Administrative/Regulatory
State Bar watcher urges legislators to intervene in agency operations
By Don De Benedictis
Legislators shouldn't approve the State Bar's annual dues bill until the "rogue agency" addresses some of the criticisms raise...
California Supreme Court
State high court to consider whether county can keep legal billing records secret
By John Roemer
The state Supreme Court decided last week to consider whether private law firms working for Los Angeles County should have the...
A subsidiary of the energy giant BP saddled its franchises with inferior gas at inflated prices and a computer software system...
Superior Court Judge Kern County (Bakersfield) ...
A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California.
Labor/Employment
Uber outlines defense against class certification in misclassification dispute
By Matthew Blaken
New lawyer Theodore J. Boutrous laid out Wednesday why driver claims against the rideshare company should not be treated on a ...
Digital health - the broad term encompassing fields at the intersection between healthcare and technology, including mHealth, ...
His loudest critics should treat his work more seriously and Scalia less like their favorite punching bag. If they did, the pu...
A recent opinion is a rare finding of statutory intent that precludes delegation of tort law duties to independent contractor....
Playboy recently sued a law firm in a case that serves a cautionary reminder about overestimating a client's odds at the so-ca...
Intellectual Property
Turtles seek to block Sirius settlement with major music labels
By Ashley Cullinsn
Attorneys for lead singers of the '60s pop band The Turtles on Wednesday filed an injunction to halt a proposed $210 million s...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
State Bar ethics opinion warns lawyers to learn e-discovery or find help
By Don Debenedictisn
Failing to oversee e-discovery of electronically stored information properly can amount to incompetence in some situations. At...
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From employment disputes to municipal squabbles to civil rights and criminal defense, attorneys at Los Angeles' Sanders Robert...
Intellectual Property
Jury award against Boston Scientific in patent case may be on shaky ground
By Saul Sugarman
A medical device manufacturer could be on the hook to pay tens of millions of dollars in royalties for infringing a patent for...
Government
3rd District upholds ruling on redevelopment agency paybacks
By Steven Crighton
The court rejected an appeal by the city of Azusa that argued that over $8 million in loan money from the city's utility provi...
Law Practice
Pair of attorneys depart firms to start business litigation boutique
By Deirdre Newmann
The urge to break away from a larger firm and hang up a shingle has enticed two Los Angeles lawyers to start their own busines...
After a year of representing Human Longevity Inc. in private practice, Kurt A. Oreshack has left Gunderson Dettmer Stough Vi...
Arizona voters' victory in a recent Supreme Court case was also a victory for California voters because they too enacted an in...
California Supreme Court
State high court narrows application of felony murder rule, reversing life sentence
By John Roemer
Carefully gauging where to place an armed robber's getaway driver on a spectrum of culpability, the state Supreme Court on Thu...
Litigation
Watchdog group petitions state, federal courts for phone records program information
By John Roemer
Seeking to shed light on a secret government drug enforcement effort involving citizen phone records, a watchdog group sued Th...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit gives hope to woman fighting deportation, claiming bad legal advice
By Fiona Smith
A federal appellate court on Thursday gave a reprieve to a woman facing deportation, allowing her to stay in the country if sh...
Six months after they donned their robes, the two new justices on the state Supreme Court have inspired a little-noticed proce...
Perspective
Closer look at scrutiny needed in affordable housing laws
By Ben Armisteadn
A recent case determines the level of constitutional scrutiny a city needs to meet in adopting an affordable housing ordinance...
Earlier this year, the state Supreme Court announced a legal framework for evaluating "reverse payment patent settlements" rev...
Just about any smartphone manufactured on or after July 1 and sold in California now must come equipped with software or hardw...
Jawbone Inc. bolstered its litigation campaign against wearable technology rival Fitbit Inc. by filing a complaint with the U....
Administrative/Regulatory
More companies using non-GAAP measures in SEC filings before going public
By Banks Albachn
The number of private companies using non-generally accepted accounting principles, or the process of shaving off certain cost...
Litigation
UCLA Health System under scrutiny for leaked medical records
By Matthew Blaken
UC system trying to throw out suit, claiming they breached Confidentiality of Medical Information Act by allowing rogue employ...
A case brought against BP West Coast Products in May 2011 alleging bad faith business practices concerning point-of-sale and i...