In August, SEC brought a large enforcement action against 32 defendants for hacking into networks of newswire services, but th...
CREJ Front Page
$2 billion antitrust settlement will open credit default swaps market
By Gautham Thomas
A $2 billion settlement reached with a dozen of the world's largest investment banks for colluding to control the credit defau...
Judges and Judiciary
Senior U.S. District Judge Samuel Conti to retire after 45 years
By Fiona Smith
The 93-year-old, appointed by President Richard Nixon in 1970, is the longest serving judge on the Northern District. ...
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' skeptical attitude towards arbitration agreements will be tested by the U.S. Supreme Co...
The disciplinary saga that ensnared prominent Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP patent litigator Edward R. Reines and prompted th...
With virtual reality headsets slated to hit the market en masse in the next year, attorneys are wondering what the potential f...
In a boost to teacher unions, a federal judge has tossed for now a lawsuit that claimed California teachers face an unlawful b...
On what planet does Kim Stone, author of the column "In defense of requiring employees to arbitrate claims" (Sept. 30), reside...
In L.A. County, 13,000 people become homeless every month. Each of them is someone's son or daughter. To tackle this unprecede...
"Equal Justice Under Law" is engraved on the U.S. Supreme Court building, but it is up to lawyers and advocates to ensure that...
The SF public defender arrested for protecting her client earlier this year has hit the city, the police department, Stansbury...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Latham attorneys aid in Israeli tech acquisition
By Banks Albachn
A team of attorneys at Latham & Watkins LLP advised Israel-based Mellanox Technologies Ltd. on U.S. law in its $811 milli...
With a partial judgment of $548 million yet to be collected and another expensive damages retrial looming, Apple Inc. and Sams...
The attorney who will ascend to the chair of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP in 2017 is based on the East Coast, but is ad...
A federal court recognized for the first time that complex trauma can constitute a disability that public schools have an obli...
Associate General Counsel Everbridge Inc. Glendale ...
California Courts of Appeal
Enhanced reckless driving punishments for press upheld
By Ashley Cullinsn
California Vehicle Code section 40008, a 2010 law enhancing penalties for reckless driving while pursing First Amendment activ...
On Oct. 6, the most significant separation of powers case the state Supreme Court has faced in decades is scheduled for hearin...
Judges and Judiciary
Judge considers suit over failure to increase judicial salaries
By America Hernandez
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Elihu M. Berle heard arguments Wednesday on whether failure to increase judicial salar...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Landmark win for student-athletes against NCAA leaves the future uncertain
By Craig Andersonn
Legal experts were divided about the impact of a Wednesday ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that National Colle...
Superior Court Judge Sonoma County (Santa Rosa) ...
Government Contracts
City, not developer, controls defense of developer permits
By Ben Armisteadn
A Court of Appeal has held that the city, not the developer, controls the defense of litigation challenging a developer's perm...
A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Two generations of Pregerson judges are taking senior status
By John Roemer
Harry Pregerson will be 92 when he assumes senior status on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in December after a storied ...
Administrative/Regulatory
In defense of requiring employees to arbitrate claims
By Ben Armisteadn
Even if the governor vetoes Assembly Bill 465, this will not be the last attack on arbitration. But arbitration is a fair, eff...
A recent decision provides guidance on whether a raw material supplier can be held liable for design defect claims in Californ...
There's a few takeways to be had from the recent copyright dispute over the world's most popular song, "Happy Birthday to You....
Palo Alto-based partners with Arnold & Porter LLP scored a defense win Tuesday in a federal jury trial that sought $1.1 mi...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Immigration judge's factual findings were improperly reversed, 9th Circuit panel rules
By Craig Andersonn
An immigration judge's factual findings were improperly reversed by the Board of Immigration Appeals in a case involving a man...
Criminal
LA judge finds man innocent, eligible for state compensation
By L.J. Williamson
Reggie Cole, wrongfully convicted in 1994 in the shooting death of Felipe Angeles, was found factually innocent in Los Angeles...