Jordan recently won in a very different court when an appeallate court ruled that he could pursue claims against a grocery sto...
It's two years and counting since a Fresno federal judge announced he would take senior status. The Obama administration still...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Little fish scores big win before 9th Circuit
By Fiona Smith
The tiny fish, hovering near extinction, scored a big victory Thursday after a federal appeals court ruled the government is a...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit hands plaintiffs' labor lawyers a victory
By John Roemer
The court barred removal of certain overtime and other claims from state courts to federal. ...
A roundup of recent merger and acquisition and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
Judge Cathcart initially bucked the family tradition and took a very different career path before turning to law ...
Chief Legal Officer for Goodwill Southern California Los Angeles ...
In Charles Dickens' "Oliver Twist," Mr. Bumble proclaims, "The law is an ass." Jackass, he meant. By Robert S. Henry ...
Law Practice
Nelson Hardiman, Epstein Becker to work together on health care
By David Ruiz
After parting ways with a name partner and three of its attorneys, the health care-focused Los Angeles boutique now known as N...
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy on Wednesday rejected gun owners' request for an emergency order to block a Sunnyva...
Criminal
Guilty verdicts bolster government's bid rigging crackdown
By Hadley Robinson
The government's crackdown on real estate investors who engineered lower prices in foreclosure auctions in violation of federa...
Squire Sanders no longer wants to be known as "that Cleveland-based firm." That's why, for the past several years, the firm ha...
A San Jose-based technology company must pay memory manufacturer SanDisk Corp. $28.5 million for breaching a patent license ag...
San Francisco now has the distinguished honor of being the first legislative body in the country to protect its citizens from ...
California's family law court system is underfunded, speakers testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee this week, and l...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
First sale doctrine on copyright licenses argued at 9th Circuit
By John Roemer
In a tussle over how copyright licenses work in an era of eBooks, iTunes, Netflix and Shutterstock, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court o...
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee recently signed the Fair Chance Act into law, regulating the rampant use of background checks as a ...
A roundup of recent real estate activity and the lawyers involved.
Private companies are taking over NASA's role of launching astronauts into space and make progress toward space tourism. Their...
Lewis Brisbois may be the largest Los Angeles law firm that few know anything about. ...
Intellectual Property
Ambry Genetics beats back injunction in Myriad genetic test case
By Kevin Lee
Aliso Viejo-based Ambry Genetics Corp. warded off a preliminary injunction push from Myriad Genetics Inc., causing an 8 percen...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Jos. A. Bank breaks deal with Eddie Bauer after Men's Wearhouse agreement
By Salvador Mares
Last month, Jos. A. Bank announced plans to acquire Everest Holdings LLC, the parent company of the Eddie Bauer brand and a Go...
The firm welcomed long-time venture capitalist and experienced corporate attorney James N. Strawbridge to its Palo Alto office...
Labor/Employment
Claws come out in argument over $5.4 million arbitration award
By Laura Hautalan
Lawyers for two former employees of Masimo Corp. tore into the company's attempt to vacate the award due to a sibling relatio...
Joseph L. Sax, a giant of environmental law who helped shape the field over the past 50 years has died at the age of 78. ...
Securities
Arnold & Porter, Cooley brought on for medical device IPO
By Salvador Mares
Firms assisting Santa Rosa-based stent graft company TriVascular Technologies Inc. ...
The holding made clear that the anti-retaliation provisions of Sarbanes-Oxley apply to a range of industries, including lawyer...
Judges and Judiciary
Prominent 3rd Circuit judge, who works from Santa Barbara, to retire
By Katie Lucia
Ruggero J. Aldisert considers himself a Californian. Though he's served decades with the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, he...
The judge presiding over the government's $5 billion civil suit against Standard & Poor's indicated Tuesday that he was am...