A team of Cooley LLP lawyers assisted Institutional Venture Partners in closing a new $1 billion fund on Thursday, the largest...
U.S. Supreme Court
Justices punt on important damages question in consumer case
By John Roemer
Declining to rule on an important consumer rights question, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed an appeal, leaving un...
JAMS neutral with 30 years experience as a labor and employment specialist brings proactive approach to case resolution. ...
Government
Private-public plan for LA federal courthouse could spur others
By Ben Adlin
After years of delay, officials hope to give the construction of a new federal courthouse in Los Angeles a shot in the arm und...
California lawyers expect an influx of business from clients who need help complying with or getting care through the newly up...
Appellate Practice
The business of briefing: amicus briefs and their value to the courts
By John Roemer
Friends of the court are busier than ever, according to statistics and attorneys who make a living penning amicus briefs. A ke...
General Counsel Capcom U.S.A. Inc. (San Mateo) ...
Courts are divided on whether to apply the Absolute Priority Rule in individual Chapter 11 cases. By Richard J. Reynolds of Tu...
No matter how you spin it, SB 491 and Concepcion do not fit together. By Kim Stone of the Civil Justice Association of ...
The landmark legislation has reached a milestone, yet is still facing challenges. By Jenny Goodman of Sullivan Hill Lewin Rez ...
When he is a party in a Supreme Court case, the solicitor general wins nearly 70 percent of the time. This term, that number l...
With the statewide ban on foie gras just days away, a lawsuit in Los Angeles federal court hopes to extend the prohibition nat...
Following her Tuesday victory in a rare contested election for presiding judge, San Francisco County Superior Court Judge Cyn...
Key parts of the so-called Homeowner Bill of Rights passed a special joint conference committee on Wednesday by a 4-1 vote wit...
Bryant G. Garth, the outgoing dean of Southwestern University Law School and a leading researcher of the legal profession, wil...
OneRoof Energy Inc., a San Diego-based residential solar panel company, has appointed its first general counsel, the company a...
Litigation
En banc panel affirms that Potash price-fixing suit can go forward
By Andrew Mc Intyre
Sitting en banc, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday to affirm a district court's order denying a motion to ...
A conservative Christian whistle-blower suit that could have cost California Planned Parenthood affiliates as much as $600 mil...
Labor/Employment
Grocery chain slammed for pro-management flier campaign
By Brian Sumersn
By requiring workers involved in an organizing campaign to distribute pro-management leaflets to customers, a Los Angeles outl...
Intellectual Property
Apple wins injunction against Samsung in smartphone war
By Craig Andersonn
In a victory for Apple Inc., a San Jose federal judge has blocked the sale of a Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. tablet computer ...
The bankruptcy is a trial by fire for AB 506, which requires lengthy negotiations before cities may pursue protection through ...
Judges and Judiciary
Report: Private warnings to state judges down by half
By Riley Guerin
California judges were disciplined less frequently during the years from 2000 to 2009 than in the previous decade, according t...
Internal Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP documents show efforts Citibank and the firm undertook to convince firm partners to take on l...
Commissioner James D. Endman, who never misses family dinner, brokers truces in family law court.
Law Practice
Court lets law firm use anti-SLAPP law to dismiss suit against firm
By Jason W. Armstrong
A San Francisco appellate court granted Kabateck Brown Kellner LLP's motion to dismiss a suit against the firm under Californi...
Discipline
Vexatious litigant should be disbarred, State Bar Court rules
By Don J. Debenedictis
Santa Rosa lawyer Kevin Michael Healy should be disbarred and pay a former client $30,000, according to a ruling from the Stat...
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP helped Beverly Hills developer Sonny Astani sell a long vacant downtown Los Angeles lot for ...
Real Estate/Development
Portfolio transactions help revive real estate market
By Jason W. Armstrong
While building portfolio transactions slowed to a trickle in the wake of the real estate bust, lawyers say they're seeing a sl...
This month, California quietly shed an unwanted title - going from the largest prison system in the country to the second-larg...