Litigation
ACLU sues secretary of state to allow former felony inmates to vote
By Hamed Aleazizn
California unconstitutionally excluded nearly 60,000 former inmates from voting, plaintiffs' attorneys claimed in a lawsuit fi...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit judge among finalists as UC Berkeley School of Law dean
By John Roemer
Four finalists including the 9th Circuit's William A. Fletcher are in the running to succeed Christopher Edley Jr. as dean of ...
Education
Law school clinics don't up tuition, professor tells State Bar panel
By Don Debenedictisn
Clinics don't increase law school tuition, a professor told a committee plotting out how the State Bar could boost the practic...
Litigation
Judge denies Snapchat's bid to change venue for suit
By Alexandra Schwappach
U.S. District Judge R. Gary Klausner rejected arguments by the photo messaging company that new claims against it fell under f...
If the state high court fails to overturn a recent verdict, it will effectively bless the dangerous conflation of simple contr...
A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge charged with pushing a woman to the ground after an argument about dog poop told jur...
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Marc Marmaro granted the defendants' motion for a new trial and partial judgment notwithstand...
Labor/Employment
PetSmart settles wage suit with groomers for $10 million
By Laura Hautalan
O'Melveny & Myers LLP Menlo Park and New York
Fenwick & West LLP Mountain View
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP Menlo Park
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC San Francisco and Palo Alto
Latham & Watkins LLP Menlo Park
Goodwin Procter LLP Menlo Park
Cooley LLP Palo Alto
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Palo Alto
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP Los Angeles
Fenwick & West LLP Mountain View
Proskauer Rose LLP Los Angeles
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP Palo Alto
Bingham McCutchen LLP Costa Mesa
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Universities seek more legal help on export control compliance
By Andrew Mc Intyre
Schools paying more attention to export controls laws, which can apply simply to a discussion between and U.S. citizen and a f...
Bankruptcy
Rock bottom: creditors circle Detroit's pricey art collection
By Ben Armisteadn
One auction house recently opined that the works could bring as much as $867 million - and here is the part that is shocking -...
Decisions in 2013 saw the opening of two significant splits in authority on anti-SLAPP issues. By Michael Shipley ...
California Courts of Appeal
Widow, children win Bing Crosby's publicity rights in appellate ruling
By Emily Green
The widow of entertainer Bing Crosby and her children are the sole owners of Crosby's publicity rights, an appellate court has...
Litigation
Questions over accuser's credibility won't end trial against judge
By Omar Shamout
The lawyer defending a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge against charges he pushed a woman to the ground after an argume...
Latham & Watkins LLP advised medical device manufacturer ArthroCare Corp. in its $1.7 billion sale to Smith & Nephew P...