U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Political advertising on public television gets cool reception during 9th Circuit hearing
By John Roemer
The prospect of election advertising on public broadcasting stations got a largely skeptical reception Tuesday from an en banc...
Government
California courts complying with procurement law, auditor says
By Paul Jones
Six trial courts generally complied with a recently passed law governing purchases by the judicial branch, according to a stat...
Litigation
Man's release after nearly 14 years in prison highlights debate over 'innocence'
By Henry Meier
The latest chapter in the ongoing debate over whether a statutory requirement of a timely habeas appeal trumps a finding of "a...
A proposal to expand public-disclosure requirements on arbitration may be in the works after the Assembly Judiciary Committee ...
San Jose jurist takes her drug court assignment seriously and knows each defendant by name.
Poorer courts in California may soon see their fortunes improve as the Judicial Council's budget subcommittee gets ready to u...
While the goal of the legislation is laudable, it does not provide a realistic remedy to what is a very significant problem. B...
The numbers suggest that the average beneficiary gets back three times what they put in. By Brian Sheppard
Litigation
Former Mercury Interactive GC pays $850,000 in backdating settlement
By Hadley Robinson
Susan Skaer, the former general counsel of Mercury Interactive LLC, will pay more than $850,000 to settle a Securities and Exc...
Labor/Employment
Jury hears opening statements in employment suit against Lawrence Livermore lab
By Laura Hautalan
Lawyers presented opening statements to a jury Monday on the first day of an employment trial involving federal weapons resear...
Criminal
Former CalPERS chief executive indicted for conspiracy, fraud
By Hadley Robinson
The former chief executive of California's largest public pension fund, and one of its former board members, appeared in feder...
Plaintiffs in the mental-health portion of the prison-overcrowding lawsuit responded to the state's request that the case be d...
Caldwell, Leslie & Proctor LLP co-founder Michael Leslie said he felt gratified at the sight of colleagues, clients and fr...
Latham & Watkins LLP represented Safeway Inc.'s gift card unit Blackhawk Network Holdings Inc. and Sullivan & Cromwell...
In an extraordinary turnaround, corporate partner and dealmaker Michael S. Ringler has rejoined Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & ...
Bingham McCutchen LLP strengthened its Palo Alto-based corporate practice with the addition of five lawyers, including two par...
A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
Two accused hackers can't subpoena wide swaths of company information from PayPal Inc. about the coordinated cyberattack that ...
The SEC filed charges Friday against two San Diego attorneys and a number of other individuals for allegedly manipulating stoc...
Government
Sequestration could change landscape for government contracting work
By Alexandra Schwappach
In light of the recent across-the-board federal spending cuts, a number of projects are seeing their heads on the $85 million ...
Government
Attorney fees proposal could chill public-interest suits, analysts warn
By Paul Jones
A trailer bill that's part of Gov. Jerry Brown's budget proposal could chill some public-interest lawsuits, according to a rep...
Perhaps because of American market dominance, Canadians generally do a better job of paying attention to U.S. tax consideratio...
Firms entering the Korean market see a new business opportunity, estimated to be worth up to $2 billion annually, and an oppor...
An insurance policy's unsatisfied self-insured retention can significantly impact litigation and impede an injured party's rec...
A contentious breach-of-contract case against federal weapons research lab Lawrence Livermore National Security LLC goes to tr...
Judge Frederick N. Wapner sentenced 49-year-old sole practitioner Kenneth Roger Markman to a year in county jail and a year of...
Litigation
LA Superior Court gives final approval to courthouse closure plan
By Emily Green
Los Angeles County Superior Court has given final approval to a plan to close eight of its courthouses in an effort to reduce ...
Environmental
In fight over cleanup of contaminated properties, circuit narrows options for insurers
By Fiona Smith
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that under federal Superfund law, insurance companies must follow a narrow legal p...
Education
California law schools improving transparency, albeit slowly
By Don Debenedictisn
Since early February, under goading by the advocacy group Law School Transparency, many California schools improved the online...
Judges and Judiciary
Attorneys suffer filing setbacks in Sacramento court
By Saul Sugarman
While the increasing prevalence of technology has allowed several state courts to transition to online filing systems in recen...