Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP added three litigation and corporate partners from Squire Patton Boggs to its California o...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Filing documents under seal to be addressed at LACBA lunch
By Justin Kloczko
A Los Angeles County Bar Association brown bag lunch will review the correct way to file documents under seal with a court, an...
Lawyers will be back in court Thursday regarding new information in a double murder case ...
California Courts of Appeal
Superior courts have authority over agricultural labor board, panel rules
By Kevin Lee
A state law that prohibits trial courts from considering legal challenges to the state Agricultural Labor Relations Board viol...
Litigation
NFL player seeks to reinstate claims against Bank of America, Merrill Lynch
By America Hernandez
Dwight Freeney wants to restore his conversion and theft claims that were dismissed by a retired federal judge. ...
The State Bar says it is making a concerted effort to review and investigate all the complaints it receives alleging the unaut...
Intellectual Property
Google tries its 'fair use' argument again in Java retrial
By Tim O'connor
Innovation, hard work, and the fair use of a sprinkling of freely shared Java computer code helped Google build the $42 billio...
Film producer and distributor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. named Lesley G. Freeman chief legal officer this week. ...
Paramount Pictures Corp. and CBS Studios Inc.'s lawsuit against the makers of an upcoming "Star Trek" fan film may live long a...
The posh handbag retailer is set to settle a lawsuit over the company not paying workers for the time it took to check their o...
Recently appointed as OC presiding judge, Charles Margines' top priority is the $200M budget.
The law school was the first nationwide to accept GRE scores and not require LSAT results. ...
Alameda County Judge James P. Cramer doesn't let formalities get in the way of adjudication.
Alternative Dispute Resolution
JAMS allies itself with China's first private mediation service
By Justin Kloczko
A ceremony last week at JAMS' downtown Los Angeles office celebrated an alliance between the mediation and arbitration group a...
Intellectual Property
Federal jury picked to consider Oracle-Google copyright retrial
By Tim O'connor
For the second time in four years, Oracle Corp. will try to persuade a federal jury Tuesday that Alphabet Inc.-owned Google sh...
California Supreme Court
State high court weighs prejudicial effect of jury instructions
By L.J. Williamson
The state Supreme Court Monday settled debate over California Criminal Code No. 361 jury instructions and when they are approp...
A judge has denied an unusual ex parte motion to dismiss an employment representative action for failure to prosecute, but she...
Marla Zamora, 65, stabbed to death Friday morning ...
Cooley LLP expanded its private equity group with the addition of three partners who have each served as leaders of their resp...
California Supreme Court
Defendant with gun in backpack loses state high court appeal
By Kevin Lee
State law prohibits an individual from carrying a loaded firearm in a public place, even if the firearm is stored in a backpac...
Litigation
Federal judge appears unpersuaded about Hueston Hennigan reinstatement
By America Hernandez
Judge reluctant to reinstate Hueston Hennigan as plaintiff's attorney in a fraud suit rife with conflict of interest allegatio...
Law Practice
Former Sony exec returns to Buchalter Nemer after 13 years
By Amanda Schallert
Len Venger, who was the executive vice president and head of Global Litigation at Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., rejoined ...
Litigation
National firm seeks restraining order against new OC rival
By Meghann M. Cuniff
Adelson, Testan, Brundo, Novell & Jimenez filed a complaint against the newly formed Misa Stefen Koller Ward LLP alleging ...
A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved.
Intellectual Property
Judge decides pivotal jury instructions as Oracle-Google trial opens
By Tim O’connor
Fair use is the only issue on the table for the 10 jurors who will hear the retrial of the copyright case between Oracle Corp....
Mark Petersen, the sole judge in Moreno Valley, describes his assignment and courthouse as 'fun.'
Targeted in a high-profile lawsuit by San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera, the president of the Academy of Arts Univers...
California Supreme Court
Vexatious litigants don't need court permission to appeal — if they're defendants
By Kevin Lee
The state Supreme Court clarified restrictions involving vexatious litigants in a unanimous opinion issued last week. ...
Litigation
Federal jury finds Carson's rent control measures violated mobile home park owner's rights
By Amanda Schallert
A Los Angeles federal jury has awarded the owner $3.3 million in damages and said the city of Carson's rent control measures v...
Litigation
OC judge warns lawyer to control himself in jailhouse informant documents drama
By Meghann M. Cuniff
After an explosive two days of testimony last week, newly disclosed sheriff's documents and an audio recording about a secret ...