Labor/Employment
NLRB strengthens unions in contract negotiation, employee discipline
By Laura Hautalan
The rulings came in a raft of decisions, all finished before Republican-appointed board member Brian Hayes retired in mid-Dece...
Labor/Employment
Students take on new role in workplace retaliation cases
By Laura Hautalan
At the new Employment Rights Clinic, six students from the Loyola Law School took on an unusual role this semester while helpi...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit revives securities fraud case
By John Roemer
In a class action over alleged securities fraud, a 9th Circuit panel on Friday reversed U.S. District Judge Marilyn Hall Patel...
The U.S. Senate confirmed the nomination of Alameda County Superior Court Judge Jon S. Tigar as the newest federal judge in th...
Government
As law school enrollment plummets, LL.M. programs boom, ABA finds
By Don Debenedictisn
Law schools have increased enrollment in their master's of law and other non-J.D. programs by 52 percent since 2000, according...
With the economy picking up and the industry enjoying smooth sailing in terms of its output of films and TV shows, studios are...
Intellectual Property
Preliminary ruling invalidating key Apple patent could reshape smartphone war
By Rachel Swan
Having lost its bid for a permanent injunction against South Korea-based rival Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. in its smartphone ...
Intellectual Property
Quinn Emanuel lawyers win defense verdict for Symantec
By Rachel Swan
Attorneys at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP scored a defense verdict Thursday when a Delaware jury cleared their Mo...
Judges and Judiciary
Incoming San Francisco presiding judge shuffles assignments, ruffles feathers
By Saul Sugarman
New assignments for several judges on Friday shocked attorneys in San Francisco County Superior Court, which will move respect...
A Harvard Law School graduate from Irvine and his law firm have been sued for operating an alleged nationwide mortgage-modific...
Litigation
Judge declines to make San Bernardino pay CalPERS amid city's bankruptcy proceedings
By Katie Lucia
The California Public Employees' Retirement System may not get preferential treatment as a creditor in municipal bankruptcies,...
Berkeley is the latest of many law schools in California and around the country to offer moot courts for appellate practitione...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Morrison & Foerster juggles two multibillion-dollar deals
By David Ruiz
Morrison & Foerster LLP lawyers in California advised on two recent deals that involved more than a dozen firms across the...
San Mateo County Judge Leland Davis III takes his job on the bench, and as a father, seriously.
The California Bar Foundation announced the appointment of seven attorneys to the foundation's board of directors, as well as ...
As Congress continues to wrestle with thorny discussions on budget cuts and tax increases, law firms across California and the...
Perspective
Public blindsided by 'secret' settlements in patent lawsuits?
By Ben Armisteadn
If class actions and mergers require government approval, settlements in patent suits between rivals should be subject to at l...
On Sept. 23, Gov. Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 1680 into law. ...
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC has expanded its Asia platform by opening a new office in Beijing, its third office la...
A jury delivered a resoundingly pro-defense verdict late Wednesday in a federal lawsuit accusing former Los Angeles District ...
The Boy Scouts of America prevailed in a long-running legal dispute over whether a city could give land use rights to a religi...
The Orange County Bar Association (OCBA) celebrated the grand opening of its new headquarters at 4101 Westerly Place in Newpor...
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP represented Mountain View-based Google Inc. in the sale of its Motorola Home business...
Intellectual Property
Apple appeals judge's denial of injunction in Samsung smartphone case
By Rachel Swan
Apple Inc. is pressing on with its demand for a permanent injunction blocking the sale of various Samsung mobile devices in th...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Weil Gotshal advises Oracle in its latest cloud company purchase
By David Ruiz
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP represented Oracle Corp. in purchasing cloud marketing management company Eloqua Inc. for $871 ...
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. announced Thursday that 17-year company veteran Karen Roberts will be its new executive vice president a...
Community News
San Francisco law firm gives back during holiday season
By Caitlin Johnson
On Dec. 19, attorneys and staff in the San Francisco office of Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP donated time to the Glide Memori...
Stubbs Alderton & Markiles is accustomed to complex, multifaceted deals, such as helping represent Skype's founders in the...
A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved. ...
Loyola Law School hosted its 2012 Alumni Grand Reunion at the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum. Several alumni (pictu...