Dozens of music artists are pursuing copyright claims against CBS Interactive Inc., which the plaintiffs say has guided consum...
Perspective
'ESI' and 'data compilations': Why is Section 2031.280(e) still on the books?
By Ben Armisteadn
The Electronic Discovery Act adopted federal cost shifting measures, but retained the state framework too. Why? By Mark Oneal ...
Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. Inc. added a new vice president and assistant general counsel, the company announced Monday. ...
A Venice man convicted of killing his estranged girlfriend and her best friend in 1983 prevailed in his appeal to overturn the...
The Atlanta-based firm has nabbed veteran intellectual property lawyer William F. Abrams to spearhead the expansion of the fir...
Intellectual Property
BlackBerry maker hoping to overturn $147 million patent verdict
By Fiona Smith
After a San Francisco jury ordered BlackBerry-maker Research in Motion Ltd. to pay a whopping $147 million in damages in a pat...
In the first strike in San Francisco County Superior Court's history, more than 200 court employees walked out of work Monday ...
Labor/Employment
Will employers waive representative actions goodbye?
By Karen Natividadn
The question of whether arbitration provisions waiving PAGA representative actions are enforceable will likely make its way to...
The Supreme Court has taken up the cause to determine who qualifies as a "supervisor" in Title VII actions. By Gurinder S. Gre...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
U.S. courts have no jurisdiction in lawsuit against Iraq, 9th Circuit panel rules
By John Roemer
American courts have no jurisdiction to hear a U.S. oil broker's complaint against Iraq, a divided 9th U.S. Circuit Court of A...
A team of attorneys from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP's San Francisco office advised New Jersey-based Par Pharmaceut...
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP advised Canoga Park-based One Lambda Inc., a transplant diagnostics company, in it...
Presently, the law appears to treat pets only as property but that law may be evolving as pet disputes become more prevalent. ...
Robin Miller Sloan, compassionate but no-nonsense, has a low tolerance for excuses, lawyers say.
A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing transactions and the lawyers involved.
State Bar & Bar Associations
New LA County Bar head prepares slate of ambitious goals
By Ciaran Mc Evoy
Richard J. Burdge Jr. of The Burdge Law Firm PC brings his solo practice skills and decades of large law firm experience with ...
Retired Major League Baseball player Lenny Dykstra pleaded guilty Friday to three felony counts related to fraudulent activiti...
Plaintiff's suing under the ADA for an allegedly wrongful determination based on medical marijuana use shouldn't get their hop...
Litigation
Video game cases highlight tension between right of publicity and First Amendment
By John Roemer
A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel Friday tried to balance athletes' right-of-publicity and trademark contentions again...
Employee Benefits
Supreme Court to address circuit split on equitable relief under ERISA
By Ben Armisteadn
Some Circuits have ruled that strict adherence to plan documents which disclaim the application of traditional equitable defen...
A lawsuit against CBS Interactive brought by dozens of musical artists can go forward, U.S. District Court Judge Dale S. Fisch...
A federal appellate panel on Friday vacated contempt sanctions against Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP over its failure...
Jacoby & Meyers LLC has merged with Chicago-based Macey Bankruptcy Law in a move industry experts say may pave the way for...
When it comes to high earners, the standard guideline formula may result in an enormous support order far surpassing the child...
Litigation
Literalism versus equal protection in the California Wage Wars
By Ben Armisteadn
In Housing Partners I, the court held that because of the way it was funded, a low-income housing project did not fit w...
A new study by LexisNexis finds that, contrary to talk of the billable hour dying, the billable hour remains strong and altern...
Criminal
Mendocino D.A. lightens pot sentences in exchange for restitution
By Henry Meier
Mendocino County District Attorney David Eyster is on a quest to redefine how marijuana cases are prosecuted by using an obscu...
San Bernardino Superior Court will close its Chino courthouse, eliminate 23 staff positions and cut back on clerk hours to com...
Law Practice
The 'real world’: Why practitioners make good law professors
By Michael Leen
Law schools should take advantage of the wealth of experience in the community. By Carole E. Handler of Lathrop & Gage LLP...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Citing fees, panel rejects settlement in class action
By Ben Adlin
Taking aim at a proposed deal's "excessive attorney fees," a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel on Friday rejected a sett...