A bill that would expand and clarify the scope of California's medical marijuana law cleared its first legislative hurdle on T...
Judges and Judiciary
LA court leaders detail which courtrooms will close
By Ciaran Mc Evoy
Leaders of the state's largest trial court on Tuesday announced plans for what they called "the most significant reduction of ...
The San Diego law firm Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP has found itself in increasingly hot water with a federal judge w...
Oracle Corp. CEO Larry Ellison acknowledged on Tuesday that he explored the idea of building a smartphone and then tried to re...
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday gave itself a second shot at clarifying whether copyrighted goods acquired legally overseas c...
Entertainment & Sports
Lawyers join forces to take on music labels
By Erica E. Phillips
A coalition of lawyers have joined forces to take on the music industry's major labels, launching class action lawsuits seekin...
Blind acceptance of the "woe as me" defense defies progress in the tax refund discussion. By Paul Heidenreich of Huskinson, Br...
Countrywide's mortgage fraud case pits unsophisticated consumers againts de facto Goliaths. By Tiffany Heah ...
A federal judge has dismissed an Americans with Disabilities Act lawsuit against UC Hastings College of the Law after the case...
Within minutes of opening statements in Oracle Corp.'s lawsuit against Google Inc. over alleged infringement of the Java progr...
In a victory for California workers, the U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to review a state appeals court decision holding t...
Plastic bag manufacturer Hilex Poly Co. LLC and other plaintiffs challenging Los Angeles County's ban on single-use plastic ba...
Santa Ana has hired an outside attorney to oversee the city's in-house legal department in what officials are calling a novel ...
Nationally renowned litigators David Boies and Theodore Olson headlined the latest lobbying effort at the state capitol on Mon...
Recent cases highlight the competing policy goals of our voluntary pension system. By Chuck Teixeira ...
Litigation
Appellate panel reverses nine-figure verdict against Boeing
By Ciaran Mc Evoy
A state appellate court has reversed a judgment in excess of $600 million against Boeing Co., which has been involved in a lon...
Even if the operating agreement eliminates fiduciary duties, a minimum standard of conduct still applies. By Kathryn Barrett o...
ABA's Commision on Ethics 20/20 said in its meeting last week it won't propose changes to its policy of prohibiting nonlawyer ...
Some partners who have left Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP this year have recently claimed their updated K-1 tax forms, issued April ...
A federal judge in Santa Ana is debating whether private defense lawyers crossed a line and became de facto agents for the U.S...
Judge Vincent J. O'Neill inherited court's woes.
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. justices weigh overtime for pharmaceutical sales reps
By Robert Iafolla
The U.S. Supreme Court wrestled Monday over whether pharmaceutical companies have to pay their sales representatives overtime ...
Before becoming a judge, Tamila Ipema used the law to win her family passage to America. ...
A roundup of recent M&A and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
U.S. Supreme Court
High court to weigh whether pharmaceutical sales rep can get overtime
By Robert Iafolla
In a case with implications for the flood of wage and hour lawsuits targeting drugmakers, the U.S. Supreme Court will consider...
As a runner, pilot and scuba diver with a record-setting past, Judge Mike Lewis is not fond of delays.
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, San Francisco ...
A few corrections to Thomas Rubin's article on protecting your film ideas. By David Gerber ...