Entertainment & Sports
NFL Players Association's use of single arbitrator spurs controversy
By Henry Meier
Roger Kaplan's familiarity and expertise in the niche field is unquestioned, but a recent lawsuit in federal court raised ques...
A Court of Appeal recently found that a litigant is not required to show a reasonable apprehension of future physical abuse to...
Reports of government using planes to collect location data from cellphones of suspects through fake communication towers on p...
SanDisk Corp. has filled its vacant chief legal officer spot with 14-year Broadcom Corp. veteran Mark Brazeal. ...
Litigation
Keker files response on behalf of Greenberg in sanctions spat
By Alex Shively
Greenberg Traurig's answer to the claims of a client's litigation opponent that it should pay sanctions to the tune of nearly ...
Law Practice
Former utility general counsel joins San Diego-based firm
By Melanie Brisbon
On the heels of an expansion into Los Angeles and Spokane, Wash., Andrews, Lagasse, Branch & Bell LLP announced Tuesday th...
Administrative/Regulatory
City attorney sues medical marijuana delivery app maker
By Kibkabe Arayan
Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer says Nestdrop LLC's mobile app to deliver medical marijuana to residences is illegal. ...
Entertainment & Sports
Pandora not allowed to lock music publishers into next big licensing deal
By Matthew Blaken
A federal judge's ruling unsealed Monday leaves music publishers free to jump in or out of the next blanket licensing deal bet...
In the wake of the absorption of Bingham McCutchen by Morgan Lewis, Daniel Cooperman has moved from Bingham's Silicon Valley o...
Gov. Jerry Brown's recent nominees for the California Supreme Court have been showered with unusual advance criticism, primari...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Environmental groups ask 9th Circuit to block crude oil rail shipments
By John Roemer
Seeking to safeguard California from rail shipments of crude oil in allegedly unsafe tank cars, environmental groups on Tuesda...
Litigation
Plaintiffs seek $1 billion from Apple as antitrust trial opens
By Laura Hautalan
Plaintiffs' attorneys told a federal jury on Tuesday that Apple Inc. violated antitrust law, costing consumers and resellers m...
Litigation
Lawmakers take another stab at modifying Americans with Disabilities Act
By Paul Jones
Even after a 2012 law reformed the state's rules for filing disability access suits, a handful of attorneys have continued fil...
Judges and Judiciary
An elated adieu to NBC spoof of LA County judges
By Ben Armisteadn
NBC has announced they are cancelling their short-lived comedy, "Bad Judge." It's about time. By Anthony J. Mohr ...
Why would a business entrepreneur ever consider a sale to a money-chasing private equity fund rather than another strategic bu...
To be sure, 2014 will be remembered as a year the world changed - the year that honest disclosure gave way to raw deception; t...
The Michael Brown shooting case provides an opportunity to explore important issues concerning the role of the prosecutor. By ...
Public Interest
California Bar Foundation elects new officers, board members
By Kibkabe Arayan
The nonprofit organization will welcome a new president and vice president along with seven new board members. ...
Administrative/Regulatory
State Bar board begins look at replacing fired executive director
By Don Debenedictisn
State Bar leaders began exploring how to replace fired executive director Joseph L. Dunn, including whether the replacement mu...
Litigation
Wireless phone service provider to pay $2.1M to resolve government accusations
By Henry Meier
Wireless phone service provider Cricket Communications Inc. has agreed to a settlement with federal prosecutors, ending a disp...
General counsel of AdRoll Inc. San Francisco Size of legal department: 1 lawyer ...
Harry Dorfman considered a show business career but found his true calling in the courtroom.
Project finance attorney Adam S. Umanoff will move from Akin Gump to take the top legal spot at Edison International in Januar...
Litigation
Class action against Twitter for sending unsolicited text messages survives
By Saul Sugarman
Twitter Inc. was unable to persuade a Northern District federal judge to dismiss a proposed class action that accuses the soci...
Intellectual Property
U.N. patent agency leader returns to private practice
By Kevin Lee
James H. Pooley, a longtime Silicon Valley litigator turned international diplomat, has moved into private consulting and arbi...
Litigation
Opinion clarifies interpretation of California title insurance policies
By Matt Hamilton
In an opinion this fall, the 2nd District Court of Appeal refined the limits of title insurance policies. ...
Public Interest
Attorneys help secure funding for Holocaust survivors
By Melanie Brisbon
Tens of thousands of Holocaust survivors receiving German pensions related to their imprisonment in Nazi-controlled facilities...
Some literary estates might want to pay attention to a little-known termination quirk of the 1909 Copyright Act. By John M. Gr...
Leaders at Locke Lord LLP and Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP announced Monday their partnerships had approved the planned merger o...
Law Practice
Companies, lawyers may face securities law problems in hacking scheme
By John Roemer
More than 100 healthcare, pharmaceutical and other companies - as well as legal counsel - could face vexing securities law iss...