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California Supreme Court


The state Supreme Court unanimously held that state regulators can sue trucking companies for misclassifying their workers as ...


Solo and Small Firms


Paul Brajevich is the firm's third addition to its government and regulatory group within the past eight months. ...


Intellectual Property


A patent infringement lawsuit filed by Rockstar Consortium US LP against a smartphone hardware partner of Google Inc. will rem...


Criminal


Federal prosecutors are increasingly intercepting emails between incarcerated defendants and their counsel for "security" reas...


A federal judge has ordered half a dozen financial institutions to appear in court Tuesday to explain why they shouldn't have...


Judicial Profile


Denise de Bellefeuille

Jul. 30, 2014
By Vik Jolly

Juvenile court Judge Denise de Bellefeuille is dedicated to hope, caring and second chances.


Mergers & Acquisitions


Preexisting ties between lawyers at Goodwin Procter LLP and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC guided their representatio...


Judicial Profile


Nicole C. Bershon

Jul. 30, 2014
By Don Debenedictisn

Nicole Bershon compares her work as a site judge in Inglewood to that of a traffic controller.


Mergers & Acquisitions


Dealmakers

Jul. 29, 2014
By Dominic Fracassan

A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.


Corporate Counsel


Catherine Lacavera

Jul. 29, 2014
By Alison Frost

Director of IP and Litigation for Google Inc. Munich, Germany ...


U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit


The slow onset of declining mental health is a serious problem for the federal judiciary, where life tenure means an aging ben...


Constitutional Law


Death is the ultimate run-on sentence

Jul. 29, 2014
By Ben Armisteadn

When U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney ruled that California's death penalty system is unconstitutional, he cited a 1995 law ...


Litigation


The anti-SLAPP statute provides that a prevailing defendant is entitled to recover his or her attorney fees and costs but does...


Criminal, Constitutional Law


The objective of this article and self-study test is to review the principles and recent case authority concerning the Fourth ...


California Courts of Appeal


Gov. Jerry Brown has nominated his legal affairs secretary, Jonathan K. Renner, to serve on the 3rd District Court of Appeal i...


Michele M. Castillo, a longtime Ventura County deputy public defender, has been selected to serve as a Superior Court commissi...


Law Practice


The San Francisco 49ers lost more than a shot at the Super Bowl to the Seattle Seahawks this year. They also lost a former gen...


Immigration


Immigrant children to get help from law firms

Jul. 29, 2014
By Melanie Brisbon

O'Melveny, Gibson Dunn, Paul Hastings and others plan to donate legal services to the growing population of unaccompanied immi...


Environmental


A Monterey County judge has signaled he will block an oil company's bid to drill wells near Pinnacles National Park until it c...


Intellectual Property


A federal judge in Texas granted summary judgment of non-infringement in a patent case involving a group of technology defenda...


Litigation


LA sued over Venice Beach boardwalk crash

Jul. 29, 2014
By Alexandra Schwappach

Los Angeles-based plaintiffs' firms McNicholas & McNicholas LLP and Perez & Caballero have sued the city for allegedly...


Criminal


Orange County judge won't strike down death penalty

Jul. 29, 2014
By Don Debenedictisn

Declining to follow a local federal judge's surprise ruling, an Orange County Superior Court judge refused Friday to declare C...


Intellectual Property


Copyright damages under scrutiny

Jul. 29, 2014
By Kevin Lee

As discussion on a comprehensive new copyright statute crawls forward, a major focal point will be the debate on whether limit...


This year, tort lawyers appear to be doing better than business interests in promoting bills that favor their side in litigati...


Law Practice


On the Move

Jul. 28, 2014
By Alexandra Schwappach

A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California.


Judicial Profile


Gail A. O'Rane

Jul. 28, 2014
By Vik Jolly

Gail A. O'Rane, a newcomer to Riverside's family law court, has a knack for relating to pro per parties.


Judicial Profile


Roger A. Luebs

Jul. 27, 2014
By Katie Lucia

Roger A. Luebs, who runs a juvenile court in Riverside, says it takes a village to help young offenders.


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Should partners from a dissolving firm be obligated to pay the dissolved firm's creditors from profits earned on work performe...


Perspective


A judge bribed is justice denied

Jul. 26, 2014
By Katharine Malonen

This article won't teach you anything about ethics you don't already know - unless you don't know it is unethical to bribe jud...


Community News


McManis Faulkner sponsors golf classic

Jul. 26, 2014
By John Michael

From left: McManis Faulkner partners Michele Corvi, William Faulkner and Michael Reedy at the 16th Annual Justice Edward A. Pa...