A group of 14 litigators from Oakland-based Filice Brown Eassa & McLeod LLP moved to King & Spalding LLP's San Francis...
The Federal Circuit rejects an attempt to limit standing to file false patent marking claims. By Guinevere L. Jobson of Fenwic...
A proposed settlement between Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and subscribers of Netflix Inc. and Blockbuster Inc. was riddled with objec...
Perspective
The Constitutionality of Impounding Vehicles From Unlicensed Drivers
By Genevieve Knollen
The 9th Circuit confirms for the first time the constitutionality of California's 30-day impoundment statute. By Jim Curry of ...
Gov. Jerry Brown said he will kill a proposal to sell 24 state office buildings to private investors, which would have netted ...
The state Supreme Court appointed 2nd District Court of Appeal Justice Steven C. Suzukawa on Wednesday to help resolve an impo...
Is there life after a busy and demanding legal career, and what will it look like? By Tom Pollack of Irell & Manella. ...
A state appellate court Wednesday ordered a new trial to calculate damages of up to $1 billion against the University of South...
The Archdiocese of San Francisco is in court fighting the City of San Francisco over a $20 million property tax bill it claims...
Robert Bezemek of Oakland reacts to David N. Mayer's book "Liberty of Contract: Rediscovering a Lost Constitutional Right." ...
Palo Alto-based maker of electronic billboards waited too long to sue Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP for fraud because a form...
As more men file sexual harassment complaints than ever before, experts say the trend marks a shift in how co-workers, employe...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Proposal Calls for State Bar Changes
By Don Debenedictisn
California lawyers would no longer elect other lawyers to run the State Bar under a proposal put forward by the bar's presiden...
The Los Angeles office of Holland & Knight LLP will be moving from its current office in the Library Tower, where it has b...
The Video Game Bar Association aims to give attorneys an open forum for discussion on legal issues facing the industry and hel...
With a hefty traffic court calendar of more than 250 cases daily, Commissioner Nancy Gast has no time for rubberneckers.
Read the Daily Journal's annual lists of the largest law firms in the state. Plus find out who is the law firm leader of year....
To hear new partners explain it, promotion in 2010 was much more about the client than about hours. Lawyers who crossed the th...
Alan C. Mendelson and Patrick A. Pohlen, co-chairs of Latham & Watkins LLP's Emerging Companies Practice say they offer bo...
At Arent Fox, attorneys with different backgrounds organize around the automotive industry to provide a suite of legal service...
When Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP announced in December it had created a practice to handle transnational litigation, the f...
In a case of first impression, a state appellate court ruled Tuesday that police need to have probable cause to search a vehic...
Former Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP partner Robert W. Dickerson, an intellectual property litigator, jumped to the L...
When wage-and-hour class actions strike - and in California, they often do - Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP's labor...
Financial planning tips to help lawyers navigate through cash flow demands. By Patrick McCabe of Morrison & Foerster and K...
Technology & Science
New Electronic Data Privacy Laws Protect Businesses and Consumers
By Genevieve Knollen
New laws such as the "Red Flag Rules" and "Do Not Track" provide consumers with more privacy protection. By Diane L. Becker of...
Lawyers at Armbruster Goldsmith & Devac LLP are used to working on eye-catching projects, such as the Hollywood & Vine...
Arnold & Porter LLP picked up three intellectual property litigators from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC, led by ...
Top Firms
'Surprisingly Resilient’: Developing California in Good Times and Bad
By Sara Randazzon
Over the past year, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP's real estate, land-use and environmental group has led the figh...
Owners of famous trademarks got some good news from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which revived Levi Strauss & Co...