Judges and Judiciary
Federal Circuit holds oral arguments at California law schools
By Riley Guerin
Judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit gathered at the Omni Los Angeles Hotel in downtown Los Angeles to ...
Intellectual Property
Federal Circuit reinstates $119.6M patent award for Apple against Samsung
By Saul Sugarman
A federal appeals court on Friday reinstated a nearly $120 million jury award in favor of Apple Inc., which had accused Samsun...
Commissioner Lowell Richards brings a lifetime of varied interests to his Contra Costa court.
A list of moves from around the state.
Fresno County Judge David Gottlieb wins praise for his faith in programs to help defendants
Superior Court Judge Los Angeles County (Torrance) ...
New Bar President James Fox says the agency is taking 'very seriously' calls for improvements. ...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Los Angeles mediator makes parties follow 12 steps to resolution
By L.J. Williamson
With a native New Yorker's wound-up energy and a rabbi's gift of gab, mediator Gordon Wallack is both his father's son and a s...
Judges and Judiciary
Riverside, San Bernardino counties recruiting temporary judges
By Renee Flannery
Chronically underjudged Riverside and San Bernardino County courts hope to add to their list of temporary judges as they wait ...
Personal Injury & Torts
OC judge denies motions to dismiss crosswalk negligence case
By Justin Kloczko
The ruling by Judge James L. Crandall paves the way for a January jury trial in the case filed by the family of an 11-year-old...
After strong activity in the first two fiscal quarters of 2016, law firm mergers cooled down over the course of the third quar...
The pairing of securities with trusts and estates has worked well for the partners at Barr & Young Attorneys, because both...
Los Angeles-based Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP acquired a small Sacramento boutique, CVM Law Group, LLP, which will now fo...
The merger's collapse is the latest in an active federal antitrust environment, legal experts say. ...
California Supreme Court
State high court considers ACLU bid for county's litigation costs
By Kevin Lee
The state Supreme Court must decide between open government and the attorney-client privilege in a dispute between the America...
Judges and Judiciary
San Francisco Superior Court admits fault in assigning review judge
By Phil Johnson
Review judges are supposed to be assigned by the Chief Justice, and only after five days. ...
Richard E. Mikels, a prominent lawyer in bankruptcy and restructuring, has joined Los Angeles-based Pachulski Stang Ziehl &...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Appellate panel wants Supreme Court review on work 'call-in' issue
By Matthew Blake
The state Supreme Court may review whether California's reporting time pay law covers employees who call in to see if they mus...
McDermott Will & Emery LLP added mergers and acquisitions partner David A. Lipkin to its Menlo Park office, the firm annou...
California Supreme Court
State high court dubious of bail bond company's effort to avoid penalty
By Kevin Lee
The state Supreme Court appeared unlikely Wednesday to grant a bail bond business more time to track down a fugitive who was r...
Litigation
Family of girl who died from eating peanut butter gets $15M settlement
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Plaintiffs' attorneys have announced a $15 million settlement in the wrongful death of a 13-year-old girl who suffered anaphyl...
EVP, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary California Resources Corp. (Chatsworth) ...
Law Practice
Deputy DHS secretary joins WilmerHale, will build West Coast base
By Eli Wolfe
Alejandro N. Mayorkas, deputy secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, will join Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale And Dor...
Litigation
Settlement of Spokeo predecessor suit approved by court
By America Hernandez
A consumer class action which provided the legal scaffolding for the Spokeo decision obtained final settlement approval Wednes...
Product Liability
Suit claims Lexus knew about random sunroof shattering
By Justin Kloczko
A class action filed in Los Angeles Superior Court alleges Lexus sunroofs shatter without warning. ...
A roundup of recent transactions and the California lawyers involved.
California is reputedly one of the most pro-family leave states in the country, but Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed a bill to extend l...
Intellectual Property
Apple hit with $302 million verdict in patent retrial
By Saul Sugarman
Apple Inc. must pony up more than $300 million in damages for infringing patent security technology, a federal jury in Texas h...
Marc Gottschalk makes move to focus on smaller startup clients. ...
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has preliminarily approved a breach of contract class action settlement against Automobile ...