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Entertainment & Sports
Billionaire entrepreneur's latest venture: suing over holograms
By Matthew Blaken
Alki David has acquired patented hologram technology, and is suing the estate of Michael Jackson, among others, who are allege...
Government officials and security experts have long warned about the vulnerability of our cyber infrastructure, but last year ...
As a neutral, I thought I'd share five settlement Commandments ("Suggestions," really - since I haven't been able to order any...
Sacramento mediator Raul A. Ramirez has a gregarious, no-nonsense, aggressive way of speaking that lawyers say is refreshing i...
Amid a series of personnel shifts at the U.S. attorney's office in the Northern District, experienced prosecutor Kyle Waldinge...
Former Morgan Hill criminal defense attorney Jamie Harmon has been sentenced to two years in prison for money laundering by U....
Six months after hiring a part-time interim city attorney for $19,500 a month, Riverside officials announced they are ending t...
The Kinsella Weitzman Iser Kump & Aldisert boutique is perhaps more diverse than other entertainment litigation shops, but...
A federal appellate court revived a legal malpractice lawsuit brought by biotechnology company NeuroRepair Inc. against its fo...
Litigation
Lawyers get no extra money in boosted tech workers' settlement
By Craig Andersonn
Workers will get $90 million more from a revised settlement with four Silicon Valley companies that agreed not to recruit each...
With the New Year comes resolutions. Resolve now to update your firm's risk management practices. Here are five considerations...
Judge Elihu M. Berle ruled a class of potentially 3,400 people receiving benefits from the judges' retirement systems can be ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Observers skeptical that San Jose can overturn baseball's antitrust exemption
By Saul Sugarman
The U.S. Supreme Court will consider taking up the case over the A's baseball team after the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals...
Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...
Thanks to advanced emergency preparedness, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, the largest firm in Los Angeles by headcou...
General Counsel Snapchat Inc. Venice ...
Before structuring a new entity as a for-profit benefit corporation, be familiar with the basic differences among the state st...
It has been a significant jurisdiction for False Claims Act enforcement. 2014 continued this trend and saw several settlements...
Despite new alternative, the legal industry remains unable to deliver a coherent, client-first approach that effectively integ...
For the nation's top-tier law schools, many graduates can justify the rising tuition costs and debt burdens. But even for thes...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
$5 million gift to USC will fund extensive ADR program for law students
By Don J. De Benedictis
The new Judge Judith O. Hollinger Alternative Dispute Resolution Program will offer close to 20 special classes and award conc...
Litigation
Railroad industry lashes out at state oil spill preparedness law
By Fiona Smith
As the number of trains carrying crude oil into California grows, the state is fighting off an industry challenge to a new law...
Government
Lawmakers poised to take action after audit blasted court spending habits
By Paul Jones
State courts face more scrutiny from legislators after an audit accused the judicial branch of mismanagement and poor spending...
Litigation
Boosted no-poach settlement could embolden plaintiffs' lawyers, judges
By Laura Hautalan
Attorneys say the new reportedly revised settlement in the Silicon Valley no-poach class action reinforces a judge's role in p...
A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved.
In an interview Tuesday, newly retired state Supreme Court Justice Marvin R. Baxter was sanguine about the possibility that re...
CEQA, as currently written, overpromises and underdelivers when it comes to significant impact mitigation. By Philip J. Hess ...
California Courts of Appeal
Lockheed workers lose certification bid
By Melanie Brisbon
In a unanimous decision, a state Court of Appeal did not revive a class action lawsuit that accused Girardi Keese of inflating...
Litigation
Tech companies reach new settlement with workers in no-poach case
By Laura Hautalan
Four technology companies have reached a new settlement with a class of workers in a landmark antitrust case, according to a l...