A lawsuit filed this week alleging Los Angeles County's new charge on paper carry-out bags is unconstitutional is among the fi...
California Supreme Court
Panel strikes down Long Beach's marijuana regulations
By Laura Ernden
A state appellate court Tuesday struck down local regulations governing the operation of marijuana collectives in the city of ...
The state Supreme Court will hear argument Nov. 8 to determine whether companies have to make sure their employees take meal a...
Ending years of litigation, a settlement has been reached by Dole and lawyers representing Central American plaintiffs who cla...
An Orange County lawyer who apparently was convicted in connection with laundering money for drug dealers, is still practicing...
California Courts of Appeal
Fake report lands Santa Clara DA in hot water - again
By John Roemer
A San Jose police officer faked a lab report to falsely show a defendant's semen on a blanket as part of a rape investigation,...
A federal law aiming to protect the online privacy of children could undergo controversial changes this year, but not before t...
General counsel for The Broad Foundations Westwood ...
Judge Thomas P. Nugent says he would have been content living the life of a beer-drinking blue collar worker. But parental coa...
Judicate West starts access to justice foundation with a boost from retired Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Judith C. ...
While the enormous solar plants rising in the California desert are key to the state's push to boost renewable power, Governor...
Technology & Science
The rise of cell phone hacking: Oh, to be young, pretty and a Hollywood superstar
By Sharon Liangn
With hackers now targeting cell phones, are there any legal remedies for victims? By Peter J. Toren of Shulman, Rogers Ganal P...
Attempts to reform California's system for laying off teachers are misguided. By James Baca and Anthony P. DeMarco of Atkinson...
New legal theories are being developed that extend accessibility to websites, particularly in the retail space. By Roland Juar...
A cheerleader is disciplined for refusing to cheer for a varsity basketball player after he allegedly sexually assaulted her. ...
For U.S. automotive dealers, the pain of the 2008 financial crisis is far from over. By Jonathan Michaels of Michaels Law Grou...
California Supreme Court
State justices skeptical of overtime for insurance adjusters
By Laura Ernden
At oral argument in a closely watched wage-and-hour case, the state Supreme Court on Monday seemed ready to overturn a lower c...
Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation Monday reducing the number of lawyers elected to the board that governs the State Bar. ...
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP announced Monday the hiring of five partners to its New York acquisition finance practi...
Recent rulings in a personal injury lawsuit stemming from the opening day beating of a San Francisco Giants fan at Dodger Stad...
Intellectual Property
Judge allows carrier arguments in Apple-Samsung patent case
By Craig Anderson
A San Jose federal judge will consider arguments from two major cell phone carriers in a patent infringement case between Appl...
The U.S. Supreme Court refused to consider a challenge to the California Supreme Court judgment allowing police to search the ...
A federal judge contemplated Monday whether Apple Inc. and AT&T Mobility LLC should benefit from a recent U.S. Supreme Cou...
Agents swept through Orange County and the Inland Empire arresting more than a dozen people indicted on federal charges in wha...
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati has hired a new Washington D.C.-based partner to boost the firm's expertise in federal re...
Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed two bills Monday aimed at abolishing redevelopment agencies or forcing them to pay a "voluntary" fee t...
California Supreme Court
State high court weighs retiree health benefits
By Laura Ernden
The state Supreme Court wrestled Monday with whether a local government's decision to subsidize retiree health care benefits t...
The number of law firm mergers and acquisitions during the first three quarters of 2011 has spiked from last year's figures, a...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
State AGs antitrust suit not a class action, panel holds
By John Roemer
A massive antitrust lawsuit by California's attorney general against makers of flat-screen electronic displays got a boost Mo...
U.S. Supreme Court
High court considers right to sue over cuts to Medi-Cal
By Robert Iafolla
The U.S. Supreme Court waded into the battle over California's budget deficit Monday, signaling it wouldn't allow the state to...