Corporate
California joins states restricting employer use of credit reports
By Karen Natividadn
AB 22 not only limits use of credit reports, but also imposes notice and disclosure obligations on employers. By Rod M. Fliege...
Bingham McCutchen LLP, an international law firm with five offices in California, snagged structured transactions partner Dan ...
A federal judge sentenced SAP subsidiary TomorrowNow Inc. to three years of probation and a $20 million fine after the company...
Judges and Judiciary
Kern County judge fine recommended
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
The state Fair Political Practices Commission has recommended fining a Kern County Superior Court judge and his campaign commi...
California is positioned to offer municipal bond notes in denominations as low as $25, an attempt to make the investment affor...
False claims cases alleging Medi-Cal fraud appear to be on the rise. ...
Lawyers representing shopping centers are wringing their hands about recently passed state legislation requiring certain big b...
Bratz manufacturer MGA Entertainment Inc. tapped Irvine litigator Jennifer Keller as its lead counsel in a legal tussle with O...
Unsecured creditors of Orange County’s iconic Crystal Cathedral church likely will sue some insiders, including founder Robert...
The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday ordered defense giant Northrop Grumman to spend an estimated $20 million to c...
Judges and Judiciary
Judicial Council will be main focus of meeting
By Don Debenedictisn
When the California Judges Association gathers for its annual meeting this week, the main topic of conversation will be gettin...
House Republicans accused the Obama administration Wednesday of engaging in crony capitalism by rushing through a $535 million...
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar convention kicks off in Long Beach
By Don Debenedictisn
More than a thousand lawyers will descend on Long Beach beginning today to hear speeches, discuss possible legislation and att...
Lawyers with DLA Piper LLP and Bingham McCutchen LLP helped negotiate $29 million in financing for an 111,403-square-foot shop...
Public Interest
Indigent litigants fight back against fee waiver denials
By Laura Ernden
As financial troubles plague both litigants and the courts who serve them, public interest lawyers said more indigent clients ...
Bankruptcy
Avoiding avoidance: Keeping payments after client bankruptcy
By Sharon Liangn
If a client declares bankruptcy, you may be sued for the return of fee payments By William Faulkner and Tyler Atkinson of McMa...
Perspective
What the Heck? 9th Circuit delivers misguided birthday present to drunk driver
By Sharon Liangn
A 9th Circuit ruling allows the birthday boy to have his cake, and eat it too. By Harry S. Stern of Rains Lucia Stern PC ...
Perspective
Assessing underinsurance lawsuits against agents and brokers
By Sharon Liangn
What's said between the salesperson and customer is critical in determining underinsurance liability. By R. Randal Crispen of ...
The U.S. Department of Energy finalized a $1.2 billion loan guarantee for the development of the Mojave Solar Project on Tuesd...
In response to mounting financial pressures, the federal judiciary will increase the price to electronically access case docum...
Health Care & Hospital Law
Pharmaceutical executive will appeal exclusion from Medicare
By Mandy Jacksonn
Former InterMune Inc. chief executive W. Scott Harkonen, convicted of wire fraud in connection with off-label marketing of a ...
Dolby Laboratories Inc. has settled its patent infringement lawsuit accusing Research in Motion Ltd. of infringing its audio t...
The man who oversaw the last years of Howrey LLP, including its demise, is moving his litigation practice to Winston & Str...
Judges and Judiciary
Commission disciplines El Dorado judge for abuse of contempt power
By Pat Alston
Judge James R. Wagoner overstepped his authority a year ago when he ordered his bailiffs to arrest a courthouse visitor and th...
Attorneys for Apple Inc. are seeking to stay patent infringement lawsuits against Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. ...
A San Jose federal judge ruled Monday that Countrywide Home Loans Inc. can't narrow a putative class action against it by tryi...
A round-up of the 2011 legislative session. ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
School district can remove religious posters, panel holds
By John Roemer
A 9th Circuit panel on Tuesday held that a San Diego County school district could order a high school calculus teacher to remo...
A decisive 67-page New Jersey court ruling in a right of publicity case against video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. coul...
Legislators introduced thousands of bills over the past nine months, but in the end those emphasizing job creation, deregulati...