Surprisingly, lobbyists for litigation interests say Democratic supermajorities elected in both houses of the Legislature may ...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Wilson Sonsini aids Meraki sale to Cisco Systems for $1.2 billion
By David Ruiz
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC advised cloud-computing company Meraki Inc. in its agreement to be sold to Cisco Syste...
A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
Judges and Judiciary
Wealthy coastal counties get disproportionate level of court funding, study shows
By John Roemer
A big imbalance in the way the state Judicial Council funds trial courts infuriates the have-nots and raises questions about s...
Statistical sampling has been used to prove damages in a variety of cases, including cases involving employee wages and hours,...
Consumers and business owners see destruction as the overall result of a hurricane. Unfortunately, an insurance company will s...
The court's decision could potentially overrule a prior line of its own case law and create a sizable - and wholly unworkable ...
Litigation
Former Thomas Jefferson job-placement official dials back accusations
By Don Debenedictisn
A former career services officer at Thomas Jefferson School of Law toned down her earlier accusation that the school told her ...
The state judicial branch is getting all of the pieces in place to put it in a strong position to lobby lawmakers in the new y...
Labor/Employment
Kmart defends need for cashiers to stand on the job
By Laura Hautalan
During a trial in San Francisco federal court Friday, defense attorneys for Kmart Corp. hammered on the point that customer se...
Government
San Francisco court's employee raises annoy Judicial Council
By Saul Sugarman
San Francisco County Superior Court's offer to raise employee salaries has infuriated and confused the state judiciary's polic...
Former Orange County Superior Court Judge H. Warren Knight, an ADR pioneer and the founder of JAMS, a mediation and arbitratio...
A lawyer accused of cheating underwater homeowners got a double dose of bad news Friday. ...
Litigation
State and federal prosecutors file lawsuits over alleged anti-poaching deal
By Hadley Robinson
California Attorney General Kamala Harris and the U.S. Department of Justice filed parallel lawsuits Friday against Silicon Va...
Litigation
Judge indicates she is likely to approve $22.5 million Google Buzz settlement with FTC
By Hadley Robinson
A federal judge signaled Friday she is likely to approve a $22.5 million proposed settlement in a privacy case between Google ...
Law Practice
Attorneys prepare for increase in work, litigation in wake of 'Obamacare'
By Ameera Buttn
Lawyers also say they're gearing up for a wave of consumer lawsuits over the statute, some of which may involve insurance cove...
Intellectual Property
Former Google in-house counsel to lead patent office's Silicon Valley satellite office
By Craig Andersonn
Michelle Lee, the former head of patent strategy at Google Inc. who stepped down earlier this year, will head the new satellit...
California Supreme Court
Beth Jay, attorney to three chief justices, to retire from state Supreme Court
By Fiona Smith
Beth Jay, a close adviser to three state Supreme Court justices, will retire at the end of the year, the state high court anno...
A San Francisco litigator who is trying to sue former Howrey LLP partners decided to take his negotiations straight to the def...
During jury selection, federal courts have long allowed attorneys to challenge peremptory strikes motivated by race- or sex-ba...
David Flinn has presided over nearly every kind of case, something he says is now rare.
Judge Curtis Fiorini is a law junkie, from work to play, and lawyers say he cares about the process.
Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar court, listing attorney...
Arnold & Porter LLP added Richard S. Millard as senior counsel in San Francisco and Silicon Valley. Millard joins the corp...
Los Angeles County (Compton) ...
Criminal
Prosecutors and defense lawyers gird for "three strikes" changes
By Henry Meier
While many district attorneys say they're confident they'll be able to adapt to the legal changes going forward, prosecutors, ...
Dalia Flores (Dalia) filed a legal malpractice action against Attorney Gary Falk (Defendant) in the state of Columbia. On or a...
Objective Analysis of Whether College Loan Equity Fund Inc. Violated Columbia Law or the Attorney General's Proposed Requireme...
Dan worked at a church. One day a woman came to the church, told Dan she wanted to donate some property to the church, and han...