Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Allen Matkins Sues Client For $2 Million
By Sara Randazzon
Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis is suing a former client, Burlingame Capital Partners, to reclaim nearly $2 mil...
On the eve of a hearing in which a federal judge was to consider whether to allow Charles Schwab Corp. to back out of a $235 m...
Judge Samuel McAdam gave up his successful labor defense practice for public service, which he performs with empathy even in t...
Gordon & Rees signed a lease to remain in the US Bank Tower in downtown Los Angeles for another 10 years.
Environmental
Environmental Groups Finding New Ways to Sue for Violations
By Fiona Smith
Environmentalists are still smarting from the passage of a proposition several years ago that stymied their ability to sue com...
Judge Charles Sheldon sometimes has to take a time-out when he gets frustrated. But lawyers say he is efficient, even if they ...
San Diego lawyers know how to clean up more than just a legal mess. To prove it, they took to the beaches, scouring them for t...
Over 300 members of the Orange County Bar Association (OCBA) ditched the suits, ties, and stilettos for leis and Hawaiian shir...
They say nobody's perfect, but Fish & Richardson recently proved otherwise when the Human Rights Campaign gave them a perf...
Rutan & Tucker has a new lucky number: nine. That’s how many partners from the firm will appear in the 2011 edition of Be...
Letter to the Editor
Position of Bar Associations Is to Protect the Public
By Karen Natividadn
Daniel Burkhardt writes in response to the article 'Task Force Explores Overhaul of State Bar Governance Structure.' ...
Perspective
Will a 75-Year-Old Labor Relations Law Help Shape the Future of Social Media Regulation?
By Alexander Phersonn
The National Labor Relations Act may play a key role in shaping the boundaries of social media regulation. By Michael A. Sands...
Health Care & Hospital Law
Will Congress Repeal Health Care Reform?
By Genevieve Knollen
A look at which health plans will get a reprieve from certain health care reforms until the beginning of 2014. By David McFarl...
Intellectual Property
Six Months After Bilski: It's Not as Bad As Everyone Initially Thought
By Karen Natividadn
Practical tips on obtaining patents for software and business methods. By David Heckadon of Gordon & Rees. ...
A trial attorney's observations regarding the Judicial Council's proposals governing televisions in the courtroom. By James R....
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati lawyers represented Isilon Systems Inc. in its $2.25 billion sale to data storage giant E...
Sacramento County officials have agreed to halt a disputed overhaul to its mental health care system. ...
The USGBC is pursuing a new category for building owners to demonstrate that their properties function more efficiently. ...
A new report indicates there will be a significant surge in mergers and acquisitions next year. ...
Employers may be more vulnerable to getting sued by workers for a variety of new non-wage-related violations, following a rece...
A top Justice Department official touted a "new era" of prosecuting corruption in international commerce that has netted recor...
Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act ...
Jury selection started Tuesday in a lending discrimination class action against Wells Fargo Bank. ...
Bay Area trial lawyer Joseph Cotchett has filed a lawsuit seeking to halt a controversial plan to sell and lease back 11 state...
A pharmaceutical giant's initiative for harvesting cutting edge science from universities could provide a bounty for Californi...
California lawmakers are turning up the scrutiny of a plan to sell government office buildings to private investors and then l...
Vice President of Legal Affairs, General Counsel, and Secretary for eHarmony Pasadena ...
Community News
Museum Program Explores Holocaust's Current Legal Impact
By Riley Guerin
Throughout California, members of the judiciary got a glimpse into what their job may have been like during the Nazi regime in...
Community News
SD Mayor Recruits Local Land-Use Lawyer for New Position
By Riley Guerin
San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders appointed local land-use attorney Donna Jones to serve on the Centre City Development Corporatio...
The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled Monday that defendants convicted of committing violent or drug-related offenses can r...