The sad truth is that automakers face little deterrent from U.S. authorities to correctly represent their vehicles' fuel econo...
Law firms have been stepping up their efforts to organize pro bono activities in support of returning military personnel. But ...
Entertainment & Sports
John Steinbeck copyright dispute erupts again
By Matthew Blaken
After four years of dormancy, the heirs of John Steinbeck are ready to go back to court, with two competing lawsuits filed in ...
Alameda County Judge Frank Roesch decides tough cases but is most satisfied when settling them.
A roundup of recent transactions and the lawyers involved.
San Diego-based ecoATM has 1,500 locations nationwide and scores in California, but its model has come under scrutiny because ...
Judge Paul Herbert knows how to talk diametrically opposed parties into unlikely settlements.
Federal, state and local governments are being forced to revisit their procedures for handling individuals traveling into thei...
It sounds like an easy way to fill budget holes: let a few medical marijuana dispensaries open to serve the over 1 million act...
Jones Day partner Bruce S. Bennett can finally get a good night's sleep after a federal judge on Friday approved Detroit's Cha...
Criminal
Attorney fees sought over prosecutorial misconduct in conspiracy case
By Henry M Eier
Defense attorneys representing a pharmacist accused of participating in a massive conspiracy to sell painkillers illegally fil...
In California, the legal industry lost nearly 2,600 in September from a month earlier, according to the latest data available....
Fenwick & West LLP was awarded $820,642 in fees for San Francisco-based communication application Voxernet LLC after a fed...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Lawyer discipline guidelines may get overhaul
By Paul Jones
Guidelines for disciplining lawyers may get a slight overhaul, as State Bar leaders voted Friday to gather public input on pro...
Criminal
Pro-death penalty group seeks to expedite state regulations for death penalty
By Kylie Reynolds
In a petition filed with the Sacramento County Superior Court, the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation called for swift action b...
Legal analysts say the Disney subsidiary's subpoena of Google about an "Avengers" movie trailer leaker is a rare move. ...
Before the tenure of departing Attorney General Eric Holder, the use of wiretaps was generally relegated, as if by gentlemen's...
Environmental
California's high speed rail project could escape state environmental laws
By Fiona Smith
After being hit with seven CEQA lawsuits this summer, the state is looking to the federal government to declare the massive ra...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
State can pursue sex-test maker
By Emily Green
California can sue the maker of a fetus gender test kit for false advertising even though buyers of the kit already settled a ...
Cancer-stricken Justice Paul Turner keeps a full caseload while waiting for a liver transplant.
A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California.
Michael Williams didn't start a legal career until middle age, but now he's on the bench.
Gov. Jerry Brown's lieutenants first contacted Mariano-Florentino Cuellar about a seat on the state Supreme Court in 2011. Thr...
Moore, a mediator with IVAMS Inc., is known as experienced, persistent, and someone who works hard to help parties reach a res...
Could the CEO of a California-based company be forced to file a wrongful termination action only in Delaware if his employer a...
The focus on private prison companies as the source - or even the salient representation - of all evil in American incarcerati...
Outsourcing can be an integral tool in an attorney's toolbox to provide efficient and cost effective legal representation to a...
The Landau Lawyers League held it's 9th annual Fall basketball all-star games and 5th annual skills challenges last Thursday a...
Entertainment & Sports
Hollywood deal makers worried about Chinese regulations
By Matthew Blaken
Excitement about China's rapidly growing film industry has been tempered by new conerns of censorship. ...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Junior lawyers pursuing jobs as neutrals
By David Houston
While traditionally, neutrals have been retired judges or former senior partners from private firms, a new crop of mediators a...