The Northern California chapter of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers held a cocktail reception and dinner at the Four ...
There will be a June 29 hearing on Apple's motion for a preliminary injunction blocking the sale of Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 ...
Prominent appellate practitioner Jon B. Eisenberg is dissolving his two-man shop and returning to his former firm, Horvitz &a...
Real Estate/Development
Jury orders utility to pay property owners
By Jason W. Armstrong
In a fiercely litigated eminent domain case, a jury ordered San Diego Gas & Electric to pay a pair of local property owner...
The growth of major law firms in the US and their increased utilization of leverage are two of the most significant changes th...
Litigation
Appellate court vacates massive libel award, removes judge
By Ciaran Mc Evoy
Ruling that the trial judge may not undertake a rehearing with "total objectivity," an appellate court has vacated a $55 milli...
A decision out of Michigan has emboldened California jurisdictions to challenge Fannie and Freddie tax exemptions. By Tyler Do...
Gov. Jerry Brown and state legislators struck an agreement on the state budget Thursday, setting the stage for a finalized bud...
A San Diego company that hired Holland & Knight LLP for three months of legal services now claims the law firm charged leg...
The state Judicial Council on Thursday heard a formal presentation of the wide-ranging criticisms of the courts' administratio...
A simmering feud between Wal-Mart and an influential labor coalition has kicked up unprecedented legal questions - and a publi...
U.S. Supreme Court
Court avoids First Amendment challenge to FCC indecency rules
By Jean Yung
The Supreme Court left undisturbed the considerable shadow the FCC casts over broadcasters in a digital age, unanimously strik...
Part Five of a five part series. By Edwin B. Reeser
Though critics paint the crackdown as a top-down political directive from the Obama administration, a closer look shows the pr...
General Counsel for Ecotality Inc. San Francisco ...
Entertainment & Sports
Jury convicts ex-Paramount president in $3 million fraud case
By Jean Yung
A jury awarded $3 million to a Brazilian businessman who accused once powerful Paramount president David Kirkpatrick and other...
A Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth PC attorney and his lawyer wife have been charged with three felony counts alleging they...
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Oracle dropped its statutory damages request so the trial is resolved and the company can pursue its planned appeal to the U.S...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Resolving profit participation disputes presents unique challenge
By Michael Leen
In this industry new projects come up all the time, and can create a "win-win" resolution for each side. By Diane Wayne and Jo...
San Diego County Superior Court officials announced on Wednesday plans to cut as many as 250 court employee positions and clos...
Employee Benefits
Post-retirement health benefits are a promise of deferred compensation
By Michael Leen
Post-retirement benefits are not revocable gifts, as some jurisdictions are trying to argue. By Robert Bezemek and David Conwa...
Intellectual Property
Ruling could make proving willfullness harder in infringement cases
By Craig Andersonn
Large monetary damages in patent lawsuits may be harder to get after an appeals court ruling directed judges - not juries - to...
U.S. Supreme Court
High court could affect environmental regulation with 9th Circuit case
By Robert Iafolla
As the U.S. Supreme Court term draws to a close, the justices are considering a group of pro-environment decisions by the 9th ...
Perspective
VIDEO: Generic drugs and the new norm in pharma litigation
By Michael Leen
The impact of PLIVA is to let many generic manufacturers off the hook. By Patricia L. Zlaket of Case Cherry Schenk Fran...
Part Four of a five-part series. By Edwin B. Reeser
Greenwald Pauly Foster & Miller APC helped Morrison & Foerster LLP hammer out terms for a new lease at 707 Wilshire Bl...
Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer 99 Cents Only Stores Commerce ...
Five attorneys who specialized in securities and intellectual property at Rutan & Tucker LLP have jumped to the internatio...