Government
Judicial branch heavyweights make case for additional court funding
By Paul Jones
Years of too little funding for state and federal courts have hurt citizens, according to a panel of judicial branch heavyweig...
David H. Brickner, a former Orange County Superior Court judge who's now a mediator with JAMS, is known for his relentless at...
Criminal
Flash incarceration constitutes a 'custodial sanction,' panel tentatively rules
By Vik Jolly
An appeals court has tentatively held that the concept of "flash incarceration" - an immediate and short return to jail for up...
Entertainment & Sports
$250 million ‘Simpsons' suit may have come too late
By Matthew Blaken
A suit by a veteran character actor for misappropriation against Fox may have run afoul of statute of limitations rules. ...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Loan modification lawyer agrees to be disbarred
By Don Debenedictisn
Stephen Lyster Siringoringo stipulated with State Bar prosecutors to be disbarred for taking illegal advance fees in 14 mortga...
An ex-employee at Costco Wholesale Corp. won almost $1.7 million for wrongful termination in Riverside County. ...
Litigation
Suit alleges discrimination of gay, transgender inmates in San Bernardino jail
By Kylie Reynolds
The jail's policy of automatically segregating gay, bisexual and transgender inmates denies these offenders equal access to re...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
McGrane LLP must digorge fees from Howrey bankrupcty
By Joshua Seboldn
McGrane LLP, a bankruptcy boutique involved in the Howrey LLP bankruptcy for years, has been ordered to disgorge more than $30...
Health Care & Hospital Law
Court should affirm 9th Circuit on crisis intervention policing
By Katharine Malonen
The U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide whether to review a holding that police must take reasonable steps under the ADA to ac...
The traditional bundling of channels by cable television providers was hit with a double-whammy last week courtesy of HBO, and...
Law Practice
Lawyers, staff expected to see 3 percent salary increases next year
By Kibkabe Arayan
Legal professions around the country could see an average increase of 3 percent in starting salaries by next year, according t...
Michael Drobot, a hospital administrator caught up in a federal kickback scheme, filed a $60M defamation suit against several ...
Diversity is key for Harmeet Dhillon of Dhillon Law Group, who's vice chairman of the state Republican party and a former ACLU...
Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...
General Cousel & Executive Vice President of Connexity, Inc. Los Angeles ...
Government
Attorneys challenge agreement between San Diego district attorney, city attorney
By Kylie Reynolds
San Diego deputy city attorneys prosecute misdemeanors in some parts outside of the San Diego city limits under a 1975 agreeme...
When California legislators reconvene, they should move swiftly to join New York and New Jersey and ban ivory sales. It's the ...
A recently issued notice limits "inversion" transactions and their potential tax benefits. By Stanley Barsky and Aaron Pomeroy...
Personal Injury & Torts
Why we should let statutory damages run concurrently
By Ben Armisteadn
The potential for statutory damages to reach astronomical amounts is a well-known problem. So what if we allowed the courts to...
Litigation
Lawyers who successfully challenged NCAA amateurism model seek $50M in fees
By Hadley Robinson
Plaintiffs' lawyers who challenged the NCAA amateurism model this summer and won, asked a federal judge Tuesday night for $50 ...
California Courts of Appeal
Appellate court affirms judge's decision blocking settlement
By Saul Sugarman
A plaintiffs' firm lost its shot Wednesday at collecting roughly $5 million from a settlement that was allegedly procured in s...
Apple scored a patent trial victory in San Jose Wednesday after an eight-person jury unanimously ruled that the Cupertino-base...
Sacramento air pollution regulators rescind a permit for an oil train offloading facility after environmentalists sue claiming...
Law Practice
Latham and Orrick finding success in bankruptcy, numbers show
By Alex Shively
Latham & Watkins and Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe both secured spots in the top ten of a recently released list of t...
Large Firms
Bingham may consider bankruptcy, managing partner says
By Alexandra Schwappach
In his first public statements on the health of Bingham McCutchen LLP, the firm's new managing partner Steven Browne spoke bri...
Corporate
Hedge fund urges Amgen to consider breakup amid raft of corporate spinoffs
By Salvador Mares
Third Point LLC suggested Thousand Oaks-based drug developer Amgen Inc. consider breaking itself up into two separate companie...
Law Practice
Reading International snags Sidley Austin real estate veteran as new GC
By Alison Frost
Los Angeles-based Reading International Inc. announced Wednesday the appointment of a long-time Sidley Austin real estate atto...
Criminal
Defense attorney gets rare 'factual innocence' finding in rape case
By Alison Frost
An Alameda County Superior Court Judge granted a finding of factual innocence last week for a man accused of felony rape. ...
Litigation
Judge to weigh key issues in city's fight to regain control of airport
By Vik Jolly
Next week, a Superior Court judge in Riverside could put to rest a big chunk of a highly unusual legal tug-of-war over LA/ Ont...
Litigation
Company hit with $25 million judgment in work-from-home scheme
By Henry Meier
A federal judge this week imposed a $25 million judgment against a company that marketed a work-from-home opportunity to consu...