International labor and employment law firm Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart PC opened a San Diego office with the...
California Courts of Appeal
Court ends race-based practices at Pelican Bay
By Hamed Aleazizn
A 1st District Court of Appeal panel on Wednesday invalidated race-based housing segregation practices at California's super-m...
Labor/Employment
Plaintiffs' firm pursues class actions over equity compensation
By Laura Hautalan
Shareholders of San Diego-based retailer PriceSmart Inc. voted Tuesday to approve the company's plan for executive pay, but no...
A merger between Spirit Realty Capital Inc. and Cole Credit Property Trust II Inc. creates one of the largest publicly-traded ...
Lawyers with the Century City and Los Angeles offices of Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP helped Kilroy Real...
A federal bankruptcy judge in Santa Ana last week approved a plan by which Rancho Santa Margarita-based MMD Components may sel...
Entertainment & Sports
Warner Bros. attorneys talk strategy in Superman rights case
By Jean Yung
In an exclusive interview, Warner Bros. General Counsel John Rogovin and lead outside counsel discuss how they turned around t...
California Courts of Appeal
Appellate court vacates arbitration award because of disclosure violation
By Emily Green
In a warning to alternative dispute resolution providers across the state, an appellate court vacated an arbitration award bec...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Lawyers handle surge in health care M&A deals
By Andrew Mc Intyre
By Jan. 1, 2014, California must have in place a so-called health insurance exchange, and that mandate is causing providers ac...
It's hard to see how the prison overcrowding crisis can be deemed "over" while the state crams nearly 120,000 people into pris...
Criminal
Free speech at issue in appeal of Muslim students' convictions
By Henry Meier
Lawyers filed an opening brief Tuesday challenging the criminal convictions of 11 Muslim UC Irvine students who verbally inter...
California Courts of Appeal
Appellate Justice Kathryn Doi Todd retires
By Blake Edwardsn
Associate Justice Kathryn Doi Todd of the 2nd District Court of Appeal announced her retirement on Tuesday. Appointed to the L...
Government
Report finds drop in arrests of those on parole, probation
By Hamed Aleazizn
From 2008 to 2011, only one-fifth of individuals arrested in four California cities, including Los Angeles and San Francisco, ...
Disgruntled former Howrey LLP employees who sued the defunct law firm over how they were laid off will be represented by Los A...
Intellectual Property
Weil, Gotshal attorney gets holding company's patents declared invalid by Federal Circuit
By Rachel Swan
A Redwood Shores-based partner emerged victorious Tuesday after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit absolved his...
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP advised AT&T Inc. in it purchase of Allied Wireless Communications Corp. from its parent, Atla...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Santa Clara prosecutor gets public reproval
By Hadley Robinson
A State Bar judge on Friday found a Santa Clara prosecutor guilty of suppressing evidence because he didn't disclose a videota...
Alameda County Judge Alice Vilardi is formal in court and thoughtful in making her rulings.
Longtime Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP Chairman and CEO Ralph H. Baxter Jr. told the partners of his firm Friday he i...
Now the State Bar wants to allow more people without the proper background and insurance to practice "limited" law? By Brian S...
California is popularly remembered as the home of the campus free speech movement. But today, far too many of California's col...
Tax lawyers long have been able to import attorney-client privilege to accountant communications by using a Kovel lette...
Attorneys for Julie Veronese, the daughter-in-law of prominent San Francisco lawyer Angela Alioto Veronese, requested review f...
Communication between startup founders has played a big role in how they approach investors, and they're relying on lawyers to...
Litigation
Intel's win provides a cautionary tale for university plaintiffs
By Rachel Swan
Lawyers for Santa Clara chipmaker Intel Corp. may have successfully staved off a patent infringement suit from the University ...
California Supreme Court
State high court weakens integration provisions
By Ben Armisteadn
In Riverisland, the state Supreme Court dealt a serious blow to the enforceability of integrated written contracts. By ...
Immigration
Supreme Court may hear argument on illegal bar applicant by summer
By Don Debenedictisn
The state Supreme Court probably will schedule oral argument for May or June on whether an illegal immigrant can be admitted t...
The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association won a victory against the California Legislature in an opinion released Friday by the ...
Litigation
Judge rules state must recognize $14.2 million contract for affordable housing project
By Katie Lucia
Lawyers for the plaintiffs said the ruling may be the first win for dozens of local governments challenging decisions by the D...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Walnut Creek lawyer files ethics suit against former employer
By Kevin Lee
A Walnut Creek-based attorney alleges that his former law firm employer and its name partner engaged in a reckless pattern of ...