Intellectual Property
Patent defendants still having trouble collecting fees, even when they win
By Kevin Lee
Companies that ward off patent infringement claims are still struggling to recoup attorney fees from patent holders, despite t...
The Beverly Hills law firm successfully defended a former writer of the popular '90s sitcom whose book sparked a lawsuit in Ne...
The appointees, who are destined for San Diego, Santa Clara, Orange and Contra Costa County superior courts, include seven men...
Government
FCC faces tough challenge over Internet regulation proposal
By Alex Shively
Many of the 780,000 comments on net neutrality policy made a perhaps unexpected call for tighter regulation than the FCC itsel...
Government
Malibu chain store limit could set stage for legal battle
By Chase Scheinbaum
This week, the city council voted to limit chain stores in the civic center, setting up a potential challenge to the constitu...
All three branches of the U.S. government have attacked the patent system in the past year. By Peter J. Toren ...
Litigation
Unhappy graduates press revised complaint against San Diego law school
By Don Debenedictisn
In an amended complaint, four graduates claim Thomas Jefferson School of Law exaggerated its employment results by nearly 25 p...
In a rare government effort to oust a federal judge who ruled for criminal defendants, Central District prosecutors have cited...
A roundup of recent real estate activity and the lawyers involved.
Blank Rome LLP Los Angeles Specialty: employment defense ...
Liebert Cassidy Whitmore Los Angeles Specialty: public agencies ...
Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP Los Angeles Specialties: defense litigation, counseling ...
Baker & McKenzie LLP Palo Alto Specialties: employment defense litigation, counseling ...
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP Los Angeles Specialty: employment defense litigation ...
Righetti Glugoski PC San Francisco Specialty: wage and hour class actions ...
Carroll, Burdick & McDonough LLP San Francisco Specialties: public employees, pensions ...
Litigation
Small contingent of lawyers making big dent in high speed rail project
By Paul Jonesn
Stuart Flashman and his partners in several anti-rail suits aren't just trying to gain concessions. Their ambition is to stop ...
Law offices of Kenneth H. Yoon APC Los Angeles Specialties: plaintiffs' litigation, wage and hour class actions ...
Wynne Law Firm Greenbrae Specialty: employment class actions ...
Law Offices of Christopher H. Whelan Gold River Specialty: plaintiffs' employment litigation ...
Law Office of Stephen D. Schear Oakland Specialty: health care ...
Joseph Saveri Law Firm Inc. San Francisco Specialty: class actions ...
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP Los Angeles Specialty: litigation ...
DLA Piper Los Angeles Specialties: employment defense, compliance ...
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Palo Alto Specialties: arbitration, wrongful termination litigation ...
Seyfarth Shaw LLP Los Angeles Specialty: employment defense ...
Rutan & Tucker LLP Costa Mesa Specialty: employment defense ...
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP Los Angeles Specialty: employment litigation ...
O'Melveny & Myers LLP Los Angeles Specialty: employment defense for airlines ...
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP Costa Mesa Specialties: wage and hour class actions, complex employment defense ...