Most pharmaceutical and medical device companies rely on law enforcement to police counterfeiters. But some are asserting thei...
A look at 25 of the state's leading biotech attorneys. ...
Insurers, don't be blindsided by bad faith lawsuits arising out of uninsured and underinsured motorist claims. By Thomas Proct...
Perspective
Enduring constitutional lessons from the debt-ceiling crisis
By Seena Nikravann
Why the debt-ceiling crisis is "the mother of all teaching moments." By Glenn C. Smith of California Western School of Law ...
Perspective
A battle for superheros? The Copyright Act’s termination provisions raises the stakes
By Seena Nikravann
The Copyright Act's termination provisions have become an increasing source of dispute in content industries, where the stakes...
Law Practice
Looking good on paper is low indicator of effective lawyering
By Sharon Liangn
Research directed to improving admission decision-making in law schools reveals two new tests for gauging job effectiveness. B...
Health Care & Hospital Law
Fight against health care fraud gets results
By Sharon Liangn
Coordinated approach to fighting health care fraud gets unprecedented results. By Tony West of the U.S. Department of Justice ...
California Courts of Appeal
Discrimination suit against lawyer revived
By Laura Ernden
A former Bakersfield law firm receptionist will get a second chance to prove to a jury that her boss discriminated against her...
San Francisco-based private equity firm Hellman & Friedman LLC turned to Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP to buy the hig...
Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP filed suit Monday against Apple Inc. and five top publishing companies, accusing them of illeg...
Two major solar power companies announced Tuesday they had reached a settlement with environmental groups over plans to build ...
Whether local governments want to foster densely packed urban development or pristine rural environments, they have wide latit...
Two more companies put off IPOs this week, waiting for stability. ...
The dispute between the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and Dick Clark Productions Inc. over rights to the Golden Globe aw...
State Bar & Bar Associations
ABA president decries state court cuts
By Don Debenedictisn
Leaders of the American Bar Association called for improved funding for state courts and adopted a proposal suggesting ways co...
State court officials have quietly dropped a proposal that would have made it easier to televise trials. ...
After twice being rejected by then Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Yolo County finally got permission this week to conduct all-mai...
California joined the Justice Department's suit alleging that for-profit college company Education Management Corp. fraudulent...
As Toyota Motor Corp. awaits several court trials on claims its vehicles are prone to sudden acceleration, the company's lawye...
A note from the editors.
The Republic of Ecuador and a group of Amazonian plaintiffs have won a small victory in their attempt to exonerate the country...
Intellectual Property
Congress has designs for piracy prevention legislation
By Genevieve Knollen
The fashion world's anxious anticipation for a law that will protect their designs may soon come to an end. By Robert Darwell ...
Perspective
The world of mobile devices is changing ... are you ready to move on?
By Genevieve Knollen
Converting the masses one iPhone at a time. By George Brandon of Morris Polich & Purdy LLP ...
California's Central District has emerged as a hotbed for bankruptcies, where filings spiked by 13 percent over the past year,...
The studio behind last year's action film "The Expendables," filed an unusual, hulking copyright lawsuit against more than 23,...
Health Care & Hospital Law
Regulators drop investigation of health care chief executive
By Mandy Jacksonn
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Friday ended an investigation of Howard Solomon, CEO of Forest Laboratorie...