U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Gay Couple to Receive Benefits
By John Roemer
Chief Judge Alex Kozinski of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that time has run out for a federal agency to appeal ...
Sherman Oaks attorney James Fox won a $15 million verdict in a medical malpractice case against Harvard physicians at Childre...
UC Hastings College of the Law named Frank H. Wu as its new dean and chancellor Tuesday, ending a tumultuous period in the law...
The state Department of Transportation will pay $1.1 billion over the next 30 years to make its pedestrian paths accessible to...
Pulitzer Prize winning reporter Maurice Possley and Kathleen Ridolfi of the Innocence Project write about the dismissal of the...
Readers had much to say about Greg Katz's three part series on California's parole system. "Secret Hearings, Few Rights," (Dec...
Kirk Pasich of Dickstein Shapiro says too often insureds are unaware of their coverage extent and do not take full advantage o...
A Texas lawyer has concluded that internal Toyota Motor Corp. documents provided to him by a disgruntled former company lawyer...
Rick Bergstrom and Liat Yamini of Jones Day write about the lower courts' attempt to knockout the attorney-client privilege. ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit's En Banc Gets Own Review
By John Roemer
Defense lawyers, government prosecutors and circuit judges themselves have complained that the en banc system of the 9th U.S. ...
A federal appellate court on Wednesday upheld a $290 million verdict and an injunction against Microsoft Corp. for infringing ...
A San Francisco federal judge on Tuesday denied former McKesson Corp. chairman Charles W. McCall's motion for a new trial base...
A state appellate court on Tuesday ruled that a Ventura man who was hit and severely injured on his motorcycle deserves full d...
A Superior Court judge was right to deny Roman Polanski a hearing on alleged misconduct by the judge and prosecutors in his 30...
In this three-part series, we take a look at California's parole revocation system, which critics say unfair and has led to a ...
A group of plaintiffs has sued Netflix Inc., the Los Gatos-based movie rental service, for disclosing information about the fi...
California's newest law school announced Monday it will guarantee next year's incoming class half-tuition scholarships for all...
The spiritual leader of a Brooklyn, N.Y.-based Hasidic sect within Orthodox Judaism was sentenced to two years in federal pris...
The Halcyon Co., the bankrupt producers of "Terminator Salvation," is seeking to sell the rights to the sci-fi franchise by ne...
The health care reform bill lined up for a Senate vote Thursday would not repeal long-standing exemptions from federal antitru...
Attorney Baruch C. Cohen explains what fuels his choice not to believe in global warming. ...
Janie Schulman of Morrison & Foerster concludes her article on employee mobility by addressing the use of trade secret pro...
With an ever-changing federal and state landscape, companies must grapple with constantly shifting labor laws, including a mor...
Millions of disabled Californians have reached a settlement with the Department of Transportation over claims the agency's ped...
K.C. Victor of Victor Legal Solutions focuses on two personal components that are consistently found in happy work environment...
Healthcare/Hospital Law
9th Circuit Slams Attorney General, Claiming An Ethics Breach
By Evan George
The federal appeals court accused on Monday Attorney General Jerry Brown of making false statements and "misleading the judici...
Parents losing custody of their children don't have the right to pursue an appeal after their lawyers aren't able to find any ...
Gladstein's father encouraged him to pursue his dream. His uncle lived it.
A U.S. judge ordered prosecutors to allow former Brocade Communications Systems' CEO Gregory Reyes' lawyers to review grand ju...