Intellectual Property
Law firms mistakenly identified as supporters of online piracy legislation
By Robert Iafolla
The House Judiciary Committee mistakenly named 22 law firms on a roster of organizations supporting contentious online piracy ...
Litigation
Panel makers will pay $539 million in settlement with consumers
By Jill Redhage
Seven companies that manufacture display panels used in computers, cell phones and television screens have agreed to pay $539 ...
Litigation
Hidden Hills lawyer faces criminal charges, suit by SEC
By Don Debenedictisn
A Hidden Hills lawyer accused by Attorney General Kamala Harris of defrauding homeowners seeking mortgage help was indicted in...
Silicon Valley solar manufacturing company SunPower Corp has agreed to sell additional stock to its majority holder, French en...
Nossaman LLP added Douglas W. Schwartz as partner in Los Angeles. He focuses on tax and business transaction matters. Schwartz...
The State Bar has eliminated the backlog of discipline cases under investigation out of its Los Angeles office, bar President ...
The Red Hawk Casino will be paying out a $30.4 million jackpot, but this one isn't from the slot machines or black jack tables.
Intellectual Property
Apple, Google battle it out in smartphone wars
By Craig Andersonn
Apple, Google and Microsoft are locked in a high stakes battle for supremacy in the so-called smartphone wars.
For a number of the state's trial courts faced with unprecedented budget cuts, the year was marked by layoffs, long lines and ...
Some people searching for justice between Christmas and New Year's might find locked courthouse doors instead .
Intellectual Property
Even after reform, IP continues to take center stage in Congress
By Craig Andersonn
A look back at the year in intellectual property.
Real Estate/Development
Appraisers targeted in bid to recoup real estate losses
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
In the wake of the housing market crash and the rash of mortgage loan defaults that ensued, lenders and borrowers looking to m...
Democratic Assembly Majority Leader Charles Calderon, whom no one would accuse of pulling punches, made a splash this year wit...
Even with a recession, bonuses for in-house lawyers have risen steadily since 2008, a departure from the larger legal industry...
Readers respond to "Award for LA judge spurs ethics debate" and Using Tort Reform as an excuse: Why health care cann...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Mediation: The year in review and predictions for 2012
By Sharon Liangn
One forecast for 2012: Courts will suffer, private mediators will gain. By Matthew P. Guasco of Judicate West
Several environmental groups frustrated by the high levels of dust pollution in the San Joaquin Valley sued the federal Enviro...
Judges and Judiciary
San Bernardino getting new presiding judge
By Jason W. Armstrong And Sean Win
Ronald M. Christianson, a 17-year veteran of the San Bernardino County Superior Court bench, will take over as its presiding j...
San Diego County District Attorney Bonnie M. Dumanis today kicked off an annual “guns-for-gift cards” exchange event in southe...
Technical breakthroughs, regulatory developments and M&A activity dominated the clean tech industry. By James C. Chapman o...
At an event at DLA Piper’s downtown San Diego office, Thomson Reuters honored DLA Piper with its first-ever HERO Award and don...
U.S. Supreme Court
Trucking industry asks U.S. justices to take a look at port mandates
By Robert Iafolla
The trucking industry took its fight against the Port of Los Angeles' anti-pollution program to the U.S. Supreme Court on Thur...
The long-running controversy over whether the U.S. should allow Mexican trucks north of the border is heating up now that unio...
It's the most important step to a successful appeal. By Alana H. Rotter of Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland LLP
Law Practice
State Bar's rules for attorney speech too broad, unclear
By Genevieve Knollen
Rules governing attorney communications remain overly-detailed, too broad and unclear in application. By Josh King of Avvo Inc.
A Los Angeles attorney got an early holiday bonus Thursday when a state appellate court upheld a nearly $1 million jury verdi...
Massachusetts-based Akamai Technologies Inc. agreed to buy Sunnyvale-based Contendo Inc. for $268 million in cash deal announc...
Appellate Practice
Winning on appeal when the odds are against you
By Genevieve Knollen
Recent developments in the realm of appellate procedure teach three important lessons. By Kevin Brodehl of Wendel, Rosen, Blac...
The Los Angeles Paralegal Association held its annual Holiday Benefit Gala at the Coral Tree Pavilion in downtown Los Angeles ...