By Karen Coleman An Oakland Superior Court judge wrapped up a long-running dispute between Viacom and 650,000 Californians, a...
By Erik Cummins Daniel Johnson and Daniel "R.D." Sullivan got plenty of big aviation cases at their three-lawyer Los Angeles ...
By Eron Ben-Yehuda A novel suit that argues a radio show qualifies as a business establishment under state anti-discriminatio...
Labor/Employment
Those Who Advise Employees About Family Leave Need Careful Training
By Columnist
Focus Column Employment Law By Helene J. Wasserman The decision in Liu v. Amway Corp. , 2003 U.S. App. LEXIS 22320 (9th U.S. ...
Forum Column By Michael S. Fields Calling the relationship between doctors and attorneys in California adversarial would be a...
Focus Column Environmental Law By William D. Wick A municipal redevelopment agency can sue private parties for injunctive rel...
SAN JOSE - Santa Clara County Deputy Public Defender Thomas Spielbauer marshaled his major weapon against a misdemeanor charg...
SAN DIEGO - A federal judge will decide today whether to block enforcement of San Diego County's ordinance that prohibits pro...
RIVERSIDE - A Riverside Superior Court judge Friday sentenced Daniel L. Riter, formerly a senior investigator with the Rivers...
Labor/Employment
Actress Suffers Consequences After Accusing Schwarzenegger
By John Ryan
LOS ANGELES - Coming forward to accuse a movie star of sexual harassment is never easy, say lawyers for alleged victims, who ...
Large Firms
Jones Day is likely to be the main beneficiary, which could make it a major player in local IP circles.
By Joel Rosenblatt
SAN FRANCISCO - A breakaway group of partners at intellectual property specialty firm Pennie & Edmonds in New York will j...
SAN FRANCISCO - Candidate Kamala Harris, a deputy city attorney, has accepted hundreds of dollars in contributions from owner...
OAKLAND - Attorney Maureen Kallins mouthed "I'm OK" to friends and family as sheriffs' deputies handcuffed and led her out of...
Labor/Employment
Movie Sets Play by Different Rules for Sexual Harassment
By John Ryan
LOS ANGELES - Does Hollywood play by a different set of rules when it comes to sexual harassment? Governor-elect Arnold Schwa...
LOS ANGELES - They may not be the Kennedys of Hyannisport or the Bushes of Kennebunkport - yet. But the Rubalcavas of Los Ange...
CARLSBAD - Shawn Heacock of Marcus & Millichap represented Kamran Saffer in the $2.8 million sale of Saffer's industrial p...
Focus Column - Insurance Law - By Kirk A. Pasich - In the last few weeks, wildfires have devastated vast areas of Southern Cal...
Forum Column - By Michael M. Berger - Recently, 8,000 people lost their homes. A lot of other folks were ecstatic about this: ...
Employment Column - By Deanna Wilkinson - It is nearing year-end, and depending on the firm, the billable year finishes in Nov...
Judges and Judiciary
In Two Counties, One Judge Faces Opponent
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
SAN BERNARDINO - Dennis Kottmeier, who served as district attorney of San Bernardino County from 1981 to 1994, filed papers We...
Judges and Judiciary
Big Bear Courthouse Reopens After Fire Closure
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
SAN BERNARDINO - The San Bernardino County courthouse in Big Bear has reopened after being closed since Oct. 28 because of wil...
SAN FRANCISCO - If it sometimes seems as if San Francisco Superior Court Commissioner Loretta M. Norris has already reached h...
LOS ANGELES - Claiming Ford Motor Co. has deceived customers into buying potentially deadly vehicles, a class action filed Thu...
SAN FRANCISCO - "Don't Be Cruel" to the King, a divided federal appellate court ordered Thursday as a 2-1 majority concluded ...
SAN DIEGO - Victims of the October firestorms in Southern California can pick up a telephone or go to a disaster center to rec...
SAN FRANCISCO - A plan to lift Pacific Gas and Electric Co. from bankruptcy, despite being the product of a much-ballyhooed a...
LOS ANGELES - The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California Thursday jumped into the controversy over the State Ba...
SAN FRANCISCO - Silicon Valley has lost an influential, or at least symbolic, voice on the New York Stock Exchange as Larry S...
SAN FRANCISCO - Pennie & Edmonds, a 230-lawyer New York intellectual property boutique with offices in San Diego and Palo ...
SAN FRANCISCO - Customers of bankrupt Pacific Gas and Electric Co. will be charged at least $10 billion over the next nine yea...