U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney said plaintiffs didn't sufficiently show Deloitte & Touche LLP knowingly erred in its au...
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that fired federal workers can't sue the government , took a double jeopardy case, reversed a hab...
Judges and Judiciary
Close judge race pits prosecutor and conservative activist
By Emily Green
A constitutional attorney who champions conservative causes and brought a lawsuit challenging President Barack Obama's birthpl...
Alameda County Superior Court Judge Jon S. Tigar and Deputy Assistant Attorney General William H. Orrick III got the nod from ...
Two new laws, effective July 1, are aimed at curbing cyberbullying in California. BY Dean A. Olson and Matthew T. Kramer of Mo...
With a trial before a judicial watchdog panel only two days away, Orange County Superior Court Judge Salvador Sarmiento agree...
Maintenance worker was arrested on suspicions he secretly filmed customers and employees through peep holes in restrooms and d...
Constitutional Law
Court of Appeal rules 95-year-old defamation statute unconstitutional
By Ben Armisteadn
An archaic statute regulating speech regarding banks was rule unconstitutional by the 1st District. By Mark Goldowitz and Ryan...
Recent data shows that most venture funds did not perform significantly better than comparable small public equity portfolios....
Appellate Practice
Consider whether a court order constitutes a final decision befor filing an appeal
By Ben Armisteadn
Don't spend months, even years, preparing arguments and records only to find out that the court will not hear your case on the...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Circuit rejects forfeiture analysis used in weapons case
By John Roemer
The story of a Cuban exile, ex-Special Forces officer and convicted felon found with enough guns for a small war was before th...
Energy Law
Developers face lawsuits from tribes over renewable energy projects
By Paul Jones
With incentives for renewable energy projects drying up, some developers are facing yet another obstacle: litigation from Nati...
U.S. Supreme Court
California securities case could affect other class actions
By Robert Iafollan
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a Southern California pharmaceutical company's challenge a judgment allowing investors t...
In what could be an unprecedented internal election, two hopefuls have expressed interest in filling the presiding judge seat ...
Judge Robert Perry can be intense as he moves criminal cases rapidly through the system.
A weekly roundup of mergers, acquisitions and financing deals and the lawyers who handled them.
General Counsel of CafePress Inc. San Mateo ...
Appellate Justice Laurie D. Zelon is committed to ensuring court access for pro se litigants.
A major showdown in the smartphone legal wars, pitting Apple Inc. against Google Inc. 's newly-acquired Motorola Mobility sub...
The suit claims the soon-to-be-launched carbon trading market violates the federal Civil Rights Act by adversely affect blacks...
Litigation
Wal-Mart plaintiffs face skeptical judge in gender bias class action
By John Roemer
U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer seemed unpersuaded Friday that the plaintiffs suing Wal-Mart in a downsized gender bias ...
Administrative/Regulatory
POM persuades FTC to apply lower standard, loses anyways
By Ben Armisteadn
The ALJ's order found that double-blind, randomized clinical trials were not necessary for claims of the type that POM made. B...
Prosecuting pro per defendants presents some of the most unique challenges a prosecutor or trial judge will face. By Benjamin ...
Perspective
'YMCA’ co-author breaks new ground for unexpected reasons
By Ben Armisteadn
The court's ruling effectively permits co-authors to dispute each other's copyright interests more than 35 years after the fac...
In a move legal observers said showed unusual timing, the state Supreme Court could soon decide whether a criminal defendant h...
An East Coast firm that has steadily boosted its Silicon Valley presence in recent years has hired a new corporate partner to ...
9th Circuit judges have two times their caseload, a backlog of 14,000 undecided matters and the slowest resolution time. By Ca...
Real Estate/Development
Developers win verdict over deal with city
By Jason W. Armstrong
A group of developers scored a $6.1 million verdict after a jury found that San Jose flouted an agreement to fast-track their ...
Litigation
As botched settlement implodes further, lawyers leave case
By Ciaran Mc Evoy
After a personal-injury settlement agreement went haywire, all but one of the original trial lawyers have withdrawn from the c...
A team of financial insolvency and restructuring lawyers led by prominent Costa Mesa-based attorney Craig A. Barbarosh has lef...