Ropes & Gray LLP represented Palo Alto-based private equity firm Altamont Capital Partners in its majority investment in C...
Intellectual Property
Marvell Technology hit with $1.17 billion patent infringement verdict
By Rachel Swan
Lawyers for K&L Gates LLP scored a $1.17 billion win for Carnegie Mellon University, after a Pennsylvania jury upheld its...
When the recession hit, numerous changes to billing and compensation models proliferated through the legal industry. Now, as m...
Letter to the Editor
Mississippi could offer roadmap for fixing California court budget
By Seena Nikravann
As a law student who hopes to practice in California courts when I graduate, I was dismayed when I read about further devastat...
The court's conclusion regarding the prevailing party's right to recover fees under state law is very straightforward. By Gera...
We cannot tolerate further carnage of the type experienced by the victims of the Columbine, Virginia Tech and Newton shootings...
Litigation
Plaintiffs have another shot after 9th Circuit tosses out $203 million award against Wells Fargo
By Hadley Robinson
A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel tossed out a San Francisco judge's decision Wednesday that Wells Fargo & Co. pay...
Labor/Employment
More complications for social media policies in new year
By Laura Hautalan
In light of input from a federal agency in 2012 and a new state law that takes effect in January, employers writing new polici...
Despite two major partner shakeups in its Los Angeles office in recent years, Hogan Lovells - the product of a 2010 merger - s...
Judges and Judiciary
Eastern District struggles under workload, judicial shortage
By Hadley Robinson
The Eastern District of California, overwhelmed by litigation and habeas petitions from prisoners without extra judges to hand...
Toyota Motor Corp. announced Wednesday it had agreed to pay between $1.2 billion and $1.4 billion to end class action litigati...
Superior Court Judge Sonoma County (Santa Rosa) ...
Corporate
Dickstein Shapiro helps largest desalination project close financing
By David Ruiz
Dickstein Shapiro LLP advised Poseidon Resources in closing the company's $922 million financing for its proposed Poseidon Car...
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP helped international real estate company Kennedy Wilson Inc. purchase the Ritz Carlton Lake ...
As U.S. law firms increasingly become global businesses, current leaders face the challenge of ensuring that lawyers in differ...
If the sudden 2008 credit crunch can be likened to an earthquake, then the following flood of mechanics lien and stop payment ...
Warner Brothers, New Line, and its affiliates recently achieved a rare courtroom victory by obtaining an order restraining dis...
Family members of a slain Victorville woman broke into tears as a San Bernardino County jury returned a guilty verdict Friday ...
Four months into her new job as dean of Stanford Law School, Mary Elizabeth "Liz" Magill is gathering information from top uni...
Law Practice
Recent bar graduates increasingly hanging their own shingles
By Ryne Hodkowski
A saturated legal market and sagging economy are forcing many law school graduates to pursue what was once considered an impos...
Education
California group seeks to rid state of 'grossly ineffective' teachers
By Blake Edwardsn
Students Matter, a non-profit education reform group, is suing the state and several school districts over allegations that st...
Litigation
Class action against Instagram unlikely to get far, legal observers say
By Rachel Swan
After provoking an online outcry with changes to its terms of use, Instagram Inc. finds itself in the crosshairs of a class ac...