Entertainment & Sports
Filmmakers must be free to exercise fair use rights
By Ben Armisteadn
It happens every day: To illustrate a point, a filmmaker needs to use archival material contained on a commercial DVD - but it...
Litigation
$40M malicious prosecution lawsuit tossed in Long Beach hospital case
By Deirdre Newmann
Three major plaintiffs' firms accused of malicious prosecution in a now-dismissed $40 million action are seeking some $200,000...
A federal judge has dismissed charges against a Chinese woman accused of helping other people steal intellectual property from...
William O. Dillingham, a co-founder of San Francisco boutique Dillingham & Murphy LLP who is best known for winning an ear...
Intellectual Property
Cybersecurity company wins nearly $40 million in patent verdict against competitor
By Philip Johnsonn
A San Jose federal jury awarded nearly $40 million to cybersecurity company Finjan Inc. after finding a competitor infringed f...
Despite this evidently common global problem, there is no established process or forum, like bankruptcy, for sovereigns to eff...
Litigation
Archdiocese abuse settlement may help other victims groups
By America Hernandez
Bankruptcy attorney James I. Stang said the $21 million settlement with alleged sex abuse survivors shows Catholic diocese's a...
Litigation
Firms on both sides targeted for sanctions in breach of contract lawsuit
By John Roemer
Cutthroat litigation infighting took another harsh swerve on Wednesday as a damages retrial approached involving a now-tossed ...
A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
California Courts of Appeal
Appellate court wrestles with university liability for campus violence
By Matthew Blaken
The UC Regents may be found liable for a mentally ill UCLA student stabbing a classmate. ...
On Monday, the state Supreme Court issues its long-awaited decision in Sanchez v. Valencia Holding Company. While busin...
After the Deflategate scandal broke, quarterback Tom Brady destroyed around 10,000 text messages. The lessons for business exe...
Good Technology Corp. and MobileIron Inc. have spent two weeks in a San Jose federal courtroom, each trying to convince a jury...
California Reform Sex Offender Laws has filed the first L.A. County lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of sex offender ...
Law Practice
MoFo hires startup practice leader from Crowell & Moring
By Joshua Seboldn
Morrison & Foerster LLP snagged the leader of Crowell & Moring LLP's startup and investment practice, Murray A. Indick...
Litigation
First of 200 suits over Cymbalta begins in federal court
By America Hernandez
Opening statements took place Tuesday in the first of more than 200 federal suits against pharmaceutical manufacturer Eli Lill...
Suzanne Pamela Tom, the former vice president of legal affairs and compliance for Verifone Systems Inc. has joined Calix Inc. ...
Intellectual Property
Federal Circuit affirms validity of patents for lucrative Allergan drug
By Philip Johnsonn
Allergan Inc.'s exclusive rights to a lucrative drug were affirmed Tuesday when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circ...
A former Los Angeles Superior Court Clerk who worked at the Pomona Courthouse has been charged with 15 counts of misappropriat...
Last month, after years of abuse and defiance, Chrysler finally answered for its actions at a public hearing before the Nation...
The Academy's counsel calls GoDaddy's parked pages program "cybersquatting on an historic, massive scale" during opening argum...
Intellectual Property
Appeals court slashes $1.5 billion award, but upholds part of a large patent verdict
By Kevin Lee
Marvell Technology Group Ltd. dodged the bulk of a $1.5 billion patent infringement award, a federal appellate court ruled, bu...
Judge Daniel Link repurposed his trial skills for his new job in San Diego County Superior Court.
Orange County Judge Nancy Zeltzer immerses herself in criminal law to handle a new challenge.
Litigation
Judge considers if prosecutors can take away motorcycle gang's name, logo with forfeiture
By Don Debenedictisn
U.S. District Judge David O. Carter also wonders if the Mongols gang itself can be charged under racketeering. ...
General Counsel and Head of Corporate Development and Legal of RockYou Inc. San Francisco ...
Twelve years after Hewlett-Packard was sued in California in a class action, a Court of Appeal said HP must face a nationwide ...
A bill signed by the president on Friday clarifies what constitutes an "omission" so as to trigger the extended statute of lim...
A recent 7th Circuit decision emphasizes the continuing value of applying to enter the IRS's ongoing offshore voluntary disclo...
The last decade has struck a one-two punch on construction defect litigation. First, the recession brought the construction in...