SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - New Jersey and New York are the two states with the highest combination of tort costs and risk, according to a study published by free-market think tank Pacific Research Institute.
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline)-California voters will likely be asked in the November general election if the state's greenhouse gas law should be put on hold for rosier economic times, a postponement the Democratic frontrunner for attorney general, Kamala Harris, said Monday would be a colossal mistake.
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline)-A federal appeals court ruling this week has opened the door for thousands of female Wal-Mart employees to sue the retail giant in a single class action lawsuit for alleged gender discrimination.
Kamala Harris (D) SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline)-A leading Democratic candidate for California attorney general is calling on her rivals to publicly oppose two out-of-state oil companies' efforts to repeal California's landmark greenhouse law.
T. John Ward Jr. TEXARKANA, Ark. -- Cisco Systems has agreed to settle the second defamation lawsuit stemming from blog posts on the Patent Troll Tracker site. Terms of the Jan. 8 settlement were not released.
TYLER � After a week of arguments and testimony in the defamation trial against the Patent Troll Tracker, the parties agreed to a confidential settlement just a day before the jury was scheduled to hear closing arguments and begin deliberations.
TYLER -- Shortly after the plaintiff got on the witness stand and started crying, testimony wrapped up Thursday, Sept. 17, in the defamation trial against Patent Troll Tracker blogger and former Cisco attorney Richard Frenkel.
Albritton A trial is underway in Tyler that pits one of East Texas' most prolific filers of patent infringement suits against one of the world's biggest Internet networking companies and a mysterious blogger.
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline)- Federal legislation that would afford trial lawyers a special tax break faces an uncertain future, says one of the chief lobbyists for the nation's trial lawyers.
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline)- President Barack Obama's push for an overhaul of the nation's health care system could be stymied by Senate lawmakers, particularly moderate Democrats, the lobbyist for trial lawyers said.
Sereboff They are called by a name nobody wants to use for its derogatory meaning, yet everyone does use it because it so clearly defines the objective.
Coughlin SAN FRANCISCO - Retailer Wal-Mart stands strong while other businesses fall, but class action lawyers aim to knock it down with an $11 billion lawsuit.