading lawyers
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Chuck Yeager, who broke the sound barrier, loses at 9th Circuit
By Emily Green
Yeager submitted a "sham" declaration when he filed an affidavit with the district court providing details he claimed not to r...
Perspective
Borrowers have standing to sue lenders lacking authority to enforce notes
By Ben Armisteadn
If the note is not validly endorsed to the servicer's principal, neither the principal nor its servicing agent can enforce it ...
Perspective
Termination of copyright transfers and probate proceedings
By Karen Natividadn
In some cases, statutory parties may have the right to override and "bump" the parties named in the will and the transfer by w...
Even as the provision of medicine continues to improve, the lack of unity among Americans as to how health care should be mana...
U.S. District Court Judge Rudi M. Brewster, a respected senior jurist who was a hallmark of the Southern District, died Frida...
Sungevity Inc., a residential solar company headquartered in Oakland, has appointed a new general counsel, the company announc...
Papers filed in federal court Monday reveal that Toshiba Corp. reached a $30 million settlement with plaintiffs who allege the...
As a way to better serve its Orange County client base, nationally recognized financial services and government enforcement la...
Intellectual Property
Ropes & Gray helps Google defeats patent infringement lawsuit
By Hadley Robinson
In a win for Google and its lawyers at Ropes & Gray LLP, a federal judge Friday ruled the Mountain View-based search giant...
Earlier this year, the 9th Circuit handed down an eagerly anticipated decision examining whether a debtor's bankruptcy reorgan...
Unlike copyright and trademark law, which are defined by federal statutes, the right of publicity is a creature of state law. ...
A group of detained immigrants held for more than six months without bond hearings asked a Los Angeles federal judge to grant ...
Criminal
Judge tosses case seeking one-drug execution for death row inmates
By Henry Meier
A judge Monday dismissed a legal challenge brought by the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office seeking to implement a...
In an effort to cut down on costs, the U.S. Department of Justice is planning to consolidate two of its California field offic...
Judges and Judiciary
Judges have legislative immunity, cannot be sued for ousting commissioner
By John Roemer
Contra County County judges who allegedly ganged up to fire a commissioner after she unsuccessfully challenged a colleague in ...
Superior Court Judge
A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
Criminal
Death penalty litigation ramps up as vote to end capital punishment nears
By Henry Meier
As both sides of California's death penalty debate battle for votes in the run-up to November's referendum on capital punishme...
Vice President, Legal Affairs for IPC: The Hospitalist Company North Hollywood ...
Intellectual Property
Willful patent infringement harder to prove after Bard
By Michael Leen
The court held that the judge is in the best position to determine the objective standard of reasonableness prong of the Se...
Labor/Employment
'Game changing' decision impacts independent broker-dealers
By Michael Leen
A court has ruled for the first time that registered representatives are not employees under California law. By Brandon S. Rei...
If your client falls within the scope of federal copyright law, there could be a windfall in your client's future - or years o...
Law Practice
Orrick is latest firm to challenge San Francisco tax law
By Saul Sugarman
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP is the latest firm to sue the city and county of San Francisco for its alleged improper...
California Courts of Appeal
Medical marijuana dispensaries ordered to close doors
By Ben Adlin
A state appellate panel last week ordered two Riverside County medical marijuana dispensaries to close their doors, reversing ...
Criminal
Judge weighs appointing lawyers for locked up mentally ill immigrants
By Henry Meier
A U.S. judge heard impassioned arguments Friday in a closely watched case involving whether the government must provide lawyer...