Forum Column - Julia Harumi Mass, Ranjana Natarajan and Cecillia D. Wang - According to the ACLU, a masterpiece of bureaucrati...
Focus Column - Kimberly A. Kralowec - The pre-certification rights of class representatives are significant but not unlimited....
SAN JOSE - California cities and counties cannot hire outside law firms to pursue public-nuisance claims on a contingency basi...
LOS ANGELES - Stergios "Terry" Theologides is no stranger to the spotlight. For the past decade, he has vigorously defended hi...
Disclosing a family's dirty laundry in court can't be grounds for a new lawsuit, the California Supreme Court held Thursday in...
The United States patent system is the envy of the world. But we must work to keep it that way to remain globally competitive....
Based on activity afoot in Congress, as well as federal circuit court rulings and increased U.S. Supreme Court activity, sever...
Intellectual property is a driving engine of today's economy. But intellectual property rights are only as strong as the means...
"One good idea. Just one good idea ..." After repeated success stories from the likes of Google and YouTube, and even as far b...
There are a number of issues patent holders should - but often do not - consider in sufficient depth before embarking on a pat...
The Daily Journal pulls together a hit parade of practitioners, professors and regulators to examine key intellectual property...
WASHINGTON - San Diego was one of six cities recognized by the National Association of Realtors and the United States Conferen...
Former deputy public defenders Susanne Cho, left, Ken Gregory, Paul Sukhram, Greg Johnson and Melanie Roe outside a courthouse...
On Jan. 9, the United States Supreme Court issued its much-anticipated decision in MedImmune Inc. v. Genentech Inc., 12...
Grokster itself may be gone, but two years after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the landmark case involving the file-sharing ...
Never before has copyright law been more important or controversial. Hundreds of millions of dollars in value stand to be tran...
Litigation
Large Companies Face Criticism of Relationships With Neutrals
By Susan Mcraen
LOS ANGELES - Plaintiffs' lawyers in a class action against Blue Cross are demanding the health care provider disclose informa...
SAN FRANCISCO - A retired Contra Costa County judge known for his stern demeanor and his mentoring of young attorneys died Mar...
SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco judge Wednesday swept aside defense pleas to ignore an appellate court ruling and sentenced a ...
Law Practice
Jury Awards $5 Million to Mother of Girls Kept Apart From Her Six Years
By Jim Adamekn
SANTA ANA - A $4.9 million verdict against Orange County and two of its social workers for keeping a mother and her daughters ...
Healthcare/Hospital Law
Retroactively Canceling Insurance Lands Blue Cross in Flurry of Litigation
By Anne Marie Ruff
LOS ANGELES - Imagine fighting cancer, then having to fight a collections agency over unpaid medical bills you thought were co...
Government
In Combating Homelessness, Mental-Health-Law Reform Holds the Key
By David Minkown
Forum Column - By Michael D. Antonovich - Reform of mental health laws is critical to solving the homeless problem. A Los Ang...
Focus Column - By Robert A. Steinberg - A sense of risk can lead to favorable settlement concessions despite unfavorable odds ...
Forum Column - By Areva D. Martin - Two cases before the U.S. Supreme Court demonstrate glaring disparities among families’ a...
PALO ALTO - Growing up on Long Island, Richard Marmaro enjoyed debating his friends about the merits of New York's two profess...
WASHINGTON - The right against self-incrimination is sacred, but some are questioning whether a Justice Department official w...
LOS ANGELES - For the first time since federal officials began issuing special visas in 1952, the immigration service was forc...
SAN FRANCISCO - It took three elections, but attorney Meredith Lintott has finally landed the district attorney's job in Mendo...
First Amendment attorneys and media scholars celebrated the release Tuesday of a San Francisco videographer who was locked up ...
LOS ANGELES - California's highest court will be asked today whether "displaced development," or growth pushed elsewhere when ...