California Courts of Appeal
Lawyer narrowly escapes admonishment in juvenile court matter
By Emily Green
An attorney who advocated that a child be reunified with her mother against the recommendations of the child's court-appointed...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit clears path for groundwater contamination trial
By Henry Meier
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel found U.S. District Judge R. Gary Klausner erred in excluding the city of Pomona's...
Diamond McCarthy LLP added a San Francisco office with the addition of five attorneys from bankruptcy boutique Greenfield Sull...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Gun rights appeal could be moot
By John Roemer
Further appeals in a major California gun rights case could fizzle now that the San Diego sheriff has declined to challenge a ...
While many other bench officers try to rotate out of family law, Judge Garry Ichikawa embraces it.
Laurel White is known for delving into details of cases while also moving her calendar quickly
Popular mobile photo application Snapchat Inc. , based in Los Angeles, has scooped up its first in-house lawyer: Christopher T...
After fighting for various causes, Allison Claire now directs her passion toward judicial work.
WebCast
Prof. William G. Ouchi UCLA Anderson Graduate School of Management
By Riley Guerin
A new ABA ethics opinion reviews ethical issues arising from lawyers' review of jurors' social media, and offers lawyers and j...
Tired of waiting on school districts, some of California's top litigators are teaming with parents to fix the problems that pr...
"Choosing the Future for American Juvenile Justice," edited by Franklin Zimring and David Tanenhaus, provides a look at trends...
In "Forcing the Spring," New York Times reporter Jo Becker follows the historic legal challenge mounted against California's b...
The most valuable asset of most Silicon Valley companies is not the brick and mortar, but the company's work force. By Christo...
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. owes $119.6 million to Apple Inc. in patent infringement damages, about 5 percent of what the iPh...
Southwestern Law School alumni and members of the legal community gathered on April 24 for the law school's 26th annual Awards...
UC Irvine School of Law honored Irell & Manella LLP and Orange County attorney Daniel Cornelious Jr. for their work assist...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
State Bar Court affirms disbarment of Del Norte County DA
By Don Debenedictisn
Former Del Norte County District Attorney Jon Alexander should be disbarred for ex parte communication and a long history of d...
Two veteran music attorneys traveled some 10,000 miles to the slums of Kenya to educate local artists on legal issues, but the...
Government
San Bernardino County legal community celebrates new courthouse
By Katie Lucia
Though many court projects have been cancelled or pared down due to funding hurdles, dozens of legal and community leaders in ...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
$3.75M settlement for eBay in anti-poaching case
By Laura Hautalan
The Department of Justice and the California attorney general's office settled employment antitrust claims with yet another bi...
The partners at Kerr & Wagstaffe LLP describe themselves as expert storytellers. Every case has a story inside it, and the...
Winston & Strawn grabbed the co-head of Hogan Lovells' intellectual property practice Thursday, along with two other IP pa...
California Supreme Court
Latino candidates under consideration for state high court vacancy
By Emily Green
The potential candidates to fill retired Justice Joyce L. Kennard's seat include federal judges, one state appellate court jus...
Unfortunately, in California our political leadership remains mired in the past and refuses to seriously consider reforms to o...
Intellectual Property
Jury denies Apple's bid for big patent damages award against Samsung
By Kevin Lee
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. will only have to pay a fraction of the amount of damages Apple Inc. sought for infringing severa...
Government
MICRA initiative backers say drug treatment bill by docs a distraction
By Paul Jones
Backers of a controversial intiative to raise California's malpractice cap and test doctors for drug use say a new bill to tre...