Intellectual property vice president and general counsel for Cymer Inc. San Diego ...
The efforts to restrict birthright citizenship are as unconscionable as they are unworkable. By Bruce J. Einhorn of Pepperdine...
Labor/Employment
So your employees are pretty smart ... but are they 'learned professionals’?
By Genevieve Knollen
State law has expanded the traditionally defined trio of professionals to exempt more workers from overtime pay. By Leslie A. ...
A Harvard-educated employment lawyer from Newport Beach was sentenced Friday to 270 days in jail for stealing $90,000 from two...
Proposed corporate tax revisions that offer a 4 percent sales tax break to start-ups on equipment purchases might help some la...
Health Care & Hospital Law
Insurer asks 9th Circuit to reconsider mental health ruling
By Mandy Jacksonn
Blue Shield of California is asking the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider a controversial ruling requiring that ...
Intellectual Property
Red shoe litigation diary: Is it the beginning of the end for a legendary shoe line?
By Karen Natividadn
A recent court decision has Christian Louboutin seeing red. By Bradley P. Boyer of Ropers, Majeski, Kohn & Bentley PC ...
A bill protecting lawyers' ability to conduct liberal and extensive voir dire passed the Legislature and moved to the governo...
Prominent Orange County plaintiffs' attorney Mark P. Robinson, Jr. and Assistant U.S. Attorney Angela Joy Davis from Los Angel...
Intellectual Property
Judge orders Oracle, Google chiefs to settlement talks
By Craig Andersonn
A San Jose magistrate judge has ordered the chief executive officers of Oracle Corp. and Google Inc. to attend a settlement co...
Google Inc. turned to Wilson Sonisni Goodrich & Rosati PC for its buy of iconic review company Zagat. ...
Months after losing a civil trade secrets lawsuit to Oracle Corp., an SAP subsidiary agreed to plead guilty to 12 criminal cop...
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A Santa Ana federal judge punched a hole last week in the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark decision that has forced class actions...
January's Golden Globe Awards show will go on, despite a 30-day delay in an ongoing dispute between the Hollywood Foreign Pres...
Environmental and land use lawyers said they expect a pair of closely watched bills aimed at fast-tracking legal challenges to...
Government
SF and Judicial Council face off, but court wins bail-out money
By Amy Yarbroughn
Accusations flew between state and local court leaders Friday, but the Judicial Council ultimately approved $3.1 million in fu...
Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...
Attorneys say Gary S. Bloch can be tough, but correctly judges the severity of cases he hears.
Judge Theodore R. Howard's command of the Evidence Code has won him points with lawyers.
Robert B. Yonts Jr., a retired Santa Cruz County Superior Court judge who has spent the past four years as a mediator and arbi...
Despite years of wrangling, attorneys say a bill passed by Congress on Thursday to revamp U.S. patent laws will have little im...
Perspective
Professional consequences: What law school doesn’t teach you
By Sharon Liangn
A bright yet naive Harvard Law School graduate is slowly corrupted by the universe in which he exists. By Joel Levine ...
Without distribution, each individual, family or community would need to be entirely self-sufficient. By David Gurnick of Lewi...
In elder care claims, where emotions run high, reaching a resolution is not an easy task. By Alexander S. Polsky of JAMS ...
Why the Internal Revenue Service loves Forms 1099 - and why you should pay attention to the rules that apply. ...
Intellectual Property
Patent bill: Only time will tell if Congress got it right
By Karen Natividadn
Will the America Invents Act provide certainty and cost effective advantages to all inventors? By Robert L. Kovelman and Dougl...
An Emmy Award-winning Hollywood producer pleaded guilty Thursday to falsely inflating the revenue and stock price of his prod...