Government
San Diego court scales back services in face of budget cuts
By Alex Shively
Responding to Governor Brown's call for increased efficiency and his reduction of the judicial budget, San Diego County Superi...
On behalf of a group of hospital workers, Lewis, Feinberg, Lee, Renaker & Jackson PC filed a lawsuit against the Daughters...
Littler Mendelson PC will open an office in Peru under its global Swiss verein umbrella, Littler Global. ...
Criminal
Judge declines to toss charges against remaining drug ring defendants
By Matt Hamiltonn
One week after prosecutors' Brady violations prompted a federal judge to toss charges against two people on trial for their al...
Wagner, Jones, Kopfman & Artenian LLP is taking on Wal-Mart over the company's payout structure that compensates truck dri...
Intellectual Property
San Diego company's patent lawsuit revived against Pfizer
By Kevin Lee
San Diego-based AntiCancer Inc. had its patent lawsuit against Pfizer Inc. revived on Monday after the U.S. Court of Appeals...
Government
Utlity watchdog presses for PG&E's private communications with state regulators
By Paul Jones
The state's main nonprofit utility watchdog on Monday pushed for Pacific Gas & Electric to hand over more private communi...
David E. Gregory and his wife persevered after their 3-month-old son Stephen died in 1990.
U.S. Supreme Court
High court shirking responsibility in denying certiorari in Sixth Amendment case
By Ben Armisteadn
Last week's denial of review in a key sentencing case is just the most recent example of the court side-stepping its responsib...
Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Pattern Energy Group Inc. San Francisco ...
The recent signing of "Audrie's Law" in California is a reminder that the intersection of bullying, sexual assault and the Int...
Raising the minimum wage will inevitably lead to mass layoffs, which will inevitably lead to litigation. By Lara Shortz ...
Oakland-based Pandora Media Inc. announced Monday the hire of a new general counsel. Steve Bené replace Delida Costin. ...
The firm welcomes one partner from Steptoe & Johnson LLP and three more attorneys from Dickstein Shapiro LLP after last we...
Community News
Sotomayor addresses San Diego law students, high schoolers
By John Michael
Sotomayor addresses San Diego law students, high schoolers ...
Public Interest
Law clinic to help low-income residents of Coachella Valley
By Vik Jolly
Low-income residents of the Coachella Valley are set to get legal assistance as a result of a partnership between UC Irvine Sc...
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court to consider pro-defense ruling by 9th Circuit
By Emily Green
The U.S. Supreme Court said on Monday it will review a controversial pro-inmate death penalty decision out of the 9th U.S. Cir...
GC Email
Legal issues play small role in tamping down on private equity buyouts
By Salvador Mares
A discernible undercurrent of circumspection among fund managers and company executives over the enhanced legal scrutiny facin...
Litigation
Builder testifies in defect case involving attorney's home
By Jason Armstrongn
Ronald Arrache and his wife Nancy are defending themselves against Fred Adelman and his wife, Kristen Whitney, who in a lawsui...
Law Practice
Orrick establishes West Africa office, a first in Ivory Coast
By Alexandra Schwappach
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP said Monday it opened an office in Abidjan in the Ivory Coast under the name Orrick RCI...
U.S. Supreme Court
LA hotel records ordinance could yield major high court ruling
By Hadley Robinson
The Supreme Court's decision Monday to review a case involving a Los Angeles ordinance that allows police to seize hotel guest...
A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
Data Privacy
Data breach cases find more sympathetic ear in California judges
By Hadley Robinson
Companies facing lawsuits have used a Supreme Court decision as a powerful tool to fight data breach cases, arguing the injury...
While I agree that everyone should be entitled to due process before a judgment is entered against them, the garnishment provi...
The so-called "gay panic" and "trans panic" defenses, used by defendants who claim their violent acts were triggered by the vi...
To achieve real equality, it is necessary, but not sufficient, for more women to be hired and promoted into positions of thoug...
Ten months after being tapped as the acting leader of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Michelle Lee is in line to become ...
For the last several years, the California Employment Lawyers Association or CELA has been encouraging its newer and younger m...
California Courts of Appeal
Firm must face malpractice claim, appeals court rules
By Emily Green
A malpractice lawsuit can proceed against a California law firm for its representation of a conservator who misappropriated mo...