The California Supreme Court has rejected a petition from the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation that sought to force the state...
Plaintiffs' lawyers in a potential antitrust class action over the alleged misuse of college athletes' likenesses in videogame...
Former 3rd District Court of Appeal Presiding Justice Arthur G. Scotland announced he joined the law firm Nielsen Merksamer Pa...
In the latest twist in a personal-injury lawsuit gone haywire, the judge who oversaw a botched settlement agreement last Janua...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Davis Polk helps Texas Instruments calculate debt deal
By Andrew Mc Intyre
The Dallas-headquartered tech giant recently offered $1.5 billion in debt, which follows the $3.5 billion of bonds it sold May...
Litigation
Judge: Glendale violated state law regulating free intranet
By Saul Sugarman
A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge recently ruled that the city of Glendale has violated state law by using intranet pr...
A meeting today of the Judicial Council's Executive and Planning Committee to discuss how to implement recommendations of a c...
Intellectual Property
Judge wants to know what companies paid bloggers in Oracle-Google case
By Hadley Robinson
An order from U.S. District Judge William Alsup demanding Google Inc. and Oracle Corp. disclose financial relationships with b...
Judge
CashCall Inc., a consumer financial and mortgage lender, signed a 125,208 square foot lease with Hudson Pacific Properties at ...
McDonald's, Coca-Cola and Adidas together pay hundreds of millions of dollars for the right to sponsor the Olympics. But the b...
While there are many issues to deal with in planning an artist's estate and protecting his legacy, perhaps the most important ...
California Probate Code Section 15212 now gives us the tools to protect our beloved dogs, when we are no longer present to do ...
*But were afraid to ask. ...
Former Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP partners now have until Monday to decide whether to opt into a settlement plan that would absol...
Intellectual Property
Apple calls witnesses to bolster infringement case against Samsung
By Craig Andersonn
In their high-stakes trial, Apple Inc. called former designers and marketing strategists Tuesday to support its claim that Sam...
Underlying the ongoing debate around medical marijuana is a nagging question: Is there actually anything "medical" about it? ...
Mergers & Acquisitions
O’Melveny, Cooley, Jones Day, Proskauer advise in Padres sale
By Andrew Mc Intyre
The San Diego Padres announced Monday night a tentative agreement to sell the team to a group that includes Peter O’Malley, fo...
Intellectual Property
Brocade wins copyright, patent infringement verdict from San Jose jury
By Saul Sugarman
San Jose-based networking equipment company Brocade Communications Systems Inc. scored a jury verdict exceeding $60 million in...
The former mayor of Upland, John V. Pomierski, received a two-year prison sentenced for his role in a bribery scheme involving...
Veteran aviation defense attorney, Edwin W. Green, whose legal work included litigation from the 9/11 terrorist attacks as wel...
Was a budget trailer bill passed in June used to circumvent the number of votes needed to pass urgency legislation? That’s the...
Gov. Jerry Brown announced the appointment of six superior court judges Tuesday , another push to fill what at the beginnin...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Appellate court approves government eavesdropping on Islamic group
By John Roemer
Federal government eavesdroppers are off the hook for intercepting phone calls without a warrant between an Oregon Islamic gro...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Warrantless GPS surveillance approved by 9th Circuit panel
By John Roemer
Despite a U.S. Supreme Court ruling against warrantless surveillance of GPS devices earlier this year, a 9th Circuit panel app...
Perspective
Franchise Tax Board gets more 'FIRM’ about collecting delinquent taxes
By Michael Leen
New legislation gives the California Franchise Tax Board more tools to identify accounts of delinquent tax debtors held at fin...
Law Practice
Secret recordings: what to do when your client already has one
By Ben Armisteadn
California law prohibits anyone from recording confidential communications without knowledge and consent; many people, includi...
Ford did it. Chrysler and GM did too. Now Land Rover is joining the party to eliminate its franchised automobile dealers acros...
The American Bar Association adopted changes to its model ethics rules that will allow a lawyer who changes firms to disclose ...
Intellectual Property
Apple, Samsung lawyers cross-examine witnesses in trial's second week
By Craig Andersonn
As the second week of the high-stakes patent trial between Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. began Monday, the attor...