An Irvine-based cloud computing chip manufacturer secured a rare sales ban on memory controller chipset produced by Canada-bas...
Obituaries
Technology company general counsel, known for expertise and generosity, dies
By Alison Frost
Jeffrey D. Adelman, 48, died Saturday after more than 14 years with j2 Global Inc., the Los Angeles-based technology company a...
Judges and Judiciary
Cartoonists' killings raises old issue of where satire crosses the line for ex-judge
By Alison Frost
News of the Charlie Hebdo slayings struck a raw nerve for retired Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge LaDoris H. Cordell, ...
Administrative/Regulatory
Plaintiffs' bar hopes for sympathetic ear on MICRA from new justices
By Paul Jones
With Mariano-Florentino Cuellar, Leondra Kruger and Goodwin Liu on the bench, the court is much younger and is perceived to be...
Attorney General Kamala Harris' announcement Tuesday that she would seek the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Barbara Boxer h...
A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved.
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court win for small fish leaves a big water fight
By Fiona Smith
A 9th Circuit ruling protecting tiny fish and upholding water pumping restrictions from the Sacramento San Joaquin River Delta...
General Counsel Gafcon Inc. San Diego ...
Labor/Employment
The case of the partial day and the exempt employee
By Ben Armisteadn
While employers can't deduct pay from an exempt employee's salary if they work less than a full eight-hour day, California emp...
There are many possible pitfalls for the unwary landowner when negotiating a cellular lease buyout or a communications easemen...
Litigation
Judge in PVC pipe whistleblower case wants specificity from plaintiffs
By Henry Meier
A federal judge kept the pressure on plaintiffs Monday in the long-running False Claims Act case brought against JM Manufactur...
President Barack Obama followed California's lead Monday when he called for new national legislation that mirrors privacy laws...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit rejects review of gay marriage rulings, ignores panel-packing claims
By John Roemer
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected en banc review of Nevada and Idaho gay marriage decisions that provoked con...
Entertainment & Sports
Consolidation called for in Sony data breach suits
By Matthew Blaken
Plaintiffs' lawyers want Keller Rohrback, Girard Gibbs, and Leiff Cabraser to take the lead. ...
Entertainment & Sports
Jay-Z loses another round in "Big Pimpin'" sampling dispute
By Matthew Blaken
Judge rules plaintiff can look at over ten years of the rappers concert revenue in epic copyright battle. ...
Mary Wiss' complex courtroom assignment came as a surprise, but she wasted no time catching up
Administrative/Regulatory
Seismic shifts in energy distribution raise big questions for regulators, utilities
By Fiona Smith
With billions in public and private energy investments on the line, lawyers, renewable energy developers, clean tech companies...
Courts are increasingly called upon to determine whether a dispute is covered by an arbitration agreement. By Douglas Winter ...
California farming companies lost a bid to invalidate two grape crop patents held by a federal agency in an appellate court ru...
Glendale-based Public Storage has appointed longtime Ingram Micro Inc. attorney Lily Yan Hughes as senior vice president, chie...
Bruce S. Ross, chair of the firm's national private wealth services dispute resolution team, will join the probate, trusts ...
After zero growth in November, the legal industry added 500 new jobs nationwide in December with over 1.13 million positions, ...
In addition to making headlines, it appears that federal appellate judge Alex Kozinski's objection to a settlement also booste...
Litigation
9th Circuit ruling could chip away at 'matchmaking' services' liability defense
By Henry Meier
A recent 9th Circuit opinion calls into question the ironclad nature of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act as a lin...
But Brown's $3.7 billion budget for the judicial branch didn't fulfill courts' wish list - they'd hoped for an increase of $61...
A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California.
U.S. Magistrate Douglas McCormick questions policies and procedures, looking for inefficiencies.
Longtime prosecutor and part-time woodworker, John Cope is thriving as a Contra Costa judge.
Litigation
Plaintiffs struggle with class certification in food labeling lawsuits
By Hadley Robinson
In labeling cases filed in the Northern District of California, federal judges have yet to approve of an adequate method of de...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Ethical negotiation, successful negotiation
By Ben Armisteadn
Despite an affirmative ethical duty to encourage clients to settle and to not delay resolution, consensual dispute resolution ...