General counsel for AVOS Systems Inc. San Mateo ...
New-York based Madison Square Garden Co., owner of the New York Knicks and Madison Square Garden, announced last week that it'...
Judicial Profile
Running on empty: SF's sole law-and-motion judge keeps things moving
By Saul Sugarman
When San Francisco County Superior Court Judge Harold E. Kahn begins a typical day, he knows his work will continue long after...
After 50 years in law, including a decade on the bench, Justice Richard Mosk still asks, 'What's next?'
Intellectual Property
Silicon Valley prepares for patent office satellite
By Craig Andersonn
Bay Area patent lawyers are hailing news that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is coming to Silicon Valley, but the actual...
A court in Germany ruled that the heirs of Hans Prym had the right to the return of one of the most important Mercedes-Benz ca...
The ruling party's name is "Communist," but as far as the economy is concerned the philosophy we heard was "let's find what wo...
One week after the city of Stockton voted to proceed toward bankruptcy, Mammoth Lakes is following suit. ...
Perspective
'Business as usual' method for evaluating GHG impacts ruled unlawful
By Michael Leen
A hypothetical BAU tied neither to existing conditions nor reasonably likely conditions will only mislead the public and decis...
The bidding war for Aliso Viejo-based Quest Software Inc. appears to have been won by Dell Inc. ...
Attorneys for Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. argued Monday that a federal judge should stay a preliminary injunction blocking t...
Ropes & Gray LLP lost two of its well-known Northern California litigators to Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP in San Franc...
California Supreme Court
High court: charter cities not bound by prevailing wage laws
By Emily Green
The majority ruling generated strongly worded dissents from the court's liberal wing, Justices Kathryn Werdeger and Goodwin Li...
As California becomes the first state to implement legislation similar to much of the national mortgage settlement reached thi...
A jury today found that electronics manufacturer Toshiba Corp. participated in a scheme to fix the price of LCD panels, and aw...
Pressing its claim that the government eavesdrops illicitly on U.S. citizens, a privacy rights group on Monday released testim...
Yahoo Inc. General Counsel Michael J. Callahan is leaving the Sunnyvale-based Internet company after nine years as its chief l...
The global market for initial public offerings, down both in volume and value compared to last year, shows little sign of impr...
Employers should start preparing to comply with the law. By Callan Carter of Fisher & Phillips LLP ...
In a properly functioning democracy, elections are term limits enough. By Paul Kujawsky ...
A roundup of recent M&A and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
Environmental
Prosecutors target environmental damage from marijuana cultivation
By Fiona Smith
As the environmental toll from marijuana cultivation grows, law enforcement at the state and federal level are stepping up eff...
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary NetApp Inc. (Sunnyvale) ...
Litigation
Bench trial set to start in latest saga of Herbalife founder's estate
By Ciaran Mc Evoy
Mark R. Hughes, founder of nutritional company Herbalife International of America Inc., has been dead for more than a decade, ...
Large Firms
Chadbourne & Parke's Los Angeles office acquires two renewable energy partners
By Ameera Buttn
After a mass exodus from the office last year, New York-based Chadbourne & Parke LLP will add two renewable energy partner...
Judges and Judiciary
Alliance of California Judges claims victory in budget bill
By Paul Jonesn
A splinter group of judges critical of court administrators is claiming a policy victory for the passage of a budget provision...
The latest VC fund to join the billion-dollar club is Menlo Park-based Institutional Venture Partners, which filed documents w...
Apple Inc. scored a significant victory Friday when a federal judge ordered an injunction blocking sales of a Samsung Electron...
In what plaintiffs' lawyers are calling the largest verdict in Riverside County history, a trucking company has been ordered t...
Litigation
Anti-SLAPP protects landlords from wrongful eviction lawsuits
By Ben Armisteadn
A recent Court of Appeals decision provided landlords some relief when facing wrongful eviction claims. By Thomas E. Lombardi ...