Aimed at helping law school graduates enter the burgeioning field of privacy protection, Santa Clara University School of Law'...
Outside of his career in law, Robert M. Bennett specializes in fixing things, specifically British sports cars from the 1960s...
California Courts of Appeal
Lawyer fined for leaving out trial testimony in appeal
By Emily Green
A Northridge attorney has been slapped with a $10,000 fine for filing a frivolous appeal and repeatedly giving a misleading ac...
Jason Patric may seek parentage of the 4-year-old boy he fathered through in vitro fertilization. ...
Government
Wrongly convicted men recommended for large compensation awards
By Hamed Aleazizn
A state compensation board Thursday granted Francisco "Franky" Carrillo more than $600,000 for the two decades he spent behind...
The Sacramento legal market has been sprouting boutiques at an increasingly rapid pace over the last four years as one of the ...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Why a 'civility oath,' and why now?
By Ben Armisteadn
On May 23, a dramatic change will occur to the attorney oath all entering lawyers will be required to take at the time of thei...
Just a few weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court gave district judges more latitude to award attorney fees in patent infringement...
A Delaware court recently ruled on a preliminary injunction motion seeking to enjoin Sotheby's annual shareholders meeting. By...
Some of California's most prominent lawyers, judges and other guests gathered May 7 in Beverly Hills as the Daily Journal sa...
A roundup of recent merger and acquisition and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
Senior vice president, legal affairs and general counsel of Marketo Inc. San Mateo ...
The increase in hospital closings nationwide is nothing short of an epidemic, but it remains unclear if we have successfully i...
The FTC recently clarified that sharing cyberthreat information does not implicate antitrust concerns. By Randy V. Sabett ...
Should California courts rethink the limitations on assignability? It may well be time to reconsider, by following the lead of...
The Impact Fund honored former U.S. Ambassador to Australia Jeffrey L. Bleich at its 21st anniversary gala on May 8. The socia...
Litigation
$21M settlement reached in workers' suit against Wal-Mart, distribution subcontractor
By Katie Lucia
Scheider Logistics Inc. agrees to pay the sum to settle allegations of wage theft against it and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. ...
All seven attorneys from Peitzman Weg LLP are expected to join the firm's Los Angeles office on June 2. ...
Labor/Employment
Worker defamation actions gain traction in employment suits
By Laura Hautalan
A jury last week awarded a fired employee more than $5.5 million — not for retaliation or discrimination, but for his employer...
Law Practice
Kaye Scholer adds Paul Hastings corporate chair in Palo Alto
By David Ruiz
Continuing with its long term business plan for office growth, Kaye Scholer LLP added corporate partner Robert A. Claassen to ...
As California courts continue to look for ways to do more with less money, many have turned toward a new source of revenue: on...
Judge Wynne Carvill says the result will depend on the outcome of a pending Supreme Court case ...
Bankruptcy judge Dennis J. Montali indicated he's inclined to throw out a request by a group of unsecured creditors to disqual...
Justice Chang Soo Yang of the Supreme Court of Korea opened the first annual conference of UC Berkeley's new Korea Law Center ...
If you think that the current patent reform debate is binary, think again. By Dion M. Bregman, Corey Houmand and Jacob Minne ...
Litigation
Experts: Dementia allegations add new legal twist for Clippers owner
By Chase Scheinbaum
Shelly Sterling's remark about her estranged husband is not substantiated. But whether or not it turns out to be true, attorne...
DLA Piper represented Los Angeles-based urban and real estate developer The Ratkovich Co. in its agreement with two tenants to...
Government
Brown boosts judicial branch funding, but service cutbacks remain likely
By Paul Jones
Gov. Jerry Brown Tuesday proposed giving the judicial branch $160 more than last year, up from his proposal of $105 million in...
There is an argument that Hobby Lobby can be decided entirely with reference to the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. ...
The future is here: Self-driving vehicles have arrived, along with a slew of tricky legal issues. By Michael Preciado ...