While companies prize legal counsel with intimate knowledge of their businesses, some still choose to engage a new firm when r...
Numerous parts of the federal government are gearing up to take action on cyber and data security, but little concrete has mat...
Government
Mental health treatment court has judicial backers, but many obstacles
By John Roemer
Efforts to introduce mental health treatment into California's criminal justice system are proceeding fitfully, with zeal and ...
Tesla is frequently in the news of late - not about celebrity CEO Elon Musk or for stellar reviews of its luxury, zero-emissio...
Randall W. Wulff is well aware of his nickname, the Velvet Hammer. "I've read that," he said. "It's mildly embarrassing, but i...
Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...
A roundup of recent merger and acquisition and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
Corporate
U.S. Chamber to tackle immigration, patent reform in new Silicon Valley office
By Salvador Mares
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, one of the nation's most powerful lobbying groups, will soon be looking to throw its weight behi...
General Counsel and corporate secretary at Turn Inc. Redwood City ...
Increased corporate accountability benefits us all. America is a nation founded on ideals of hard work and meritocracy. By Kat...
Intellectual Property
Piracy in mobile app space — a sign of success?
By Katharine Malonen
In March, the U.S. government secured its first guilty plea from two individuals accused of distributing copyrighted mobile ap...
When basically everything can be downloaded off the Internet and manufactured using 3D printers, it means goods that infringe ...
A new decision holds that if parties have not made a written agreement to arbitrate, a forum selection clause will operate as ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Government water contracts must consider fish, 9th Circuit rules
By Fiona Smith
The federal government must look at how its long-term water delivery contracts could harm fish struggling to survive in the Sa...
Labor/Employment
Judge certifies class in 10-year-old overtime suit
By Chase Scheinbaum
A federal judge granted class certification to 200 employees of Chinese Daily News Inc. in a lawsuit in which the workers sued...
Carlton Fields Jorden Burt PA made its first foray onto the West Coast this week with the launch of a Los Angeles office. The ...
Lawmakers are considering a bill that would have death certificates reflect an individual's self-identified gender, part of a ...
Law Practice
Stutman Treister & Glatt to close its doors: sources
By Alexandra Schwappach
Stutman Treister & Glatt, a 66-year-old Los Angeles-based firm known for handling exclusively bankruptcy and corporate res...
Labor/Employment
No-poaching lawsuit looks headed to a large settlement
By Laura Hautalan
A huge antitrust class action against big name tech companies is likely to wind up soon with a settlement with a price tag tha...
With the job market improving slowly, Inland Empire firm leaders say they're facing an increasing exodus of talented lawyers ...
Litigation
Government relies on secret exception to block people from U.S., ruling reveals
By Hadley Robinson
A court ruling unsealed Tuesday in the case of a former Stanford University student barred from the United States revealed the...
A roundup of recent real estate deals and the attorneys involved.
San Francisco's new top financial regulator, Jina L. Choi, is one of several Securities and Exchange Commission regional direc...
The U.S. high court unanimously held that the Airline Deregulation Act can preempt even common law claims of breach of the imp...
GM's recall of millions of cars has prompted confusion about the impact of the company's 2009 bankruptcy on consumers' remedie...
Litigation
University of California wants slice of prostate cancer drug profits
By Saul Sugarman
A San Francisco County Superior Court lawsuit alleges pharmacy company Medivation Inc. screwed the University of California ou...
In a rare green light for a convicted killer's lawsuit against Ventura County authorities who put him on trial, a 9th U.S. Cir...
The court found Monday that four insurance companies were right to deny the claim filed by a bankruptcy trustee handling the d...
Administrative/Regulatory
Regulators more active in 2013, survey says
By Chase Scheinbaum
Despite leaner economic times, federal regulators appear to be mounting an increasing number of investigations and actions, ac...
Labor/Employment
State law may serve as substitute for employee class actions
By Emily Green
Ten years after the state Legislature empowered citizens to sue their bosses for labor violations as so-called private attorne...