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 ...
In a case closely watched by public attorney unions, an appellate court held that California's public employees board, not a t...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Novel damages theory clears 9th Circuit in environmental case
By John Roemer
A novel theory of recovery - for "intangible environmental damages" - emerged from the embers of a destructive wildfire in a c...
While the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals again dominated the U.S. Supreme Court docket this term, the nation's largest and ...
Law Practice
Bar considers minimum exam passage rate for state accredited schools
By Don Debenedictisn
California law schools accredited by the State Bar soon may be required to maintain bar exam pass rates of 50 percent of their...
Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Suing for unpaid fees: the pitfalls, the pitfalls and the pitfalls
By Ben Armisteadn
I have a very strong bias towards walking away because there are simply too many pitfalls. By Richard Hamar of Hamar & Ham...
Gordon & Rees adds transactions attorney Gordon & Rees LLP added Bruce G. Holden as partner in Orange County. Holden ...
Justice Norvell 'Fred' Woods Jr. believes deeply in respect for the bench, which he aims to sit on for decades to come.