Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for Imperva Inc. Redwood Shores ...
Labor/Employment
Workplace investigations will happen; they don't have to hurt
By Ben Armisteadn
Although sound policies are in place and management has the best intentions, issues arise in every workplace. By Emily L. Aldr...
From 1968 through 2012, there were 415,995 civil actions centralized for pretrial proceedings in MDLs, up from 393,676 in 2011...
An apex deponent has been described redundantly as a "corporate officer at the apex of the corporate hierarchy." By Benjamin T...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Appellate court allows class action against Wal-Mart to proceed
By John Roemer
A 9th Circuit panel on Friday reversed U.S. District Judge Manuel L. Real of Los Angeles and let go forward a potential class ...
Litigation
In decadeslong prison litigation, Brown's defiant stance raises eyebrows
By Hamed Aleazizn
The state's aggressive but so far unsuccessful efforts to fight an order requiring corrections officials to reduce the populat...
Intellectual Property
Apple, Microsoft going after Google, other smartphone rivals in court
By Kevin Lee
Two years after stockpiling patents formerly held by Nortel Networks Corp., a partnership of some of the world's largest elect...
Firms help Navajo Nation and Southern California Edison Co. in Navajo's purchase of a coal mine, among other matters. ...
Litigation
Farm workers allege constitutional violation over locked-door contract talks
By Chase Scheinbaum
A new lawsuit joins a recent case against the Agricultural Labor Relations Board. The first resulted in a finding that a labor...
Julie Emede handled child and spousal support issues as an attorney before joining the bench.
Administrative/Regulatory
Battle to boost medical malpractice payouts could hinge on fundraising
By Paul Jones
The state's trial lawyer lobby argues its ballot initiative to increase noneconomic damages for medical malpractice enjoys pub...
A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California.
John Sugiyama made one of his life's biggest transitions when he became a probate judge.
Judge John W. Kennedy has practiced and presided over criminal law matters his entire career.
Lawsuits arising from social media will only increase - from plaintiffs asserting First Amendment protection to defendants fac...
These days virtually all discovery is e-discovery. By Michael P. Carbone ...
The employee claimed the company took back a job offer because of her pregnancy. ...
Members of Goodwin Procter LLP's Los Angeles office last month participated in the firm's "Build Day," an all-day affair invol...
Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles gave its Legal Excellence Award to the late Sam S. Oh during the aid group's eighth...
Helene Wasserman of labor and employment law firm Littler Mendelson PC was appointed chair of the Conference of California Bar...
The Orange County Bar Foundation hosted its 17th annual Shortstop Golf Classic on Oct. 19 at Irvine's Oak Creek Golf Club. The...
Government
Senate committee approves two Northern District judicial nominees
By Hadley Robinson
James Donato, a San Francisco-based antitrust partner at Shearman & Sterling LLP and Beth Labson Freeman, a San Mateo Supe...
The Sacramento chapter of the Urban Land Institute honored Best Best & Krieger LLP of counsel Joseph E. Coomes Jr. last mo...
An Oakland federal judge said Thursday there was a "pretty strong possibility" that she would issue an injunction against an o...
Litigation
Parents appeal decision to let elementary school yoga proceed
By Katie Lucia
The Encinitas Union School District program, the parents argued, was rooted in Eastern religion and thereby violated the Estab...
Relying upon a slate of recent U.S. Supreme Court cases over the patent eligibility of naturally occurring phenomena, a federa...
Community News
Former state elections regulator sworn in for Federal Election Commission post
By Ben Adlin
Outgoing Fair Political Practices Commission Chairwoman Ann Ravel was sworn in as the newest member of the six-person Federal ...
Toyota Motor Corp.'s driver error theory for sudden acceleration in its vehicles comes under scrutiny after juries in Los Ange...
Community News
Sheppard Mullin hosts panel on gamification in the workplace
By Ben Adlin
During a panel at Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hamptons LLP's Palo Alto office on Oct. 24, gamification experts Steve Sims ...
Community News
Experts discuss fee trends at annual conference in San Francisco
By Ben Adlin
Attorneys gathered at the Bar Association of San Francisco on Oct. 25 for the annual Attorney Fees Conference, put on by the N...