Judges and Judiciary
Feinstein recommends San Jose magistrate for district judgeship
By Jill Redhage
The Obama Administration is considering U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul S. Grewal for a district judgeship, lawyers close to the pr...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Amgen looks to the future with $1.2 billion buy of cancer drug company
By Mandy Jacksonn
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP is representing Thousand Oaks-based Amgen Inc. in its $1.2 billion, all-cash acquisition of the Co...
U.S. District Magistrate Suzanne H. Segal has been named chief magistrate of the Central District, the court announced Thursda...
A federal judge denied a motion to dismiss a class action brought by gay California state employees challenging their partners...
Doyle & Moore LLP will become Doyle, Moore & Schafer LLP Feb. 16 when Terrence J. Schafer joins from Reback, McAndrews...
A coalition of environmental and American Indian groups sued the National Marine Fisheries Service Thursday alleging its appro...
Lawyers for the family of an elderly Japanese woman who fatally crashed her Toyota Camry in 2009 have swerved into the coveted...
With local redevelopment agencies set to dissolve next week, a Sacramento County Superior Court judge today will hear two cour...
The Natural Resources Defense Council sued the federal Environmental Protection Agency Thursday over its approval of an anti-b...
Mother Nature helped David W. Rudy appreciate the potential of mediation. After a grueling landslide case involving 45 homes, ...
Judges and Judiciary
State Supreme Court launches judicial ethics committee
By Laura Ernden
A judicial ethics committee created by the state Supreme Court in 2007 can finally start dispensing advice. ...
The familial ties at Novian & Novian haven't kept the boutique from representing a wide variety of clients in big matters....
A state court judge on Thursday denied attempts by broadcast satellite provider DirecTV Inc. to compel arbitration in a class ...
Corporate
Tech employees may proceed with litigation over non-solicitation agreements
By Craig Andersonn
A federal judge said Thursday that an antitrust lawsuit by engineers and scientists against Silicon Valley heavyweights for al...
Outdoor Channel Holdings Inc. recently promoted its general counsel and chief operating officer to president of the company. ...
Investments
Patent reform could keep investors out of small biotech companies
By Mandy Jacksonn
Patent reform has given small biotechnology startups exactly what they don't need right now: a dose of added uncertainty. ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Judges criticized for their handling of prison guard case
By John Roemer
Two Los Angeles federal judges mishandled the conviction and sentencing of a state prison guard who abused inmates, a 9th U.S....
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Porn site disputes are litmus test
By Erica E. Phillips
Arbitrators in a series of early disputes over website addresses ending in dot xxx are applying a resolution process that coul...
General counsel for Maya Entertainment Group Inc. and Maya Cinemas North America Inc. ...
Judge Kay S. Kuns gave up marine biology for the human interaction that law provides.
A reader comments on "A financial fall for prominent LA litigator." ...
With tax increases on the horizon, where can an investor increase yield without taking on additional risk? By Dana Hollinger o...
The third offshore voluntary disclosure program for taxpayers will be open for an indefinite period, says the IRS. By Nathan J...
Constitutional Law
Newt Gingrich and the evisceration of the rule of law
By Sharon Liangn
Newt Gingrich's suggested treatment of judges he disagrees with is a threat to judicial independence. By Rodney K. Smith of Th...
California has cleared a backlog in DNA testing of crime scene evidence and reduced the time it takes to perform routine analy...
U.S. Supreme Court
High Court may be ready to reconsider privacy doctrine
By Robert Iafolla
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in the GPS case this week contained signs that the justices are ready to rethink the legal a...
The perfect comeback plan for U.S. automakers goes up in smoke. By Jonathan Michaels of Michaels Law Group ...
One woman's David-vs.-Goliath quest in small claims court against automaker Honda has raised questions of whether the public i...
Government
Four spots open in Northern District U.S. attorney's office
By Jill Redhage
The Northern District U.S. attorney's office has received an exemption from the Department of Justice hiring freeze in order t...