The Securities and Exchange Commission is getting ready to make a big move into regulating public companies that experience cy...
California Supreme Court
At long last, state high court considers consumer arbitration case
By Laura Hautalan
Justices for the state Supreme Court heard starkly different arguments over the limits that should apply to arbitration agreem...
Corinthian Colleges Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Delaware on Monday, staying all lawsuits, including a complaint by...
According to studies conducted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 17 percent of all traffic accidents invo...
Data Privacy
Eraser laws: forgetting a minor's past to save his future
By Ben Armisteadn
California's Eraser Law raises questions for minors as well as mobile app operators. By Eric Ball ...
Be careful next time you log onto Facebook, you might just get served. By Pallie Zambrano and Neda Shakoori ...
Intellectual Property
Bid to dismiss two patents fails due to local rules violation
By Craig Andersonn
A federal magistrate has rejected a bid by MobileIron Inc. to throw out two patents asserted by Good Technology Corp. after fi...
California Supreme Court
Court: Workers can avoid paying employer's court costs unless the claim is groundless
By Laura Hautalan
Workers who lose discrimination lawsuits against their employers only have to pay a defendant company's court costs if the com...
General Counsel Tilted Kilt Franchises LLC Tempe, Ariz. ...
After striking out on his own a decade ago, product liability defense expert Julian G. Senior returns to the firm with three a...
Irell & Manella LLP has snagged a former chief administrative judge for the Patent Trial and Appeal Board of the U.S. Pate...
Public Interest
Collaborative courts growing and expanding with state funds
By Deirdre Newmann
Counties all over the state are gearing up to open or expand new courts and programs designed specifically to prevent repeat f...
Litigation finance company Bentham Capital LLC announced Monday it has opened an office in San Francisco, the organization's t...
Labor/Employment
Judge gives initial go ahead for Wal-Mart warehouse worker settlement
By Matthew Blaken
Settlement forces Wal-Mart distribution subcontractor to pay $21 million toward Riverside County workers and their lawyers. ...
San Diego County Judge Daniel Lamborn will hear you out, but won't hesitate once he's ready to rule.
A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved.
Environmental
Appellate court split muddles water cutback questions for state
By Fiona Smith
As California struggles to cut back water use, two recent and divergent court of appeal opinions are raising questions over ho...
After correctly reporting that the Los Angeles and San Francisco Superior Courts plan to keep the popular courts open and runn...
The author says, "[I]f a blogger receives a 'takedown notice,' the blogger can respond by taking down an image, limiting copyr...
Judges and Judiciary
LETTER: Judicial diversity article was a missed opportunity
By Ben Armisteadn
I know well that the article's message that more applicants are needed is an important one, and that efforts to diversify the ...
Litigation
Appellate court approves $90 million settlement for toxin-laced neighborhood
By Kibkabe Arayan
The 2nd District Court of Appeal denied three housing developers' petition to appeal Shell Inc.'s $90 million settlement for a...
Litigation
California State University beats student class action over 2009 fee hikes
By Philip Johnsonn
California State University acted reasonably and fairly when trustees imposed two fee increases on students within three month...
Rozella Anne Oliver served as chief of the U.S. attorney's office general crimes section before succeeding Judge Ralph Zarefsk...
The general counsel at employee engagement software provider Achievers Corp., Lisa L. Haugh, has left to take the same role at...
A patent litigation reform bill backed by a bipartisan group of U.S. senators stands a stronger chance of passage than a simil...
Labor/Employment
Federal judge blasts belated motion to compel arbitration
By America Hernandez
A hairdressing and cosmetology school litigated for 17 months before seeking arbitration, after students introduced wage and ...
Superior Court Judge Imperial County (El Centro) ...
A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California.
Superior Court Judge ...
The practice of jurors questioning witnesses dates back to common law, but it is undergoing a revival of sorts. The trend has ...